By popular demand: An extra chapter detailing each Cherub's individual reactions and Alex's explanation.
AN: Currently there is no plan for a sequel, but there might be in the future, so keep an eye out! Also, thanks for all the reviews, guys.
The door opened slowly. Mac blinked as a blonde head, shorter than he had expected poked its way through the door, followed by the body. He was even more shocked to realise that it was the body of an adolescent. James made a slight choking noise.
"Hello," the newcomer said grinning, "I'm Alex."
Mac, composed as ever, only twitched. James, however, was not so lucky and was openly gaping now. He could hardly form a proper sentence. "But– But. . . How?"
Alex smirked and made his way over to a seat. "I suppose I should explain. You were too blind to realise you weren't as secret as you thought. MI6 saw what you were doing, thought it would be a great idea to make me a spy. I was doing some extra training when you found me he was at BB though, and I thought it would be interesting to fool you."
He neglected to mention that Blunt had requested he infiltrate CHERUB to place bugs and collect information.
Mac looked a little ashamed. "I must admit, we were a bit arrogant and oblivious –"
Alex snorted. A bit?
Mac frowned and continued. "But we've seen our mistake and will make sure it never happens again. We must be grateful that it was you, who entered our ranks, and not an enemy. At least you did not mean any harm, and the most you did was train with us and go on a mission."
Alex hid a smile at that. They were still so naïve! Didn't they realise that though they were on the same side, MI6 would still treat them as outsiders and try to monitor them?
The other children had fallen silent, but now James spoke up. "Why did you pretend to die?"
Alex shot him a sympathetic look that was only partially sincere. "You had to learn that things can go wrong. That people can die. That sometimes, even if your enemy is weaker than you, they can still beat you. You were starting to think you were invincible and I had to fix that."
James accepted the explanation, but reluctantly. He still thought it was cruel of Alex to shock him like that, and he didn't think he'd be trusting the spy again anytime soon.
"Getting back to the reason you're here, we need to show you the details of the mission we have for you," Mac said.
The others leaned in closely, having already forgiven Alex. The blond spy, who already knew about the mission from Blunt, leaned back in his chair. It was always fun to trick people. Maybe that's why he was such a good spy.
Does this make a satisfying ending? I'm not psychic, so TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS! (in a review).