Okay you might have to bear with me here because this is my first story and all that. Go ahead and flame me. I'll probably need it. I don't have a beta so if you want to be mine just message me or something. Hopefully you'll like it.

You know the feeling, like something bad is going to happen. That was the exact feeling that was in the pit of Alex Riders stomach on the third week back from training. He was sitting in homeroom when the phone rang. Alex didn't think anything of it. But when the teacher hung up with an annoyed expression on his face Alex got interested. And when Mr. Davis looked right at him he got nervous. The only thing he could think of was MI6. So when Mr. Davis said the office wanted to see him he walked there with dread.

"Ah, Alex how are you today?" asked Miss. Bedfordshire. She had always liked Alex though nobody knew why. But the person standing in front of her desk was the person that really got Alex's attention. He could tell it was an MI6 agent and he knew he would have no option but to go with him.

"Fine." Said Alex.

"You forgot your dentist appointment Alex." Scolded Miss. Bedfordshire without sting, "Good thing that Mr. Murphy here came to pick you up or you would have missed it."

"Yeah, good thing." Said Alex with sarcasm that was lost on her.

"Come along Alex." Said the agent Mr. Murphy, Alex thought humorously impatiently.

"Yeah okay Murphs. Just let me get my things." Said Alex, almost laughing out loud at the look Agent Murphy game him.

When Alex and Agent Murphy, if that was even his real name Alex thought, finally got going, with as much time wasting as possible on Alex's part, Alex became a whole new person. The person MI6 people were used to seeing. Cold, aloof, graceful, emotionless, and dangerous.

"I guess you're not going to tell me what you guys want, are you?" asked Alex.

"You shall wait until you see Mr. Blunt and Mrs. Jones." Said Agent Murphy equally emotionless as Alex had been.

It was an awkward car ride the Royal and General Bank but finally they got there. Alex hopped out of the car without waiting for the agent and went straight to the elevator without stopping at the front desk, much to recipients displeasure. Right when he was about to knock of Mr. Blunts door Mrs. Jones came down the hallway and called out to him.

"This better be good." He stated with no greeting and walked into Mr. Blunts office.

Though not showing it on his face he was surprised he saw the Sergeant from Brecon Beacons there.

"Like I told Mr. Jones, this better be good. First you pull me out of school after only three weeks of being back and then you guys aren't even ready for me when I come." Exclaimed Alex not bothering to be polite in the company of these people.

"Trust me Alex, we had a perfectly good reason to pull you out of school today." Said Blunt, as always emotionless. But Alex thought he caught something there, was it regret? No, it couldn't be. Now thoroughly confused Alex sat down and waved a hand, gesturing him to explain everything. But instead of Blunt talking it was the Sergeant who spoke.

"I don't think I need to be here for this, Alan." He said nervously.

"Yes you probably shouldn't, David." Intervened Mrs. Jones quickly, as she saw that Mr. Blunt was going to argue. Ha, thought Alex, Mrs. Jones has Blunt on a leash! As the Sergeant was leaving the room he looked at Alex. It was the same expression he thought he had seen on Mr. Blunts face a little while ago. It was getting more and more odd.

As soon as he left the room Mr. Blunt said "We are sorry to inform you that as of 11:47 this morning Miss. Jacqueline Starbright died by a bullet through the head from a Scorpia assassin."

Alex didn't even see the disapproving look that Mrs. Jones sent Blunt at being so, well, blunt about the matter. All he could think about was the sentence that Blunt had just spoken. We are sorry to inform you that as of 11:47 this morning Miss. Jacqueline Starbright died by a bullet through the head from a Scorpia assassin.

Emptiness. That was all that he felt. He figured that the pain would come later when he was least expecting it. Just like it had with Ian's death. We are sorry to inform you that as of 11:47 this morning Miss. Jacqueline Starbright died by a bullet through the head from a Scorpia assassin. Again and again the sentence ran through his head. He just couldn't believe it. Jack had always been there. After his missions, school, fights, anything. Alex could always tell her anything…well not about the missions but mostly anything. He felt like crying, but he refused to do that when he was in the company of these people.

"I want to see her." He said tiredly.

"I don't…" started Mrs. Jones.

Alex would have been surprised that it was Mr. Blunt this time that interrupted Mr. Jones…that is if he wasn't so numb.

"No, Tulip let Alex see her." He said.

They stopped outside the door of the morgue.

"Go on it Alex." Said Mr. Blunt softly.

There she was, Alex thought, pale and dead. She really was always there for me wasn't she? He touched her cold, lifeless hand and then leaned down to brush her fiery red hair away from her face. As he was doing that he touched his lips to her forehead. But pulled back quickly because he couldn't stand the touch of her skin that was so different than that warm and comforting feeling from when she was alive. He backed away after that, content from watching her from afar for awhile. So he just stood there thinking about all the good times they had together. Standing there he mourned in the way he thought that Jack would like...silently crying. She would never be there again. At least MI6 didn't beat around the bush and told him out rite that she was dead. He felt broken. Realizing that he had no one else in the world to trust to look over him was a scary feeling. He felt guilty now. He had always thought that she would be there for him and now figuring out that she wouldn't…well he didn't know what to do. After he was done he made a promise to himself that he wouldn't cry again until he had time to mourn for Jack the right way. But for now he had to figure out what was going to happen to him.

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