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Chapter 5:

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.

Lynx's POV:

I stared out the window was the day we were heading for Hell, and while I had been excited before, now I realized that it might be a bit like the first time. Well, only for a little while. K-Unit would scare them too much within a few minutes, an hour at the most. But still...

Wolf thundered past me, yelling, "The bus is here! Grab your stuff and let's go!"

Snorting, I followed him while saying, "Careful. You might make people think that you're happy to be going."

He stopped and glared at me before continuing on. He didn't turn fast enough to block my vision of the small smile on his face.

Grinning, I follwed Wolf out the door and into the bus, slowing as I registered the glares and astonished looks. Every single one was being sent at me. The tension was so thick I could karate kick it.

Then, a voice fought its way to the front, "Wolf! Lynx! We're in the back!" Snake. Fighting back looks of relief, Wolf and I headed towards the rest of K-Unit.

"How many more stops?" Eagle asked eagerly.

"Two." Badger replied. "One is for the rest of N-Unit. The last is a MI6 agent."

I stiffened. "Do you know which one?"

He shook his head. "No."

Wolf pointed out, "How many agents did you know? Cause if there isn't that many, then what's the likely hood of this agent being one you do?"

I nodded, barely glancing up as two men I didn't recognize, the second half of N-Unit, boarded and joined two others, the first half. I sat still as the bus moved on. And then, I realized something. "Wolf?" I whispered. "The only empty seats are in front of me."

He glanced at me, then at the two-seater, and immediately recognized the problem. For the agent to get to his seat, it would be impossible to not see me. As the only child, the only woman, on the bus, his eyes would be drawn to me anyways. If he was one of the agents I knew... well, that was trouble.

The bus stopped again. My eyes were frozen on the door. There. A foot. A leg. The rest of the body.

My breath caught. This trip was turning into my worst nightmare. It was him. My old guardian. My father's old teammate. Ben Daniels. Fox of K-Unit.

But while my breath stopped, my mind was racing. My body was acting.

Third Person POV: Flashback:

Fox sighed as he walked into MI6 heaquarters. It had been a little over two months since Alex disappeared, and there was still no trace of him. Now, he was meeting with Mrs. Jones, the Head of MI6, for something. 'Hopefully, he thought, 'it will have something to do with Alex.'

"Come in." Mrs. Jones called after Fox knocked.

Walking in, he ignored my surroundings. Ben had been here so many times that he could draw it in his sleep. "You summoned me?" he said.

"Yes. I'm sending you to Brecon Beacons. You will train with your old unit."

"What? But I need to be looking for Alex!"

"He's dead!" She snapped, then sighed, "I'm sorry, Agent Daniels. But he's dead. Now, you'll get up to your old potential. You leave on the first of May. You'll be picked up along with the other units. Good day."

Ben Daniels stormed out of the Royal and General Bank.

Wolf's POV:

I stared in astonishment as Fox entered. He was the agent? I was quickly pulled into the present, though, as Lynx doubled up in her seat, coughing.

"Lynx? Are you okay?" I asked, kneeling next to her in confusion. She had been perfectly fine that morning!

"Ben!" She gasped.

"Who? And are you okay?"

Lynx sent a glare at me and hissd, "I'm acting. Ben is Fox, or Agent Daniels." She interrupted herself to face more coughs. "He was my guardian after Jack died." Cough. "There is less than a 10 percent chance that he won't recognize me."

I stared at her, then straightened up as I heard my old friend say, "K-Unit!"

I switched my stare to him. He seemed the same, but then I saw the bags under his eyes. "Fox." Snake and Eagle greeted.

Then Eagle said, "This is Badger, your replacement."

Snake sent him a glare, then asked me, "Is Lynx okay?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah. She just saw an old friend who was pretty foxy. She was surprised is all." I hoped he got it. 'Lynx is fine, but Fox knows her!'

They all seemed to, while Fox questioned, "Lynx?"

Eagle announced, bouncing, "Wolf adopted a teenage girl! The sarge is letting her come, and we call her Lynx!"

At this, every unit turned in their seats and stared at us. "Wolf adopted?" Skunk of D-Unit asked incredulously.

"A girl?" Elephant of G-Unit added.

"Hey!" I cried, "It's not that unbelievable!"

Fox snorted, "Yes, it is."

Then, the bus driver called, "Everyone settle down! We're continuing on!"

I bent down and muttered, "Your friend is gone. Down the street."

Lynx sat up and told me, "Thanks." She paused, then continued in a lower voice, "We need to tell him. In the cabin, where we won't make a scene."

I sent her a look, and she reassure me, "He won't tell anyone. He'll be happy for me."

I nodded, and she smiled before whispering, "Thanks, Dad." and kissing me lightly on the cheek. Turning in her seat, Lynx settled down for a nap.

I touched my cheek lightly, and one look made Eagle bite his tongue. It was the first time she had called me Dad. The first time she kissed me.

I could only pray it wouldn't be the last.

Lynx's POV:

I don't know what possessed me to do that. But the look on Wolf's- no, Dad's, face was completely worth it.

'No matter what,' I swore, 'Fox will not come between us.'

Fox's POV: Time Travel to When Fox Sat Down:

I must admit, when I learned that Wolf had adopted, I was amazed. And a girl? I almost fainted. But then, I remembered the sudden fit of coughing, providing a perfect cover from me. And what caused Wolf to use the word 'foxy'?

I frowned as I sat down. I was intrigued, and I wanted to know more. Which meant that it was time for Smither's iPod, something that had many features. Among them was a hearing aid.

Leaning back, I plugged in in time to hear, "-gone. Down the street." Wolf. But what did it mean? Still frowning, I made sure that it was recording. It was.

"Thanks." A girl's voice, probably Lynx. But it sounded familiar.

"We need to tell him." Tell who? Who did Lynx want to tell, and what? "In the cabin, where we won't make a scene." How would it make a scene?

There was a pause, and then, "He won't tell anyone." Who wouldn't tell anyone? And tell what? "He'll be happy for me." Someone would be happy that a secret had been kept from them?

"Thanks, Dad." Obviously, Wolf had agreed. But to what?

As I stood up to get off the bus later, I noticed that Wolf stayed in his seat. He noticed me looking at him and said, "Go on ahead. We'll catch up."

K-Unit and I nodded, then got off and headed for the cabin. We would see the sergeant in the morning. Once we got there, though, I turned on them and demanded, "What is going on? I know that you aren't telling me everything, and I would prefer that you did. We trained together, you can trust me!"

"We know." A gruff voice said from the doorway. Wolf. "Which is why we're going to tell you."

I heard the gasps of Snake, Eagle, and Badger, but didn't pay them any attention. All of a sudden, the conversation I eavesdropped on made sense. I was the one they were telling a secret to. But that meant that Lynx knew me. I almost growled in frustration. All the pieces were there except for one. "Well?" I asked.

A new voice - Lynx - broke in, "You're mad, Fox, because you know that you're only missing one thing. You're also mad because MI6 sent you here against your will. You want to look for Alex Rider, your ward, but you can't because you're here. But what you don't know is that here, in Hell, is where you'll find that last piece and the glue to put them all together."

"And where are they?" I asked, straining to see Lynx, who was in the shadows.

"Here in this cabin. I am the last piece, and my story is the glue." And with that, Lynx moved to where I could see her clearly. And who I saw astounded me. Or rather, who she resembled.

"Alex?" I gasped.

The girl shook her head and told me, "Liberty Patricia Knight Mendoza, Ben. The week I was changed into a girl was the week I dropped the name Alexander John Rider."

At that, I blinked in surprise. "You mean, you're Alex, just in girl form, with a new name and new life?"

"Yes."

I nodded - once you become a spy, nothing surprises you - , then asked, "Why are you living with K-Unit? I would have thought that you would have avoided your past."

She shrugged and replied, "I was, but then I ran into Wolf, and life is good. I have a family. I am free from MI6."

I nodded again, then smiled. "Thank you."

"Sorry?" Lynx asked, confused.

"Thank you for telling me. Thank you for trusting me enough to do so."

She smiled, Wolf tried to hide his, Snake tried to be subtle and wipe away his tears, Badger did a Snake, and Eagle yelled, "Party!"

All was well.

Right, so, that is the end. Almost. You have two choices. One, is that I post an epilogue. It is written and ready to go. Also, I will do my best to do a companion one-shot or two. Two, you give me ideas for a sequel that will take me into about July to publish, and then you'd have to wait during the update periods, as I usually take about two or three weeks to update. You were lucky that this was actually already written and I just needed to type it, decide the chapter breaks, make some changes, etc. So, review and tell me. If no one does, I am obviously doing Number One.