DISCLAIMER: I do not own Alex Rider, sadly. Katherine is all mine biatches and Dragon is readingnerd18's property (and totally awesome)
"The 7 things I like about you, Your hair, your eyes, your old Levi's, When we kiss I'm hypnotized, You make me laugh, you make me cry, But I guess that's both I'll have to buy," ~ 7 things by Miley Cyrus
Katherine was curled up in a office chair giving Gary a look. 'All I'm saying, Katherine, is that we need you and SAS to return to camp while we find Alex. Less suspicious you see. It will allow us to search more freely.' Katherine sighed but nodded reluctantly at Gary. She hated sitting around and waiting, she wanted to get out there to look for Alex, but if her return to Brecon Beacons was what it took to have a better chance at returning Alex she would do it in a heartbeat.
'Okay, I'm trusting you Gary.' Katherine informed him, standing up. She walked out and downstairs to the lobby and outside. She climbed in the back of the army truck and shut the tail bed. Katherine completely ignored K Unit, sitting at the end again and just staring out, knees hugged close to her body. She felt vulnerable and she hated it. In everyone's eyes she was the big bad spy that was larger then life, right now she felt as if she was so close to falling apart.
Footsteps. Dragon came and sat beside her. He gave her a small smile that she returned. 'Hey.' Dragon greeted. Katherine looked at him in the eyes breifly. Her molten brown bordering on chocolate brown eyes connected with his dark brown ones that held surprising warmth.
'Hey.' Katherine replied before looking away and out of the semi-circle that showed where they was going. She fiddled with her thumbs for something to do.
'I have a tattoo.' Dragon said suddenly filling the silence. Katherine looked at him again. 'Right here.' Dragon showed her his left wrist. 'It says "Stay true to yourself and they'll never break you".' Katherine hid her face with her hair and smiled. 'You got any?' Katherine shook her head.
'Tattoos are something unique to you, so its easy to recognise a spy. I've always wanted 1 though, just 1. I do have scars.' Katherine sighed, leaning back on whatever the wall was. She had no idea why she was telling Dragon this, but it was nice to get it off of her chest. 'Not the kind of scars you'd expect.' She sighed before rolling the jumper up to her elbows and held her wrists out. 'My battle scars. Not from criminals, but from myself. I hated myself after my parents died. I watched their plane explode. I knew they was dead. Their was nothing else I could do.
'Even at age 10 I was a stubborn child. I convinced Ash to drive me to the wreckage. I think I spent a hour shifting through metal to try and find my mum and dad's bodies. I never did. I was taken away kicking and screaming. I isolated myself at school and by the time I was done with that it was 2 years later and everyone had forgotten me.' Katherine ran a finger down her scars on the left wrist.
'Wow.' Dragon whispered. Katherine set her head on his shoulder again as he wrapped a arm around her waist.
'I don't deserve a friend like you.' Katherine sighed as she closed her eyes.
'Yeah...friend.'