The Lost Spy
By: Aubrie1234
Dear Readers, another Alex Rider crossover from me! I just got this idea while thinking about another Alex Rider crossover I want to publish, so I hope you like it! By the way, it never specifies which hand Alex injured in Crocodile Tears, so I always imagined it was his left hand.
Rex was flying over the London skyline using his Boogie Pack as he talked to Holiday.
"I didn't think the Pack would be so bold to appear in London." Rex said.
"I know, but there must be a reason. I also just picked up an EVO signature, which means Van Kleiss might have infected someone."
"Why doesn't he just give up?" Rex sighed, "He's never going to win, and neither is the Pack."
"We can discuss this later." she said, "Right now, find the infected person and cure them before finding the Pack. We don't want another Noah Incident on us." Rex winced, remembering what had happened.
"Yeah, don't worry, Doc. I'll get on it." he cut the communications and started searching. What he didn't expect to find was a fight between the Pack and the EVO a few minutes later. The EVO was as big as Biowulf, and even nastier in combat, as Rex could see; it still looked quite human with long fair-colored hair, but had huge red wings and a red tail as long as it was tall that had, at the end, three pale red spikes in a triangle formation. It was beating up the Pack pretty good, too; Skalamander was already knocked out, Breach was struggling to free her larger hands (which were trapped under some rubble), Van Kleiss was nowhere to be seen, and Biowulf was getting pounded by the EVO. As Rex came closer, he could hear the EVO shouting, seemingly in a boy's voice.
"WHERE IS HE?!" the EVO roared, throwing Biowulf into a nearby building. Biowulf struggled to pick himself up as the EVO came closer, and Rex could feel the anger coming off the EVO, even from the distance he was at; this was someone you didn't want angry at you, and the Pack had just made that mistake. Rex then landed, which got the EVO's attention. It turned to him, and Rex could see more of the EVO, which he didn't see earlier, as being too high up to make out more on the EVO. The EVO was pretty much human, wearing jeans and a white shirt under a black jacket, except for the wings and tail, but its feet and hands had claws instead of fingernails on them, along with very sharp, fang-like teeth, two long, white horns that protruded from the EVO's forehead and curved back, and orange, reptile-like eyes with vertical pupils.
"Who are you?" it growled, its tail swishing back and forth. Rex held up his hands in a surrender position.
"I'm here to help." Rex glanced around, "Though it seems like you've got that part under control." The EVO growled.
"That man that changed me into this thing, do you know where he is?"
"Van Kleiss?" The EVO nodded.
"No, and even if I did, he wouldn't be able to change you back." The EVO growled.
"Then why are you here?" it hissed.
"I'm Rex, from Providence. I can help you." The EVO looked skeptical.
"Why should I trust you?" it asked, "Or this Providence, for that matter?" Rex sighed.
"Look, I can help get you back to normal and once I do, I can explain what's going on." The EVO seemed to study him, like a hawk, which unnerved Rex. It eventually nodded.
"All right." Rex came closer and put his hand on the EVO's chest.
"This could hurt and...well, sometimes it doesn't work." The EVO's eyes narrowed at him and Rex tried not to feel like a predator was watching him and he concentrated, communicating with the nanites in the EVO. They were immediately pushed away, however.
Uh oh... Rex thought as he took his hands away from the EVO, who seemed to be glaring at him, "Well, um...How should I put this?"
"You can't help me?" the EVO said coldly. Rex nodded and glanced around, seeing that all of the Pack was gone now. He sighed.
"Look, I'll explain everything, but let's get out of here before someone else comes." The EVO looked around and begrudgingly agreed, to which they both flew away.
"Name's Alex." the EVO spoke once they were in the air, "I was a 15-year-old boy until that guy, Van Kleiss you called him, touched me and turned me into this thing. Who are you?"
"Rex. I'm an EVO."
"What's an EVO?"
"Well, years ago, there was this big explosion that put these things, called nanites, into everyone. They're usually inactive, but when they become active, they turn people or animals into monsters, known as EVOs."
"Like me."
"Yeah, unfortunately. I'm the only EVO that can cure others, and Providence is an organization that deals with EVOs. Most EVOs are curable, but there are some, like you, that are incurable. Those guys that you fought are called the Pack, and they're a group of mainly incurable EVOs led by Van Kleiss with some sort of plan, like trying to take over the world or something." Rex sighed, "I'm sorry I wasn't able to help."
"It's alright." Alex said, "I needed to get away from my life, anyway. A new one as an EVO would probably be good."
"What do you mean?" Rex asked, "Don't you want to go back to your family and friends?"
"I have no family left and I don't really have any friends." Alex said without emotion, "My only friends that I have would miss me a bit and I would miss them too, but I don't think they'd like seeing an EVO every day." Rex was quiet.
"...I'm sorry." he said eventually, "I know how you feel, not having family anymore, except I know I still have a brother. I've also got a few friends who care about me, too, so maybe you could be friends with them! They don't mind EVOs; in fact, one of them is an EVO. Better yet, why don't you join Providence? That's where I'm going, anyway." Alex shrugged.
"I don't have much of a choice, so I guess I will."
"Great, but you have to be careful. There's this guy who runs it, White Knight, he's the only person in the world without nanites, and he's pretty strict, not to mention Six."
"Six?"
"He's kinda like my babysitter, except he also goes on missions with me and he's the sixth deadliest man in the world." Alex smiled.
"Sounds like he would be a bit of a bore, though."
"He is!" Rex groaned, and Alex laughed.
"By the way, how old are you?"
"16, why?" Alex shrugged.
"We're only separated by a year's difference, but if we ever have to fight each other, I don't want you to go easy on me."
"You practically beat the Pack to a pulp back there! Why would I go easy on you, of all people?"
"Many have underestimated me because I was a kid in their eyes." Alex said cryptically, "If you underestimate me, just because I'm young or that I'm a kid, then you'll be defeated pretty spectacularly."
"I'll keep that in mind." Rex said warily before glancing down, "And there's the plane! C'mon, I'll make sure they don't hurt you and such." Alex followed as he descended.
"You better." the EVO boy growled, "If they try to subdue me at all, they won't know what hit them." Rex glanced at him worriedly. When they landed, Providence agents came out and pointed their guns at Alex, prompting him to growl at them in response. Rex quieted him with a waving motion and called Holiday.
"Rex, White Knight wants to know why you're bringing an EVO with you." she deadpanned.
"Well, I can't cure him, unfortunately, and when I asked him if he wanted to join Providence, he agreed. So, could he not be subdued, please?" Holiday sighed.
"All right, but I want to give him a check up to learn more about him." The connection was cut and the agents lowered their weapons.
"I'm in?"
"Yep, but Holiday, the resident doctor of Providence, wants to give you a check up." Alex scowled as they climbed into the plane.
"I don't think she's going to have such an easy time, then, because I absolutely don't want anyone looking at my chest." This confused Rex as the ship took off.
"Why?"
"Scars." Alex muttered, showing Rex the back of his left hand, which had a single, thin, white line across it, "The one on my chest is worse, and if anyone saw it, they would ask questions, which I don't want to answer." Rex gave him a look, but he ignored it, going over to lean against a wall, away from Rex. Rex decided to leave him alone, so he went and sat down on one of the benches, across from where Alex was standing.
It didn't take long for them to reach Providence, but everyone was looking at Alex like he didn't belong there, Six especially.
"You sure it was a good idea to ask him to join?" Bobo had asked once someone had come to lead Alex off to the lab.
"With all the stares Alex is getting, I'm starting to think that maybe it wasn't such a good idea. But, what choice did I have? Alex doesn't have anywhere to go; it was the least I could do." Bobo shook his head.
"Sometimes I don't understand you, Rex." Bobo said, "I don't know why, but that kid isn't right. I feel like I'm a mouse being observed by a hawk when he looks at me; everyone's probably getting that feeling from him, I bet."
"Just give him a chance." Rex said, "I know he doesn't feel right, but we have to at least give him a chance. He doesn't have any family left, and his only friends might not accept him, as he told me earlier. Maybe Noah can settle this."
"Then call him after everything settles, since your decision isn't exactly White Knight-friendly." Rex rolled his eyes at Bobo's comment.
"Alright, but I just hope Alex gets to stay and everyone accepts him. He's not someone you want to get mad at you; he practically demolished the Pack after Van Kleiss turned him into an EVO. He really wasn't happy."
"I can see that, but for once, I think you've made some bad judgment, Rex."
"Says you. I promise you, Alex will be fine by the time a week has passed."
A week later:
"Hey Noah!" Rex waved him over after the plane landed.
"Hey Rex. How have you been? You were a bit cryptic over your phone call." Noah said as they walked inside Providence.
"Well, I wanted you to see my new friend and battle buddy, before I told you more about him. His name's Alex, and he was a 15-year-old kid from England before Kleiss changed him into an EVO. Holiday said that the nanites Kleiss used were different from regular ones, and that they made an EVO permanent as soon as they changed, poor Alex."
"Yeah, you said a bit of that about him during the call."
"Well, the thing is... It's not that no one likes him, but it's just something about him that puts everyone on edge. Bobo described it as a hawk watching a mouse, several times. I thought it would be a good idea to take him in, since he had no where else to go, with not having any family and all, but he thought it was a bad idea, and I said that we should ask you to settle the argument."
"Then where's Alex?"
"Probably either somewhere in Providence his room, or the Petting Zoo."
"Why the Petting Zoo?"
"It's something about his EVO side." Rex said, "Like a lion or some other carnivore, he hunts and eats the EVOs there. It's really strange, and yet he doesn't mind. He's been pretty acceptable to his new life and hasn't complained once." Suddenly, they both got a strange feeling, like they were being watched.
"It's Alex." Rex whispered, as if he knew what Noah was also feeling.
"No wonder Bobo said that," Noah said, "He's right on the spot; I feel like I'm being hunted, almost."
"Everyone, even the EVOs in the Petting Zoo, get the same feeling." Rex said, "Whenever he goes in there, it's absolutely silent, not even the leaves move, like they're afraid he'll attack them; I'm not surprised, honestly." Then, two hands were laid on their shoulders.
"Rex, who might this be?" They turned to see Alex, as imposing as he was when Rex first met him.
"Alex, this is my best human friend, Noah. I've told him a bit about you."
"I heard." he said, his eyes locked on Noah, which made the teen a bit skittish. After a while, Alex spoke.
"...You look familiar..." he said absently, then let go of them, turned away, and left. Noah let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding.
"What was that about?" he asked.
"I don't know." Rex said, "He's never done that before; he was emotionless with Holiday, even. Not to mention his scars..."
"What?"
"Yeah, on our way here, Alex said he had scars and there was one on the back of his left hand he showed me. He also said he had one on his chest, but he didn't want anyone to see it, in case they asked questions, which is why I didn't ask Holiday about his check up after she was finished." At a look from Noah, Rex continued, "She wanted to check him over after I said he was joining Providence."
"I wonder why he said I looked familiar. I never saw him before until today." Noah said.
"Maybe you reminded him of someone in his family or an old friend of his."
"Maybe..." Noah said warily, looking in the direction where Alex had gone.
"And I almost forgot one more thing! Before, he said that people had underestimated him because he was a kid. What do you think he means by that?" Rex asked.
"Who knows? It could be something like a game that he meant."
"Well, he told me not to go easy on him if we ever had to fight. I wasn't planning to anyway, since he beat the Pack to a pulp after they transformed him."
"Wow." Noah said, "How strong is he?"
"I don't know, but you heard how silent he was when he snuck up on us; the only warning we had was his stare. He's not someone you want to get on the bad side of."
"I could see that. But, I think it was a good idea that you let him join. If he hadn't, where would he have gone? I know the Pack wasn't an option, and Providence would have tried to capture him anyway, so it's a win-win." Rex shrugged.
"If you say so..."
Well, I hope I did this story good enough, since I think this is the first (and maybe only) crossover between Generator Rex and Alex Rider. So, please read and review, readers!