Disclaimer: Sadly for me, not for you, I do not own Alex Rider.

Just a short little drabble relating Alex Rider to the element Mercury (Hg)

Can you try to explain my reasonings for the uh, properties I put in this little thing. Post in a review! I would love to hear your interpretations!


Qualities of Quicksilver

I am Quicksilver.

Don't touch me for I will stain you

With the metallic taste of blood.

Toxic to whomever I encounter;

My secrets, should they leak, would be disastrous.

I am heavy, the weight of the world a burden.

My soft looks draw you in,

Yet I am reflective;

You look and somehow never truly see me.

I am Mercury.

I don't mix well with the acidities of the rapscallion.

I am flexible, liquid, and adapt seamlessly into a weapon

Or a beacon.

A light in the darkness.

A savior.

Yes—I am considered a light in the darkness.

To all appearances, I fluoresce in the suppressing black.

Alone.

Untouchable.

Perhaps it is for the best,

For I can be explosive.

I must be handled with care.

In the right conditions I am a ticking time-bomb.

Waiting for a weak link in the chains that bind me to snap.

Or a lead-footed press of the detonator— fast and hard,

Perhaps a sweet brush with a familiar hand and a sad smile

Before I feel a sharp pain

And I look down to find a knife is twisted into my heart.

I live in and amongst Betrayal.

I am fragile.

Little bits of my soul break and bead like pearlescent tears

Forever rolling out of reach.

Even broken I am swift.

If only I could reach.

Maybe I could mold myself together again.

I am corrosive.

I eat away underhandedly at the mortar that binds and I wreak havoc.*

I am unique.

There is no freezing under duress,

Though with a low-boiling point, I am bitterly angry.

I am dangerous—every guise I take—so be warned.

I don't know exactly who I am for I go by many names.

Hydrargyrum—"Water-silver"

Mercury.

Quicksilver.


*I thought this was cool. According to Wikipedia, "It was allegedly used by allied spies to sabotage Luftwaffe planes: a mercury paste was applied to bare aluminium, causing the metal to rapidly corrode; this would cause structural failures". Yes. I know. Wikipedia is so definitately the most reliable source.

Anyways, I looked at my previous stories' ANs and wow are they long, so I am trying to tone it down a little.

Please let me hear your interpretations. I might even post another explanatory (my reasons for each bit) chapter later on if it is requested.

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~ryddance