Alex Rider: Moving On
Alex and the gang discuss what their next move is. Sabina ends up telling her parents about Alex. Chimera begins to steal all of America's wealth.
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Chapter Twenty Seven:
The Beginning Of The End
Sabina stayed in the house all day. She laid on the couch the entire time. Crying her eyes out for Alex. She wanted him to come back. She couldn't take it many more. She wanted him in her arms, where he could be safe.
Sabina knew what she needed to do. She needed to try.
I have to tell them, she convinced herself. For the good of Alex.
She heard the front door open and close.
"Sabina! Alex! We're home!" came the voice of her mother, Liz.
Sabina gently got up from the couch and walked into the kitchen, where she saw her parents putting the groceries on the counter.
"Sabina, dear, how was your day?" Liz asked.
Then she saw Sabina's face and she gasped.
Edward turned and also saw her. His face dropped.
"Sabina, are you alright?" he rushed over to her and put his hand on her cheek.
Sabina smiled and removed it.
"I'm fine... sort of anyway." She paused. "I have to tell you guys something. It's about Alex."
Liz's eyes were starting to fill up with tears. She was always the emotional one in the house.
"Is Alex okay?" Liz asked.
Sabina nodded and said, "We need to sit down for this one."
Both of her parents nodded and they followed her into the dinning room, where they each took their seats.
Sabina got right to the point.
"Remember those times when Alex was doing things that no normal teenager should have been doing?" she asked.
Both of her parents nodded.
Sabina swallowed and continued, "Well, when Alex got back, we all thought that he went clean since when... Jack died. But I just found out last night that..." She suddenly had tears of her own again. "That... that..." She lowered her head on his arms and cried again.
Edward reached across and touched her by the shoulder.
"It's okay Sabina," he reassured. "Take your time. You can tell us anything."
Sabina raised her head again and said, "Alex has been working for the CIA for the past year now."
Liz gasped again and turned away. She was pouring out tears this time.
Edward was shocked by the information.
"But... but I thought he was done with them?" he said. "Why would he do such a thing?"
Sabina looked him in the eye and told him.
"Alex hasn't gotten over Jack's death yet." She allowed her tears to come out like her mom's did. "He ran back to them when he couldn't take it anymore. He's in so much pain dad. I felt it when I confronted him. I felt it when I kissed him too."
The room went silent.
"I love him!" she acknowledged. "I never told him that until last night." The tears were coming more harder now. "I should have all those years ago. But I didn't. Those three words could have kept him from returning to the CIA. How could I have been so stupid?"
Edward got up from his chair and came around the table. He hugged his daughter and made sure she was squeezed into his hug.
Liz did the same and came around the table. She embraced a tearful Sabina and comforted her.
"It's okay," Liz reassured. "It's okay. You will make things right with him. I know you will."
Sabina cried some more.
"But what if he doesn't make it again? He's out there doing what he promised not to do. What if I lost my chance to make things right?"
"Shhhhh," Liz kissed Sabina on the forehead. "He'll come back. He always does."
They remained that way. Holding each other into one embrace. Not daring to let go. They all cried at the same time.
Issac smiled as he watched Dmitri and the others pull up in the sedans. He watched as Dmitri exited the car and approach him. They hugged and patted each other on the back.
"We did it!" Dmitri acknowledged. "Reckoning has begun."
"Yes my friend!" Issac said. "The beginning of the end has just begun. America will soon experience the greatest attack. One more devastating than 9/11 itself."
Dmitri and Issac laughed and went inside the hotel, planning their next big part of their plan.
They went down to the underground meeting room and saw that the rest of the board was there.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Issac yelled. "Thank you for your services but I don't think that we'll be needing you anymore!"
The soldiers that came in behind him opened fire on the people who were sitting at the table. They all went down without a scream.
Issac laughed as he stared at the lifeless bodies that lied before him.
"No loose ends," Dmitri smiled.
"They served their purpose and now... we must do ours," said Issac as he walked over to the man on the computers. "Get ready to transfer the money."
The man nodded and immediately got to work.
Issac turned back to Dmitri and smiled.
"Time for us to get rich!" he exclaimed.
Alex, Smithers, and Lily arrived at the safe house. It was an abandoned building at some part of the docks that isn't used anymore.
Lily landed the helicopter on the helipad and they wasted no time getting inside the safe house.
"What do we do now?" Lily asked.
"For one, we need a hacker, somebody who can helps us," Alex replied. "Any ideas on who that person might be?"
Lily shrugged.
Smithers groaned and said, "I think I might now someone."
Alex turned towards him and asked, "Who?"
Smithers swallowed.
"He goes by the name 'The Synidicate'. MI6 has used him in the past, but the relationship isn't so good now."
"What happened?" Lily was curious now.
"I accidently messed up his favorite laptop and caused the IRS to investigate him."
Alex chuckled.
"Not funny!" Smithers growled at him.
Alex put up his hands in defeat and said, "Alright, where do we find this guy?"
"He happens to live here in Los Angeles. I can take us to him."
"Please tell me that we have some cars in this place?" Alex begged Lily.
Lily smiled and said, "Yes we do. And I'm driving."
Smithers smiled.
"Fine by me."
Lily gave him the look and smiled.
Jeeze! Alex couldn't help himself saying.
They found a small van in the garage and drove off into the city, going to find the 'Syndicate'.
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