Disclaimer: I don't own Alex Rider or any characters in the book.
A/N: Please review. There will be romances later on. Right now I'm trying to decide on the romances so input would be nice. Thanks.
Chapter 2:
The helicopter ride was long and hot. The blades overhead made an incessant racket. Wolf was piloting the small craft.
"You will train with Cub. He will be your leader and I will be his. Listen to him and you might make it," Wolf explained.
Max only nodded. Cub was a codename. The boy's real name was Alex Rider. He was sixteen, her age. As for the leader bit she seriously doubted that this boy who had only been at MI6 for more than a year could best her. She had gone through so much training it would make anyone's head spin. As they landed she had a fleeting wonder of what her codename would be. When they finally touched down she vaulted out of the vehicle landing on her feet gracefully, bag in hand. There were some men and a boy waiting nearby. All the men looked young. The younger boy, Alex, was leaning against a tree daydreaming. Wolf came up beside her and whistled. The guys came over.
"Guys our new recruit is here. We'll codename her Kitten for now. Her real name's Max. Max this is Snake, Eagle, Fox, Hawk, and Cub," he explained.
They all nodded at her. She was furious at the nickname but ignored it. She would show them.
"Cub show her to the barracks. I want both of you out at the course in half an hour," Wolf ordered.
Alex motioned for her to follow and she did. He led her to a building with seven beds. Max threw her stuff on the empty one and sat down.
"Bathroom's over there. Breakfast at six. Lunch at one. Dinner at eight. Got it?" Alex asked.
"Yeah I got it," Max answered bored.
"From now on I expect you to call me sir got that?"
She stood and got in his face.
"Look I'm not going to take orders from someone who's lower rank than I got that. I shouldn't even be taking orders from Wolf but I'm being polite since he is older than I," Max said staring him down; "You'll see what I mean when we get on the field."
She stormed out of the barracks and headed for the field.
Alex couldn't believe what just happened. How was he supposed to deal with this? This girl was crazy. Alex decided he would ask Wolf later and followed the girl.
Max had memorized a map of the place in the helicopter. She went to the field. Wolf and the gang were already there. Wolf turned surprised to see her.
"Where's Alex?" he asked.
"Right here," came a voice from behind Max.
His face was flushed and he was sweating. The boys burst out laughing.
"What happened Cub?" Snake asked trying to get control of his laughter.
"Don't ask," replied Alex.
Max was getting to her wits end. She just wanted to run the course and get a little practice in at the range. The boys taking there time frustrated her.
"Can we get going on this please? You're all acting like little children," she blurted.
The merry faces of the gang dropped. They all looked at her. Wolf looked almost angry at being yelled at by a kid. He turned and walked toward her raising a hand to slap her. She caught the blow easily. All the expressions of shock showed her feat. She threw the guys hand down and stalked past him. She went to the start line and got ready to run. On an invisible signal she leapt forward. It was a 100 meter dash to an A-frame, which she popped over. Next there was a pit that she had to swing over. Then there was a wall that she had to go over and a maze to go through. Then she came to a tower. The platform at the top was a good twenty feet off the ground. She climbed up as fast as she could. Then she swung over the monkey bars and was faced with a trapeze. She froze. This was the part she dreaded. She had to jump into open air with only nets below her. Her worst fear was of heights. On a platform it wasn't bad but without one it was terrible. She breathed in a few deep breaths. Without giving herself time to second guess she jumped. Her fingers grazed the bottom of the trapeze. She fell into the net disappointed at herself. She saw Wolf coming over. She waited.
"What was that last part!" he yelled.
"Don't want to hear it," she said and started to walk past him but her grabbed her arm.
She stopped and sighed.
"I'm not done with you," he said.
Without warning Max grabbed his wrist and threw him over her shoulder. He landed hard and the air rushed out of him.
"But I am," she said and walked off.