This is the last chapter! For real this time :) It's bittersweet: I'm reasonably happy with how this turned out, but I don't really want it to end. There will be a sequel though, so y'all can look out for that. It should be out soon. I'm always open to suggestions, ideas, etc. and don't be afraid to shoot me a PM (not literally, PLEASE!)

"So, what's been going on in the medical life of Cub?" Eagle asked. Snake held Cub's medical file in his hands and was glancing through it, his look of disbelief growing with each page. "Why is it so long?"

"Why do you care, Eagle? It's not like you can read anyways." Wolf called over. K-Unit laughed while Eagle went over to a corner to pout. There were a lot of jokes made at Eagle's expense, and he was getting tired of them. "So, what has been going on in the medical life of Cub?"

"Uh, he broke his arm playing football at age three, fell out of a tree age six and got a concussion and broken leg, fractured several ribs doing martial arts age ten, broke his arm again age twelve because he-" Snake had to stop there because he was laughing too much to continue. "He ran into a wall at full speed!"

"You're kidding. Our little Cub? The one that kicks our butts at anything we try? Our very dangerous Cub broke his arm running into a wall? That's the best thing I've ever heard!" Wolf started cracking up at this, which was very strange because before he had met Nurse Izzy, he wouldn't have even smiled at that. The world was getting strange.

"Yeah. And there's more. Wow. His injuries get even worse starting at age 14. He's been to the hospital almost a dozen times in the last two years, one of which was for a bullet wound. In short, he's been through a heck of a lot." Snake finished summarizing the medical records for the rest of the soldiers.

"There are a bunch more that didn't make it in that file, too." Fox said quietly, but everyone heard it and were silenced. Snake sent a questioning (and threatening) look in Fox's direction. It was his cue to start talking. "He's been through a lot: assassination attempts, torture, and plain old stupidity. It's more than any of you have been through. More than I've been through."

Everyone sobered up at the thought that a sixteen year old had been through more than a bunch of soldiers. It was almost unbelievable. Almost. They had seen him in action before, and he was amazing, but they didn't want to believe that he did that for a living.

"Assassination?" M finally broke the silence and said the thing they were all thinking.

"Yeah. When he was fourteen. It was right outside the MI6 headquarters." Fox answered. M looked astonished. Who wouldn't be?

"Shouldn't that be the one place he shouldn't have to worry about his safety?" J asked. Fox nodded. No one wanted to break the silence that followed.

Finally, someone came down the hallway and the group turned to look. Doctor Williams was coming, and he had a big smile plastered across his face.

"What's up, Doc?" Eagle asked, and M groaned. Leave it to Eagle, the British soldier, to quote the American TV show.

"I have some good news for you: Cub's wound had healed enough that we only had to stitch it up." The eight men nodded; they already knew this. "The other news is that he can be released as soon as he wakes up. But, he's not allowed to do ANY training for the next month, by order of me. That means that he will be going home. Got it?"

"Wait. Cub doesn't have any family. Who is he supposed to go home to?" Fox asked. Doctor Williams froze. He hadn't been expecting that. He hadn't been told that Cub had nowhere to go. Everyone had just told him he was going to go home for a month to recover. The SEALs froze, too. Cub always seemed so happy and carefree; how was it possible that Cub had no one? "I volunteer. I'll take care of him. I'm only here for refresher training anyways. K-Unit is going to need a new unit member, though. Cub won't be back for awhile, and I'm going to be gone too. Actually, we'll probably be working together anyways. This'll be better for both of us."

Wolf opened his mouth to say something, but Fox held up a hand. "If he doesn't have someone else in the same house, making sure he's taking it easy, he's going to do something stupid. He's always been lacking in the common sense department."

"I do have common sense, I just ignore it." Someone called from the hospital room. There was a mad rush as nine men and a woman ran to get to Cub's bedside first, but Fox, being the most determined, got there first and starting firing off questions.

"Fox, if you would shut up for a minute, I could actually answer your questions." Cub said from his bed. Fox was quiet and Cub grinned through his drowsiness. "I feel fine, Fox. A little throbbing in my shoulder, but it's been doing that for a while now."

Fox gave a little smile - at least he still had his attitude. It was the one thing that ticked off the bad guys more than his spy skills. Although, he would have expected the painkillers Cub was on to tone down his attitude. Guess not. He always had been a little too resistant to the antibiotics.

"Cub, you're going to get a month off training and during that month, you're going to sit in my house and do nothing but eat, sleep, watch television, and go to physical therapy." Fox could see the gears working in Cub's head that would find a way for him to get out of his predicament.

"But going on missions is physical therapy, and I usually get kicked out of the PT center after my second session. Apparently, I'm not agreeable." Fox wanted to slap himself in the head. He had forgotten what had happened the last time Cub had been at a PT center, and he didn't want to go through it again.

"I have a solution to that problem." Doctor Williams said. Eagle jumped as if he had forgotten the doctor was there (he probably had) and Wolf tilted his head questioningly. "I assume that Nurse Izzy will be spending more time with K-Unit, right?" Wolf and Izzy nodded. Izzy could figure out where this idea was going, and she had to admit, it seemed like a good one. "Well, I can arrange to give K-Unit and Izzy some time off. Izzy is a licensed physical therapist."

"I can live with that." Cub said. It probably meant spending more time with Wolf, if his position next to Izzy was anything to go by. The two of them would be married in two months by the look of things. "As long as I don't actually have to go to any PT centers."

"Well, Cubby, it looks like we're going to be spending some more time together. How about you tell us your name so we know what to call you when we cuss you out in our heads?" Wolf called from the corner. Snake elbowed him in the stomach, and Wolf gasped while everyone else laughed. Wolf was the tough guy, right?

"Alex. Alex Rider."

And that's the end :( So, question: has anyone seen Avengers yet? BEST MOVIE EVER! And it seems like there's going to be a second one :) So, in your review, tell me your favorite movie quote! I personally like one from the Avengers: "He's my brother." (Thor) "He killed 80 people in 2 days." (Agent Romanov) "He's adopted." (Thor)