Alex Rider
Strong Return
Being back in London was a relief for Alex, after his last mission in Africa, M16 decided to give him a break for a month. The only ones who knew where he was are his housekeeper Jack Starbright, a red haired energetic American girl, and his best friend Tom Harris, a boy with spiky black hair and pale blue eyes.
At least he thought his vacation was gonna be relaxing until the doorbell rang. Jack was in the middle of making breakfast when Alex opened the door. Tom was with the SAS team that Alex trained with: Wolf, Eagle, Fox or Ben, and Snake.
"How did you find them?" Alex demanded at Tom. "Eagle's my cousin," Tom said calmly. "So he got the group together and I invited them over here." Alex just stared dumbstruck at Tom, trying to process what he said.
While he did that the others came inside and helped Jack make more for pancakes and eggs. Alex was still frozen in the doorway, so Tom and Ben had to carry him to the couch where they let him drop on it.
He cursed when his back hit the couch really hard. The only thing Tom and Ben did to help was laugh. "Yeah yeah," He said painfully. "Laugh at my pain." After they were done eating they started talking about what happened during Alex's missions.
"You're kidding!" Tom exclaimed real loud. "Are you really sure?" Alex shook his head while laughing. "Yes," He said calming from his laugh. "Mr. Bray wasn't even in the room, I think the other me attacked him or something. But he couldn't do it because we were the same, same clothes, same faces, it would be like shooting himself."
"But you are him right?" Eagle asked, very confused. "No," Alex said back. "He was Dr. Grief, but we looked the same so he couldn't do it." All of a sudden Tom's cell went off. He answered it, immediately knowing what had happened.
"Gotta go home." He said after he hung up. "I'll drive you home," Eagle said getting up. "Then we'll come back here." After they left Wolf got up and walked to the center of the room. "Now that we know Cub's real name," He said getting back to his previous seat. "How about we introduce ourselves?"
"I'm Austin Ferrel." Snake said, finishing his pancakes. "My parents gave me the same name as my code name" Wolf announced surprising everyone. "You already know my name." Ben said, pulling Alex into a headlock and ruffling his hair. Just after Alex got out of Ben's grip and tried to twist his arm, Tom and Eagle walked into the room.
"What happened?" Austin asked, curious for why Tom and Eagle left. "My parents filed a divorce," Tom said solemnly. "Now I have to move to France."
I got an inspiration from the song from Spirit 'I Will Always Return.' The characters don't belong to me, but the name for Snake is mine.