... look, I'm sorry for- dodges pitchfork- not updating, but- shoot, arrows! ... Clint, what are you doing here?- I was busy and I know- rolls under volley of arrows (Clint!)- that's a poor excuse- arrows stop... Thanks, Steve! Wait, you're here, too? You people aren't even supposed to be here! Get back to the Avengers fandom!- especially as I've been writing other things, but -wow, it's easier to talk without things being thrown at you- ya know what, I'm just gonna tell the truth. I forgot about this fic, okay? Not all the time, but I moved, and then I started school, and I had bundles of homework, and then I started crew, and, well, I didn't mean for it to happen. It just did. So sorry. Anyway, to:

everyone who reviewed, story alerted, and/or favorite storied- Thank you so much!

Uh, there weren't any questions or things for me to respond to, so... yeah. That's it. Anyway, this chappie is starring Jack Starbright. (You know what that means. *wink*)

I do not own Alex Rider.

Slap, Jack!

outside Jack Starbright's house,

Tuesday

Wolf glanced around warily. Fox had informed him that someone wanted to talk to him here, and his unit mates had been trying to hook him up with a girl since- well, he wasn't exactly sure. It was a long time, though. So he could never be too careful.

The SAS man walked up the steps to the house he was in front of and rang the door bell, glancing around again. The house was a nice one, though not really what Wolf liked.

The door opened, causing Wolf to turn back around. Unfortunately for Wolf but fortunately for the red-haired, green-eyed woman standing in the doorway, Jack quickly recognized Wolf from the picture Ben had showed her. With a growl, Jack pulled back her hand and smack! She slapped Wolf right on the cheek before slamming the door directly in his face.

And so Wolf was slapped for the third time.

Oh yeah, and something I forgot to mention in the top AN is that this posting is for my first anniversary on FanFiction! I decided to update all current fics. Note that there are seven of them and I decided this four days before I had to update. I also had to work in factors like eating, sleeping, school, homework, and my mom randomly deciding to make my sister and I clean our room. Not fun.

Anyway, please review so I know what you guys think! Let's try and get that review number over twenty!