Ovolamp: Yay!!! Wolverine definitely got his revenge…though, I couldn't quite work Snake into the chapter…Sorry!!!! DDDDDD: Forgive me, please?

AmyAlways: No it is not Python, thank goodness, cause believe it or not, he was kinda getting on my nerves.

PureAngelEnchantress: I'm kinda hoping this chapter will give you a little insight to Alex, though you're going to have to look a little hard to find it :P

Aphordite100: I'm hoping the chapter after this gets better because it's going to focus on Christmas a bit more (I hope)

Turn-On-The-Stars: That's all right!! Teachers are evil! And thanks anyway, lol. This chapter…yeah…it's more about him.

Leonessa Ivanovna: They kind of disappear in this chapter too, but they'll be back next chapter! I promise!

Chloe Griffin: Glad that made you laugh. I had the beginning of this chapter written out in a totally different way, but decided to go with this.

ScOrPiA pOiSoN: Yay!!!! You're back!!! I missed you!!

Loser94: I am really looking forward to your story!

AllWhoWanderAreNotLost: People keep telling me that and I promise I'm trying to work him into it more, because they're right…I did basically write him out of it. And I'm trying to keep it going, though some chappies are fillers. If you could give me pointers as to how to make them more well-defined that would be great!!! And I don't hate you for rambling…it was very helpful and I appreciate it a lot!

Topaz-tentei: That makes me happy that this brightens your day!

He's closer than you think.

Kae turned over in her cot. After they had found the note, Alex had made her go sit down because she looked like she'd been ready to faint. When she managed to compose herself, he sat down next to her they talked it over and finally elected to keep it between themselves unless another note was delivered. Kae hadn't been happy not being able to tell any of the other ones, but Alex logically pointed out that it could just be a hoax and they didn't want to worry the other four unnecessarily.

He's closer than you think.

What's that supposed to mean? Kae turned over the other way, unable to fall asleep. The note had bothered her all evening and she had only gotten an hour of sleep before being jerked awake by the door clicking shut silently. She had stood swiftly and peered past the partition. No one was there and Kae had been unable to fall back asleep.

Who sent the note? What's it mean? What's going to happen? Questions tumbled around in Kae's head. She knew the note was pretty self-explanatory. Somebody was closer than she thought, that much was obvious. But what did they mean? Was it a spy? Was it a threat? Or was somebody warning them something was going to happen?

"Kae?" Jessie mumbled sleepily. Kae rolled over so she could see Jessie, growling silently at the annoying bedspring that had been poking her every night since they'd gotten there.

"Yeah?" She whispered.

"You okay?" Kae nodded before remembering that Jessie wouldn't be able to see her nod.

"Yeah," she answered. "The stupid bedspring is poking me, though. Go back to sleep."

"Oh…okay…night," Jessie yawned.

"Night," Kae murmured, settling her head on her pillow. A moment later, Jessie's breathing evened out and Kae returned to her tossing and turning. She was going to be so dead tomorrow. She could just see herself now. Passing out in the middle of the obstacle course-

Click.

Kae's breathing hitched and she thanked God as she rolled out of the cot silently that Jessie was sleeping. She moved quietly to the partition and pulled it back. Her heart was pounding in her chest. She was certain she was going to start hyperventilating soon. Her breath was coming in short, silent gasps. Someone had come to finish them off. Someone was going to hurt them. Why had K-unit been taken off guard duty? They were going to be killed and-

"Alex?" Her breathing calmed and her heart began to resume its regular pace. "What are you doing up?" Alex turned to her. It was too dark for Kae to really see anything. The only way she could tell it was Alex was because the shadow was his height.

"I went to the loo," he whispered. "Why are you up?" Kae shrugged.

"I couldn't sleep," she answered. "I was thinking about…about the note." There was silence as Alex regarded her. Kae could only imagine what his serious brown eyes were saying about him…oh, that's right. They wouldn't say anything except that he was a haunted boy. Kae had seen that look only once and that was when she had encountered and WWII veteran at the veteran's day program that her school had given. Why would a fourteen-year-old boy have that look? Or was he fifteen? Kae couldn't remember if she'd actually ever found out his true age.

"Don't think about it," Alex said…gently? Kae was startled. She'd never heard him use that tone of voice before. "It doesn't mean anything."

"But, Alex…" There was a small whine in the back of Kae's throat. Alex surprised her by placing his hand over her mouth. Kae huffed from behind the hand and resisted the urge to lick. She remembered when she was younger and Morgan or someone would cover her mouth with their, she would lick and their hand always tasted nasty. She didn't think Alex would be any different. She did cross her arms and continue to huff until Alex removed his hand.

"Kae, it's three in the morning. We're getting up in two hours. Don't think about it." Kae huffed again, but agreed.

"Fine," she said, pouting even though he couldn't see it. "I won't."

Kae still couldn't sleep.

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"Why is he still here?" K-unit and Wolverine were standing in the sergeant's office before breakfast. It was already a month after Pyth…Paul...Walker had been arrested and put in isolation. And he was still there.

It made Wolf's skin crawl when he thought of the man. He had gone over to American for holiday before returning to Brecon Beacons for drill and that's where the trouble had started. And he had gone from attacking adults to children. It almost made Wolf ashamed of being in the SAS. Almost. Right now he was more ashamed of having someone like that in the SAS.

"There are…legal complications." The tone of the sergeant's voice told them just what he thought of the legal complications.

"What kind of legal complications, sir?" Wolverine asked stiffly.

"International legal complications," the sergeant elaborated vaguely. "The Americans want to take him back to American soil because of the crimes he committed there, but obviously he's an English citizen."

"Don't they protocol for this sort of thing, sir?" Fox asked.

"Yeah, who said governments actually follow protocol? He's just now being moved to an actual prison. You're escorting him to the vehicle. Inside is another unit. After he's off the grounds he's no longer our responsibility."

Wolverine didn't understand why he had been selected to go and escort the man to the truck. He felt a deep pang in his chest every time he thought about the man he had trusted, his brother-in-arms. He thought he hated the sergeant right then. But he nodded his head and said nothing.

There was silence as the five men made their way over to isolation. The sergeant had given Wolverine the keys and he turned to K-unit. He needed to do this.

"I'll bring him out," he said. Wolf seemed to debate with something before nodding. Snake opened his mouth to protest, but Wolverine had already disappeared.

Wolverine stood outside the cell, taking a few moments to gather himself. He wasn't sure how he would handle facing the man and now he regretted going in by himself. He nodded to the guard, who respectfully stepped away and then unlocked the cell door, letting himself in.

Walker was sitting in the corner. He didn't turn when the door open. Wolverine slammed the door shut behind him and saw with a grim satisfaction and hurt that Walker jumped to his feet and snapped to attention. It hurt. The man had been a good soldier. He betrayed everything the SAS stood for.

Wolverine shook himself from his thoughts and there was silence as the two men stared at each other. Finally, Wolverine spoke.

"Why?" Python began muttering, hunching over. Wolverine watched him. This was the first time he had ever seen his teammate like this.

"Needed…needed…to be…to be happy." He was playing with his hands and muttering and casting nervous looks around. Wolverine stared, his mouth hanging open a bit. He managed to shut it with a snap.

"You're being charged for assault in England and rape in the U.S. Your career is done." Walker looked up at him, a cornered look in his eyes.

"No! Not rape…not rape…they were happy!" Walker stood, desperation in his eyes. Wolverine backed up. He saw now what he didn't before. Grief for his family had pushed him over the edge. And this is what happened. He had gone insane.

When Wolverine stepped back, he realized he made a mistake. Walker's eyes went from desperate to angry and with a bellow, he pulled his fist back and attempted to deliver bone-shattering punch to his former unit leader's jaw. Wolverine grabbed the flying fist and twisted the man around before shoving him against the wall.

The breath left Walker before he regained and turned back on Wolverine. The SAS man hadn't expected him to recover that quickly, though he probably should have. It was, after all, just a shove against the wall. He felt the other man's fist land on his cheek and he stumbled back.

Walker was on his in a minute, yelling incoherently and attempting to land punches everywhere. Wolverine managed to shove him off long enough to deliver a blow that stunned the other man long enough for Wolverine to clap the cuffs on him

"Walker, you've just humiliated yourself and the SAS. You betrayed your team and you betrayed everything the SAS stood for." Wolverine felt hot tears well up in his eyes. He'd never imagined he would have to say that to anyone in the SAS, let alone his own (former, he reminded himself.) teammate.

Tears leaked out of Walker's eyes as Wolverine led him outside and he and K-unit escorted him to the truck waiting.

--

Kae and the rest of the group watched the man get led away. They had been on their way to breakfast when they saw the group and they had stopped. No one had noticed Alex move a little closer to Jessie when they saw him.

"They're just now taking him away?" Kae asked in disbelief. Thunder rumbled in the distance, almost drowning out Alex's next words.

"Nobody ever gave the government credit for being efficient," he murmured. Jessie looked up at the boy and then the sky.

"Amen," she answered. The group continued in silence to the mess hall, each absorbed in their own thoughts.

Ta-daaa!!!!! It took me forever to rewrite this chapter and I'm still not liking how it turned out, but I knew that if I didn't post it soon I would be ages until I could post it :P. Anyway, for those of you who wanted Python to receive a bashing, he kind of got a physical, emotional and mental all in one.

Okay, I'm taking a poll (no, don't go to my profile because I don't know how to set up the poll button there) on how the infiltrator (And Alex!) should be revealed.

A: Should he get desperate, break into the kids' cabin, give the speech on how he's extracting revenge for SCORPIA and then Alex take him down

B: Kidnap one of the kids, thus forcing Alex to go after him

C: Take all the kids hostage in some random building (classroom, mess hall, etc.) and while the soldiers try and work something out have Alex take him down

D: Or other. And by other you need to supply me with ideas, because those are the only ones I have.