Alex held out the envelopes, silently daring Casey to take them, a smirk still in place on his face. Casey growled and reached out to grab the envelopes.
"Don't open the one addressed to Beckman," Alex stated.
"I know," Casey said shortly, as he laid the envelope for Beckman on the coffee table. He opened the other envelope and placed the contents on the table. It was simply a piece of paper with 2 series of numbers on it.
"It will allow you to bypass a firewall or two," Alex said noticing Casey's confused look. "Don't bother trying to hide the fact that you were annoyed that you could not find out any more information about me. My file is very classified, so Mrs. Jones felt that this would help you out a bit, and reassure you more. Oh," he added, pulling something out of his back pocket, "here's my school ID. Don't I look lovely?" he asked sarcastically.
Casey looked at the picture, and then back at the boy sitting in front of him. The same face, blonde hair, and brown eyes looked back at him from the boy sitting on his couch and the ID card. They were identical except that the former's eyes seemed to serious for a child; it seemed as if they had been witness to too much.
"How does this prove who he is?" Chuck asked.
"It doesn't," Casey curtly replied.
"Well then, we'll just have to rely on good old fashioned instinct," Alex told them. He tried to hide the smirk that was threatening to appear on his face.
"And if my instinct is telling me to shoot you right now?" Casey questioned, sneering slightly.
"Well I have the gun," Alex stated. "But if your instinct was telling you to shoot me, you would. However, you know that I'm telling the truth, or you at least believe me enough because you haven't gotten another gun to shoot me. Yet."
Casey sighed. "I'm going to take you to Beckman, but if you try any funny business…" he let the warning trail off.
"Don't worry sir, I'll behave," Alex told him, faking innocence. Casey glared at him, but the boy simply smiled. Casey turned back to Chuck and rolled his eyes.
"Chuck, call Sarah," Casey ordered, "and you," he looked at Alex, "give me back my gun and get your butt in the car now!"
Alex looked at Casey and shrugged. He handed over the gun and walked out the door.
"Chuck," Casey grabbed Chuck's arm, "watch that kid! I'll be out in a second."
"Going to check for bombs and bugs?" Chuck questioned, slightly nervous.
"You and I don't know what this little rug-rat did unsupervised. I'm not taking any chances," Casey said.
"Alright," Chuck nodded, "but hurry up!" Casey nodded in affirmation and Chuck walked out the door, dialing Sarah.
"Hey," Chuck said into his cell phone, but keeping an eye on Alex, "Sarah? Casey and I are on our way with Agent Rider." A pause. "Oh everything's just fine." Another pause. "You'll see for yourself in about ten minutes. OK Sarah, bye." Chuck hung up his cell phone and noticed Alex was watching him. Chuck shuddered; Alex's eyes unnerved him. Alex raised an eyebrow.
"Just get in the car please," Chuck told him.
Alex smirked at him. "It's locked."
Chuck groaned. It was going to be a long ride with this kid.
Sarah hung up the phone and turned to face General Beckman. "They are on their way over now," she told her superior. Beckman nodded, not saying a word. She and Sarah had not exchanged any words except for greetings. Sarah had once tried to ask General Beckman about the mysterious Agent Alex Rider, but had received no answer from the head of NSA.
Sarah still could not believe that Beckman herself was here. There had only been a few times that General Beckman had been in their headquarters, dubbed Castle. This Rider guy must be extremely important and powerful for Beckman to be here in the flesh. And on the phone, Chuck seemed so unsure of himself. Sarah herself was slightly unnerved; she could not access Agent Rider's file, and was therefore unable to learn anything about the man they would be working with. She wanted to run a background check; they didn't need another Shaw incident. She was edgy, she wanted Agent Rider to come so that she could ask him a few questions.
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