Alex Rider has been through hell and back, only to be sent right back to hell. After Jack dies there is no one left to hand Alex off to, and so he gets sent back to Brecon Beacon under MI6's care. If only things were so easy for Alex, but since when was his life ever easy?

Everything Alex knows has been ripped from him, and his mind and body torn to shreds. Now he has to recover what little he can from the wreckage, and deal with the storms that are coming. It's a good thing K Unit are there to pull him through as he struggles to fight off old and new demons. Now Complete.

Life's a journey of ups and downs for Alex. And living with the Pleasures just wasn't working out. He couldn't live with them trying to control his life. So, the choice was made—he had to get away. Of course, life couldn't be as simple as that... all it took was one simple change to turn life—as he knows it—upside down.

Wolf tells K-Unit a story from when he was younger. Alex realises it sounds familiar.

After a particularly stressful training session, A sixteen year old Cub is left freezing and in soaked clothes in the team's hut. The men don't notice he's in trouble. When they do, will it be too late? Chapters 2 and 3 have been removed to be rewritten. Oneshot until further notice.

Alex is alone. Scorpia want him dead. These are the facts. But Alex knows only too well that in the world of lies and espionage, even basic truths can change.