Chapter 12- Misunderstood Mystery
Disclaimer: I do not own Alex Rider, I only own Snake and the plot bunnies.
Note: Post Crocodile Tears
It seemed like days had past and for all Wolf knew it could have been. So far he slept six times and if he used that as a start of point to guess as to how long they'd been there, he'd say four days or so. He really didn't know, it could be longer but there was no clue. If only they had a window, then the positioning of the sun would give them a clue.
So far there hadn't been a whiff of Cub, since three sleeps ago, and Wolf was more than pleased that he had yet to make a reappearance. Wolf mused that Cub was probably infiltrating MI6 by now and had probably done so to the SAS, if he hadn't done it already that is.
Cub's 'clue' turned out to be absolutely useless, they couldn't even identify the body. Actually they'd had some thoughts as to what it's purpose was, and all they could come up with was it was a warning, Cub was trying to warn them it was how they would end up soon, but the unit led by Wolf had already begun their escape.
For the last few hours or maybe days the unit had been taking turns to pry at a specific tile. They'd discovered it earlier, from just a crack Wolf had begun to formulate a plan. Wolf had deduced that if they kept pulling at it then it would become free and they would be able to use the tile to damage the lock or if that didn't work continue to make a whole in the ground for them to escape. It was taking a while, but Snake had devoted all his time to it, in an attempt for forgiveness. Wolf decided that if Snake did manage to pry the tile off, then he'd forgive him.
"Wolf, Wolf," Snake called urgently, speaking to him for the first time since the argument. Wolf moved towards where he was sat and noticed the tile had come free.
"This is brilliant. Spider wake Eagle, we're getting out of here."
It was with enthusiasm that Wolf battered at the lock with the corner of the thick, white glossed tile and he was rewarded with a 'clunk' sound as part of the lock mechanism fell to the floor. The others gave a small cheer and as Wolf battered the door down gave another excited cheer- they were finally able to get out of here. The door, after many repetitive pushes from Wolf, fell the ground and the unit immediately filed through.
Wolf was ecstatic and more than over-joyed to finally leave the cell they had been forced to live in and for the first time in a while could freely move about.
"Right, we're getting out of here. Snake your at the back, Spider go ahead and start work on the door and Eagle, you and I need to disable any security," Wolf commanded unable to hold the glee from his voice.
When Wolf stood in the centre of the corridor he looked for any cameras with Eagle. He saw one pointed towards their cell and jumping he ripped the camera from the wall leaving only a few wires dangling in its place.
"Any Eagle? I got one."
"Nope, there's no more," was Eagle's response from behind him.
Wolf nodded, this was excellent if there had been only one camera. But perhaps a bit careless on Cub's part? It seemed a bit strange it was quite easy but Wolf decided it was better to contemplate things like that after they got out of there.
"Wolf?"
Wolf moved to look at Eagle and found him not behind him but surprisingly in the cell with the dead body. What was he doing in there?
"What on earth are you doing? We need to get out of here. We can't lug a body around with us," Wolf cried out.
Eagle just shrugged and moved closer to the body.
"This was a clue, right? Well what if this body helps us get out or has a clue on it? It's at least worth having a look at, we don't have anything to lose."
"Suppose," Wolf huffed, displeased Eagle had managed to convince him.
Wolf entered the cell and bent down beside the body also, he pulled the blanket off and revealed the body.
Whoever it had been had worn some casual clothes, just jeans and a plain t-shirt. It was nothing special, nothing that indicated why the person would have been captured. He examined the body further.
"Well it's a he," Wolf announced, "Eagle can you turn him round, at least then we'll be able to see who he was." Eagle agreed and the body was turned over. Shaggy hair disguised the body's face and once Wolf shoved it back he narrowed his eyes at the face. His eyebrows frowning and his eyes staring furiously at the face of the body.
Hold on didn't he know that faceā¦
It clicked, but then in another sense it didn't, in fact Wolf felt his mind grind to a halt. This couldn't be, there was no way this could be possible. Yet it was and the body here was proof.
Nothing made sense. From his side Eagle took in a deep breath of shock.
"Cub?"
A/N: Well originally I wrote this chapter thinking there was only one possible conclusion, turns out I confused myself and there's way more than one. Plus the questions of is he good or is he evil have yet to be answered. If you can't guess anything from this chapter it should be two chapters until the 'answer', well the main one and other answers will quickly follow.
As for editing I just haven't had the time, I did say I would this weekend but things are getting in the way and I wouldn't want it to get in the way of updating so it might be a bit of a wait (but then it could be a day or two) until I am able to get round to editing. I apologise for the long A/N but I will update by the latest Tuesday.
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