Alex Rider: Moving On
Okay, we finally get to know more about what is going on. Chimera and Pandora will be explained. Alex will be driven to ultimate limits here.
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Chapter Sixteen:
A World To Save
Alex was angry. All the way to his core.
He stood where he was and faced Joe, straight in the face. His entire head was red from the anger that was burning inside of him. He had a lot of questions for Joe. A lot of them.
"Please sit..." Joe presented the seat right next to Alex.
Alex took his seat. As did Smithers and Lily.
Joe swallowed and began.
"I'm aware that you want to know what is going on-"
"Don't give that bullcrap!" Alex raised his voice. "Just don't!" He paused. "I know that you sent me to Area 51 for a whole other reason! You didn't just want Jason Castro, you wanted me stop this organization known as Chimera from stealing whatever it is that was inside that lab!"
Joe and Mrs. Jones's eyes widened in shock.
"You saw them?!" Mrs. Jones asked.
Alex ignored her.
"I just watched this Jason-guy, die right in front of my eyes, by something that I have never seen before!" Alex's voice was climbing. "Not to mention, nearly killed by those men! They warned me of something they are planning! Something called Reckoning! I want to know everything! Everything there is about Chimera! About Pandora! About what the HELL IS GOING ON HERE!"
The room went silent.
Mrs. Jones, Smithers, and Lily were taken away by Alex's yelling. They never experienced this side to him before.
Joe was the only one who remained firm in his seat. He nodded towards Alex.
"Yes," he said. "Yes, there is something else going on. Something that we didn't bring you up to speed about."
"Then what?!" Alex nearly slapped his arms on the table.
"The first thing is this... the CIA got wind of a terrorist organization known as Chimera about two years back."
"Two years?" Alex's eyes widened in fear. "That was when Scorpia was finally terminated."
"That's right," Joe nodded in agreement. "Scorpia was the world's biggest terrorist organization. After they were "offically" terminated, new organizations rose to take the throne. Chimera was one of those organizations. They quickly rose to the top and started doing work that Scorpia did. It wasn't long until they came on the radar of MI6, CIA, NSA, and even Interpol. We were able to identify some of the high ranking people of Chimera."
Joe brought up a file and opened it. He pushed two pictures over towards Alex.
Alex didn't hesitate as he looked them over.
"The first picture is Second-In-Command, Joseph Dmitri," Joe continued. "He was once a Special Forces soldier, until he was discharged from the service after his men were killed in the Middle East. He hated the United States for what happened. He was soon found by Chimera, during the fall of the Soviet Union, but the organization was very small then."
Alex looked at the next photo. He saw a tall man, blonde hair and pale blue eyes. It was the eyes that caught Alex's attention. He knew that he had seen those eyes before. But where?
"That..." Joe paused. "... is Issac Cole." The name made the room feel eerie. It wasn't like it was attracting some kind of evil darkness. "Leader of Chimera. Nothing much is known about him. His mother and father remain to be unknown. He was born in the dark corners of Paris and has basically raised himself in the life crime at the age of eight. He soon became a Marine later on and even served as a CIA agent, which he was turned by Chimera and went to work for them. He cost the lives nearly twenty aganets because of his betrayal. He remains to be a kill-on-sight target by our agency. It wasn't long that he soon became the leader of Chimera."
Alex pushed the pictures away.
"Great," Alex frowned. "How does all of this even fit into the Pandora Project?"
"Project Pandora, is a top secret biological and chemical weapon. Both the CIA and MI6 were in on the project. It was created twenty years back. Our top scientists were able to weaponize the weapons after they were created and we used them on our enemies."
"A terrible creation!" Mrs. Jones stated.
"It has the power to make you bleed to death, incinerate your organs, destroy your skin, and even make all of your bones break. After being released, the chemical can spread up to about a thousand yards. Then it can become airbourne within seconds. When we tested it, we found that it could infect an entire city within three hours. That was why we had it brought to Area 51 for safe keeping-"
"Some help that did!" Alex chuckled. "Because now, Chimera has those bombs and they are planning something huge. I mean huge! One of them told me himself. He literally said that "reckoning was coming", like something out of a horror movie."
Joe nodded. "That is why I'm asking you to do this mission."
Mrs. Jones shot Joe an angry look.
"No!" she nearly yelled. "Absolutely not!"
Joe ignored her and stood up from his seat.
"Alex Rider!" he said. "Will you accept the mission to destroy Chimera and stop whatever plot they are planning?"
Alex smiled and said, "With pleasure!"
Mrs. Jones closed her eyes and whispered, "Not again!"
Joe smiled. "Good."
Mr. Smithers moved uncomfortably in his seat.
"I would like to volunteer as a partner for Alex," he said.
Alex smiled and looked at him.
Joe nodded. "That will be fine."
"Then it is official!" Mr. Smithers said with excitment. "I'm on a field mission with my best pale!"
"As long as you don't wear that fat suit," Alex joked.
Lily's eyes widened. She suddenly figured it all out. She stared at Smithers and said, "You wear a fat suit?"
Smithers laughed and said, "Girl, you have no idea how much this thing safes my life."
Alex couldn't help but laugh.
"Then lets get to it!" Alex said. "We got a world to save!"
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