Triad's Win
Gunshots were all over the place. It looks like the Triads up the ante. The Triads have their own special forces now called The Creeds and they are well equipped with the latest equipment. They have all Ares Shrike 5.56 and against the agent's'M-4 assault rifles, Remington shotguns and Sig Sauer, The Creeds have the advantage.
"Alex, watch out!" Ben shouted.
Alex turned around and shot three times and two hit its designated spot. The Creed fell to the ground lifelessly. Alex reloaded and shot back in front of them and Ben talked to one of the agents that are with them.
"Alex follow me! I found another way around!" Ben shouted over the gun fire.
"Alright!" Alex shouted back.
Suddenly one of the agents fell back, blood was pouring out his chest. Alex reached for his pulse but he's dead. He noticed something familiar about this person. It was John. He was holding his Remington 870 SPS. Alex closed his eyes and took the shotgun. He slung it over his shoulder and fired back at the Creeds. He followed Ben to door and he gave a signal pointing to the air duct. Alex nodded and put his Sig on his back. Ben gave him a boost and Alex climbed through.
"Ben let's go", Alex said while reaching his hands out.
"You go! I can't fit through there", Ben replied. He fired his Sig and reloaded.
Alex crawled through the air ducts until he saw Sabina in their room. He lifted the cover and called to Sabina quietly.
"Sabina let's go, up here", Alex said.
"Alex are you okay?" she asked.
"I'm fine but the rest of the compound is crawling with Creeds"
Suddenly the door swung open and three Creeds came in. Alex hid deeper into the air duct and took out his Sig.
"Well, what do we have here?" the lead Creed said.
"She looks good, hehe", another one said.
Sabina stepped back and got herself ready to fight, and then Alex jumped down from the air duct and fired his Sig. All of the bullets hit their mark and the three Creeds dropped to the floor.
"Let's get out of here", Alex said.
"You're not going anywhere, Alex Rider" a voice said. "Now turn around slowly".
Alex obeyed and turned around and there was an Ares pointing at his face.
"Now hand over the girl and I'll let you live" he ordered.
"No, just take me. She doesn't know anything about this business", Alex replied.
"I don't need you", the man said. He struck Alex his rifle butt and Alex fell to the floor unconscious. Everything turned black.
Four weeks later, Alex woke up with a headache and noticed that he was at a different place. There was a white bandage around his head and another bandage on his left cheek. The room was really white with white furniture. "Where am I?" Alex asked himself.
"He's awake", someone s aid.
"Let's go", another one said.
It was silent again. No mysterious voices. Suddenly, a glass door slid open; one man and one woman in lab coats walked towards him. He reached for his side but it wasn't there. His Sig was missing so was the shotgun. He has new clothes on and all his scratches are patched up. "What is this place?" he thought.
"Alex are you feeling okay?" the girl said. "It's me, Ms. Jones".
"Ms. Jones, where am I?" Alex asked.
"You're back in England", she replied.
"Sabina! Where is she?"
Ms. Jones didn't respond and so did Mr. Blunt which was the other person in the lab coat.
"Tell me where she is!" Alex ordered.
"Alex…..she's been kidnapped", Mr. Blunt said.
"Triads?"
"Yes, the Triads took her", Ms. Jones answered. "We don't know why".
"I have to rescue her", Alex said while trying to stand.
"Sit down", Ms. Jones said.
Alex sat back on the bed and looked up.
"We can't track her but we do know that they are at Shanghai, China", Mr. Blunt said. "We have agents there now and all you have to do is recover and you can go back".
"Alright", Alex simply replied. He stood up and walked to the door with Ms. Jones help.
"By the way, did Wolf, Fox and X-Ray get out of the building?" Alex asked curiously.
"Better they took back the building and they saw you unconscious", Ms. Jones said.
Meanwhile, somewhere in China in the Triads main base the Triads are preparing themselves for the final fight for China.
"So the operation is in success?" the Triad leader asked.
"Yes, sir" the Triad Captain replied.
"Good. In the next two months, get the Creeds ready for another attack. Target: Alex Rider"
"Yes, sir"
"Also let our spy lead the second group", the Triad leader added. "I'm sure she'll be of some use".
"Yes, sir"
Back at the MI-6 Recovery Center, Alex is working hard to get back into shape since he wasted 4 weeks in a hospital bed. Fox, Wolf, and X-Ray are helping him with survival course and Alex was struggling. He felt like he was back at the time they first met with his SAS team. He wanted to give up but there's one thing that's keeping him going. It was his determination to get Sabina back. Alex didn't care what day it was or what month, all his focus was his training. Target Practice with his Sig Sauer and Assault Training with M-4's and Shotguns with Wolf, Fox and X-Ray. The Triads ruined his vacation with Sabina and have the nerve to kidnap her….now Alex wants to rescue her and it didn't matter how he does it. He trains 24/7 and only stops for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
"He really changed didn't he?" Wolf asked Fox.
"Yep, it's his determination to rescue that girl", Fox replied back.
"It's been 2 months now and he barely talks, only to us", X-Ray said.
"This boy is something and if he tries for the SAS I know he'll make it", Wolf said.
"That Alex isn't a boy anymore, he's a man now", Fox said.
"I agree", X-Ray confirmed.
"Me too", Wolf said.
Alex was now on Target Practice and took up his Sig Sauer and started shooting at the paper targets. His hit percentile went from 60% hit to 90% and all of them are bulls eye, either a head shot or body shot. He became more impressive with his fighting skills as he and Wolf spar each other for two hours on four different kinds of martial arts skill; Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo and Judo. The old Alex who had the fear of not becoming strong enough to protect the people, who he lost, now is gone. He doesn't doubt but he is sure that he can save them, especially Sabina. Now Alex is fully recovered and is ready for anything. Alex is a young teenage boy who came to grow up as a man.
"Alex! Fox! Wolf! X-Ray! There's a mission for you!"
