Chapter 2: Undeniable Secrets
A/N: So many people said that they didn't know who Alex Rider was! It's a series of books written by Anthony Horowitz. It's brilliant! Okay boogalaga asked for a fact file on Alex Rider so I'll create one for all of you! She only asked for a paragraph… I think I went a little overboard :D! It wouldn't be fair to the people who haven't read the books if you didn't know about him. Please tell me if I go out of character since its been like a year since I last read a Alex Rider or Artemis Fowl book!
Reply to reviews at the end of the page!!! :D!!! Sori for the long time it took for me to update! Blame the exams!
Alex Rider fact file:
Name: Alex Rider
Age: 15 (well in my story anyway)
Appearance: dark hair, dark eyes (please tell me someone if this is wrong, I really can't find it in the book where it mentions what he looks like1 But I think this is it!)
School: St. Bartleby's (currently… he used to go somewhere else, but in the fic he transferred here).
Background: Every since he could remember his parents were dead. He was looked after by his uncle, who supposable worked in a bank. But one day his uncle dies mysteriously. He goes to the bank his Uncle worked in, only to find out that his uncle was a spy for MI6. MI6 needed someone to go undercover, a kid so they could find out about a certain project. (the rest is in the first book in the series called 'Stormbreaker'.
'Point blonc' was the second book in the series; MI6 blackmailed Alex who didn't want to help them to go undercover again. This time he had the identity of 'Alex friend' (I'm using this identity currently in the fic!), he goes to a rich school especially for posh rich kids who didn't behave well. Only to discover the headmaster had a plan to take over the world!
'Skeleton key' this was the third book. Nothing much happened in this one. The most important thing that effected Alex in this was that every since he was young no-one cared much about him, but at the end the man who was going to shoot himself, instead of killing Alex and getting away, he killed himself, since he loved Alex since Alex was the splitting image of his dead son.
'Eagle strike' Is the fourth book in the series, in this Alex finds out that his father was an assassin and was killed by MI6! By the end of it Alex is extremely disturbed, and wants to know more about his family's past. Like how come his uncle was a spy for MI6 and his father was killed by the very same group!
Talents: every since he was young, he was unconsciously trained by his Uncle to be the perfect 'spy'. He knew everything that a spy should learn. His uncle wanted him to follow in his footsteps. Alex knows thing form pick pocketing, to riding a mountain bike so fast that cars couldn't catch him!
Friends: Consider a loner after the 'stormbreaker' incident, he felt as if there was something separating him from the other teenagers. Although before that he had many friends and found it easy to get along with everyone.
A/N: If there's anything else anyone want to know about him please put it in your review and I'll make sure to post some answer to them! :D!
This was actually planned for chapter 2… but chapter too got quite long and then I really didn't want to keep typing! Its next chapter that got the humour!
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Alex walked into his bedroom, he knew this room was to be his bedroom since as he approached it he noticed the door was slightly ajar, indicating that it must have been left like that after all his belongings had been place in there. Well count on M16 to pick the most secluded room… The first thing he noticed as he cautiously opened the door was a silver metal suitcase that lay beside his belongings, too anyone else it would have been inconspicuous. But Alex was observant and immediately recognised that this was not his, but that didn't mean he didn't know why it had been place there.
He picked up the suitcase with one hand, and opened it with the other. A soft click could be heard inside the suitcase as the alarms system was decoded. The case lay open at his disposal. A single pristine white envelope lay on top of the numerous objects inside. He pulled out a letter, it only said:
Alex,
The things you would never forget,
The things you would be nowhere without,
The things that you can be sure you would need,
The things that you treasure beyond life,
The things that a normal teenager would have.
Of course.
Smithers
Alex cast a glance at the gadgets and picked it up one by one, carefully inspecting each before putting it back. How could I forget what to do with these? A smirk appeared on his face. They have saved my life more times than I can count. His eyes flickered through them. They looked perfectly harmless and normal as they lay there but Alex knew better:
A yo-yo, a perfectly harmless and even playable, but it had 30m of highly fabricated nylon that could lift weights up to 100kg. Besides that the yo-yo itself is self-motorised, extremely useful for mountain climbing.
ZIT-CLEAN, FOR HEALTHIER SKIN, the cream inside weren't for skin though. But if applied to skin nothing damaging would happen. But applied to metal it could completely melt it away.
A Discman with the music CD Beethoven, can also be used to play CDs but when Beethoven is played it becomes a compact saw, since the edge of the music CD were diamond edged, and as it is set on spin it would cut through nearly any material.
A gold earring (unattached), If the two pieces were ever put together it would trigger a device within the earring, and as the two pieces are separated again, it would activate a 10 second count down bomb. Able to blow a hole in basically anything.
Alex unconsciously touched his ear, he was thinking of growing it back for he didn't want an earring. Looks like there's no chance now. Alex grimaced.
Anatomy of Atom structure, Alex raised an eyebrow, last time they had given his Harry Potter and the chamber of Secrets, and that was at least readable. But this!? Although Alex knew that it was not for reading. A stun dart was hidden with in the spine and if the author's name was tapped 3 times it would render any adult unconscious within 5 seconds.
Nintendo Gameboy advance SP, last time he received one it was a gameboy colour. Looks they update their technology with the latest even in gaming, but I guess no kid here would be caught dead having anything undated in their hands. It contained 4 games, Nemesis giving direct contact to MI6, it was a fax machine, photo copier as well as a mobile phone, and worked vice versa. Exocet this turned it into an X ray device, complete with an audio function for eavesdropping. Speed Wars, A bug finder, Bomberboy, this game didn't need to be set into the SP, it only need to be place somewhere and if someone hit the start button 3 times the game would blow up since it contained an actual smoke bomb. And all these games were still even playable besides their other functions.
Alex was impressed they never sent him with this many gadgets before. Is this Artemis Fowl person really all he's cracked up to be? Or is he a fake? Guess I'll find out soon enough…
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Artemis sat before his laptop, the screen illuminating the surroundings. Various memory sticks lay discarded beside him. He was completely posses by what he was searching for… There is something not right about 'them' the more I think about it the more I am suspicious. Its too complete… He though to himself as he scanned the information he found on Alex Friend.
Every single detail is there, whereas David Cloy seems like a premature adolescent, but a person like that couldn't have won the best new computer product design in all of Europe or designed their own computer language at the age of seven… There's something wrong…. But why? Why cant I Artemis Fowl the second the greatest mastermind be content with this information… Everything also seems too perfect… Artemis continued to ponder his thoughts, something was wrong. But what was it? This was almost unnerving. Artemis leaned back on his chair and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
Why am I wasting my time on investigating this when I had other plans? I still have to restore my family fortune. These matters can be put aside… for now… Something's wrong, but there are more pressing matters that need my attention. My instinct tells me not to leave this unsolved, yet all the facts clearly state nothing's wrong, but this make me more intrigued and supports my views on that there's something wrong… The way Alex looked at me it was as if I was a specimen under examination…
Unknown to Artemis, his every move was carefully monitored and watched by a figure that lurked in the shadows, as silent as silence itself, completely undetectable. A creature born of darkness itself. Nothing ever stood in its way, nothing was more important to it than the accomplishment of its mission….
Artemis began his plans for 'Fowl industries', but every scheme he tried to establish, a name always appeared standing in his way. Artemis knew his ventures were far from legal, but what was this? This name that appeared again and again, was it encrypted? This name that was almost a whisper in the renounced silences of the wind, a name which was…
… Scorpia…
Artemis was beyond frustration, nothing stands in my way and doesn't pay… Scorpia, maybe it would be more useful as an ally instead of an enemy. I'll formulate a detailed roport on them and see if there's any means on getting in contact with them…
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A/N: I have currently been cracking the code for Artemis Fowl 3 (eternity code), you know the code at the bottom of the page? I have deciphered about a third of it so far, its meant to give you a clue on the next book, so depending on what I find its about I might changed the story slightly… but nothing dramatic and the things I change will be in later chapter as well, so no need to worry!
Princess Arwen Evenstar 77 I think he should fail a sports too, but Artemis doesn't seem the type to fail. So I planned something extra special when he does to PE. Lol. Don't worry even if you haven't read the Alex Rider series this will still make sense! :D!
DemonOfShadow I really need to find a BETA reader or something, I can never pick up on my own mistakes. :'(. I can spot other's a mile away. *sighs* I'll try to proof read it more. Nothing much happened in this chapter either… I can't wait for the next one though! I got so much planned! :D!
Jen Thanks for the good luck! My exams have finish well the nation curriculum ones anyways, and now I've got all the other subjects that wants essays! All those Humanities ones…! I haven't even seem another Alex rider fic, I dunno why no-one write about him I mean the books are like phenomenal!
Boogalaga thanks for the tip of giving everyone some info on Alex Rider. But I thought his series was quite famous… I though most people would already have known about him… oh well I hope the info helps, I know I went a little overboard. He first of his book is called 'stormbreaker' and you can find the other titles of his series in the fact file I made! :D! they're brilliant you should read have a look at them!
Mystic fire demon glad someone besides me have read Alex rider series as well as the Artemis Fowl series, I was beginning to think I was the only one! I really like your 3 crossovers! Hope you like the end when I mentioned scorpia! I guess you would probably be the only one who knows the link! Well hopefully you read eagle strike! You probably know more of the plot than anyone else since you read the series! Lol.
Y401-F4N It would be cool to have Artemis good at sports but I'm still indecisive I mean I always thought him to be a more computer guy. I dunno. Well you can find out what I decide in like chapter 5 or 6 when I get to it! :D
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How was this length?
Anyone else cracked the code of eternity code?
Does anyone have any guess to what or what they think scorpia might be?
Today's my birthday!!!!!
Edited A/N: I just read Scorpia the 5th book in the alex rider series! And I have to say I HATE ANTHONY HOROWITZ! HE's SO CRUEL!!! Anwayz this plot will follow a bit of scorpia, with my own twists! :D. But no spoilers yet, until like chapter 25 or sumfink, I'll post a warning when there is spoilers. I hope most of you will still continue to read this fic!
