Built for Espionage: Epilogue One
One Year Later
'Is this a normal Monday for you?' Tom jumped to Alex's side in a second, already asking the question as they observed the scene before them. The two boys, along with every student in their year had been pulled from class and told they were attending a 'special class' for the rest of the day. Now they all sat on the ground of their school gymnasium watching a group of four men bicker like the children they were trying to teach.
'No. The SAS usually try to ruin my life on Tuesdays' Tom took his eyes off the scene and turned to Alex with a raised eyebrow.
'Is that sarcasm?' Whispered Tom as they saw their teacher, try to hush the students that were now talking being as apparently whatever was meant to happen was delayed.
'Yes, idiot' Alex gave a deep sigh.
'Okay kids quiet down, we've got some visitors' Finally it seemed that the four men were ready for them and so Alex's teacher gave them centre stage (though they weren't standing up on the stage).
'Everyone, I'm Wolf, this is Eagle, Snake and Fox- we're known as K-unit of the SAS and we've been invited here to show you kids some basic self-defence techniques' announced Wolf, the man was casually looking over the year group before him and Alex just knew he was looking for him. Not only had his guardian's unit (and his unit) not told him that they were coming to his school to teach them self-defence, but Alex was certain they also hadn't been invited, more likely that they had offered and his school jumped at the opportunity.
Alex heard as most of the students began to whisper to their friends, Tom would've started as well if it hadn't been for the next words that came out of the girl sitting nearest to Alex and Tom. She had turned around to them, two of her friends watching on as she meet eyes with Alex.
'Pist Alex, isn't that guy on the left your dad?' Oh end his suffering, of course in the last year since he'd returned to school students had been paying him a bit of special attention- it was understandable. He had spent nearly a year dropping in and out of school, only to suddenly get a new guardian and suddenly he wasn't getting sick anymore. There had been a lot of unsavoury rumours going around. So, it made sense that in the only eight times his new guardian had picked him up from school in the last year, of course, some students had seen his new guardian.
'Isn't your dad the year five's history teacher Charlotte' quipped Tom, shooting down the girl and she turned quickly back around to her friends. Tom cast him a glance before looking back to K-unit.
'Though seriously, what's Ben doing here with your old unit'
'Not a clue, though if Eagle had any say its to embarrass me'
Twenty minutes later showed Alex's year group being split into pairs to practice a defensive kick and a way to get out of someone's hold if they were behind you. The pairs were spaced fairly apart, far enough so that you could quietly talk to your partner and the next pair wouldn't be able to hear. Tom stuck closely to Alex, something Alex was sure was more for his own comfort then Tom's.
'Tom imagine you're someone who actually trying to kidnap some kid, you're not going to use this weak grip- please just try or else I'm sure K-unit will be more than happy to show you how to actually do it' There was no venom behind his words, Tom understood how far K-unit were willing to go to embarrass Alex, having been caught up in quite a few of their schemes.
Tom didn't however get a chance to respond because suddenly Wolf's voice was demanding their attention, effectively getting each student pair to look up and watch the man.
'Okay kids let's do another demonstration, you come help me' Wolf's eye met Alex's and the teen held back the groan of internal pain, what was Wolf's plan? Tom sent him a sympathetic well wishes, saying a goodbye to his friend as if he was walking to his friend- which he might just be.
'Name?' Wolf smirked down at him, Alex restrained himself from glaring.
'Alex'
'Alright Alex, now kids if someone tries to grab you-' Wolf went into a brief explanation of a kidnapping situation before turning back to look down at Alex. With a fair warning Wolf grabbed him by his arms from behind, clearly showing to the class what he was doing before he swiped Alex's legs out from under him, Alex would've fallen off balance if it weren't for the fact that Wolf was playing the nice instructor and not the SAS soldier he was.
'Now it's easy for someone as big as me to grab Alex here and do something like that, that easily forces Alex off balance' He spoke to the class before looking down at Alex. Alex wasn't about to be wiped out by his unit, and screw his class thinking he's weird, he'll just say he's done self-defence lessons before. So, when Wolf asked him to improvise how he would react to someone grabbing from behind, and began to do it, well Alex decided to get a tiny bit of playback for the embarrassment and for not telling him they were coming to his school.
He caught Ben's concerned eyes before he wiped Wolf out, their leader lost his footing as Alex whipped back and knocked him easily off his feet. For him it was effortless, for all his classmates watching- he just became the coolest kid in their year. Understandable, he'd just knocked an SAS soldier off his feet in seconds.
However, as he caught Ben's glance again, he knew he was in for it tonight. Ben was a great guardian, but both Alex, Tom and K-unit knew he was strict.
'Worth it' Tom promised him, they were in this together.