So, someone asked me to do an epilogue of sorts for PR. It doesn't have Ian, so I was a little hesitant, but… Here it is.

Disclaimer: I'm not British, therefore, I am not Anthony Horowitz.

Fifteen year old Alex Rider stared at his new guardian, Ben Daniels. "Do we really have to do this? Do I really have to do this?" He begged. He couldn't remember a time he had been this nervous.

"Yes, you do. Alex, why are you so nervous?" Ben asked, grabbing his car keys and putting on his black jacket that he had received for Christmas.

"Because I don't like meeting new people!" Alex yelled in distress.

"Oh please, they'll love you." Ben's fiancé, Lauren, said as she walked down the steps looking as gorgeous as ever. Lauren, like her fiancé, was dressed up but only in nice casual cloths. She had on a white sweater, dark blue jeans, leather black boots, and a light blue winter coat. Her blond hair was swept up in a ponytail while her face was all natural except for the faint mascara.

Ben was dressed similar. He had on a gray polo shirt, blue jeans, black work boots and his new black jacket. He smiled at Lauren and looked at Alex with an expression that said, "she's right."

Alex was dressed similar to the two. He had on a pair of jeans, a navy blue polo shirt, and a pair of Ben's work boots. "But-"

"Oh, you hush." Lauren said, smacking his arm and smiling. "You're a little charmer and you know it."

Alex fought a smile. He really liked Lauren. Lauren and Ben had lived together prior Ben taking care of Alex. After Alex had gotten back from Cairo, he had needed a place to live. He hadn't wanted to move out of England, that's why he decided not live the Pleasures, so Jones had ran through a list of people Alex knew and would take care of him. Apparently, Jones had made sure there was backup in case the Pleasures didn't work out. Ben or Smithers had been the final choice, and Alex had chosen the part time spy over the man that had stunned him to silence.

Ben had willingly taken Alex in, baggage, broken heart, and all. After about a week of it just being the two, Lauren had came home from a business trip. She had automatically awed at Alex. She also automatically took Alex in as a little brother, much as Ben had. The two had treated in like nothing less since he arrived at their house. When Ben was away, Lauren would still treat him like a little brother and help him. Slowly, Alex had healed and he suspected Lauren was the reason. Lauren reminded him a lot of Jack. She was a like a big sister who always played with him, picked on him, and took care of him. She had Jack's spunk and mothering nature. She was understanding, and knew a lot about the world of espionage from living and dating Ben. Not only from him, but from her work as a journalist. She often traveled to exotic places to report world news, but she wouldn't go anywhere dangerous. She always said that it was Ben's job to tell her where she could go softly, since he knew all about war zones and uprisings.

And now, after living with the two for seven months, Alex was finally being forced to meet the extended family. Since Lauren was an only child, her parents and Ben's family were hosting a New Year's Eve celebration at the Daniel's house. Both families said the meeting was long overdue, and Ben had stalled it while Alex was getting his feet back on solid ground, but now was officially the time to meet.

"Do we have to?" Alex asked again.

Lauren ruffled his hair. "Yes. You can't really meet them in June. You need to meet them before the wedding."

"Why? They'll be in a good mood then. It'll be better." He insisted.

Ben chuckled. "No, they won't. Come on, Al."

Alex sighed nervously and fallowed the other two out to Ben's high tech spy car.

"Hola!" Lauren yelled, smiling at Alex. She had just returned from a trip to Spain and was still mumbling in Spanish. She and Alex had talked in Spanish the first week she was back, until Ben finally yelled at them to speak a language he understood.

"Lauren!" A girl's voice yelled back.

"In the living room!" A male's voice yelled right after.

Alex swallowed nervously and looked at Ben.

"My sister Maggie and brother Nathan." He answered, hanging up his jacket and taking Lauren's. Alex fallowed and hung his coat on the hanger before following Ben into the living room.

"Hey, little brother. How's life?" Ben's brother, Nathan, asked. Nathan was Ben's twin brother. Both had jet black hair, ice blue eyes, and a fair complexion. Yet, both were completely different. Ben was the disciplined ex-soldier whilst his twin was a singer in a rock band. Ben was more serious whereas Nathan was crazy.

Nathan was the only one he knew about. Lauren had told Alex the twins had been extremely close, and still were. Other than Lauren and Ben's dad, Nathan was the only one in the family that knew Ben's real occupation.

"Boring. How's yours?" Ben said, collapsing on the empty couch. Lauren sat down by him while Alex sat next to them.

"Exciting." Nate said, smiling at Lauren. "And of course, how was Spain, Lauren?"

She smirked. "Don't get me started."

"Yes, please don't. I don't feel like another week of these two speaking nonstop in Spanish." Ben grumbled, grinning at Alex.

"Ben, I thought I raised a gentleman. Introduce our new family member." His mother snapped.

Ben flinched before smiling at Alex. "Everyone, this is Alex Rider. Alex Rider, this is the family." He sighed and pointed to Nathan. "My only older by ten minutes twin, Nathan."

"Still older!" Nathan said, smirking and waving.

"Whatever. This is my little sister, Margret. We call her Maggie." He said, pointing to a girl with full brown curls, bright blue eyes, and tan skin. "Maggie is a student in college."

Maggie rolled her eyes but smiled at Alex.

"Then there is Henry, the oldest. He's twenty-five but looks older than that." Ben said, dodging a pillow thrown at him. Henry had brown hair that was neatly cut, sharp green eyes, and fair skin like his two little brothers. "Henry's a chef so he'll be making dinner."

"Will not be. Mom and Mrs. Andrews insisted." Henry stated, rolling his eyes.

Ben shrugged and whispered something in Lauren's ear. She cracked a smile. "Haha, shut up, Benjamin. Alex, this is my mom and dad. They won't let you call them Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. Call them William and Vivian."

"Lauren, you still have to call us Mom and Dad. Henry, we've only know your family four years, you know to call me Vivian." Lauren's mom chided. It was obvious Lauren looked like her mom. Vivian Andrews had long blond hair that was slowly turning gray, fair skin, and natural beauty. She had brown eyes so Lauren must have gotten her eyes from her dad who was tall, muscular, and rather intimidating.

"Lastly, my amazing mother, Kelly, and my father, Matthew." Ben said, smiling slowly.

"What, you won't kiss up to your dad, too? What did you do this time? The last time I heard you introduce me like that was when I hear 'Mom, I'm going into the army.'" Kelly Daniels stated, eyeing her son carefully. Mrs. Daniels had curly black hair, shining green eyes, and tan skin.

"I didn't do anything." Ben replied, looking at Lauren. "Did I?"

She shrugged. "I don't know, did you?"

"I don't think so." Ben said, shrugging. "Anyway, again, this is my dad, Matthew Daniels. The person responsible for getting me in the military." He said, directing the last statement at his mother.

"Wasn't me who told you to join the military." Matthew Daniels said, taking a sip of water and watching Alex carefully with hawk like blue eyes. He looked awfully familiar to Alex, and it wasn't because he looked like Ben. The only physical feature the father and son shared was the blue eyes.

"You always had to tell me war stories that made it sound like fun." Ben grumbled.

"How's that working out for you, Ben?" Nathan asked, smirking.

"Great. Nothing like waking up at four hundred, swimming too many laps to count, taking a cross country run, then eating." Ben grumbled, remembering Beacon Brecons all too well. He winked at Alex who smiled.

"You're the insane one who signed up for the SAS." Lauren grumbled.

He kissed her cheek. "Yea, it all worked out."

"Anyway, don't think I don't know what you're doing, Benjamin. So, tell us about yourself, Alex." Mrs. Daniels said. (2)

Alex looked over at Ben who smiled encouragingly. "Um, I'm fifteen, I'm in year ten at Brookeland, I play football, and I, um, I don't know."

Ben snickered and whispered something in Lauren's ear along the lines of 'super shy teen spy'.

"How'd you get stuck with these two taking care of you?" Nate asked, smirking at his brother's scowl.

Alex shrugged, looking at Ben. They had long ago devised a story to tell the family.

"My unit and I were assigned to protect Alex here. He had seen something and the government wanted him to be protected from the people he told them about. He grew on us and after the government was finished with him, he need some place to stay. Since James and Dustin can't even take care of themselves, and Jake and Rachel are expecting, Lauren and I took him in." Ben said with a straight face and no hint of deception.

"Come on, give us more detail than that." Maggie whined.

"Can't. You all know that." Ben stated.

"Stupid government classifying things." She mumbled.

Lauren nodded. "I hear you, Maggie. He drives me nuts with his vague answers to everything even slightly related to work."

Ben raised an eyebrow and stared at her. "I tell you more than I tell them."

"Only because I'm the fiancé that has to know these things in case something goes wrong." She grumbled.

Mr. Daniels chuckled, still watching Alex out of the corner of his eye. "Welcome to the life of being a soldiers wife, Lauren."

"It's annoying as hell." Kelly grumbled. "But it's also an honor. Just wait till some girl is bragging about her lawyer husband and you can top her by saying your husband defends the country on a daily basis."

Lauren smirked. "True."

"Well, Alex, welcome to the family." Nathan said holding up his glass of wine.

Alex smiled. "Thanks."

"Ben! Get in here and help clean the kitchen!" Mr. Daniels yelled as his son, Lauren, and Alex all said farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Andrews.

"Yeah dad?" Ben asked, grabbing a dishtowel. His father had his back to him while he cleaned the dishes.

"So, what's the real story? Don't feed me any of the SAS protection job crap." His father stated, turning around.

Ben sighed. "I'm sorry dad, but you know I can't-"

"Ben, I know your real job. You can tell me. Anyway, I knew Alex already. You know that." His father said, sitting down at the table.

Ben sat down next to him. "Al's guardian died in his last mission. He came back to England, completely broken, and six wanted someone to take care of him. I'd worked with him before, on a mission, and he had grown on me. Plus, he trained with us back in the SAS. So, since I had clearance, I offered to take care of him."

His dad nodded. "What do you mean you worked on a mission with him? He's fifteen."

"Was fourteen on his first mission. I haven't completely gotten Alex to tell me any of his missions, or why he even had any, but I have a few suspicions. I think six somehow blackmailed him into doing missions, but I don't know." Ben said, sighing.

"He is Ian's nephew and John's son. Born and raised spy." His father mumbled.

"Dad, you should talk to him. He doesn't know anything about his dad other than what six told him." Ben said, locking eyes with his dad.

"And what ASH told me." A small voice mumbled.

Ben didn't even blink. "Come sit down with us, Al."

The young teen obliged, sitting next to Ben.

"You've talked to Anthony?" Mr. Daniels asked, a small growl in his voice.

Alex nodded. "I worked with him on a mission. I didn't know anything about him other than the fact he was my godfather."

"He's a bastard too." Matt Daniels growled.

"So you know the truth? I found out when he sold me to them." Alex grumbled.

"He sold you to Scorpia?" Matt asked, shocked.

Alex nodded.

"And you're still alive?"

Alex smiled at Ben. "I was working with Ben at the same time I was ASH. Ben was trailing us, making sure everything went alright. After I was sold, I managed to make this crazy escape, and sent a distress signal. Ben found me."

"Wait. The waterfall?" Ben asked, confused.

Alex nodded.

"Who was ASH?" Ben asked, completely lost.

"The guy you shot and killed." Alex mumbled.

Ben's face paled. "The boxing ring guy?"

Alex shook his head. "No, Dragon Nine guy. Remember? You shot him. Then you managed to get yourself shot."

Ben grimaced. "That guy? You told the SAS he was nobody."

Alex shrugged. "I was pretty upset. I'd never felt that betrayed."

Ben sighed. "Sorry, kid. I had no idea that was your godfather."

"Was a bastard anyway." Alex grumbled.

"Why?"

"He was the one that killed John and Helen." Matt said.

"You knew that?" Alex asked, confused.

Matt nodded. "Alex, do you honestly not remember me? I worked with your uncle once. You were five. Someone had kidnapped you to get to Ian. I was the one that got you out while your uncle kicked the guys arse."

Alex shook his head. "I don't remember that."

"You were really young." Matt mumbled. "Ian and I had only spoken at John's funeral."

"You knew my dad because of the PR?" Alex asked, fingering the medal he had in his pocket. He had brought it to talk to Mr. Daniels about it.

Matt nodded. "You know how Jake and Ben are close? Well, that was your dad and I."

"What was he like?" Alex asked, tilting his head to the side.

Ben smiled. Alex knew just what to do to look adorable and charmingly innocent.

His father smirked. "You."

Now confusion swept the child's feature.

"Demands who he was playing." Matt stated, smirking. "Quiet, smart, manipulative, clever, and charming. Typical spy with a spark that kept him at the top. At Scorpia, well I can't answer that. In PR, he was fun, laid back, smart, clever, and fit in. At home, totally different person."

"What was he like at home?" Alex asked, thankful for the gentle squeeze to his shoulder given by Ben.

"Relaxed, protective, kind, I'd even say loving. The boys got so use to him they started calling him Uncle John." Matt said, smirking at Ben.

Alex looked over at his guardian who smiled. "He was like a second father. I don't remember much about him, because I only saw him a few times and I was eight when he died, but I do remember that he was really nice and kind."

Alex sighed. "Thanks Mr. Daniels."

"Please kid, Nathan may be a nutcase but he was right about one thing, you're part of the family. Ben's protective of you, so he obviously cares about you. That means we do to. Call me Matt." The man said, grinning at his youngest son who was blushing.

Alex smiled slowly. "Thanks… Matt."

In PR, Maggie is Isabella. I changed that because I liked the name Maggie instead.

I hate when people say "Tell me about yourself". Where to begin?