Alex Rider was led into a stainless steel room without any furniture in sight. He sat on the ground with his back against the wall and focused on keeping his breathing even.
This round of torture had been longer than the last. He needed to escape before the sadists decided he needed to be to tortured for some imagined slight.
In the hallway outside the room Alex was in he could hear gunshots and screaming. Leaning against the wall, he slowly managed to push himself into a slouching position.
The door to his cell exploded inwardly and the familiar form of Wolf, followed by Eagle, Fox, and Snake, appeared.
Alex managed to smile at them and quip, "Aren't you little short to be a storm trooper?" before he passed into oblivion.