Tulip decides that she's going to rescue Julia from that awful marriage to that awful man. She walks in on Julia shoving him off the balcony. A Very Tense Tulip Part Five.

Everyone needs to save for retirement. Some people need a lot of money to afford a lavish lifestyle, while others only want the bare necessities. A select few need enough money to afford an extensive security system.

Tulip has found out that Julia has gotten engaged to another rich man. Julia was not expecting this level of concern. Wait, did Tulip actually think she was innocent of her last husbands' deaths? A Very Tense Tulip, Part 4.

James Sprintz has been taking a lot of trips to London lately. His father doesn't mind, but he does want to know what's going on. And why James took public transportation when they have a perfectly good private plane.

Yassen arrives at the hotel room only to find his target dead and Alex Rider standing above with a smoking gun.

Julia decides that it's time to step up her game. She can provide for Tulip just as well as any man, thank you very much. A Very Tense Tulip Part 3.

Alex has always wanted a mother. Belinda Troy has just found out that she was born without a uterus. Why not steal the orphan and go on the run? Warnings for discussion of fertility issues. Additional note: In the American versions, Tom Turner was renamed Glen Carver. I use Glen Carver in this. :)

Sequel to Just That Girl, youll have to read that first. Adrienne & Alex are back at school but their problems are only just beginning. New students and new teachers. A dance and a football game. A twisted plan and visitors taking over their school.

You're familar with the target. One Alex Rider." Yassen and his daughter get an assignment in London. If they fail, Scorpia kills them. If they succeed, MI6 hunts harder for them. Can Yassen kill the one he almost died to protect?

Alex really should have stayed home and learned the stupid lines before he failed drama class. But now he was stuck with an assassin and madman, with no help in sight. But what he didn't expect was for Yaseen to kidnap him at the end of the whole ordeal.

Tulip is struck by the idea that she might want Julia as more than friends when she turns down yet another date at the office in favor of an evening with Julia. A Very Tense Tulip Part 2. Warnings for slight elements of CompHet. Blink and you'll miss them.

Alex makes a new friend in Ella Cornell. Ella is someone who really understands Alex in ways he never would have thought possible...

Alex ends up in Russia after the events with General Sarov. Dimitri Ivanov decides he wants to see Alex again. And he does have the Prime Minister's ear. Crack(ish) taken seriously.

Tulip had never even seen another woman even close to her rank in intelligence. She's now curious enough to ask Julia Rothman from MI5 to dinner. Pre-romance. Could be read as the start of a beautiful friendship. A Very Tense Tulip Part 1.

Some rules are meant to be followed. Others were made to be broken. John decided the rule of not writing about his ordeals was one of the latter. Years later, Alex finds a notebook in the attic and decides he needs to know what it means. His decision changes a lot.

Alex decides to run away with James Sprintz when the boy offers. They make their way down the mountain together in hopes of a better life. Could be read as one-sided by James or pre-slash.

It's ten years after the failure of Invisible Sword that Nile comes across Alex Rider again. Nile would know those puns anywhere. Not Just a River in Egypt Part 10 (End of Series).

Jones is ready to leave Alex to the wolves. Planning to throw him under the bus, and suffer the consequences. But, Ben has other ideas. Intending on keeping a promise made what seemed like a lifetime ago, Ben is going to fight tooth and nail to get is kid back. Lost and Found rewrite. Irregular updates

Some of the reasons why Alex can't sleep.

Nile is settling into his new life. Low-level gang crime, saving up for that degree in anthropology he always wanted, and trying to get dates. The dating part was bad before, but the scars and the vitiligo are a bad combination. Not Just a River in Egypt Part 9.

Nile decides that he's going to take a stab at living the kind of life that he wants. Plus, he needs the money to move out of Alex's house and get started. Hopefully, this job won't be too bad. Not Just a River in Egypt Part 8.

Alex Rider is sick of people dying because of him, so he does the only thing he can-he becomes someone else. 19 year old Matthew Smith passes Selection and joins the SAS, but not everyone seems to appreciate his company...at first. Maybe these people he swore he wouldn't get close to will become the family he needs...unless his enemies are closer than he thinks. K-Unit and OCs!

Alex finds out that Nile is contemplating rejoining Scorpia. This does not go over very well, but not for the reasons Nile might expect. Not Just a River in Egypt Part 7.

As Nile heals at Alex's house, he contemplates his next moves. For the past ten years, Scorpia had been his life. Leaving would mean starting over, but now he had options again. Part 6 of Not Just a River in Egypt.

Nile is recovering at Alex's Rider's house. Suddenly, his future has more options again. Part 5 of Not Just a River in Egypt.