Thank you to all those who reviewed. I'm sorry this is so short, it would have been longer but it has been a while since I posted and I really wanted to, so...

I do NOT own Alex Rider, much as I want to.

Chapter 6

Alex watched gleefully as the balloon crashed onto Ben's head and he jerked up, yelling in surprise. The blonde haired, brown eyed boy grinned, then frowned as his new guardian froze in thought. But about what?

Of course, Fox had told him he was going to the bank, but he'd thought it was for a meeting or something, not anything serious.

And yet, maybe it was, as by now Fox was usually racing around the house trying to catch him. So what was so different about today? Or rather, now, as Ben had been woken up by a recording of the sergeant at BB yelling to, "Get your stinking lazy butts up out of bed!" that he had paid a correspondent dearly for. It had been the first time ever that Cub had been saluted to.

But now, the man was just standing there. The question was, did it have to do with Alex?

Yes, he decided. Fox had been fine, but the first thing that reminded him of Alex, he froze in thought. What had he been called in for, and how big was it?

Time to find out, Alex thought as he prepared himself.

Ben jerked as another water balloon fell on him. Groaning as he swept wet hair back, he called, "Alex! I have something to tell you!

"Only if you call me sergeant!" Came the reply.

Frowning at the reminder of this morning, Fox replied, "Fine! Sergeant come down."

"Ok," the boy replied.

Alex grinned as he was called sergeant. Time to find out what was going on, he decided.

"Alright, what's wrong?" Cub asked as he sat down in the living room.

Taking a deep breath, Fox replied, "MI6 labeled this last mission as an attempt on your life, so they carried out their threat to SCORPIA. For your protection, the two of us are going back to Brecon Beacons with K-Unit. You will continue your training and schooling except when you are pulled for missions. Only, I have a feeling that K-Unit and I will be your backup from now on."

Breathing hard - he had said it all in one breath - the MI6 agent waited with bated breath to see what would happen.

Please review! Also, I'm debating on what to do next. Should they get a nice long rest and then trouble, or not? Thank you!