I don't own Alex Rider or the BCP. I do nutty things when I'm tired; for instance, one morning I thought that my cat wanted to take a shower with me. I was very, very wrong and the situation did not end well. The End.
Please note that this chapter expresses my religion, and you do not have to agree with it to continue the story. If you don't want to read it, skip from the break with five of these: _/ to where there are four, which is pretty much the end.
God bless you all.
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The black-clad men were on the two teenagers almost immediately after they entered the room. Three men slammed Alex into the wall, pinning him against it. Two more men repeated the action with Lexi, and two more men were standing by as backup.
An eighth man entered the room. He was dressed in a tailored gray suit, and wore no mask. the man looked to be in his late twenties or early thirties, and multiracial. Then the man spoke. "Hello Alex," he nodded his head towards Alex, "and miss Lexington." He nodded his head towards Lexi. "My name is Marco Kurst, I believe you know of my father?"
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Fifteen minutes later, Lexi found herself in a room almost identical to the first, save for the two metal remote - controlled restraining chairs bolted into the ground facing one another. Unsurprisingly, these chairs were rather uncomfortable. Alex also found it unsurprising than Kurst had used the time to inform the minors that while the arrest of Zeljan Kurst, SCORPIA board member and Marco's father, had led to Scorpia's official disbandment, a few wealthy factions still remained.
Kurst finished his informative monologue and signaled for his men to secure Alex and Lexi to the chairs. With another wave of his hand, the men left and a nurse entered the room, carrying a small blue tray with two purple gloves and a syringe.
"What's that?" Alex asked. "It had better not be a flu shot," Lexi added. "I've already had mine." "It is neither." Kurst said. "This is an experimental drug we've been working on, thus far, it works like a charm. It causes extreme pain, followed by death. However, the time till death ranges greatly, as it is still experimental."
"I have decided to take a page from Dr. Three's book when it comes to the best way to torture you, Alex. We will inject this young lady with Epicurus, and she will die in front of you, in your very arms." By now Alex and Lexi were struggling against their restraints, and anything else Kurst had to say was drowned out by Alex's cursing.
As the needle approached, Lexi's struggles grew more and more frantic, but to no avail. Lexi felt the needle pierce her skin, felt a burning sensation begin to spread through her arm. Then Kurst and the nurse left, locking the door behind them. A minute later, the restraints released.
Alex ran over to Lexi, who sat down heavily. She already felt the effects of the Epicurus, aside from the burning, black splotches flickered at the edge of her vision, blood seemed to rush through her ears, and the wold seemed to have retreated. It reminded her of when she had fallen ice skating and hit her wrist. Lexi supposed that she was probably in shock. Lexi looked up, vaguely aware of Alex's hand on her shoulder, and of the way he kept repeating her name.
"You okay?" Lexi said. Was she slurring? Lexi thought she was slurring.
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"Lexi, Lexi." Alex said, trying to get her attention. Lexi looked up at him woozily, her eyes not quite focusing.
"You m'kay?" She asked, slurring her words.
"Yeah, Lexi, I'm okay. How about you?" He asked, trying to coax an answer out of her.
"M' arms on fire." She stated. "S' not your fault. Wish had marshmallows..." She tailed off. Alex was quiet as Lexi leaned against him muttering "rely tired." Alex sat with his back against the wall and Lexi's head and upper back in his lap
"S' all right," Lexi said. "God's got me, worst happens I see Sarah n' Mom."
A few tears rolled down Alex's face as he played with her hair. "Yeah, I can introduce you to my parents."
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By now Lexi was crying too. "You been Baptized?" she asked.
Alex shook his head. "Sabina has been taking me to church, but I wanted to wait until after you got back from Honduras."
"I can do it now." Lexi said. "I present Alexander Johnathan Rider to receive the Sacrament of Baptism. Do you wish to be baptized?"
"I do." Alex said, noting that the slur had receded.
"Do you renounce Satan and the forces of wickedness?"
"I renounce them."
"Do you renounce the evils of this world?"
"I renounce them."
"Do you renounce all sinful desires that draw you from God's love?"
"I renounce them."
"Do you accept Jesus as your savior?"
"I do."
"Do you place your trust in God?"
"I do."
"Will you follow God and obey Him as your Lord?"
Alex helped Lexi sit up in a corner.
"I do."
"God, we thank you for water, please sanctify this water and bless us through your Holy Spirit that we may be cleansed of sin and join in the life of Christ."
Lexi brought a small bottle of tea tree oil out of her pocket before continuing; "God, please bless this oil, that those sealed with it in Lord Jesus's eternal priesthood."
"Alex, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" Every time Lexi named one of the Trilogy, she wiped her tears through his her with her fingers."
Lexi tried unsuccessfully to open the small bottle of oil, before Alex opened it and handed it to her. Lexi dipped her finger in it.
"Alex you are sealed by the Holy Spirit by Baptism and marked as Christ's own forever." Lexi said as she drew a cross on Alex's head in the oil.
"We receive you into the household of God. Confess the faith of Christ crucified, proclaim his resurrection, and share with us in his eternal priesthood." Lexi declared. "Yay."
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Alex smiled. Lexi really seemed to have regained her strength.
Noises sounded in the corridor, and the door opened again.
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Did you know that members of the Episcopal church can preform an emergency Baptism with their own tears? Now you do.
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