A/N: I only got one review, but I was too excited not to post the second chapter. Yes, this one's about Yassen. I LOVE YASSEN!! HE SO COOL! Yeah, I have a thing for liking secondary characters just because they are secondary characters. Like Tom and Yassen and Wolf. One more thing to note: none of this story will be yaoi, slash, lemon, etc. Sorry all you yaoi fans. I'm just not into that stuff. No offense, it's just my opinion.

And here's to my single reviewer!!

PsychoWing: thanks! Um, well I planned out a chapter for Wolf, and then I planned out one for Fox. But the Fox one won't come out for a while, because I haven't had the time to finish Snakehead yet... Also, I might do bonuses of the K-unit, but I forget who they were. Could you perhaps list some of them?

DICLAIMER!! Alex Rider and all that goes with him belong to Mr. Anthony Horrowitz and not me

And so it begins...

Touched, Chapter 2: Yassen Gregorovich

I didn't shoot him. For some odd reason, I couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger. I had told him it was because I wasn't instructed to kill him, which was only partly true. Assassins know never to leave witnesses. That boy saw me kill Herod Sayle. On instinct, I would've killed him in an instant. Then I saw the boy's eyes.

He has his father's eyes. He reminds me so much of him. If John were still alive, he would have been proud of his son. Even if his son was on the other side.

The truth is, his father was my father. He taught me, instructed me, and saved my life. I had never known a father before John Rider came to Scorpia. Alex and I could have been brothers. Now I am his enemy.

I can tell by the way he looks at me. His glare is confused, upset, even a little afraid. I so wish to tell him about his father. About the truth. But he has chosen a side for now, and I cannot risk this.

For some reason, I pity the boy as well. He never knew his father. At least I was able to be his pupil, even if only for a short time.

It is true I am getting too old. It may be time for me to retire. Yet somehow I know, someday, Alex Rider and I will meet again. Maybe someday the boy will come to his senses and realize who the true enemies are. Maybe someday, he will live up to his father's name. Maybe someday, he will truly be my brother...

A/N: Well, how was that? Yeah, I always thought that Yassen thought of Alex's dad as like his dad because well, I don't know why. It just sounds cute! And then he wanted Alex to live cuz he is like his little bro! But yeah, now I'm ranting. Darnit! I rant too much. I should take like, anti-rant therapy and here I go again! Anyways, the next chapter might be Wolf, or maybe Paul Drevin, or maybe even Jack. I'm not really sure at this present moment...REVIEW and I will know!

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