Chapter 1
"Why didn't you tell me before?" Sabina shouted at Alex.
"Look, I'm sorry, I should have told you," Alex was trying to stay calm.
"Yes you should, you've been lying to me all this time and I thought I was your girlfriend," Alex was taken aback about what she said. "This is over" Sabina ran out the door, tears in her eyes.
Alex tried to text her but she didn't answer, even when he rung. After a while he rang Sabina's dad to see if she had gone back home.
He dialled their number; it rang a few times before he picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hello, its Alex,"
"Oh, hello Alex,"
"Is Sabina there?" he asked.
"No, I thought she was with you." He replied
"Well…" he thought for a moment before continuing." if she turns up can you give me a call?"
"Yes, ok," he was confused.
"Thanks!"
Alex told Jack he would be back soon.
"Where are you going?" she asked from the top of the stairs.
"To find Sabina"
"What do you mean?"
"We had an argument"
"Oh," she paused "don't be too long"
"See you soon" Alex went out of the front door and started to walk down the street.
Sabina was running, she couldn't stop. She was upset, although she meant what she said. She didn't want him lying to her anymore. She looked ahead of her not see the group of men in front of her and ran into them. It was all quite sudden. She stopped.
"Sorry." She said out of breath, she forced herself to carry on running, her dark hair flailing behind her.
The men she had run into were Scorpia.
"Isn't she-" one of them said, cutting off as a good idea came to him like a light bulb.
"Get the girl and take to HQ, Alex Rider won't be far behind." He told the other four men and immediately they ran after Sabina.
Sabina hadn't notice the men come up behind her until it was too late. She had started to run faster but they easily caught up with her. They grabbed her by the waist. She screamed but one of them put a dirty hand over her mouth. She struggled free as much as she could, kicking and punching the men, they eventually go her into the van and took her to HQ.
They took her to a warehouse; they had found it after their old one was destroyed by the balloon.
"What do you know of Alex Rider?" he asked
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because if you don't there will be consequences!" Sabina didn't want to know what the consequences were.
"What do you want to know?" she said "he doesn't matter to me anymore." The men exchanged looks of agreement.
"We want to know everything" one man said, "oh, and we want you to join us"
"Why do you want me?"
"Because you can get close to Alex"
"Not anymore I can't"
"Why not?" the men were asking a lot of personal questions; Sabina started to feel bad about Alex but all the same she hated him.
"OK, I'll do it, on one condition" she paused
"Yes, go on." They interrupted.
"No one gets hurt."
"Well," he started. "That's going to be hard."
"Then my answer's no."
"Take her away; she's not going to be any use to use now."
They pulled her up from her chair and dragged her to a room. It was dark as it had no windows, it was also very cold. Sabina was tied to a chair with silver chain.
"You have one last chance."
"No, I will not hurt him!" the man punched her cruelly in the face causing a big cut across her left eye; he had knocked her out in the process. Her head hung. Her lifeless body sat there. Still.
It was eleven o'clock; Alex was still out looking for Sabina, he was looking absolutely everywhere. He had had no luck so far. It was freezing, he hadn't thought about a coat before rushing off to find Sabina.