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Lynx's POV:
It's been a month now since Wolf took me in. All of K-Unit has become my family, and each help me in their own way.
Wolf sits there, silent, and listens when I need to spill out my problems- except for the ones I can't tell him, of course.
Eagle pulls pranks and tells jokes. He's become the older brother I never had.
Snake understands that I won't answer questions about my past, and respects that. But he tells me every now and then that he's there for me when I'm ready.
Badger studied to be a teacher, but then became a soldier. He helps me by teaching me. As I was supposed to have missed school for several weeks, the fact that I was behind because of MI6 wasn't questioned.
And yet, I know I need to leave soon. My being here is dangerous. MI6 is bound to find me at some point. It's either them or someone I've angered. And when they do, it will be K-Unit who suffers.
This will happen if I don't leave soon. I swore to myself after a week that I would move on, that I wouldn't stay in one place for more than a few weeks. Now, it's been four. But there lays the problem. I've spent too long here. I've become attached. I've-
"Lynx?" Wolf called, "Lynx? Are you in there?" He knocked on my bedroom door - it was the old trash room. "Lynx?" He called again, "Are you ok? You've been in there all morning."
"I-," I paused. How to say that I was leaving? That I had to, to keep them safe?
Wolf's POV:
"Lynx?" I called once more, frowning. What was going on? And why today, of all days?
"Wolf?" Eagle asked quietly, unusually serious. "What's going on? Have you told her?"
"No," I growled, "Something's wrong. She won't answer. Or at least, not completely.
"Meaning?" Snake asked as him and Badger joined us. It was supposed to have been a day of celebration. I would pop the question, - no, not that one! - Lynx would say yes, and we would head out to go paint balling. But, it wasn't going that way.
I opened my mouth to answer, when Lynx did it again. Except, this was, "Wolf, I-," then stopped. "Like that." I growled.
Snake shrieked, going all medical, "Lynx! Are you hurt? You aren't-," here he hesitated, "Pregnant?" The word was barely loud enough to be a whisper, but somehow, some way, Lynx heard it.
"No!" She shrieked, throwing her door open and staring at us. "No, no, no!"
Snake took a step back, "Woah! Take it easy, Lynx. It just seemed like you were trying to tell us something big."
"I am," she whispered, "My past."
Lynx's POV:
Wait, hold your horses there, Lynx! What are you doing? You're trying to explain that you have to leave, not your past! Any yet, the moment it slipped out, I was relieved. They would understand, be ready for what was coming, and I would be able to stay.
I glanced up from the stain I had been staring at on the floor to see them all gaping at me. "Are... Are you sure?" Snake asked finally.
I gaped at him now. "You're the one who's been telling me to explain when I was ready! Well, the moment's here!"
Wolf nodded, then questioned, "Before or after I ask you the question?"
"Question?" I asked stupidly.
"Will you let me adopt you?" He blurted out.
I stared at him, then said slowly, "Before I say yes, I'll tell you about my past. Then, we'll see if you still want me and all the trouble that follows."
Snake's POV:
I had breathed a sigh of relief as Lynx shot down my ideas, and now, I was holding my breath again.
"What do you mean?" Wolf demanded, worried. "What trouble?"
Lynx shook her head and suggested, "Perhaps you should sit down for this.
Third Person POV:
"Fifteen years ago," Lynx began, "A woman named Helen Rider-," she was cut off by Wolf.
"What does this have to do with you?"
"Just let me talk, and you'll find out." Lynx told him, then continued, "Helen Rider gave birth to Alex Rider. Now, Alex's father was special. John Rider was an MI6 agent deep undercover in Scorpia." All of K-Unit opened their mouths, only to shut them again at Lynx's glare.
"When Alex was one year oold, his parents were killed by Scorpia, and he went to live with his uncle, Ian Rider, who also worked for MI6. When he was seven, a young American woman named Jack Starbright became the Rider's housekeeper. Over the years, she became Alex's sister. When Alex was 14, his uncle was killed and he was recruited by MI6. Through out the nex year, he was given training and underwent dangerous missions. He had a 100 percent record and was MI6's secret weapon. After that year, Jack was killed by Scorpia. Alex was adopted by another agent.
"When he had recovered, he was given another mission. During it, he was captured and turned into a girl. Alex decided that this was his oppurtunity to escape MI6. He - now a she - took a new name. That very night, though, she encountered a man who she had known before. He didn't recognize her, and she took his offer of a place to stay.
"The man? Wolf. The girl? Me. The-," Lynx was interrupted by Snake.
"There is no way that you were originally a boy. That isn't scientifically possible."
"Yes, it is. I'm proof." Lynx countered. "Now, let me finish."
Snake paused, then nodded. He knew she wouldn't lie. Not about this.
"The boy? Alex Rider, codenamed-," Lynx paused, then whispered, "Promise you won't hate me?"
The men all nodded. How could they hate Lynx?
"Cub. Alex Rider, Liberty Knight, Lynx, and Cub are all the same person."
K-Unit stared at her, and then, one by one, Wolf, Eagle, and Snake fainted. Badger looked puzzled.
"Did they know you before?" He asked, staring at Lynx.
She shook her head. "We trained together at BB."
Badger fainted as well.
Wolf's POV:
I blinked as I woke up.
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