Chapter 4

Author's Note: Ok then. This is my first author's note for this story as well as this is my first fanfiction. I'll make this short as possible. I hope everyone enjoys the story so far and like this chapter too. Happy reading :)

Who is she? Who is Medeia Smith?

This was the thought that Alex Rider was wondering while staring at the dark blue door that previously entered the exact person who was thinking about. Since he returned from his last mission he had isolated himself from the rest of the students and adults in his life. It didn't help that his best friend had moved away before he finished his mission.

It was probably the best. His enemies had targeted Jack Starbright, his friend, guardian, and one of the few people in his life that knew about his double-life. She had accompanied him on his last mission because she didn't wanted to see him hurt again. She had seen him after every mission and seen the effects and the damage it did to him. Physically and mentally.

Jackie had cared for him with what he would almost name it a motherly affection. She cared for him and had argued heatedly with his superiors- Alan Blunt and Mrs. Jones- about his participation in his latest mission to Egypt. Jackie had fumed about how they were putting a fourteen year-old child in extreme danger. That hadn't deterred them from sending him on eight missions before. Each one had been explained as an easy mission to accomplish. Of course, it was never like that.

He was only suppose to observe the situation at hand and report back to MI6. They would pull him out if he was in need of assistant or his life was in jeopardy of being ending. Alex Rider now though of how naive he was for accepting what sounded like a safe and easy mission. None of them were easy and you could forget about safe. After he finished one particular mission evolving Scorpia he was shot in the chest, near his heart. For God's sake. How was that safe!

Jack was very protective over him after that.

Mr. Blunt was said it was to be his last assignment in the MI6 organization. Alex only had to succeed in this and he was home free. Not. No one knew that it had been staged from the very beginning. No one knew that Alex was being targeted. Again. And no one had any idea that there was going to be a casualty because of this.

Jack Starbright died on that mission. She was no soldier or spy, but she was one the last few people that Alex confided in and loved. And she died.

Even now after three month had past after her death, he still felt his lost. He didn't know if her parents in America knew that she passed away or if they still though that she was working for the Rider family. He didn't want to know. He didn't want to face them either. How was he to tell them that their daughter had died because of him. Because of his carelessness.

After her death, he was numb. He didn't feel anything. Mrs. Jones had tried to evoke him from his stupor, but to no avail. After every mission he always felt as if he lost some part of himself and Jackie was always there to mend it. Now she wasn't.

When he had returned to school he was no more than a ghost. He didn't have many friends because of his long absences, but at least he did have one. Tom Harris. Tom knew that Alex was a spy for MI6 and had taken it well. Alex was expecting to see his friend at school It was the only thing that kept him from dropping out of school all together. That and now that Alex didn't have a guardian MI6 was in charge of him. He had no idea how they were able to be in charge of him. Maybe being part of the British government spy network helped as well.

Alex didn't see Tom in class that day. Nor the following day or the next. After a week had passed he finally asked the teacher to see if he knew what had happened to Tom. The Teacher had responded in saying that he had left for the United States two weeks ago because of his father's job.

Alex was shocked and depressed. Jack was gone and now Tom. Did someone hate him or what? No. It's better not to answer that question because if he did he would lose count on how many people did hate him.

Once Tom had left Alex didn't have anyone else to hang out. He tried to fit in with the other students, but it was hard. There were many rumors as to why he was consistently absent. Most guessed that he was on drugs or in a gang. The teachers weren't allowed to voiced their opinions, but they thought the same thing as the students did. Alex didn't try to discourage the rumors. He didn't care.

Associating with the student body was no help. Every time he was with a group they would try to ask him the reason about not going to school. Eventually, Alex became tired and frustrated because of these questions. The teachers questioned him too about this matter. Alex never answered the questions.

Alex had gotten used to how he was treated in school. No one paid attention to him, but now came someone completely new who gave him the time of day. And Alex actually enjoyed her company.

The ringing of the school bell brought Alex back to the present. He had been staring at the door the whole time and had realized that the hallway was completely empty. He sighed.

It's better not to think of the past. He thought. Guessed I have to go to class. An image of Medeia entered his mind. Or I could ditch. He thought better of it. It's not like anything bad is gonna happen. He didn't know how wrong he was.

Alex Rider entered to the room. When he arrived he noticed that the room was in chaos. The teacher wasn't in the room yet and the students were obviously enjoying her absence. No one noticed when Alex entered the classroom. He started to walk toward his desk, but noticed a group of students surrounding his seat.

Once he arrived closer to his destination he was surprised to see who was seating in his seat. It was Medeia. She was laughing and talking to several students in the class. She looked as if she was relaxed being in the center of attention and she was.

Alex sighed. He decided to ignore her for the rest of the day. He was about to walk to the back of the class, but at that moment the teacher came into the room.

" Students. You better be seated in five seconds if you're not your going to have to do a six page essay on the history of chairs," commanded the English teacher. Everyone immediately sat in their seats. Alex having no choice sat in the empty seat next to Medeia. He couldn't seat in his seat can he because someone had already gotten to it first. He sighed again.

" Now we are going to start class ok," declared Ms. Brown who was the teacher for the class. She was only twenty five years old. She was the youngest teacher in the school and had any admires between the teachers and students. She had dark brown hair to her waist and kind brown eyes as well. Her figure was petite for she was only 5''5. The students all thought about her as the best teacher in the world. She was kind, generous, and would help any students who needed her help.

Needless to say, she had also tried to help Alex, but had decided that he only needed time to be himself again.

Ms. Brown was also an eccentric person. As the English teacher she made the students write various essays on the most incredulous subjects. From the kingdom of fairies as to how a dragon could breath fire. She loved fiction and made her students mix imaginary with reality.

Most students would hate writing, but she actually made writing fun. Each week on Friday she had students read a story to the class that they had worked on throughout the week. It wasn't for extra credit or anything school related. It was for the students own benefit if they wanted to write a story to entertained the class.

As the class progressed, Alex became bored. He liked Ms. Brown as a teacher, but sometimes he thought that she had too much energy to have the whole day. He never saw her tired and sometimes he thought that she drank at least ten servings of coffee in the morning to have that much energy. He wasn't the only in who thought that though.

Alex looked over to his right, but only saw Medeia writing in her notebook. Usually, when he was bored in class he would look out the window for in almost every class he had a seat next to a window and was able to daydream. He sighed. Why did she have to seat in my seat?

Alex was still staring at Medeia's direction. Medeia noticed and turned to look at him as well. She smiled brightly at him and went back to writing in her notebook. Alex was stunned. Her smile had been bright and a ... happy one. It was if she was glad that he had taken noticed of her. He didn't know why, but he blushed and looked down at his own notebook.

" Alright, everyone. Now I have another assignment for you to do. This is going to determine your grade for the trimester and is going to be your last grade for the year," Ms. Brown informed them sternly, but wearing a smile on her face.

" Before I say what you are going to do I want ever one to partner up ok." The students started to glance around the class and made eye contact to the a friend that they wanted to partner up with. " Now, now. You all have to wait until I say go. And ... GO!" yelled Ms. Brown.

Instantly every single student stood up from their seat and instantly ran toward the person who they had decided to be their partner. It was complete chaos because the students were running towards one another as to get to their partner first. Some attained the person they wanted as a partner while others... were not too happy as to who they got.

While everyone was busy running around the room, there was only one person who sat quietly and calmly in his seat. Alex Rider. He didn't care as to who he received as a partner. As long as the person wasn't annoying, which they always were. No one approached Alex to ask him to be his partner. Alex wasn't surprise that no one did.

He was surprised though when there a shadow was cast over him. Alex slowly looked up to see who in the world would come towards him. He was already surprised as to why someone was near him and his eyes almost bulged out of their sockets when he saw who it was.

It was Medeia.

" Do you want to be partners?" she asked nonchalantly.

Author's Note: Well, that the end for this chapter. I'll try to update weekly ok. Please review and tell me what your thought are to the story. If you have any ideas feel free to pm me ok.