DISCLAIMER: I wish I owned Alex Rider so I could earn money for writing this
CUB: BACK AGAIN
Alex knew his presence would be widely despised in the camp. Many of the soldiers struggled to accept the fact he was there in the first place last time. He knew without being told that he had seemed to age decades instead of years since he was last there. His face was hardened with bags smudged under his eyes. He had gained a few scars, an odd knife wound or such that could be easily excused as being bullied at school. He would never expect any of the SAS men to exactly make him feel at home when he came back.
He was currently sprawled out on the school bus's backseat trying to catch up on sleep. Last night he had spent most of the night in his home gym he had installed in the outside building that MI6 had built in his garden to try and stop the whirl of thoughts that surrounded him since Scorpia attacked. Not only did it hold his gym to keep up his stamina, as going to a regular gym would raise to many questions since he could go longer then even an adult. He groaned as he felt the bus jolt down the bumpy track, his classmates voices growing louder in excitement.
They really had a shock coming to them. Alex sat up and looked in front of him for Tom, before realising that Tom wasn't here. He was never here now. Yet it still surprised him. He swallowed down the bitter taste that had formed in his mouth and looked out of his window. Even if he had no clue what, exactly, the camp look and ran like he would be slightly worried. In the distance he could see the tall chain-link fence with barb wire at the top and bottom. They were approaching a gate guarded by 2 men with guns.
He already felt so welcome.
His classmates were all whispering as the guns became more obvious to them. It was a relief to Alex's mind that MI6 had agreed to only tell the other students who he was at the end. The SAS men were being told after he had been here for a week. The bus then stopped. Silence before one of the men appeared. "Get off." He said simply in a cold voice. Screaming and laughing the rest of his classmates slowly got off of the bus. Alex followed as a more silent and calm example.
"Its so muddy." Hannah Kirl complained. She was one of the 'popular' kids. Hannah had dyed bleach blonde hair with the caked on makeup look. Most of her clothes were low cut and skimpy, showing off way too much flesh. Alex couldn't help but wonder about how cold she would be later on.
"What was that?" One of the men growled as they led them through the now open gate. Wisely Hannah chose to shut up for once in her life. Alex looked behind him as he heard the tell-tale signs of the gate being padlocked behind them by the other man who then ran to the back of the group. Alex guessed they had been told not to lose anyone, purposely or accidently. Otherwise they would just walk on with no consideration. He had first hand experience of the SAS soldiers not caring about kids.
By the time they even reached the camp the rest of Alex's classmates were muddy and soaked. They had passed the house, which caused a stir. His classmates had actually thought they were staying there. Obviously the SAS soldiers had decided their excited squeals warranted them the miles long walk to the camp. They didn't predict the entire class falling into a ditch filled with water. Hannah had even dragged Alex in trying to grab hold of him to stay out of the ditch. Needless to say he was in a foul temper.
It only got worse when he saw a fuming Sergeant, K Unit and 4 others he distantly remembered. The two men joined the only unit with 2 members in as the Units stared down at them, eyes flickering around before settling on him. To them it was shocking to see how much the kid they knew as Cub had changed. He looked as if he had stepped into a time machine and gone forward a few decades. "Like, my hair is all ruined." Mila Carter whined, she was a loyal follower of Hannah. All the girls seemed to sympathise, moaning about their hair and makeup. It was enough to piss Alex off.
"Shut. The. Fuck. Up." He said loudly, turning to them. "You are pissing me the fuck off." Silence. Before Hannah gave him flirtatious eyes. Surprisingly he had became a favourite with the girls since the Scorpia situation. Alex ignored her and went to stand as far away as he could from her. How he didn't miss this attention before becoming a spy. Now that they had all figured out he wasn't a drug addict he had suddenly became a hot topic or something.
"Rather not." Alex said blankly before paying attention to the Sergeant.
"I DON'T WANT YOU HERE!" Sergeant started after a while. "USUALLY WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED IN SAS SO THERE IS A TIME SLOT YOU CAN GO IN THERE TO SHOWER AWAY FROM THE MEN! THE BOYS CAN SHOWER WITH THE MEN! YOU ARE TO DO AS WE SAY! WHILE YOU ARE HERE I AM GOD! THE UNITS ARE GOD! ARE WE CLEAR?"
"Yes." The school kids said. Alex face palmed. They were so doomed.
A/N: Brownie points for whoever guesses what happened to Tom.