Warning - swearing

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"Hello, my name is Alexandria Helen Rider. I'm eighteen years old and MI6's leading field agent, you already know my partner, Ben Daniels. I want to thank you all for letting me into your unit, but coincidentally I was already apart of it.. Four years ago actually, perhaps you may remember me as Cub?"

The reactions varied between each of the soldiers. Snakes furrowed his brow, Eagles eyes widened and shook his head and Redback just stood there confused, he had been told Cub was a school boy and judging by the others reactions they had thought so too.

Wolf on the other hand was verbal, "That's fucking bullshit. Ha, ha, you've had your joke.. Cub was a school boy not some underage female spy!"

"Wolf, you worked with me and now you're the one denying it?"

"Yeah I worked with Cub who was a boy in an all boys school."

"And what do you think got me caught huh? When they took DNA for the stupid clones and mine went wrong don't you think that being female would be the major factor that made it stuff up?" She was slowly raising her voice, eyes locked on Wolf. "You're stubborn you know that right? If you want I can show the scar from the barbed wire fence? You're the one who pulled me off it so you should know its location."

"Fine. Hurry up then." Wolf crosses his arms. On the outside he looked furious but on the inside he was dreading the truth. It was bad enough MI6 had used a child but it was worse knowing the repercussions that had affected the young woman in front of them.

Alex shifted her body and moved her gown, just slightly, but enough the show the men the little scar from the fence. "Well?"

"This is fucked." He averted his eyes to the ceiling and shook his head. "MI6 is fucked.. Fox what the hell?"

"Wolf what's happened has happened and no matter what we are apart of this unit. I'm sure things will work out and I, for one, am going to be here to help Lex through rehab. Jones has ordered the Sargent to let you guys do the same and I expect you to be a man and rise up to that."

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A week had passed since the reveal of Cub, everyone had come to accept Alex as part of the unit and were helping her along in every way they could even if some wouldn't openly admit to it. The Sargent had stopped by early in the week and informed them of her new code name, Huntress, ironic considering her blood lines, not that everyone understood the reference.

Her first rehabilitation lesson hadn't gone very well. The frustration at not getting everything perfect and at the discomfort and the awkwardness affected Huntress, or Alex, more then being stuck in bed did. The unit and the medics encouraged her to push through and keep trying so she put on a brave face and agreed to continue on.

Due to the lack of standard rehabilitation equipment in the infirmary they were doing things a little differently. Fox and Wolf helped her hop awkwardly over to a chair so they could strap the prosthetic on and run a few tests before helping her back up handing her a pair of ratty crutches.

Snake had raided the supply cupboard and found a pair that wasn't tagged in the infirmarys data base, (they didn't want angry medics on their tails for 'stealing' equipment). Huntress shifted them under her arms and put weight on her legs evenly but couldn't stop the discomfort from showing on her face. Slowly she took baby steps in Redbacks direction, breathing deeply her whole body was tense making it more difficult.

"Huntress you need to loosen up a bit, try and relax your muscles. Tensing them up isn't changing anything las, it will just be making it harder." Snake only received a glare in return.

Seeing that she wasn't listening Eagle moved behind her and put his hands on her shoulders. "He said loosen up, not pretend you're stone." He started his attempt of massaging her muscles.

"Get off, what was that even meant to be? I feel sorry for your girlfriend or future partner if that's what you call a massage.." Huntress put a hand up to rub her now sore shoulders.

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It was around lunchtime that she had started taking their comments to heart and started to show progress.

Fox had disappeared an hour ago to see the Sargent and do something else, which left Huntress to deal with the four soldiers.

It was amazing how time, experienced and the truth could open people up. Four years ago the original members of kunit had put her through hell and now here they were joking and telling stories from their pasts, even Redback was opening up to her.

"I was in the SAS back home but left it fairly early in my 'career'... became a bouncer at this place in the Blue Mountains but uhh got pulled back into this line of work pretty damn quick, some things went wrong a government secret or two were brought into the open and I got caught up in it.. a few things happened and I got sent here with my family. Quite crazy really.. saw some very, very strange things in that country, in a way I'm glad I'm out but seeing what MI6 does makes me re think!" He changed the subject hinting back at Huntress and her career as a teenage spy.

"I'm legal now thank you very much." They all chuckled and Huntress rolled her eyes. "I'm quite hungry... do you know if Fox is bringing food back or will we have to head over to the hall?"

"I dunno, I'm starving though and god knows how long Foxy boy will take so I say we go."

A silent agreement went through the group as they hurried to get everything in order to leave. Huntress was already on the way towards the door.

This would be her first time facing the camp. As woman and as a 'peg leg' as Eagle so kindly put it.

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Done!