Thank you to Owltalon and Mrs. Frank Hardy for reviewing. You make me happy every time. Also, oops. The whole Wolf's POV thing at the very end? Mistake! It was the only thing of chapter four I had, and I completely forgot about it, causing it to be there. Also, I apologize before hand about all the switching POVs. I do not own Alex Rider.
Chapter 4:
"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 blink as I woke up. Lynx was above me holding smelling salts to my nose.
When she noticed that I was awake, she asked, "Can you sit up?" I did so and, nodding, she moved on to Snake, who was slumped in his chair.
I frowned as my memories flooded my brain. Was what I remembered real? "Lynx," I began, "Is what you said true? You're really Cub?"
Shaking her head, she moved on to Eagle as Snake sat up. "No," she said softly, not like her usual loud self, "But I used to be."
Eagle, who had just woken up, blinked dumbly. "Wha-? Oh, yeah. I remember now." THen he slumped back down and started snoring.
Rolling her eyes, Lynx continued on to Badger and said, "I'll pack my bags and leave as soon as I can."
"What?" Snake demanded, interrupting my would be sentence. "Now that we know that you're Cub, and in trouble, that's even more of a reason for you to stay! Now say yes to Wolf and sign the bloody papers!"
Lynx blinked stupidly, as did I. I mean, who wouldn't? Snake actually knows how to curse! It's a miracle!
Snake frowned, "What's wrong?"
"Wha-? Nothing." Lynx said, "It's just, you hated me as Cub, and-."
Now I interrupted her. "Lynx, we never hated you. We were jealous. You got into BB no problem, we had to work for it. But either way, you were - and still are - part of K-Unit. Nothing can change that."
She nodded slowly as Badger sat up, thumping Eagle in the process and causing him to fall to the ground. He shot up, spluttering. Eagle's head had landed in my bowl of cereal from that morning.
"What?" He cried, "What is a bowl doing here?"
I shrugged and replied, "I was too lazy to put it away, and as there's no coffee table..."
Eagle growled, but Snake, Badger, and Lynx's laughter pretty much covered it up.
Lynx's POV:
I stopped laughing abruptly as Wolf asked, "Lynx? Who was your guardian before? He's probably worried."
I frowned, "It doesn't matter, and he wouldn't want to know anyway. He'd be too worried that he would let something slip." They couldn't know that Fox was my guardian. If that happened... Well, I don't know. And I don't want to take the risk that it would be bad. Which is why it has to stay a secret. Unless, of course, I have to tell Fox, in which case I would tell K-Unit.
Wolf nodded, then said, "Well, I think we still have time for that paint balling we planned. Anyone up to it?"
Eagle's POV: Two months later:
I hummed as I sorted through my mail. Well, mine and Snake's. Wolf shares an apartment with Lynx and Badger with his brother, a man who's also in the SAS. But anyways, I was sorting our mail, when I found a letter addressed to me and one to Snake. They were from Brecon Beacons.
I stopped humming and stared at them, then ran into the apartment yelling, "Snake!" at the top of my lungs.
Snake lunged out of his room and cried, "Where?"
I blinked and pointed at him.
He blinked as well, then groaned, "You were calling for me, weren't you?"
"Yes," I said slowly, before remembering what I had found. "Snake!" I cried, catching his attention again.
"What?" He snapped.
Holding up the letters, I said grimly, "Letters from Hell."
Snake's POV:
I stared at Eagle in astonishment. "Hell?" I repeated. "As in, work?"
"Yes," he snapped, "And if they're calling us in...," he trailed off. It didn't matter. I got it. If we were being taken in for more training or being sent out, what about Lynx?
"Read it." I ordered, marching over.
Wolf's POV:
I was woken by the sound of the phone ringing. I heard Lynx answer it, then say, walking into my bedroom, "Yeah, I'll get him up. Wolf!" The last bit was yelled at me, "Get out of bed! Snake is on the phone."
I grumbled but got up. "Snake?"
"Wolf, check your main. See anything from Beacons?"
"Wha-? Beacons?" I asked him, stumbling outside, grabbing the mail, and heading back in.
"Yes. When you get it, read it in your head. I suggest you figure something out before telling Lynx." Upon finishing, Snake hung up, leaving me staring at the phone before bolting into action.
When I found it, I tore the letter open and began to read.
To Wolf of K-Unit,
Your unit is being called in for a month of training. You will be picked up on May First. You will head out on the thirty-first. More information on your mission will be given on the twenty-first.
Sergeant Quincy
It was short. It was to the point. It was the worst thing in the world. It meant that K-Unit was leaving, and Lynx was staying. And, while before we would have done so, now we knew that MI6 was after her. Plus, ever since I adopted her, my fatherly senses have kicked in. And right now, they're telling me to call the sergeant and demand that Lynx come too.
Sergeant Quincy's POV:
I was in my office, going through paperwork, when my phone rang. Picking it up, I said, "This is Sergea-." I never got to finish.
"Sergeant Quincy, this is Wolf. I'm calling about the training."
"Yes?"
"I recently adopted, and I don't want to leave her. Can she come?"
I was astounded. One, Wolf had adopted. Two, it was a girl. And three, he had the courage to ask me if she could come.
"Yes."
"Bu- Wait, what?"
"I said yes. It'll be interesting to see how the other soldiers react. Also, if she doesn't cause any trouble, she can come every time you come in or go out."
"Thank you, Sergeant!" Wolf cried, obviously pleased.
"Your welcome. Also, she'll need a codename."
"Oh, that's no problem. We already call her Lynx, as her full name is a bit of a handful."
"Oh?"
"Liberty Patricia Knight Mendoza."
I gaped into the phone before saying, "Lynx is fine."
"Thanks again, Sarge."
Wolf then hung up before I could yell at him to NOT call me Sarge!
(AN: I apologize if Wolf seemed a little OOC.)
Lynx's POV:
I was in my room, doing my homework - honestly! Did Badger have to give me some? - when Wolf knocked on the door and called, "Lynx! I need to tell you something!"
Sighing in relief, I closed my books and opened the door. "Thank you! You've saved me from the torturous monster known as maths!"
He laughed, then told me, "K-Unit's been summoned to Hell."
I knew exactly where he meant. "What? But-,"
"And the sergeant says you can come with us, and no, he doesn't know who you really are." Wolf interrupted.
Now I grinned. "Time to show up some soldiers, huh?"
Wolf shook his head. "You won't actually be participating in any activities. We don't want MI6 picking up on another teenage wonder, do we?"
Laughing, I agreed.
Ok, if anyone is confused as to why everyone is amazed that Wolf adopted a girl, it's because he adopted a girl. Wolf just doesn't seem like the fathering type, you know? Also, if he did - which he did - everyone expected it to be a boy who could follow him into the SAS, play football (the American kind), etc. Not a girl, who would go through a doll phase and make him exhausted with chasing away all the boys. And I tried not to stereo type girls there with the doll phase thing, so if I hurt your feelings, I apologize. Wow. I'm doing a lot of apologizing in my ANs. Please review!
