Power Point Chapter 9
Authors Note: Thank you to You'reNeverTooYoungToDie for giving me an idea of what to in this chapter:)
Disclaimer: I still don't own Alex Rider and probably never will:(
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Alex ran into the forest. He found an angle that blocked his line of view from the soldiers and started sprinting, never looking back.
For the first fifteen minutes Alex was fleeing for his life, D-Unit had totally forgotten about him. They had the jeep's radio turned on high and were singing away. It was weird how one teenage kid could calm these hyperactive soldiers...
It was when the teams navigator, Zebra, had asked everyone why he wasn't driving, that they realized Alex was missing. Silence filled the car almost instantly, as thoughts of the boy quickly filled their little minds.
"The kid should have been back by now." Raccoon, the teams medic, mumbled.
"Maybe he's just waiting for one of us to come out?" Horse, the teams leader offered.
The car became silent once again, before Raccoon offered to go look for him. Everybody agreed, thinking that the boy was most likely behind one of the many tall trees that flooded the surrounding area.
As Raccoon stepped into the woods, the only noise he could hear was the crunching of leaves under his feet. There was no indication that the boy had been there.
Raccoon could feel sweat forming over his incredibly toned body, when he realized the boy was not there. He started to swing his arms around aimlessly, like he always did when he got nervous. Soon, he started to panic. He felt like a little boy who had just lost his neighbors dog while dog sitting, but the guilt was ten times worse. He had no idea what to do, so he started to scream KID! at the top of his lungs, not knowing the boy's real name.
His unit must have heard him, because they came scrambling to his side within seconds. To any typical individual, these soldiers would have been quite a sight. Four muscular men, in their late twenties all huddled together. Their posture stiff like they were going to get shot at any second, the look of downright fear across all four of their tanned faces. And to top it all off they were in the middle of the woods, right off the intersection.
"We're obviously not going to find him, we might as well go back to base and send out a search party." Zebra murmured.
Nobody said anything, but they slowly followed him back to the car; silently agreeing.
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Meanwhile, Alex was running for his life. He could practically hear his heart beating inside his chest. His throat was dry and he longed for icy cold water. Images of waterfalls and big lakes entered his mind for a little while, before he snapped back into reality.
The seconds turned into hours with every step he took, his body was screaming at him to stop and take a break, but he kept pushing.
How long had he been running? A half hour? It certainly didn't feel like it... He doubted D-Unit was even looking for him, but if they had any brains at all they would have contacted MI6. If that was the case, they would be on their way already.
Alex needed to get out of the woods, but he didn't know how. So, he just kept following the line he had started on. It was a lot harder than it looked. Random trees, branches, and weird plants seemed to appear out of nowhere. His vision blurred together as he tried to take everything in around him.
He was glad that he still had a couple hours of daylight left, maybe he would make it out of the woods by then. With any luck at all, he would not have to pretend to be a freaking movie star with all his pathetic classmates tomorrow. I mean seriously, how gullible were they? He wanted to laugh at how ironic everything was. If he had told them that he was a spy they probably would never have believed him.
After about another hour of the agonizing running, Alex finally stopped or fell, however you like to look at it. He was panting heavily and practically dieing of thirst. Alex soon noticed something wet on his hand, freaked out, he pulled it up really fast. When he saw nothing but sweat he slowly put it back down. That's when he heard the current, he felt extremely stupid for not realizing that he had fallen next to a creek sooner.
Not thinking twice about it, he scooped water into his hands and started gulping it down. He was too thirsty to care about what had been in the water.
After about ten more minutes, he forced himself to get back up. He only had a couple hours of daylight left and without having any idea where he was, he knew he needed to get on the move.
This time Alex walked. He wasn't feeling so hot. His stomach was aching painfully, probably from the lack of food and his leg stung furiously from where he fell.
Alex was about to give up and find a place to set up for the night, when the trees started spreading further and further apart.
He couldn't believe it, he had made it out of the stupid forest! His happiness was cut short, when he caught a glimpse of a group of familiar soldiers charging angrily towards Him.
Authors Note: Thank you for reading! Do you think the soldiers should be K or D unit? I still haven't decided... Anyways, please review it motivates me to write:)
