I am asking for any ideas, but specifically i, k, q, u, x, y, and z. They have to rhyme with spy or spies. I do not own Alex Rider.

Chapter 3:

"Good Alex, you are here. Now, this time you will be going to-," Blunt started, only to be interrupted by Alex Rider.

"Hold it, hold it, hold it. Who even said that I was going? 'Cause I can tell you right now- There is no way, no how, that I am doing even one more mission for you. So if you'll be so kind as to pay me for my previous missions, I will leave now."

"I am afraid that that just is not possible." Alan stated. "We need you, and you need us."

"Oh, really? I'm quite aware that you do not, in fact, need me, as you were doing fine before I came."

"But you do need us, as last time I checked, Ms. Starbright's visa will expire soon." Mrs. Jones pointed out.

"What are you doing? I thought you were on my side?" Alex cried, staring at her.

"I was, but I have been... persuaded, otherwise."

"You mean blackmail? We can bring this to someone. Come on, Mrs. Jones. You can't seriously do this to me or yourself."

"It is not blackmail, Alex." Blunt said, and if he was human, he would have sounded amused.

"I'm sorry Alex, but I need the money." Tulip said, looking genuinely sorry.

Alex ignored this and said angrily, "Obviously not. And also obviously, you haven't realized that I've grown smarter. I know that Jack will be targeted by my enemies if I continue, she could be now. So I'm saying, good luck with blackmailing me about her visa, because I. Don't. Care!"

"Alex," Blunt warned. "You realize that we can make your life miserable if you refuse to work for us? We can always find something else to blackmail you with."

"No, you can't, because I'm leaving all these ties behind. It may be too late for me to have a normal life here, but it isn't too late elsewhere."

"What if you stay, and we pay you for your future missions?" Blunt suggested, getting desperate.

"No."

"What if you stay, and we pay you for past and future missions?" Jones suggested, also getting desperate.

"No." Alex said, more firmly this time.

"What if you stay, we pay you for past and future missions, and you get an office here plus backup every time?" Blunt asked, playing his last card.

This time, instead of the usual 'no', it was two words.

"No. Goodbye." And with that, Alex walked out of Blunt's office.


When he reached the street, the door to a camouflaged jeep opened and he leapt inside.

"Cub." K-Unit greeted, narrowing their eyes at the boy.

"I seriously hope the sergeant gives me a new codename." Alex grumbled, glaring at the SAS soldiers when they laughed.


Upstairs, the Head of MI6 stared at the door and asked, turning to his deputy, "Where did we go wrong with him?"

Staring out the window, she said softly, "We turned him into a spy. And the trouble with spies is that they never compromise."

And I have an announcement to make! I will be doing a sequel called The Good Things With Spies. It will be exactly this but why these things are good. Please help me with finding words for the letters mentioned above! Review!