Thanks you guys for hanging on with me, I got my cast off but school started and we all know how hard it is to write with school in the way. Thanks again!

The next morning Alex got up at 4 in the morning unable to sleep anymore. He put his clothes on that he kept for running. Going outside he looked around, where to run, where to run? Screw this. He started running at a sprint not caring where he was going, just going. Alex didn't think, he just ran, he ran for his pain, he ran for his loneliness, he ran for Jack. He had run 15 miles when he finally started slowing down. His lungs were spazing out on him, his legs ached, his throat dry. Though he would never, in the world admit it, he ran to distract him from the cruel world.

When he got back to the tent everyone was slowing moving around squinting trying to see in the darkness of the tent. Changing his face back into emotionless, he sat down on his cot and started changing.

Eagle looked excited, thinking that Alex was going to spill, "Where have you been Mister?"

Hiding from you, he wanted to say but instead said" Running," with a coldness that stiffened Eagle.

Eagle, not easily disappointed asked, "How did you go?"

Alex shook his head in wonder, why does he keep trying? "Only 15,"Alex murmured in a mono tone.

Fox just smiled in no way surprised. Wolf stood up looking most alive of the bunch, 'Let's head out to breakfast."

Everyone nodded and headed out the door. On the way to the mess hall people where looking at Alex, making no effort to hide their curiosity. The people who had seen Alex last time still looked Alex curiously because there was something different about him from the last time. Only a few of the people were close enough to see Alex's eyes and when they looked at them they just nodded and moved on.

In the mess hall Alex put up with the same looks from everyone but this time he just stared back at them making look away in fear. In line the lunch ladies just smiled a pitying smile to Alex and Alex looked away. He couldn't stand those looks anymore then he could stand Jack gone.

At the table he looked down at the food on the table. It wasn't appealing and he wasn't hungry. Pushing the tray away, he looked up at his team mates around him. Wolf looking like he was going to hit something and staring was daggers at Alex like he was responsible for being here. In a way it was, and on that thought Alex turned away in shame. Fox was eating calmly looking around the room evaluating everyone in for danger. Snake seemed to be almost snarling at the people who were looking at Alex funny.

Sorry, I should make it longer but I wrote this in a day and kind of hate it. This was just another filler chapter more will come soon! Promise. Here's a poem I read once on a fanfic. It fits here perfectly.

If I should die before you wake.

Don't you cry, don't you ache

Nothing every yours to keep

Close your eyes and go to sleep