Alex Rider: Moving On
Chapter five! Here we go! Time to see some action!
This chapter will focus on the Black Dragon Casino and Alex's journey from the roof to the vault. You will see a more darker Alex than ever before. I hope this doesn't disburb anybody, but I thought it was time that Alex started doing what other spies do.
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Chapter Five:
Dark Side
The helicopter flew across the city of Las Vegas. High above the buildings and the skyscrappers.
Alex hung his legs out of the helicopter. Enjoying the air that was blowing against him. He loved the feel of it and didn't want it to stop. He wore the black, bullet-proof suit, which covered him from neck to ankle. It felt a little heavy, but bearable.
In his hands was a FN Five-SeveN, equipped with a silencer. He double checked the clip and cocked the gun, making sure it was fully loaded. He then slipped it into his left pocket and relaxed.
Lily's voice came on into his micro-phone. "Alex? Get ready! Your jump is coming right up! Make sure you the parachute and the camouflage active before you make the jump! This has to be perfect! Too early, you will crash into the wall! Too late, you will over shoot it!"
Alex got up from the edge of the helicopter and grabbed the parachute. He put it on and readied himself by the edge.
One thing that Alex found amazing of Lily was that she could fly a helicopter. This girl was just full of suprises.
"Don't tell me that your afraid of heights!" Lily teased.
Alex laughed and said, "I've been through worse than this!"
A few seconds later, the moment came.
"NOW!" Lily screamed.
Alex took a deep breath. He activated the camoflage suit and jumped forward, right out into the open air.
Everything was happening all at once for Alex.
He felt himself spinning out of control.
Control yourself when falling! Alex remembered the voice of his uncle, Ian. Balance yourself. Don't get out of control.
Alex finally stopped spinning and stabled himself. Then he pulled the cord and the chute came out. Alex felt himself jerking backwards. It hurted. A lot.
Looking around him, he saw the roof of the casino. He moved in the direction of it and kept himself in a straight forward position.
Suddenly... he saw two armed men on the roof.
He knew what to do.
Thanks to the camouflage, Alex was invisible. The parachute was designed to use the darkness of the sky as cover. He was well hidden.
Getting closer to the roof, Alex found himself heading towards one of the armed hostiles. He smiled. Just as he wants to.
Alex unstrapped himself from the parachute and fell to the roof. He landed ontop of the man and used his body weight to keep him down. Using the butt of his gun, Alex hit the man in the back of the head.
Good night! he thought to himself.
"James?" came the voice of the second armed hostile. "You alright?"
Alex moved forward and hid himself behind air-conditioning vent.
The man came around and saw the one known as James.
"On crap!" the man nearly yelled. He turned around and searched his surroundings. He thought it might have been a sniper.
Alex made his move and silently went forward. He approached the man and quickly got him into a headlock. The man dropped his SCORPION machine gun and struggled to free himself. Alex tightened his grip and made sure that the man couldn't reach him. After a few seconds, the man passed out and Alex allowed his body to fall to the ground.
"Lily!" Alex spoke into his micro-phone. "I made it to the roof! Heading down the stairs as we speak!"
"Please be careful, Alex!" Lily said with a worried voice.
Alex smiled and said, "Don't tell me that you are actually worried."
"I would never!" she protested.
Alex laughed and opened the door to the stairs. He went down, preparing for a bigger fight ahead.
The first few floors were clear of bad guys.
Must be in the lobby, he told himself
He arrived at the lobby and founded three armed hostiles patrolling the place.
"Hey, do you think we might get away with this?" one of the men asked.
The other shrugged and said, "If not, we can go out with a bang." He waved the machine gun around like a psycho.
"I want to be rich and retire to a nice island in the Caribbean," said the third one. "Maybe I can find myself a nice wife too."
In your dreams! Alex thought.
Alex readied his gun and rushed forward, right out the door.
"What the-"
Alex fired three times.
All three armed men went down. Dead.
Alex ignored their lifeless bodies and kept moving forward.
He soon came to the casino area.
Right in the middle of the place were a couple dozen hostages. Some men, women, and children. There were six armed men around them.
Alex moved from coin machine to coin machine trying to keep himself concealed from the hostiles. He kept the camouflage activated, but he needed to keep a distance in order to stay hidden.
"What is taking them so long?!" one of the men complained. "They should have busted in by now."
"It's a casino vault, what do you think? It isn't like they are just going to store all of the money inside and not take extreme measures to keep it safe. Give it more time."
"It's been more than seven hours!" the man complained again. "The police are growing restless and so are we! I say that we kill one or two hostages to show them that we are serious!"
"No!" another man protested. "We wait for the boss's orders! He hasn't told us what to do next yet! We wait!"
Alex became angry. There was no way he was going to allow them to kill any of these people. He needed to take these guys out now!
"I need to use the restroom," one of the men said, as he hurried off.
"Just hurry it up!" yelled another.
Alex suddenly got an idea and followed the man to the restrooms on the other side of the casino. He silently followed him in and when they were out of sight, Alex reached forward and grabbed him from behind. The man dropped his machine gun. Angry to his core, Alex jerked the man's neck back and a horrible sound could be heard. He was dead.
Alex allowed his lifeless body to fall to the ground and he began to take off the man's clothes. He dressed himself in them and walked out of the bathroom. He hid the gun behind his back and approached the armed men. He used a hoodie to cover his face too.
"Hey, what took you so long?" one of the men teased.
Alex pretended he was drunk and walked funny.
"Did you go to the bar?!" the same man complained. "You decided to get drunk at this hour?!"
That was when Alex made his move.
He grabbed the nearest man towards him and used him as a shield. He aimed the machine gun towards the armed men and squeezed the trigger.
"EVERYBODY DOWN!" Alex screamed at the hostages.
The bullets hit the first two armed men and they went down in a flash.
The hostages screamed and ducked for cover on the ground.
The other two armed men fired, but the bullets only hit the man that Alex was using for a shield. Turning the gun towards the men, Alex again squeezed the trigger and the men went down.
Alex allowed the dead man to fall to the ground and he stared at the hostages, who were looking at him with confused and scared faces. They couldn't see his face, due to the hoodie that Alex was wearing.
Using his deep voice, Alex said, "Get out of here! Go!"
The hostages didn't hesitate as they made a run towards the lobby.
Alex smiled to himself and made way to the vault.
As Alex climbed the stairs all the down to the vault, he reloaded his gun and took aim. All ready for what lays ahead.
Remembering back to when he killed those men, Alex felt a little bit of pitty on them. He didn't want to kill them but he felt that he had to. When he was younger he never once killed anyboy, except for Hugo Grief, Damian Cray, Desmond McCain, and Julius Grief. But... ever since he joined the CIA, he has been allowed to use extreme force against his opponets. Going as far as to kill them now. It was for good reason, but it also unleashed something that ALex thought he never had... his dark side.
Alex reached the bottom of the stairs and saw that only three armed men remained. But they also had a hostage.
"Get this thing open!" yelled the man in the middle.
"I'm... I'm... trying," cried the woman, as she tried to use the passcode to open the vault. "Like... I... told... you. I... don't... know... the... password..."
The man in the middle of the other two, who was simply the leader, pulled out his gun and aimed at the woman's head.
"Then you are no use to us," he said.
"No, please..." those were the woman's last words as the leader fired a round into her head. She fell to the fell, with blood all around her.
Alex looked away in disgust and felt his anger rising. He wanted to kill these men. So bad.
Taking his chance, Alex walked foward, making his presence known.
The three men turned around and fear shot up into their eyes.
Alex fired three times.
The two men on both sides of the leader fell to the ground, while the leader only fell to one knee, dropping his gun. Alex had only shot him in the arm.
Fueled by anger, Alex kicked the leader in the stomach and forced him to fall backwards. He put his foot on the man's throat and aimed the gun at his head.
"Why are you trying to break into this vault?!" Alex demanded.
"We were only wanting to steal the money!" the man barely said, as he struggled to breath.
"Who do you work for?! Who sent you?!" Alex pressed his foot a little harder into the man's throat. If he pressed even harder he will break his neck.
The man groaned in pain and said, "No one! We're just self-employed! Nothing more!"
Alex nodded and said, "I believe you. But it won't save you." He pulled the trigger and the man was dead.
Leaving the dead corpses behind, Alex approached the vault.
"Lily, I need the code to this thing," he said.
"The passcode is 1488569100," responded Lily. "Hurry it up. The police have already made it to the front doors of the casino. They will be at your location in one to two minutes."
Alex entered in the code and the vault opened. He went inside and found the file cabinet and opened up each door. It was easy to find the files, thanks to the Top Secret and the Confidential stamped on them.
Once he was done, he went out of the vault and laid down right next to the dead woman. He threw his gun away from him and waited.
When the police came, they treated Alex like he was a victim and led him up to the surface and out of the casino. He passed TV cameras, reporters, and even some of the hostages.
After being brought to an ambulance, Alex was being treated for any injuries, but when the EMPs saw he had none they moved on to someone else.
Once he was for sure out of sight, Alex grabbed the files and stripped off the clothes he was wearing. He was back to his back suit and he walked off, disappearing around the corner ahead.
I moved a little too fast when writing this! Sorry about that!
But, anyway, what did you think? Did you like the whole new dark take on Alex?
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