Chapter Ten: Surprise
The next morning, the sun streamed in through the small windows of the building. Li was already awake, gathering together the breakfast. Hex was also awake, but he was outside, emailing the information he had downloaded yesterday to Amber's uncle. Once Li had finished putting together the food and packing anything that was left over she wandered outside. 'You ok?' she asked Hex softly.
He shrugged 'How are we supposed to be feeling? We've just lost one of our best friends. We're not Alpha force anymore.' Li sighed, she didn't want to believe him, but she knew that without Alex, nothing would be the same. He was the person who had fitted it all together, they might make decisions as a team but when it came down to it, Alex had taught them to survive.
With everything packed up in the truck, the four teenagers climbed in. As usual Paulo was driving, and Li was curled up next to him. Hex and Amber were sitting close to one another in the back. They drove away from the building, heading for the road they had driven down the night before, as the hut had been built far away from any roads. They sat in silence, although rather than the awkward, painful silence of last night, it was comfortable and peaceful, as they all sat engrossed in their own thoughts.
Amber shifted slightly in her seat and her hand touched Hex's. He looked at her, half smiling and took her hand in his. Amber smiled back gently and then let her gaze wander to the side of the road, which they had just driven onto. Narrowing her eyes she looked at a shape in the distance, and then gasped. 'Stop!' she screamed.
Paulo braked sharply. 'What is it?' he asked, but Amber had already jumped over the side of the truck and running into the distance. Looking at Hex and Li, he shrugged and quickly followed. Soon all four of them were running towards the distant shape. As they drew nearer and recognised it, they ran even faster. 'Oh my god.' Li whispered. 'It's Alex.'
AN: You didn't think I'd killed Alex did you? Update of what happened to him in the next couple of chapters. Amber and Hex...well I think there's something going on between them so I 'evolved' it slightly. Don't worry that's about as far as its going to go. Hex may have seemed dramatic with the 'We're not Alpha Force anymore.' comment but if you've read the books you'll know that Alpha refers to their first names: Alex, Li, Paulo, Hex and Amber. So technically it's true. Meh im allowed dramatic license...and so on and so forth etc etc