Hey! Here is the new chapter. Thank you to all who reviewed!

Tedrenia- I do not give up on my stories. Well, unless you count No Vampires Here! Not!, which I don't because it could be finished, I just left it open for myself to continue if I wanted.

Albany- No, it isn't like that. John is astonished that his son is married, he's going to be a grandfather(he doesn't know about the others yet), and that Alex knows the head of the CIA well enough to ask him to be godfather. Nothing else.

Also, I will be referring to John as John, the elder Rider, Iderray, Brandon, etc. Just saying so that you don't get confused.

I do not own Alex Rider.

Chapter 3:

"Great! And now, I have to go talk to my father on how he is alive and why he didn't come back to England. Oh, and if K-Unit comes in, tell them to wait over there," Alex said, pointing to the entrance to the staircase.

"Sure thing, Alex."

And during this whole conversation, only one thing was running John Rider's head. 'My son just asked the head of the CIA to be godfather to his child because his wife is pregnant.' 'My son just asked the head of the CIA to be godfather to his child because his wife is pregnant.'

Wolf growled in anger as he and the rest of K-Unit walked into the large room. There were overturned tables everywhere, not to mention all the blood. And then there were the bodies that had that aura of death. About half were spies.

"Well, at least we won." Eagle said in a low voice.

"Yes, but look at how many were the cost." Scorpion pointed out.

"Ignoring all that, can anyone see Cub and Fox?" Snake asked anxiously. "I need to make sure that they aren't hurt, and if they are, then I need to care for them."

"No, I don't see them," Wolf said, also looking around for the two spies of the unit, "But I do see Byrne. He might know."

Nodding, K-Unit headed over to where the head of the CIA was barking out orders into his communications unit.

Fox looked around anxiously. He had last seen Alex when he made his short speech. After that, he lost track of him. And seeing as he had seen that he was injured, that wasn't good.

Taking another look around, he stumbled as someone pushed into him. "Hey!" He protested angrily, mad about another delay, "Watch where you're going!"

"Wha-? Fox?" Scorpion asked, taking a second look at the person he had run into while shoving through the crowd.

"Huh? Scorpion? What are you doing?"

"Looking for you and Cub, of course." Wolf told him, checking his friend over with his eyes. He didn't see anything obvious, but you never knew. Evidently, Snake knew as well, as he demanded, "Are you hurt?"

"Nah," Ben replied, shaking his head, "But Alex is. He was dripping blood from a rough bandage on his hand last time I saw him."

"What?" Snake yelped, then turned and, grabbling hold of Fox, started dragging him towards Byrne. "We need to talk to Byrne, now!"

"What? Byrne, as in head of the CIA Byrne?" Fox asked, wondering why they needed to see him.

"Yes, him," Eagle told him, grabbing Fox in one hand, who proceeded to grab Wolf, and Scorpion in the other. "Since Alex wanted to talk to him about that godfather business, Wolf suggested that he might know."

"Ah. But why are we all grabbing each other?" He questioned, earning a growl from Wolf. If he was to be grabbed, he would appreciate it if the grabber knew why he was grabbing.

Eagle shrugged, "We don't want to loose each other?"

"That sounded remarkably like a question, Eagle." Wolf remarked dryly, causing said man to blush.

"Eagle? Did you just blush?" Scorpion asked, incredulous.

"What? No! SAS men don't blush!" Eagle denied venomously.

"Then I guess you aren't SAS." Fox muttered.

"Hey! Byrne!" Snake, who had been staying out of the odd conversation behind him, called.

"Hey, K-Unit!" Joe replied, grinning. "Alex said to tell you to wait for him by the staircase while he talks to one of my agents."

"Is he alright?" The medic demanded.

"Yes, he's fine. He's just got a few scrapes and grazes. Not to mention the shock he had."

"Shock?" Wolf questioned.

"Hmm." Byrne hummed a yes, "See, the agent I mentioned is actually his father, who he thought was dead. They're having a nice talk over somewhere."

"What?" Fox demanded, mouth dropping open. "John Rider is alive?"

"Yes, alive and kicking butt. He's actually been working for me, who was of course oblivious to the fact." He added the last bit on quickly upon seeing the anger rising on K-Unit's faces.

They nodded, then Wolf questioned, "So? Mind telling us what happened in here?"

Meanwhile, in a small alcove of the room, Alex and John were having a talk.

"So...," Alex drawled, "Mind telling me how you're alive?"

John nodded and told him, "I never suspected something like the plane blowing up would happen. But it did. The only thing is, Helen and I weren't inside. See, once in, a port in the floor opened and a man climbed out. Scorpia had found out that we were still alive and decided to kidnap us.

"After a few days of being locked up, with no human contact but each other, another man came in. He told us that we would be released, but only if we promised to make no contact with our past. We protested, of course. There was you, our son, and Ian, my brother. However, he then told us that Scorpia had killed you. This eliminated any desire to go back. We agreed, and we were released in Washington, D.C. Once there, I applied for a job with the CIA. It all continued until now.

"However," Here John hesitated, "You do have some, um, well... I'm sorry, I don't know how to say this, but-,"

"I have siblings." Alex said quietly. He wasn't surprised. John and Helen had been young, only in their early thirties when he was born. They still had years to produce more. "How many?"

"Two. A boy and a girl. Twins. They're five years younger than you." The elder Rider said, relieved that his eldest got it. "Francis Marie and Patrick Charles. They're fraternal, of course. However, only in the fact that they are a different gender. They both have hazel eyes and dark brown hair."

Alex nodded slowly, then told his father, "There is something you should know. Ash was the one who blew up the plane. It was his test into Scorpia, and unlike you, he wasn't undercover."

John gaped at him before protesting, "Impossible! Ash would never do that! He was my best friend, not to mention my best man! Plus, your godfather! Just ask him!"

"I wouldn't lie about something like this!" Alex said harshly. "And I already have, after he betrayed me on one of my missions. And before you say anything, you can't ask him. He's dead."

John gaped at him again before nodding slowly, "I guess I can see it. He never was the same after Malta."

Alex sighed, grateful that his father got it, before continuing, "Also, Ian is dead. He has been since when I was fourteen."

"What?" Iderray gasped. "Dead?"

"Yes. Killed by Yassen Gregorovich, your apprentice, who later was killed when refusing to kill me. He saved my life multiple times before hand, as well."

Brandon gaped again. "Yassen killed Ian?"

"Yes."

"And now he's dead?"

"Yes."

John sighed, then asked, "So? What else should I know?"

"I've been shot multiple times before. I have had PTSD before, but that is in the past. Also, I'm married with two kids and a third on the way. The eldest is ten, Benjamin Ian. He looks like a younger me, except for his hazel eyes that also have flecks of green.

Then there is Jackie Ginevra, who's seven. She has strawberry blonde hair and green eyes. We don't know anything about the baby yet."

"And your wife?" John asked, excited but sad at the same time. His son had grown up, but he had done so without him.

"Nancy Elizabeth Strider Rider. She's a red head and is where the kids' green eyes come from. She's also the daughter of the current sergeant at BB."

The elder Rider cocked an eyebrow. "Confident, are we? You sure he won't kill you?"

Laughing, Cub told him, "Quite sure. Oh, and my unit is K-Unit. There's Wolf, the leader, Snake, the medic, Scorpion, the communications expert, and Eagle, the sharpshooter. Then there's also Fox, who was part of their unit when he was still SAS. Now he's MI6 and my partner. My codename is Cub."

Nodding, John asked, "Do you have pictures on you?"

At this, Alex gasped, "I can't believe I forgot, but yes!" Quickly getting out his wallet, he took the picture he had been looking at earlier and handed it to his father.

John smiled and told him, "They're beautiful."

Alex smiled back before suggesting, "Shall we get back to Byrne? You should probably tell him what you told me."

The elder Rider nodded and told him, "Let's go."

There we go! All done. Please review!