Dave was sitting in a cell, wondering how he ended up there. He was sitting at home, after just getting back from the CHERUB campus, then... Dave sat up. He'd been drugged! He heard footsteps coming towards his cell. The door opened. A body was thrown in. It groaned, and muttered "I see you haven't improved in your niceties. You'd think after 5 years of foiling your plans, you'd treat me with some respect." Dave just stared at him. They couldn't be any older than he was! They turned round to see Dave. They both froze.
"Ah."
"You... You're dead! You have a gravestone and everything!" Dave stuttered.
"Well... The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated, as you can see. It's nice to see you're still in the business, Dave. Did you ever actually get into SCORPIA?"
"Yes, Alex. I am currently sitting in one of their cells. My plan went perfectly." He paused for a second. "How have you been spoiling their plans for 5 years? You 'died' 3 years ago. I didn't think CHERUB did things like that." Alex looked down.
"They don't." Dave waited for a minute or two.
"OK, I give in. What do you mean?" Alex sighed.
"My real name is Alex Rider." Dave inhaled sharply. Alex looked at him oddly.
"You're Agent Rider? From MI6? No way! You're like a myth or something!" Alex stared at the fangirling spy with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Rumours of my achievements seem to have been greatly over-exaggerated too." He said, when Dave had quietened down. "We need to get out of here anyway." Alex pushed the cell door open. Dave just stared at him. "What? You didn't notice it wasn't locked? It's one of their favourite tricks."
"How do you know so much about SCORPIA anyway?" Alex just smiled.
"They tell you all of their secrets when you train with them." Dave stopped still.
"You've trained... With SCORPIA." Alex nodded.
"Now come on, they'll be back soon."
"No."
"No?"
"You trained with SCORPIA. How do I know you're not still with them?" Alex sighed, and leant on the cell door.
"I trained with SCORPIA before I went to CHERUB."
"So you went to CHERUB for SCORPIA."
"God no! I went to CHERUB for MI6."
"What?"
"I work for MI6. Have for just over 5 years now." Dave just stared. "Did you know, that after the CIA used me for one of their missions, you got recruited. That's why I was hacking the CIA so soon after meeting you."
"You worked out I was a spy that quickly?"
"Uh-huh. And I had to tell you about us."
"But not the whole truth."
"Nope. I was still undercover at that point. You do realise we've missed our chance to escape now." Alex said, as someone walked towards the cell.
"How did you open the door?" they asked. Alex span round.
"Wolf!" he cried happily. He turned back to Dave. "You want to escape now?"
OK, i just literally sat here for two hours and wrote this. Now to start on Josh...