Effects of a Rider chapter 29; Change in direction
AN: I thought I would do someone a little more cannon for this chapter. Please review and thanks so much for reading.
Ben wasn't really sure when exactly he wanted to change his job, but when the recruiters came he didn't say no.
SAS to MI6. Not a common move and not one received well by all.
So many people asked why and he couldn't answer them truthfully. (For who in this day and age would truly believe someone when they say it is because it's "the right thing to do". Not the spooks for sure.)
But it felt right. He didn't like the ambiguity of right and wrong that his new work introduced him to and he missed the comradeship that he had shared with Wolf and the others. But... sometimes when he spotted a threat, was able to help a ally, it felt right. Like he was meant to be here.
He had been horrified when he discovered that the free computers were a plot to kill kids but had worried about why no-one had found out beforehand. Why had a gunman who shot the Prime-minster had to save them with his actions? (A tiny part of his mind had always insisted that he recognised the gunman's small stature but his orders didn't let him get closer to check.)
Then he discovered Alex. Saved him from the vicious brute of a fighter while all the time asking why his bosses would do such a thing. Surely they had standards? Using a teen? Then he discovered Rider. The brutal way he dealt with that hospital. How the spy was only a little shocked at his Godfather's betrayal (because how many traitors, how many people letting him down did it take for someone to be immune to that? To accept it?)
He's stayed with MI6. Despite his morals and anger at them for what they have done.
Because...
because...
because if it all goes wrong and debts are called in (and he owes Alex a debt for not doing anything to help him) he might by needed on the inside.
(Or even worse, if he breaks – for teenagers are such a security risk – and defects he might be needed on the other side.)
Either way, he's here and he hopes (so bad) that he's doing the right thing.
