Sorry about the wait. Its just that when I did It began with Christmas I had it pretty much planned out. With school and all, I'm pretty much just winging this one. I'm bringing in K unit and Ben and Yassen because so many people asked me to.
The ski instructor, Tyler, talked them through a regular day at work. The class jotted down everything. The next day, one of the senior managers talked them through a regular day at work. The class jotted down everything. On Wednesday, Mr. Grey and Tyler organized them into groups according to experience with skis/snowboards and paired each group with an instructor. The class jotted down everyth –
No, wait. The class did not jot down everything for the rest of the week. They were too busy screaming down the ski slope on narrow pieces of plastic. Alex, Tom and Alexandra had lots of fun watching Hog wobble down a kiddie slope on skis and look so extremely proud of himself at the end. Even more fun was watching their classmates' faces as they watched Alex and Alexandra flipping and twisting expertly on snowboards around the instructor's course. Even better? Tom got it all on tape.
On the last night, Alex was updating his journal when the electricity cut. Everybody in the lodge was herded towards the main room. Tyler and one of the technicians were trying to fix the problem. Mr. Grey was telling everyone, "It's safer for everybody to stay here while the problem is fixed. We don't want you wandering around in the dark."
And then, of course, Scorpia executed their sickeningly dramatic entrance.
Alex and Alexandra, with their cheetah-sharpened senses, knew immediately what was happening. "DOWN!" yelled Alexandra. Everyone looked at them like they were crazy but then the first gunshot rang out and everybody dropped to the floor. Several girls screamed. The power came back on, the lights flicking up to reveal the black-garbed Scorpia operatives, the signature silver scorpion gleaming at each of their throats. The cheetah twins jumped into action.
At Alex's kick, one dropped unconscious. The others opened fire, but Tom found his senses and ordered everyone into the back room, leaving Alex and Alexandra clawing, tearing and chopping at the agents. When the Scorpia operatives were either unconscious or dead, Alexandra looked out of the window and stifled a scream.
Alex looked over her shoulder and knew why.
The entire ski mountain was swarming with agents, and several black tanks with the scorpion insignia were dotted around. Alex said quietly to Alexandra, "I'm going to send a signal to MI6. Tell the others to stay where they are."
"Should I tell them the truth?"
"No time for that. You'd better just tell them it's not safe."
This decision proved unwise, as, of course, Hog burst out of the back room. "Why should we listen to you?" he demanded.
"You just saw me and Alexandra take out a room of obviously dangerous people, Wellington," said Alex calmly. "We know what we're doing." He turned to Alexandra and hit the special app Smithers had installed on his IPhone.
"I've sent a distress signal but you know Blunt: get a distress signal, wait until your agent is about to die. I'm not waiting."
"But Alex, what can we do?"
"They've stopped the ski lift," Alex gestured out the window. "But the cables are intact. I can't snowboard or ski down the slope, but I can run down the cable."
"You're going to tightrope run off the mountain? Are you crazy?"
"Cheetah DNA, sis. I'll call K unit, Ben and Yassen and we'll grab a chopper and head over here. Can you defend?"
The others watched this exchange with some bewilderment.
"You say she's your sister?" asked Mr. Grey.
"'Xandra, can you explain? Those Scorpia operatives aren't going to wait. Oh, and just in case they're too far away for your claws…"
He tossed her the pistol.
Without another word, Alex exited, flipped onto the cable, and started to run.