Sorry for how late and short it is. Please excuse any grammer errors.
"No Alex, listen to what I have to say. Everything this man has said to you is a lie. You see, I found some files on him in my last mission. It seemed that John had been in contact with that last group and they had a scenario with the people I was investigating. According to the files on them they only just managed to escape after being held hostage for quite a while. You were being recorded you know and I heard you all planning. I even heard you're real name. Alex, meet Hayden Ivey"
"Alex don't listen to him, he'll say anything he can to make sure you don't go through with this. He's just trying to save his job" 'John' tried to convince Alex. "Of course I'm John Rider. You have to trust me on this, I truly do love you son"
Ben scoffed. "Save it Hayden, I had a feeling you might try and convince Alex otherwise so I took a video of one of the recordings playing and I have that right here. And if you try and stop me from showing it, that itself proves you have something to hide" The red headed man smirked and brought out a blackberry, it worked just as a normal blackberry did but had some hidden gadgets and the quality of video and sound was excellent.
The play button was pressed and both 'John' and Alex watched the recording play, the picture was slightly small but the people were clear and the sound echoed in the otherwise silent room. There were three men in the room all wearing the same black jumpsuit type clothes. One looked like he was Italian, the other had striking almost pure white hair and the other one had very light blonde hair and looked around the same build as John.
"How can you be sure this won't fail?" the Italian man asked.
"We've been through the story so many times they won't be able to find a hole in it. John Rider made it out of the wreckage alive but was never found so he had to find a way to survive and because he had no money or anything it took a long time. He couldn't find anywhere that would give him contact to MI6 or England and he came across quite a bit of trouble on the way. It'll be fine and Hayden, you knew John long enough to be able to remember his characteristics and his way of speaking. Everything will go according to the plan as long as everyone plays their part and we get everyone out of here" The white haired man explained using wild hand gestures at a few points.
"But what if Alex doesn't end up trusting me?" asked John AKA Hayden. At this part Alex's eyes widened and he felt a burning in his chest but ignored it and carried on watching.
"That Blunt will probably make him go with you and if he runs away we always have our back-up plan assuming the rest get out as well. You don't mind getting shot do you?" 'White' said shrugging.
"No, not if it helps Alex trust me"
"Good, and remember we have a scientist on the inside who will confirm to Blunt that the blood is the same and anything else. You guys have got to trust me, with this plan, by November MI6 will be nothing but a charred piece of ash"
The video stopped there and Hayden turned to Alex, a deeply regretful look on his face. "I don't suppose anything I say will convince you it isn't true?" He asked and at Alex's continued hurt look he sighed and mumbled an 'I knew it'.
"Hah, I knew you weren't who you said you were, you had everything planned, Alex getting kidnapped and even you getting shot! Alex you need to step away from the bomb now and we need to get this man into custody" Ben ordered looking extremely smug.
"Wait" Hayden cried. "Alex, I know you may not think it but I do care about you. You remember in the video, I said I knew John and I did. When we were growing up we were neighbours and soon became best friends" At Ben and Alex's critical looks he hurriedly said "I know you may not believe me but it's true. Look" Hayden pulled out a small wallet and pulled out an old picture. Alex and Ben looked at it and it showed two boys of about seven with their arms round each other grinning at the camera. The two boys looked remarkably similar however one had brown hair while the other had blonde. Their eyes were also different colours and if you looked closely you could tell the littlest things that were different about them. Other than that, they seemed almost identical, and it could be easily changed to make it that they did look similar with modern surgery.
Hayden smiled fondly at the camera. "Our mothers, your grandmother used to joke how we were practically twins and we did almost everything together. Then by the time we were sixteen John had to move as your grandfather had to transfer due to his job. We did stay in contact though and it was me he first told he wanted to join MI6. I was totally set against him but he said he felt he needed to use his talents for the right purposes. I told him he would get killed and it turned out I was right" he finished bitterly.
"Why did you become part of this organisation if you were set against John joining MI6 then? This is practically the same thing except your pretty much evil!" Asked Ben.
"For revenge!" Hayden exclaimed as if it was obvious. "This place' he waved his arms around the room 'killed my best friend and now they've even recruited his son whose just turned fifteen. It's absolutely disgusting what this organisation does. They pretend their helping people and maybe they do save some people but it never comes without a price. They don't care who they have to use and who gets hurt in their missions, just s long as they succeed what are a couple of deaths. They never think of the families and friends of those people who will never know of the real reason of their loved ones deaths just because of a secrecy act! I pretended I had ulterior motives when I joined that group, I knew I couldn't figure out how to do everything on my own so found people who could help me. This has to be done; I can't allow this to go on anymore before Blunt starts using even more children like Alex. If anything Blunt needs to be gone" Hayden finished on a hollow tone and all the fight seemed to suddenly drain from him.
There was silence for a few seconds while Alex and Ben digested the news when Alex said in a low dry voice. "Why should we believe this?"
"The truth is you can't but have I suggested anything that doesn't fit with what I just said?"
"I think we need to get you into custody" said Ben walking over to Hayden and grabbed his upper arm. He was slightly surprised when Hayden didn't even struggle a bit but dismissed it when he looked at Alex. His back was hunched and his face was facing the floor.
"Alex, it's time to leave here. We need to get Hayden to Blunt and tell everyone what's happened. Don't worry, it isn't your fault, you were tricked. You're safe now" he said softly.
"…What if I agree with him"
Both Hayden and Ben jerked around towards Alex but the teen didn't move a muscle.
"What do you mean?" asked Ben, still adopting the soft tone.
When Alex didn't speak Hayden went "Alex?", prompting him to tell what he thought.
"What if he's right? What if Blunt does need to be stopped. There was a reason I came here today. Because of him I've nearly been killed seven times. Because of this place Jack died. Everyone close to me has died or been involved with this. It must show that this is wrong"
"Alex, this isn't the right way to do it. If you do this then the country will be in serious danger. I know that you have been betrayed and your life has been essentially ruined because of it but think of all the good you've done and others have. If you destroy this then who will stop all the of people who threaten our country. Who will be able to stop them? I understand that this seems a good way to solve the problem but it isn't. There will be serious repercussions if this plan is followed through. I promise you I will sort this out the better way, but first we need to get out of here"
It took a few moments but soon Alex lifted his head and stood up. He avoided looking in the direction of either men and walked out of the room, in front of them. Ben dragged Hayden out and shut the door behind them. The bomb sat there unfinished.
Two hours later Alex and Ben were sitting in a separate room. There were drinks and food supplied but neither had been touched. Soon Alex would be called in to be questioned about what had almost happened. Ben promised he wouldn't be held accountable for his actions but Alex wasn't so sure seeing as he'd wanted to do it just as much as his d…Hayden. He still wanted it but he realised what would happen to the country if he had. That would totally ruin the objective of what he'd hoped to achieve.
It was awkward in the small room. Alex and Ben both had things they wanted to say to each other but they didn't know how to start a conversation. Eventually a door opened and Blunt stepped through.
"Hello gentlemen"
"I thought Alex was supposed to go into questioning in a different room alone" said Ben curious.
"I decided I wanted to see both of you together. You realise how serious your actions would have been Alex. Organisations like SCORPIA could have regrouped and we would be powerless to stop them instead relying on others to help us. Our country could have fallen pray to them and everything as you know it could be changed to the whims of those who want to take over. It is due to your actions you have become a danger Alex and need to be kept under watch. So, hence forth, you are going to be kept here. Don't think of it as imprisonment but merely as a precaution to the country's welfare."
"How can you do this! You're the reason he felt he needed to do it. You ruined his life!"
"I did what I had to do for our country. Not even you can deny he has been one of our most successful agents. Who would ever suspect a teenager as one of our spies. In fact, I know that people won't agree, but I think we need to think more of having younger people in our organisation. It has been quite beneficial and just imagine having more of them."
"You're right people won't agree, they'll stop you! You've become delusional" Shouted Ben.
"Mr. Daniels if you want to keep your job I suggest you be quite. The reason I kept you in here was to inform you of your next assignment. Agent Daniels, your next assignment will be a long term one. You are issued to keep watch on Alex until suitable arrangements can be made. If you do not follow instructions I assure you there will be consequences suitable for the crime. There will be men to take you to your room shortly and the full extent of this will be explained, goodbye"
Blunt walked out quickly leaving Alex and Ben sat there in stunned silence.
"He's keeping me prisoner" Alex croaked, his dehydration finally catching up to him.
"Alex, no, I will not allow you to live this kind of life. Hayden was right, Blunt needs to be stopped and we're going to do that"
"What if we fail?"
"We won't"
I'm so sorry this has taken so long for me to write, the reason for this is I've had so many exams, coursework and just other stuff to do and for the last week I've been on holiday and I'm actually writing this while I'm still there. It also didn't help that I had no idea what to write and when I finally did it was so short. I feel bad but I've wanted to write this plot twist for a while and it seemed a good place to stop. I can't say when the next will be out but if your reading this thanks for sticking with the story and please leave a comment about it. As I want to get this up as soon as possible I'm not going to do shout-outs but I do love your reviews so much! Thank you!
