Alex sat perched up a tree; his class were attempting the obstacle course. Charlotte had gone over to see them, she sat talking happily to Sherrie and Lavender, probably about him. He watched as Peter jumped at the wall, and fell backwards, Molly then tried to climb it, neither worked. Alex knew you had to dislodge the rope at the top and scale up that way, but neither of them had noticed it.
"Oi, Cub." Alex leant backwards and swung upside down to see Eagle, "What are you? A bat?"
"Nope, a SAS Midget Spy." Alex popped the 'P'.
"Well are you climbing tree's for the fun?"
"Yes Eagle," Alex said very sarcastically," I'm watching the Maggots."
Eagle smirked at the sound of his nickname for the kids, "Well the B-Unit are fuming about that Peter kid. He thinks he is the new Alex Rider, hitting on all the girls, fighting other members."
"Is that what I do?" Alex raised his eyebrows, crossing his arms still upside down. He swung up regaining his head, and then swung down again.
"Apparently, anyway. He is going to have the hang test later along with any other idiots. There is a Tree nearby which you can watch from. I was going to watch from the base, along with Fox and Snake. Charlotte has been invited to join in; she rolled her eyes and showed them her stitches apparently."
"That's like her." Alex chuckled; Eagle grinned again and walked off. Alex flipped up, pulling his beanie on better. Standing up he fell backwards. Curseing under his breath, he caught a branch and hung there.
"Oh my god!" Molly squealed pointing over, Sherrie screamed. Alex cursed again started to swing his legs and flipped, after a while, onto the branch. Sighing deeply he thanked Fox for teaching him high bars. Alex heard sets of feet coming over. Swearing loudly he jumped onto a nearby tree.
"That sounded like Alex." Greg pondered, then there was a sob and he saw Charlotte break down in tears. Through her tears she used Morse code to say run to Alex. (.-. ..- -.)
Alex understood, they had learnt about codes yesterday. They now had basic understandings on every key code and a good one on Morse. Alex used the distraction as a way of sneaking around the trunk of the tree and snaking onto the next. He was now on the high wire course, using the ropes and wires he got to the other side of the lake and down. He then ran to the Barrack and hid. Fox sat inside with Snake,
"What's with you Cub?" Fox muttered, from around his textbook
"Class nearly...fell out of...thank god...code..." Alex collapsed on his bed breathing heavily.
"Now in English..." Snake mused
"I was hiding in a tree watching my class, fell backwards and hung from a branch; they saw me and came over. Got onto the next tree but they could nearly see me, but getting up I swore. Greg thought it sounded like me, he said so, Charlotte burst into fake tears and sent me a message using her sobs in Morse Code. I used her distraction and ran away."
"Makes sense now, you put it in English." Fox smirked, "Clever Girlfriend by the way. You lucky thing, we aren't allowed them."
"A-Unit are conducting a search of the grounds." Eagle grinned as he entered,
"Why?" Snake shot upright.
"The kids say they saw a boy in a tree. Told B-Unit, I found Bear and told him it was Alex." Eagle grinned, "Bear said they will delegate the search to Wasp, Wasp is taking the boys out to make the kids happy now. All they are doing is talking about girls."
"But they aren't allowed..." Alex began
"Exactly, A-Unit is only 17. So your lot are in reach. They are trainees."
"Let me guess they like..." Charlotte burst through the door holding a beanie, cutting fox off." Her." He finished
"Got it in one," Eagle slumped onto his bed.
"Well they can get off." Alex gave his sideways smile.
"Do I want to know? Update me in a minute; I have some scolding to do." Charlotte turned to Alex,
"Oh god." Alex looked at her.
"Alex Rider, you idiot. Why did you fall out that tree?"
"Yer, Cub no falling out trees." Fox smiled
"I fell I didn't mean to." Alex shrunk,
"Well don't do it again." Charlotte sat down next to him and put her head on his shoulder. Throwing him the beanie she looked at Eagle. "So what were you guys talking about?"
Eagle, Fox and Snake just stared at her, "You are the only person, who can scare Alex Rider. Snakehead, Scorpia, Mafia and Yassen make him scowl but never scared." Then suddenly Alex vanished, shooting beneath the bed he pulled his bag in front of him.
"What..." Knock knock, "Hello? Come in. Do you want cookies?" Eagle called in his girly voice, Peter walked in, no swaggered.
"I was wondering where Charlotte was I need to talk to her." Peter bolstered,
"No, go away." Charlotte snarled,
"Really?" Peter grinned, "now Charlotte come here." Charlotte stood up and went face to face with Peter.
"No." She hissed, Peter grinned put her in head lock and took a step. Then fell headfirst onto the floor, Charlotte slipped out and kicked him out the door. She walked back and collapsed onto Alex's bed.
"Come out Alex." Alex slid out from Snakes bed, "What!"
"I went from my bed to snakes, and then tied his shoelaces together." Alex stood up fully and grinned at their shocked faces.
"Now I know why you are a spy. How did you know he was coming?"
"Heard footsteps, recognised the saunter."
"God sake, how come we get the stupidly good kid."
"What were you talking about?" Charlotte interjected as Alex sat back on his bed.
"A-Unit." Fox chuckled, "You already have a fan club."
"What!"
"Yer," Alex rolled his eyes, "and I get stuck with you."
"Shut up Handsome," She tried to punch him but he moved to fast, instead she fell forward into his lap, her head hitting his shoulder. He turned her over and sat her up next to him laughing. She scowled and tried to move but Alex held her there. She tried not to laugh, and failed.
"Ohhhh, Handsome. New nickname Cub?" Eagle smirked,
"Only from her. Don't you dare even think about it." Alex scowled and glared at Eagle. Eagle looked down and muttered something.
"Charlotte," Snake looked up, "Are you the only one not petrified of Cub?"
"Cuddly Care Bear isn't scarey." She grinned, she wriggled off the bed before Alex could get her.