Alex Rider: Moving On
Sorry about the wait. I needed a break and now I'm back! Back in black!
Alex is back in action! He now teams up with Lily and Mr. Smithers to take on the evil Chimera! I cannot wait to get to the best parts of this story!
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Chapter Twenty-Two:
Chimera
The three black sedans drove through the front gate of the Los Angeles Power Grid. The cars didn't slow down as they drove towards the large facility.
A security guard that was in the booth, watching his favorite football game, noticed the whole thing, but decided not to get involve. Mostly because of the game.
The sedans pulled up to the front doors and stopped.
Joseph Dmitri and the Virus stepped out of the middle sedan. About ten guards also joined them, readying their machine guns.
"You got your little 'computer virus' ready?" Dmitri asked.
The Virus nodded and held up a large comupter chip in his left hand.
"Just get me to the servers and this baby will do the rest," he smiled.
Dmitri nodded and they all walked through the front doors.
A security guard in the lobby saw them and reached for his handgun.
Dmitri fired a single round and the guard fell to the floor.
"Sleep dreams, cupcake," the Virus joked.
They continued on and used the emergence stairs to climb up to the server floors.
"We need to get to level 7," the Virus said, "that's where the virus needs to be uploaded."
Once on the floor, Dmitri and his men killed the security guards that were guarding the entrance to the server rooms. The Virus enjoyed every moment of it.
At least he isn't like that Jason Castro, Dmitri thought to himself.
In a weird way, Dmitri was actually starting to like the guy. A way that made him want to blow out his brains, to save him a slow death.
They all arrived in the server room and the Virus got to work. He pulled out his laptop and plugged it into the server machines. Then he placed the computer chip into the in-put and the chip suddenly came to life. The computer screen showed that it was successfully uploaded and ready for activation.
"I need a few hours to get all of this ready to go," said the Virus.
Dmitri nodded and asked, "How much time?"
"About an hour or two," he responded. "I'm going to get the virus in attacking positions, so that when we cause the system to shut off, the virus can do it's work and get itself in place. Once that is done, the virus will spread like wild fire and take over the system."
Dmitri smiled.
"Good."
Alex had tears in his eyes. He felt all of his saddness coming down on him all at once. He wanted to be with Sabina, more than anything else in the world. He almost forced himself to turn the car around and head straight back to her. But he knew he that he shouldn't. He had a job to do.
Why does this always have to be hard? he asked himself. Why can't this pain just go away?
Alex remembered his fun moments back in London. He remembered when his uncle, Ian, would take him out for snow mobiling, scuba diving, rock climbing, and even hiking. He remembered the fun times with Jack. The times when they would eat dinner together, play board games, talk about how stupid politics are, and argue about who was the smarter person of the house.
But the one thing that he always wanted was his parents. Helen and John Rider. He never knew them, but he wanted to. He wanted a normal life with them. A life where Ian and Jack were alive and they were all a family. A life where MI6, Scorpia, CIA, and Chimera didn't exist.
Only Jack and Ian were the closest thing to a family for him. Jack was like a sister, an over-protective sister. Ian was more of a father-figure, but there were times when he acted like a brother too.
Edward and Elizabeth Pleasure were the two closest people to being a mother and father to him. They always treated him with kindness and love. Elizabeth once told him that she saw him as a son to the family. They also approved of his and Sabina's relationship. Edward told him that he would be proud to have him marry his daughter, if the moment ever came that was.
Alex knew that he couldn't live this life as a spy forever. He needed to move on. To live a normal and happy life. One that involved Sabina, his true love. If he didn't act now, he would most likely lose Sabina. The very thought made him cry even more. He didn't know how he could live the rest of his life without her.
I will come back, he promised her. I always do.
But one question was in his way: How will he be able to move on?
Alex pushed the thought away from his mind. He needed to concentrate. He needed to be focus for what was ahead. He needed to be ready.
He pulled the BMW into the airfield and stopped just a a few hundred feet away from the helicopter. He turned off the car and got out. He searched his surroundings and found both Lily and Mr. Smithers in the hanger not far from the helicopter.
Alex smiled and began to walk towards them.
Mr. Smithers couldn't help 'checking out' Lily from a long distance. He studied her movements. He actually like the faded jeans, the black and blue t-shirt, and the long blonde hair that keeps moving around her shoulders. He made sure to watch her from the sides of his eyes.
Lily knew that he was watching and she was flattered by it. She wanted him to take notice of her. A thought hit her that she might be 'liking' this guy.
Lily smiled and spoke.
"How did you meet Alex?" she turn around and leaned her back against the wooden counter behind her. She tried to make sure that some of her features could be seen from where Smithers was.
Mr. Smithers looked her and smiled. He studied her from the front.
"I met him over three years ago," he responded. "He was on his very first mission in Carnwall. Investigating the Stormbreakers. From that moment I enjoyed having him around. He is an exordinary kid."
"Yes he is," Lily nodded and smiled. "It's amazing that he can do the things that other children think about. Being a spy and all."
Smithers looked toward the ground and back up at her.
"But I hate what this life has turned him into," he sighed. "Such a good kid, but filled with so much saddness, loss, and pain. I know that he has begun killing bad guys now. I don't blame him for doing it, but I hate to see his soul start to fade away. He needs to come to terms with his past and move on."
Lily stared him. Tears were in her eyes. She felt extremely bad for Alex.
"Do you think he can move on?" she asked. "I would like to think that he can, but..." she paused.
"But you don't know if he can face his pain," Smithers finished for her.
She nodded.
They watched as Alex parked the BMW and began walking their way.
"That was a little faster than I thought it would take," Lily joked. "I was expecting him to arrive back late tonight."
Smithers smiled. He loved her humor personality. This job needed people like her around, to keep things from getting too serious.
Alex walked between them and looked back and forth. He smiled and shook his head.
"What?" Smithers asked, curious at his behavior.
"You two are into each other," Alex raised his eyebrows at them both.
Lily's cheeks got red and she turned away, giggling.
Smithers scoffed and said, "Don't get funny ideas. We're just talking."
Alex smiled again and said, "Just more evidence to my theory. I know that you two like each other. Just admit it."
"You admit that you're in love with that Sabina girl and then I'll admit to liking Lily," Smithers challenged.
Alex's face light up with excitement.
"I love Sabina!" he stated. "There I said it."
Smithers rolled his eyes and said, "Not fair, I won't say it."
"Come on, Smithers, for me?!" Lily was laughing and putting on her puppy eyes towards him.
Smithers was almost taken away by the sight of her eyes, but he somehow held back.
"Nope," he shook his head, "not fair at all. Alex cheated."
"How did I cheat?" Alex demanded to know. "I spoke the truth. Okay, how about a new deal."
Smithers raised an eyebrow.
"A new deal huh? What kind of few deal?"
Alex chuckled and said, "Once all of this over, I'll quit this whole spy thing and you will admit to liking Lily. How about that?"
Smithers frowned and then grinned. He liked the idea.
"As long as you can live up to your part of the bargin," Smithers teased.
Alex nodded and said, "You're on."
Suddenly, the computer right next to Smithers started to make an alarming sound.
They all turned towards the computer and saw that red warning signals were flagging everywhere.
"What's happening?!" Lily's eyes got big.
Smithers did his work on the computer and turned back to the Alex and Lily.
"Its Chimera," he said.
The very airfield felt like a darkness was taking it over just by the sound of the name.
Smithers swallowed and continued, "They're hacking the entire U.S. security system. My supercomputer just picked it up."
"Can we stop it from here or contact the others?" Lily asked.
Smithers shook his head.
"No. Some kind of virus is sneaking past the system, it's being placed in different areas of the system. California and other states are now useless for phones and internet. We have no way of contacting the outside world."
"Why did we pick them up?" Alex asked.
"Because this is a supercomputer," Smithers explained. "But I was able to pick up the location of where it is coming from."
"Where is that?" Lily was getting excited.
"Los Angeles, aka City of Demons."
The computer sounded again and on the screen came a symbol of some kind of animal. It was a lion, but it also had a tail of a serpant and a body of a goat, only the head looked like a lion. On the bottom of the symbol came one name: Chimera!
Alex felt the entire room become dark from just looking at it. He felt the fear of the name and wanted to hide from it.
"Ho no!" Smithers said out loud. "I know what they are doing."
Lily and Alex looked at him, waiting for an answer.
"They're planning to hack the entire system and use the satellites to detonate the bombs. We must stop them!"
Alex turned towars Lily and said, "Can you get us to Los Angeles in under thirty minutes?"
Lily grinned and put on a pair of sunglasses.
"Let's go stop some bad guys!" she responded.
Alex smiled and said, "Then lets go."
They packed all of their things and loaded them onto the helicopter. Lily had them in the air and flying towards Los Angeles.
I'm coming for you, Chimera! Alex thought to himself.
Getting excited yet? I hope that you like the growing "relationship" between Lily and Mr. Smithers. But anyway, I hope that you guys enjoyed it.
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