Why

DESCRIPTION: Alex Rider had his character and talents that made him a perfect spy long before his uncle's fateful death. A series of flashbacks to explain why.

Disclaimer: I'm not that delusional.

A.N: This prologue is really short- but the other chapters will be longer! Don't give up on it.

Prologue

Complex

Alex Rider, secret agent. Teenage spy. MI6 operative. Savior of millions- multiple times.

Quite impressive titles. But there is more to Alex. There are reasons that he's as good as he is. He is more than just an impressive, talented youth.

Alex Rider is a boy. An orphan. Bullied, ignored, and scorned by his peers. A simple, hard-working schoolboy. A youth with a lot of character and quirks.

But neither extreme can be who he really is. Not after growing up with murdered parents, an undercover MI6 spy and just-out-of-high-school American, and his own private, determined nature. Even before all the madness at 14, his life was never normal. Not really. His abilities and fortitude were built throughout his life; a life that isn't quite as fantasy-esque as it originally sounds. Perhaps more abysmal, sad, and lonely than anything else.

Alex is complex. He's hard to explain. But some things, broken down, are obvious.

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