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Alix Rider and the Search for Love- Finding the Vault.

Alex awoke to a buzzing sound on his nightstand, and soon identified it as his cell phone. "Hello?" Alex asked

"Alex, did you find the vault?" Alex regonized this voice as Mr. Alen Blunt. Alex looked at the clock and hung up. How dare he wake me at 2:30...

The next morning at brakefast, Alex kept a close eye on anything that Bob McClelland did that was weird. Nothing. Bloody nothing. What a waste of his time. His eyes were soon drawn to Sarah. Alex looked at her arm, which was bruised up and down, her wrist had some cuts here and there. Something was up, and Alex was going to find out.

"So, Alex how are you enjoying your stay? A bit different from America eh?" Mr. McCelelland asked.

"Very different, yes. It's very lovly here." Alex replied. Different from America, HA i dont even KNOW there! Well, just gives me something to laugh about.

"Well, I must be off, good day." And with that, Bob left the table.

"Ah, as I shall be going to." Alex said. As he got up, Sarah looked at him if he was crazy, for what reason he did not know and left.

As Alex watched Mr. Bob McClelland leave and pull out of the driveway, he went back to his room.

"That guy couldn't hurt a fly. Whats with Sarah? No slide remarks, no nothing. And her arm, ouch! But HOW did she get those bruises? Well I'm suposed to get into the basement..." Alex wispered to himself. "I don't want to do this...I DONT WANT TO! Im sick of it! I DONT want to be here! I dont want to catch a serial killer! I DONT WANT TO WORK ANYMORE!" Alex yelled out his window.

Alex opened his drawer, and pulled out the folder. He opened it to see if Sarah had those bruises, and f ound something else. Bob McClelland the one he knew, wasnt him at all. And Sarah, looked happier, with no bruises. Something was up, and Alex decided to give Alen a call.

"Hey Blut, this is Rider. Here's the problem, the Bob McClelland I ment, wasnt his at all. The picture one and the one I know don't look the same. And this morning at brakefast, you know Sarah, she had bruises on her arm and cuts on her wrist." Alex said concerned.

"Alex, it cannot be possible that they are different. And Sarah, she plays Lacross, what do you expect? She gets hit with sticks all the time. All I asked was for you to go down to that basement. I don't want a full case ut of this. Remember Point Blanc? I don't want to see any of that. Get in get out, understand?"

"Yes sir." Alex replied, stunned. And most of all, anger. Alen Blunt hadn't believed his BEST agent on this. After all these years. That didn't stop Alex at all, he was going to get to the bottem of this.

Alex heard a know on his door, as yelled "Come In." The door reviled a crying Sarah, something that broke his heart.

"Uh, Kyle?" She sniffed, "Can I ask you something?"

"Yeah, anything." Alex said.

"Have you, i mean, have you ever uh-" She took a deep breath. "Have you ever had, problems?"

"Sure, one day I mismatched my socks." Alex said, trying to add humor.

Sarah let out a little laugh and sat down in one of his chairs. "I mean, real trouble?" She asked.

Alex's heart was pounding, did she know about him? "Uh, yeah." Alex stated the truth.

"Well then you know what I'm talking about." Sarah's tears had stopped and fear filled her eyes.

"Sarah, is there something you want to tell me?" Alex knelt down infront of Sarah and took her hand. (awww).

Sarah was about to speak when a lound BANG filled the house and footsteps were heard. Alex stood up and Sarah went directly behind him, as if he was protecting her. Oh great. Alex tried looking for an excape. Bingo...Alex led Sarah to the fireplace and he climed up as Sarah followed. They waited there untilthe coast was clear.

They sled down and into Alex's room, fled down the stairs and out the house and into the hellicopter. Alex took the pilot seat. "Can you fly this?" Sarah said worriedly as Alex began for takeoff. Alex was too concetrated right now. "Alex? Hello?" She asked.

Alex stopped. "How do you know my name?" Alex gulped. Tears began to fill Sarah's eyes.

"I heard.." Sarah couldn't find the words.

"It doesn't matter, lets get out of here." Alex flew the helicopter up and out of sight. Unfortinuatly, (i know didnt spell that right) they did not see the person standing at the pool.

PERSON AT THE POOL

"Sir? Alex Rider had left, along with Sarah."

"WHAT?" You get him back here and kill him. You understand?" A voice said on the other side of the phone.

"What about the girl?" The other voice asked.

"I don't care."

Sarah's Point of View:

I didn't mean to say Alex, really. I know he works for the M16, and I know people who want them dead.

I was going to tell him, everything. But then a explosion happened. It was just a mine exploding, it happens all the time. It's normal. Nothing dangerous at all. Its miles away, but it can be heard.

I was going to tell him, but he was doing such a great job at being the hero. So, I kept my mouth shut.

Back on the hellicopter:

Sarah giggled. "What?" Alex asked.

Sarah laughed harder and harder until she was crying. "WHAT?" Alex asked. He was frustrated. He had left everything behind, including the folder.

"You...you... What did you think that big bang was?" She asked.

"I don't knowm but something bad." He replied.

"It was a mine miles away. It was nothing." She replied, now feeling guilty by the face Alex had on. "Look Alex," She tried to explain.

"Just shut up alrught! Do you know how much trouble you got me into?" Alex let out a sigh, sure to his thought he was going to be dead, and soon.

Someone had pickd up Alex's phone and hit redial. "Alex? You okay?" Alen Blunt answered.

"Oh he's fine."

Alright, Im shooting for longer chapters, was it long enough? Reviewing is good for the soul you know. Bye for now. Kelsey