Alex Rider: Moving On

Ladies and gentlemen! The Final Battle begins!

Alex and his team must face off against Issac and Dmitri to save the world! Can they do it?!

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Chapter Thirty Two:

The Final Battle

Alex couldn't feel his legs anymore. His own arms left like they were going to collapse on him. A cold shiver ran down through his entire body.

"No!" he repeated. "Yassen never had any children! He would have known!"

Issac continued to smile.

"That's because he didn't know," Issac explained. "I didn't find out till Chimera found me. I was so shocked to learn that I... am the son of the most feared assassin! It was a dream come true for me! It felt like I finally knew my purpose in life!"

"But how is it that you are his son?!" Alex demanded. He steadied his gun.

Issac turned away from Alex and looked out over the city of Los Angeles.

"It began a long time ago," Issac spoke. "Yassen was working for the organization known as Scorpia, ever since he was fourteen. Well, he went through two years of training before he did his very first mission." He paused. "By that time he was sixteen years old, Scorpia had given Yassen the mission to assassinate an ambassador in Paris. It was to be an easy shoot to kill job." Issac laughed. "But nothing ever goes according to plan anymore. While in Paris, Yassen met a teenage girl, same age as him. And for the first time... he fell in love."

Alex's heart started to race. He knew where this story was going.

"Yassen did the mission of course," Issac continued. "He killed the ambassador with a clean, sniper shot to the head. Untraceable bullet and clean get away. Not that many people knew about that mission. Only a small handful did back then."

"Who was the girl that Yassen fell in love with?" Alex asked, getting all curious now.

Issac turned around to face Alex again.

"Her name was Rachel Stone," he said in a calm voice. "For a while, Yassen stayed with her longer than he should have. But when Scorpia found out, they threatened to kill her if Yassen didn't come back to them. They didn't want to lose one of their best assassins. Not even to a girl. So, out of love to protect Rachel, Yassen left and promised to come back to her." He paused again, breathing in the air. "What Yassen didn't know was that Rachel was already pregnant with his child. Me! But she died during childbirth, leaving me with her abusive parents. I ran away at a small age, forced to live off the streets until I was much older. I was found and taken to an orphanage, where I was adopted and brought to America. You know the rest of the story."

Alex was starting to put the pieces together. He suddenly knew everything about Yassen now. About why he lived the life as a spy and why he always seemed less human. It was because he lost his one true love.

"Did Yassen ever return for Rachel?" Alex asked.

Issac nodded.

"He did. But it was years later. He found a way to leave Scorpia. Appearantly, your father, John Rider, became the best and Yassen was no longer needed. He planned on spending the rest of his life with Rachel, but when he found out that she had died, Yassen lost it. He thought that me and my mother died together. Left with no other place to go, Yassen returned to Scorpia, who were more than welcomed to take him back. And from that moment forward, Yassen never looked back. He never spoke of Rachel again or even returned to Paris." He shook his head. "I was so angry with him! For leaving my mother like that! He should have ran away with her! But nnnnooooo! He decided to abandon her when she needed him most! I could never forgive him for that!" He turned away from Alex again.

For some reason, Alex actually felt something for this guy. Not for him, but what happened to his parents. If Yassen had stayed with Rachel, then Ian wouldn't have died and maybe he, himself, wouldn't have joined MI6. It was all Scorpia's fault. Way before he was even born. Even before his father came along into the organization.

Issac's face turned red with anger.

"UNTIL YOU KILLED HIM! he roared.

Issac threw himself at Alex.

Alex fired the gun, but Issac's body slammed into him, forcing the gun to fly out of his hands and over the edge of the roof. They both fell to the ground.

Issac recovered first and forced himself on top of Alex. He placed his hands on his throat and squeezed.

Alex was starting to lose consiousness. He knew he had a few more seconds before he would slip under.

Using all of his strength, Alex brought his knees from under Issac and pushed with full force, sending him into the air and onto the concrete ground. Alex breathed in slowly and forced himself to get up off the ground.

Issac rose, his face red as blood. His eyes were filled with hatred.

"You killed me father!" he repeated. "Now... I will avenge his death... by killing you!" He lunged forward, straight at Alex.

Smithers, Lily, and James reached the bottom of the stairs. Smithers pushed through the door and came into a hallway, aiming his gun forward.

"Lets go!" Lily whispered. "We need to shut down whatever it is that Chimera has planned!"

Smithers nodded in agreement.

They all moved forward, weapons on full alert.

Suddenly, five guards appeared from the meeting room. They started firing at them.

Smithers, Lily, and James took cover behind some large, wooden boxes.

"Some friends!" James joked.

Smithers laughed and fired his weapon, hitting one of the men in the head.

"Any ideas?" Smithers asked. "We can't hold out like this!"

Lily looked at him and smiled.

"I have an idea," she said.

Reaching into her pockets, she pulled out a small round metal ball.

"A very large marble?" James asked in disbelief.

"Not just any large marble! This one has the ability to spend tons of small marbles flying when it explodes!"

Smithers's eyes widened.

"NICE!" he yelled. "I really, really, really like you right now!"

Lily blushed and did something that shocked James and Smithers at the same time.

Lily pulled Smithers towards her and kissed him, hard.

James stood there. His face red and his eyes the size of bowling balls.

More bullets came flying their way.

Pulling away, Smithers was lost in mind and Lily was smiling, with her eyes closed.

"Just the way I imagined it!" she whispered and laughed.

"Huh, not to intrude on the whole romance, but we have bad guys to finish off here!" James fired three rounds from his gun, missing the soldiers.

Lily ignored him and pressed a small button on her marble bomb.

"Fire in the hole!" she yelled and threw the bomb over the boxes.

They all jumped to the floor for protection.

A loud boom is heard and silence.

Getting up, Lily, Smithers, and James saw the other four, now-dead, guards.

Smithers smiled and said, "Lily! You are one genuis!"

Lily blushed again and said, "I know!"

James rolled his eyes.

Get a room! he said to himself.

They moved forward and into the meeting room. They immediately saw the computer that had the countdown for Operation: Reckoning.

The timer was now on two minutes and thirty seconds.

"Can you stop it?" Smithers asked.

James cracked his knuckles and said, "Watch me work baby!" He ran to the keyboard and began to work his magic.

"I wonder where Dmitri is?" Lily said. "Maybe he ran off."

Suddenly, a loud gunshot is heard.

Smithers turned to the sound of the bullet and saw Lily collapsing to the ground. From behind her stood Joseph Dmitri, aiming his handgun from where Lily was standing. He turned his gun on Smithers and smiled.

"I'm right here!" Dmitri said. "Sorry about your girlfriend. She was sure one hottie."

Alex could do nothing about Issac as he lunged for him. He was still recovering from the choke that he had experienced.

Issac's body slammed into his and forced him to fall to the ground. Issac stablized himself from falling and brought his foot up, preparing to stomping Alex's head in.

Seeing it coming, Alex moved, with Issac's foot missing him by mere inches. He rolled and got back up.

Issac came running at him again.

Alex ruddenly remembered something about his shoes and an idea came to his mind.

Bringing his foot up, Alex lunged it forward and hit Issac in the stomach, sending him backwards.

Say hello to next generation of Nicks! Alex smiled.

Shock, saddness, and anger ran through Smithers's body as he stared at Lily's lifeless body.

She's dead! Smithers said to himself and allowed a tear to fall from his eye.

Turning his attention to Dmitri, Smithers was fully prepared to shoot Dmitri where he stood.

James was frozen solid in his seat. Still taking in the truth that Lily was dead.

"James!" Smithers's voice was now serious. "You need to stop Reckoning from happening! Stop it!"

James snapped back to his senses and turned back to the keyboard.

Dmitri laughed and said, "You can't stop us! Once I'm done with you, I'll kill your friend over there!"

"How about I shoot you in the head?!" Smithers nearly yelled.

Dmitri smiled again and lowered his gun to the floor, slowly lying it on the ground.

"How about we settle this the old fashion way. I want to enjoy killing you with my bare hands."

Smithers smiled at the idea. He wanted revenge for Lily. Nothing could please him more than killing Dmitri slowly and painfully.

"Alright," Smithers lowered his gun to the floor and dropped it, "if you want to go that way. Then fine, we will go that way."

Dmitri walked forward first, then Smithers did the same.

Suddenly, Dmitri reached down into his back pocket and pulled out a six-inch blade. He swong it at Smithers.

Smithers dodged at the last minute. Totally not seeing that move coming.

They both backed away and began to circle each other.

"Whatever happened to the old fashion way?" Smithers asked.

Dmitri shrugged and said, "Bad guy!" Then he he lunged at him again.

Alex ran forward, completely in control of his eye sight now. He kicked Issac in the ribs.

Issac made a loud moan and fell to the ground. Then he grabbed Alex by the ankle and pulled back towards him.

Alex was forced to loose balance and fall backwards. He hit the ground and felt the world beginning to spin. Then he saw Issac right above him, smiling his most evil smile.

Issac brought his knee on top of Alex's chest and used his one hand to pin Alex's wrists above his head.

Alex was completely trapped. He couldn't move legs from under him or use hands. The knee was keeping him from turning and twisting.

Issac began to laugh and he reached across with his other hand towards his bag. He pulled it towards him and unzipped it. From the bag came a very large twelve-inch knife.

Alex's eyes widened in fear as he saw it.

Issac brought the knife up to his throat and said, "How I would love to cut you right now! Right there! On your throat! But..." He raised his hand into the air, aiming towards Alex's chest. "... the heart will do for now!" He readied himself to lunge the knife down.

Alex felt Issac's hand loose on his wrists.

NOW! he commanded himself.

Alex brought his hands forward and grabbed Issac's hand before he could bring the knife down and used his other hand to punch him in the face.

Issac let out a yell of pain and fell to the side, dropping the knife.

Alex rolled away and slowly got up.

Suddenly, he heard Issac coming for him again.

Turning his way, he saw him with the knife.

Bringing his hands forward to defend himself, he realized too late that Issac was too close.

Issac drove the knife forward... and stabbed Alex in the chest, very close to his heart.

Time slowed down.

Alex looked down and saw the knife, blood dripping on the ground.

Issac began to laugh as he jerked the knife right out of him.

Alex fell to the ground. He could fell the cold beneath him. He felt the pain in his chest and even saw the world beginning to turn red in his very eyes.

Finally, Alex came to realize one thing: He was dying!

Smithers dodged Dmitri's attack and pushed himself forward, slamming his body into Dmitri's. They both went down, with the knife sliding away from them.

James let out a yell of victory as he was able to break through the firewalls on the computer.

"I'm almost there!" he called out.

Smithers ignored him and started wrestling with Dmitri. He tried to get him in a headlock, but Dmitri saw it coming and used his elbow to ram it into Smithers's ribs, forcing him to let go and roll away.

Getting up, Smithers saw Dmitri making a run for the knife.

An idea came to Smithers. One that was crazy... and one that just might work.

He ran forward and prepared himself.

Dmitri grabbed the knife and sensed Smithers coming behind him. He smiled and swong around, aiming the knife for him. As he came around, he suddenly realized that Smithers was expecting him to make that move. His eyes widened in fear and shock.

Smithers stopped and spun around the on-coming knife, he grabbed Dmitri's hand and twisted it.

A loud snap is heard and Dmitri yells in pain. He dropped the knife.

Smithers grabs it in midair and brings the knife up, at full speed.

The knife went straight through Dmitri's throat.

Smithers smiled and pushed it in a little farther.

Dmitri moaned a little bit and fell to the floor, with the knife still in his throat. He slowly closed his eyes and didn't open them again.

Smithers stood over his body and spat on it.

Joseph Dmitri was finally dead.

Everything was in slow motion for Alex.

He saw Issac walking around him. Twisting the knife in his hands. He smiled and laughed at the same time.

"The famous Alex Rider!" he exclaimed. "Finally meets his match at the hands of Chimera and the son of his greatest enemy! Tell me, Alex, did you really come back alive from your last ordeal with Scorpia?! Did you find the will to move on with your life?! Or did you die all those years ago?! I want to know!"

Alex whispered something but didn't say it loud enough.

"What was that?" Issac leaned down and put his ear right above his mouth.

Alex smiled and said, "I have your gun!"

Right from behind Alex's back came his hand and in it... a gun. He pointed it right between Issac's eyes and pulled the trigger.

Issac's eyes widened in fear as he tried in vain to stab him.

But the bullet was already fired and it entered his head, completely killing him.

Issac fell to the side of Alex, his eyes still open.

Alex looked at him and then turned his attention to the sky, smiling.

"Enjoy hell," he chuckled in pain.

He could feel his body becoming cold. He was losing control of his eyes and couldn't stay awake for much longer. Everything was suddenly turning white now.

James yelled out in complete victory as he finally stopped the countdown by ten seconds.

"YEAH!" he screamed. "I told ya! I told ya! You can't beat the Syndicate! No one can!"

He suddenly remembered Lily, lying on the floor. His smile disappeared behind a wave of saddness.

Smithers was right by Lily, he picked her up in his arms and smoothed his face against hers.

"Lily," he softly whispered. "If you can hear me, I want tell you something. Something that I should have said before. When I told you that I liked you... it was more than that." He paused and allowed the tears to come. "I love you."

Suddenly, Lily's hand reached up slowly brought Smithers's face toward her mouth. His lips pressed against hers and he closed his eyes, kissing her back.

When they parted, Lily's eyes were open, tears were rolling down her cheeks, and she was smiling at him.

"I love you too," she said.

Smithers let out a laugh and burried his face into her hair. He pulled back and looked into her eyes.

"How did you survive?" he asked.

Lily let out a giggle and pulled up her shirt, revealing a bulletproof vest on the otherside. She lowered it and kept on laughing.

"You little devil!" Smithers teased and kissed her again.

James stood there. Completely embarashed and somewhat happy. The he suddenly realized something.

"Alex!" he said out loud.

Lily and Smithers's eyes widened as they rose from the floor and made a run out of the meeting room, with James right behind them.

Alex could feel the blood around him. He knew it was his blood. He also knew that he was dying from the knife wound that Issac gave him. The wound was close to his heart, he didn't know how close but he figured that it wasn't good at all.

But at least the world was saved... again.

Chimera has been stopped and their ultimate plan was foiled. It was finally over.

Suddenly, he heard the door swinging open.

Alex saw Smithers, Lily, and James running for him. Tears were in their eyes. They shouted something to him but he didn't hear it.

Without warning, he closed his eyes... perhaps for the final time.

The longest chapter I have ever done! Wow! That was fun writing!

I hope that you guys enjoyed it!

At least Issac, Dmitri, and Chimera are long gone!

Don't worry, I will make two to three more chapters to finally conclude this story! I think you may like it! Like for example: Did Alex die? What happens next?

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