Title: Eyes Wide Open
Rating:
T
Genre: Mystery & Friendship
Pairing: Fem!Alex & Ben Daniels
Summary: A few weeks after her parents died, Alex was kidnapped. A few years later she was given back. Suddenly, people she had known during her imprisonment, people who by all rights should be with her kidnappers are going to her school. Furthermore, after an attack, Alex has to go back to Brecon Beacons … … with her school.

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride nor do I own Alex Rider.

Beta: Waterling

Notes:
"Blah Blah" is speaking.
'Blah Blah' is thinking.
"Blah Blah" is shouting

Prologue

? POV:

I was trying to sleep when I heard them talking. The twins were asleep on either side of me, so they didn't know what was going on either. For newborns they were smarten than average, but that is to be expected in this place.

"Is she asleep?" I heard Iggy say.

"Yeah, she is." Fang replied. His cage was the closest to mine, so any movements I made would be seen clearly. I evened my breathing out so that it actually looked like I was sleeping.

"Good. We don't want her to wake up. Now, what are we gonna do next? She's starting to annoy me with her 'I'm in charge' attitude." Nudge spoke, venom in her voice.

"Yeah, I know. It's not like we actually like her. We just stick close to her 'cause she's the strongest and it's safer for us." That was Fang. My heart sank. I can't believe them, after all the beatings and tests I took for them. Well, no matter.

I made small movements; movements I usually made when I was on the verge of waking up. I heard Iggy hurriedly say, "Quick shut up, she's waking up."

I uncurled myself, stretched my legs and sat up, the twins on either arm. "Everyone here? Nobody got taken?" I asked with a yawn, keeping up the pretense.

"We're all here, and we're alright," Fang replied, attempting to sound reassuring but ended up sounding annoyed. 'How the hell did I miss this? Usually I would be able to spot that a mile away!' I thought to myself. Abruptly, a Bang! reverberated through the room.The door was opened by two scientists, followed by four wolf-men, also known as Erasers by other mutants.

As one of the scientists motioned to me, the wolf-men instantly moved to my cage and opened it. 'Oh no,' I thought, 'another test.' I motioned towards the twins with my head, wondering who would take them. "Bring them as well!" snapped the second scientist.

Back then Fang, Iggy and I where five. Nudge was three and the twins were a month old. We were young but we were like family to each other. Well, at least that's what I thought. On that day, ten years ago, things rapidly started to chang and I found myself lost in a sea of emotions.

A/N: This chapter is set in the past. Most of my chapters will be in 3rd person except ones written in bold, these take place in the past and are in 1st person. My chapters are going to be short and updates will be random. If there are any mistakes point them out. Constructive criticism is welcome, Flames are not. Don't forget to review.

~T-C