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The next 2 days went by in a blur with no incident. That was until snake realised that a certain somebody wasnt taking his medicine.
It happened when the K unit had just finished all their exercises for the day and were sitting down in their cabin playing a game of poker.
That was when snake noticed a sealed packet of tablets.
"Cub?" Snake asked
"Hmm?" Cub responded focusing on his cards.
"Have you been taking your pills?"
Cub looked up sharply "yeah why?"
Snake got up and brought the packet of pills.
"Because it sure as hell doesn't look like it"
"Ohh busted" whispered eagle.
Alex glared at him before turning to glare and snake.
"So what?" He said and he folded his arms looking defiant.
"What haven't you been taking your pills?"
"Because I don't need them"
"That's not for you to decide"
"Yes it is"
Wolf and eagle watched the exchange like a tennis match and could clearly see the usually calm snake loosing his temper.
Snake opened the packer and made to give one to cub but cub refused.
"Take it "
"No"
"Take it"
"No"
"Take it cub, or so god help me I shall force it down your throat"
Cub remained as defiant as ever.
Snake turned to look at eagle and wolf
"Would you hold him down?"
"Our pleasure" they replied.

Alex was not stupid. He knew when the situation was hopeless. And when faced with 3 trained SAS soldiers who he didn't want to hurt, he knew that he was going to lose. But that didn't stop him from trying. He remembered the last time he took his pills
and and shuddered in horror. He was never going to do that again.

Wolf and eagle grabbed cub and pushed him into the bed to make him easier to hold down.
Snake then attempted to put the pill into Cubs mouth but it remained stubbornly shut.
"Hold his nose" eagle suggested.
Snake held Cubs nose and instead of the mouth opening, Cub's whole body went limp. Muscles relaxing, heart rate decreasing.
"What the hell?" Shouted eagle.
"He is trying to save oxygen. It's smart, I didn't expect him to do it this well but he will eventually run out of oxygen.

They waited in silence
15 seconds
30 seconds
1 minute
2 minute
4 minutes
6 minutes

"Damn it cub" snake let out, frustrating creeping into his tone. "Just breath. All you have to do is take he stupid pill, why are you refusing so much?"
Alex didn't answer but 2 minutes later self preservation won and he was forced to breath.
"Yes" eagle said punching the air.
"No" Alex moaned
"Why did you refuse so much?" Snake asked again
Alex glared at him "because"
"Because what?" Snake asked
"Because I have a high sensitivity to drugs"
"Come on cub, it can't be that bad?"
"Yes it is"
"What's the worst that could happens? The worst it you become slightly hyper and sometimes laugh uncontrollably, but that's the worst. It can't honestly be worse than that."
15 minutes later, snake began eating his words.
Alex felt the pain from his chest ease and he tried with all his might to fight the power of the stupid pills but he couldn't, he felt himself lose control of his mind and part of him welcomed the painlessness.

"Cub are you okay?" Asked snake. Snake had been watching cub for the past 15 minutes, wondering why cub was so set against taking his medicine. He watched as cub tried to fight the pills but they were in his system.
Snake watched as Cubs face relaxed and he didn't know just how much pain cub was in until seeing Cubs expression. Would cub really prefer going through pain than taking his pills?
Snake carried on watching cub. He watched as cub relaxed but then something else began to happen, Cubs eyes began to become slightly unfocused and glazed.
"Cub are you okay?"
Silence.
"Cub?"
The silence was unnerving.
"Cub" he tried one more time
"Hmm?" The sound came out of Cubs mouth but it sounded slightly slurred and light.

"Cub are you okay?"
Cub nodded but his attention was fixed on a specific point on the wall.
"What you looking at?" Wolf asked.
"The wall"
"Why?"
Cub didn't respond and silence was held for moments before eagle snapped his fingers.
"I knew this looked familiar"
"What?" Wolf asked, rightly confused.
"Cubs acting" at the still confused look he expanded " I had a cousin who also had high sensitivity to medicine and whenever he was forced to take it, he would start speaking random stuff. Me and some of my other cousins used to ask him questions that
he would never answer truthfully but for some reason when he was on the pills he would answer them. And then the next morning he would not remember a single thing. They were like a truth serum"
Snake nodded his head "it makes sense. Depending on the sensitivity, the pill could control some part of you. A bit like getting drunk" snake pondered for a moment "actually a lot like getting drunk. Of course without the damage to your health part."

Suddenly Eagles eyes lit "so you mean we could ask him any questions and he would answer truthfully, but won't remember a single thing tomorrow."
Snake nodded his head "yes depending on his sensitivity."
Eagle looked as if Christmas had come early. He turned to cub.
"Cub?"
"Hmm?"
"How does your father know gregorovich?"
Cub turned to face eagle but focused on the wall behind him.
"My father?"
"Yh"
"He is dead" the voice sounded detached but not in a sad way, more like in a I-am-focused-on-something-more-important-now-go-away way.
"Yh I know that but I want to know how your father knows gregorovich"
"My dad trained yassen"
"HE WHAT"
"Who what?" Cubs voice began slowing down.
Snake frowned in concentration. Cub seemed to have blanked out for a moment. He was curious about cub but knew that eagle would be the best person for extracting information.
"Why did your dad train gregorovich?" Eagle asked. He knew that loosing his head when getting information was not the best thing to do.
"Because my dad was a teacher"
"What type of teacher?"
Alex grinned lazily at the wall, his eyes fluttering closed for a moment.
"An assassin teacher"
"So your dad worked for scorpia?"
Cub frowned at the wall as if he came across something that didn't make sense.
"Why would my dad work for scorpia? He worked for mi6"
"But you just said that your dad was an assassin teacher" eagle was getting more and more confused by the second.
"Yes. Don't you know? My dad was a double agent for mi6 inside scorpia. Didn't you know that?"
"Why would we know that?"
Cubs frown deepened. And he yawned
"I don't know"
there was silence for a few moments and cub started to get ready for bed but then eagle seemed to remember something.
"Cub how old are you ?"
Cub stopped halfway through laying down.
"How old?"
"Yh"
"Why do you want to know?"
"I'm curious"
Cub nodded as if in understanding.
"15" and with that he fell asleep.