3rd P.O.V.

Alex grimaced. The Boss saw him. "Aww. Can little baby Rider not handle this?" he cooed. "Better than you could," Alex retorted. The Boss sneered at him. He nodded to the other man in the room with the knives in his hands and said," Get him, Kluawsky." The other man stepped forward and slashed. Alex tried to hold back another grimace. The Boss and Kluawsky went back to discussing a "pattern" for Alex's back. Alex was hanging by chained shackles in the middle of the room. Alex turned around to look at them. At that moment, the door opened with a bang. Actually, a few bangs, Alex noticed, as people came in shooting. The Boss and Kluawsky stood behind Alex and used him as a human shield, even though he wasn't big enough for the two of them. There was a group of men waiting outside of the door way. The man in front, obviously the leader, said," Step out from behind him and no one gets hurt." The Boss looked at the man and sneered. "No one but him that is," the Boss said to the man as he pointed at Alex. Then he shot Alex six times. Alex's body convulsed. Then he blacked out. The Boss stepped out from behind Alex, knowing fully well that both of them would die very soon. As soon as The Boss stepped out from behind Alex, he was killed. Kluawsky stepped out also and, he too, was killed. The men then stepped into the room and walked over to Alex. Snake, always the mother hen, quickly checked his pulse. "Wolf, Shark. Get him down now!" Snake yelled at them. The men were C and K-Unit.

Once Wolf and Shark get him down, Snake started to order everyone around. "Fox radio in and tell them we have an injured person. Wolf, Shark keep him upright. Eagle, get my medic's bag. Zebra help him. Hawk, Bear guard the door." By the time they had done this, help was close by. Someone had found a stretcher to everyone's amazement. Wolf and Shark lifted Alex up onto the stretcher and wheeled him down the hall. They hit a bump and Alex groaned loudly. Snake rushed over to him. "How long have you been conscious?" "Not that long," Alex choked out. "How do you feel?" Snake asked. "Like I got shot." Wolf chuckled dryly. Snake did too. The SAS men and Alex finally got outside where a helicopter was waiting. They all loaded into the helicopter. As soon as they got on the copter Alex started succumbing in to the blackness surrounding him, but was brought out by Snake telling him he needed to stay conscious, but of course that didn't work for long because he was soon unconscious.