Hey, Sorry it took so long! I have finals and regents going on, bit here's the long anticipated next chapter!

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M16 Headquarters: Liverpool Street

"What do you mean my son's not in England?"

John Rider slammed his hands onto the desk on Tulip Jones', the head of M16. When he, along with his brother, Ian, and his wife, Helen, had arrive at Ian's house, they had found it empty. The next logical step was to go to M16 and see what they knew.

"I'm sorry John. We sent him to America to live with a friend."

"And why in bloody hell would you do that?"

"Well, after the death of Ms. Starbright-"

Ian stepped forward. " Jack is- dead?"

"Yes Ian, I'm sorry. She died after getting caught up in Ale x's last mission."

"Mission?" John said. " What do you mean- no, dammit Tulip, you didn't?"

" He was one of the best agents we had! He was almost as god as you, and he was 15! He took down Scorpia by himself."

Ian and John stood in silence for minutes before John spoke. " Look, Hellen's at the house, and she's going to want to know where the hell her son is. Do you have an address in the U.S.?"

Ms. Jones looked something up the Pleasant's address and wrote it down. John grabbed it and walked out the room.

Ms. Jones shook her head. " If I could only see the look on Alex's face..."

16 year old Alex Rider said goodbye to his friends and stepped off the bus. After moving on after the death of his beloved housekeeper, Jack Starbright, he had adapted very well into American society. He was living with his girlfriend, Sabina Pleasure. He had made many new friends, and had visited with his old friend Tom a few months ealier. He was doing very well in school. He was having a great new life, with nothing M16 or CIA or any other intelligent agency related. It was great.

Alex stepped up to the door of his house. He opened the door and stepped inside. Sabina was still at school, playing tennis. The only one home would be her mom.

"Mrs. Pleasure, I'm home!"

He walked into the living room. Inside, Mrs. Pleasure was talking to two men and a woman with there backs facing him.

" Oh, I didn't realize we had-"

One of the men turned around. Alex froze. Then, the man spoke.

" Hello Alex. My, your die for two years, and your nephew grows into a completely different person!" Ian Rider said.

Alex promptly fainted.

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