11
The next morning Alex woke up feeling groggy. His mind felt like it had taken a beating but he felt strangely released. He realised that if was the first time he had slept peacefully. That must mean-
Alex swore.
The rest of k-unit turned to look at him.
"What's wrong?" Snake asked. He was still getting over the fact that cub was 15z 15?! What the hell was he doing in SAS.
Alex glared at snake.
"You forced me to take the medicine"
His voice was accusatory and held malice.
"Yes" for some reason, snake was fearing for his life.
"Even after I told you not to"
"Yes"
"Cheer up cub" eagle interrupted. "It looks like you had a really good sleep"
Alex turned to glare at eagle and he flinched.
"What is wrong with you taking your pills?"
Wolf asked subtly . Of course wolf knew but he didn't want cub to know that they knew.
"Maybe I should ask you that seeing as I hardly remember any of last night."
The whole of k-unit flinched and it did not go past Alex.
But Alex didn't wasn't angry any more, he just wanted to know if he let anything slip. If he did, then he probably just put k-units life at risk. If he told them his name, or about any of his missions then he was screwed.
"What did I say?" He decided to be blunt about it. No point beating round the bush.
"Nothing much" wolf said trying his best to act subtly, but with cub it felt as if he could see right through the you.
"What did I say?" Alex asked again.
"You just told us about how your father knew gregorovich and your age"
"I WHAT?"
A knock on the door saved k-unit from answering.
Wolf went to answer it.
"K-unit" a soldier addressed. "The sergeant would like to speak to you"
You never keep the sergeant waiting, so k-unit quickly made their way to the sergeants office and wolf knocked on door.
"Enter"
They entered and Stood to attention. They didn't fail to notice a man in a grey suit standing next to the sergeant but they remained professional.
"At ease soldiers"
The soldiers relaxed.
"I'm sure your wondering why you have been called to the office " the sergeant began.
"This person over here is mr blunt" k-unit looked at him "and he is the head of military intelligence sector 6, also known as mi6"
At this k-unit subconsciously shifted their attention to their youngest member who remained still stubbornly staring at the wall behind the sergeant.
"Soldiers" mr blunt began "there is a situation which requires our attention and we have decided that your unit is the best unit for the job I-"
"With all due respect sir" blunt was cut of very bluntly by cub and k-unit flinched at the coldness in his tone. No one ever interrupted a superior much less a 15 year old boy. Yes k-unit still hadn't gotten over that fact.
"Cub" the sergeant barked "don't interrupt a superior"
Cub snorted. Cub actually snorted.
"No sergeant it's ok" blunt said "let the soldier speak"
Refusing to turn his attention away from the wall, cub carried on " I apologise for interrupting sir" he didn't sound very apologetic " but I am new here and I don't think it would be best if I don't go with the unit as I am still inexperienced and wouldn't
want to effect the mission in anyway. I think I should leave now so you can carry on discussing the mission without me"
"On the contrary soldier" came the lifeless reply "this would be the best chance to prove yourself"
"Forgive me for arguing but I could jeaprodise the teams safety so it would be best if I don't go"
Cub turned to face blunt and only the sergeant could see Cubs face and he flinched. Cub and blunt seemed to have a silent conversation. The room remained in silence for a minute or so with two people communicating telepathically.
The sergeant tried to break the silence
"Mr blunt sir maybe cub is right, it would not do any good for him to come on the mission" his statement went unheard by the telepathic two but the other soldiers couldn't help but agree. Cub was 15 years old, it would do no one any good to send him on
a mission.
After more seconds of silence, a nerve began to pulse in Blunts neck. For the lifeless blunt, this sort of reaction was equivalent to a man having an anger tantrum. Cub, noticing this, allowed a small smile to play on his lips.
More silence.
Finally cub through his hands in the air in exasperation
"If you can't find anything against me then I'm not going. You can't force me if you have nothing against me. There is no one left " he was too professionally to allow his voice to crack but he was so close. "I'm not going" he folded his arms to give
of the impression of being the teenager he is which only seemed to infuriate blunt.
"Soldier you have no choice, you must go"
Alex smirked. This was getting fun. He heard rumours that he was the only person who could get blunt to show emotion. Seemed like even the head of mi6 is not immune to the stubbornness of a 15 year old teenage spy.
"I believe I do have a choice."
Cub them slumped into the chair by the sergeants desk.
"Cub!" The sergeant barked "where is your respect for your superior"
"I'm sorry sir, but there is no superior."
"I will have you binned for this"
"You can't bin me. Isn't that right Alan?"
Blunt was so close to going over the edge. One more comment from rider and he would either have to ask Mrs Jones to come instead or he would do something very unprofessional.
Instead of replying, blunt took out his phone "Mrs Jones , it's your turn"
Blunt shut the phone and tuned to the other inhabitants of the room.
"My deputy would me coming to speak here instead, as I have to attend some important business at the moment."
With that blunt walked out of the room.
Alex sighed and dragged a hand through his hair "well that went well"
Before any of the others could reply, a knock was sounded on the door and Mrs Jones deputy head of mi6 entered the room.
One look at the position of the inhabitants of the room and she deduced exactly what had happened.
Wolf watched the Jones women walk over to cub and whisper something in his ear. He watched Cubs eyes go wide
"You wouldn't " his voice was full of disbelief.
"Alex sometimes you leave us with no choice"
He physically flinched at the mention of his name "you can't do that. The official secrets act wouldn't let you."
"Alex I think that we created the OSA so we would know what we will and will not be able to do"
"Don't call me Alex"
Her eyes shined with amusement "would you prefer it if I called you be your last name."
Alex ignored her comment "But" Alex tried again. "What about the safety of k-unit." Their ears perked at the mention of their unit "If they found out who I was they would be in danger. Will you really put a whole unit of elite soldiers in danger
because of a stupid teenager"
"Alex you must understand that this is a very important situation and we are willing to go to any lengths. If you just agree then no ones safety will be threate-
"Apart from my own"
"Alex we need your hel-"
"Find someone else"
"You know we can't"
"Yes you can. The world managed to survive perfectly well before Ian died, I hardly see the reason for you still needing my assistance"
"Once you taste the best you can't go back to the average"
Alex winced " so I'm your best huh? It's nice to know that. I would hate to see how you treat your worst agents. Actually I already know, seeing what blunt did to Ash."
This time Mrs Jones winced "that was uncalled for"
"Or really was it" Alex couldn't help himself, his temper was rising "because you coming to force me on another mission when I was supposed to be safe here is ok? You threatening me with the safety of my unit is ok? You making a unit vulnerable to scorpia
interrogation is ok? I'm sorry Tulip but you need to rethink your decision and come back here when you have a proper deal. It's probably too much to hope that I would never have to see yours of blunts face again but I will do my best to make sure
you never get a grip on me or anyone else again. You bought me in this chess game as a pawn but I have reached to the other side and turned into the most dangerous player in your game. I would choose your next moves wisely Mrs Jones because next time
I won't miss and no glass screen can protect you. do you understand?"
Mrs Jones gulped "I understand"
"Good, because this game just got interesting" he put the hands on the arms of the chair showing that he had all the control in this room.
Mrs Jones nodded then walked out.
Alex let the door shut before he slumped into his seat, his anger dismissing.
Realising the other inhabitants in the room he quickly got up and stood to attention infront of the sergeant . If the sergeant was surprised at the sudden change in cub then he did horribly at hiding it.
"At ease soldier" he replied automatically not knowing what else to do.
"Sir I apologised for my unruly behaviour just now and I hope this won't reflect badly on k-unit, but they were going to send us on a suicide mission and I figured that they could use their own agents."
The sergeant couldn't help but stare at this-this-he didn't know what cub was but whatever it was it was strange.
Seeing the need to fill the silence, Alex spoke again. "Sir I think it would be best if we left now before we missed breakfast"
The sergeant nodded absent mindedly. "Dismissed"
k-unit made their way to the lunch hall in a thought filled silence before snake stopped in his tracks.
"No way. No god damed way"
He turned to cub
"No way. It can't be. Impossible."
"Snake are you ok?" Cub asked.
Snake was not ok. Snake was far from ok. He had been thinking of cub all morning and the pieces just fell into place.
Cubs parents dead.
Cubs entanglement with scorpia.
Cubs entanglement with mi6.
Cub in the space module.
Cubs scars.
Cubs unnatural talent.
Cub being the best in mi6.
Cub leaving the lecture hall when about scorpia and John rider.
John rider being the only mi6 agent who went undercover in scorpia.
John rider having a son and wife.
Cubs refusal to say his last name.
Cubs first name is Alex.
"No way" snake whispered.
Alex knew it. He knew it from the shock and the disbelief and the refusal to understand in snakes eyes. He knew that he hadn't been careful enough with hiding his tracks but most of them were not revealed because of him.
He did the only thing he could think of. He started clapping slowly.
"Well done snake. Your the first to figure it out." His tone was not angry but sinister.
"It's impossible"
"Apparently not. I'm here aren't I"
"But your fifteen"
"Yes I am"
"You can't be"
"Can't be what?"
"You can't be anything. You can't be fifteen you can't be him-"
"Snake what the hell is going on" wolf interrupted.
Snake tuned to wolf his eyes slightly mad
"He is-he is-"
"What's wrong with you? Just spit it out"
Alex sighed. Looks like his time was nigh.
He walked over to wolf and extended his hand.
"Let me introduce my self. mi6's top spy at your service. 15 years old. 1 year of service . 11 missions. Known as the annihilator in the criminal world. Son of the late John Rider." He then let the bomb drop. "The name is Rider. Alex Rider."
He then walked away.
Alex knew he had extended his stay at Breacon beacons. He couldnt stay here anymore after he had revealed himself. It was now a matter of when scorpia would come for them.
That was why he called Mrs Jones and he told her that he accepted his mission but asked to undertake it alone. He asked for 3 OSA for k-unit, and requested they find another place for him to go live. He had extended his stay at the SAS camp and any more
time here would put the whole camp in danger.
With that Alex left the SAS camp and went on his next mission to save the world leaving behind many many many unanswered questions and no one to answer them. But then again, he was Alex Rider. The annihilator. The spy. The teenager. The legend among the
SAS. The legend among the intelligence agencies.
Some questions were best left unanswered.
Fin.
I know this is such an abrupt end but I am horrible with writing endings.
Now that I think about it I might post a sequel maybe containing everything that I missed out. Who knows?