After The End: Alex Rider FanFiction

~Chapter Twenty-Seven~

Don's (POV)

      "I was a spy for MI6."

      .......

      Well there goes my relaxing afternoon reading the newspaper and listening to Mack and Polly argue over a stinking Wii game.

        A...A...Spy?

        What?

        I feel my eyes widen on their own accord, mouth falling slack.

        I stare over at Alex. His eyes showing no humor whatsoever.

        Dead serious.

        But I already knew Alex doesn't joke around.

        So, it must be true.

        "Wha-ho....huh?" I hear Mack stumble out.

         But no.

         This can't be right.....Who in their right mind would use a child for a....Spy? It can't be true.

        I furrow my eyebrows, looking down at my lap.

        It can't be.

       "That's....impossible." I hear the words slip out of my mouth before I can stop them.

        But then again.

        I look back up, my eyes landing on Alex.

        Alex.

       So serious for a fifteen year old. So emotionless.

      And those.....eyes.

      He's seen too much.

      Those marks I saw on his wrists. The way he acts. His.....PTSD.

      That would actually explain those.

      My eyes widen more - If that's even possible.

       It is true.

       "Alex, maybe you should start from the....beginning?" Lucy speaks up.

       That would probably be best.

        I watch as he takes a deep breath, preparing himself.

      "My name is Alexander John Rider." He starts off with.

        Alexander.

       "My parents are John Rider and Helen Rider." His eyes noticeably sadden. "They died in a airplane accident when I was three months old."

      My lungs squeeze.

     Don't think of it. It won't do you any good.

      You were ten then. It's been thirty-five years since the accident happened.

      Since you were left with no parents.

      No close relatives.

      Leaving you alone in a orphanage.

      I run a hand across my face.

      One of the reasons I'd agreed with Alex staying here in the first place, was because I'd been in that same predicament before.

      No family.

      And I didn't want someone else ending up like I did.

      His died from an airplane accident.