Put the Guns Down

Ok, so I've had this idea in my head for a long time but never got around to it till now. Basically, Alex is 15 years old and is still being blackmailed by MI6 into working for them. He comes back from a mission and is going in to report and get his disguise off when the bank robbers come in. K-Unit and Ben Daniels/Fox are there as well. SCORPIA Rising never happened. Enjoy!

Wolf looked around the Royal and General Bank as he and his unit, Eagle and Snake, walked in. They had been called in to do some work with an agent, and were going to be met by whoever it was in the lobby before heading up to be briefed. Unfortunately, things didn't happen like that.

When Wolf was looking around, he spotted the bank manager looking desperately around, a look of fear on his face as he continued to talk to four men. However, those men also happened to have at least one gun each and were obviously- to a trained eye -trying to rob the Royal and General Bank.

"Hey," Wolf whispered to his unit. "Check out the guys in jeans and black jackets at the counter talking to the manager. Anything look out of place to you?"

Subtly, Snake and Eagle angled themselves towards the counter, and Snake muttered, "The poor manager looks like he's about to pee his pants, not to mention that those guys have guns."

"Think we walked into a robbery?" Eagle asked quietly. While off duty Eagle was like a child on sugar high, on duty he was serious. Stopping a bank robbery was close enough to duty for him.

"Yes. Eagle, you go in from the right. Snake, take the left. I'll go straight from behind." Wolf told them.

Nodding, the three soldiers separated.

* * * on the other side of the lobby * * *

Agent Benjamin Daniels, codenamed Fox, looked around the bank. He was waiting for an SAS unit with whom he would be going on a mission with. Nothing serious, but it did need to be taken care of.

It would also- Fox cursed as he saw four men talking to the bank manager, who had no idea what actually went on in the bank, and so was perfectly justified to looking like he was about to faint since the MI6 agent could clearly see, with the X-ray glasses from Smithers that he was wearing, the faint bulge of a gun on each hip of all four of them. In all, they had eight guns between them.

Cursing again, Fox moved towards them.

* * * coming through the lobby doors * * *

Alex Rider, going by the name of Joshua Davids until his disguise was off and he had debriefed on yet another mission for MI6 that he didn't want to do (he was 15 years old, honestly!), moved through the doors going into the lobby of the Royal and General Bank, the headquarters for MI6.

Glancing around, he took to notice the group of three men moving towards the counter from different directions, Benjamin Daniels who was a MI6 agent he had worked with before moving towards there as well, the bank manager who was looking about for help while trying to be discreet, the four men who were trying to rob the bank, the other people manning the counter, and the people waiting in line to be helped.

Groaning, he muttered to himself, "A spy's work is never done," before heading towards the desk.

* * * at the counter * * *

The leader of the four men thought that the robbery was going fine until a voice from beside him yelled, "Everybody on the ground, these men are armed!" and one from behind told him and his men, "Turn around slowly, place any weapons you have on the ground in front of you, and put your hands in the air where we can see them."

Sneering, he turned around and asked, "And where would be the fun in that?" while whipping out the two guns from their holsters. Beside him, his friends did the same.

Wolf cocked an eyebrow and said, calmly drawing his own gun and id card, "Nowhere, but do we really need that? Now, I'll repeat myself once more, put the guns down. You are under arrest by order of the SAS."

"And MI6." A voice Wolf vaguely recognized added. He asked, surprised, "Fox? What are you doing here?"

Fox's voice, also filled with surprise, answered, "Same as you."

If Wolf hadn't been concentrating on the guns aimed at him and his friends, he would have choked. Fox was the agent they were supposed to be working with?

Then, a new voice commanded, "Alright, people, out of my way, there's nothing to see here. MI6 and SAS both had people stationed nearby, these men are going to be going into custody, and that's it. Goodbye."

Snake muttered, "What the hell?"

"What?" Wolf asked. He couldn't turn around and look because of the danger he was in.

"The guy is a bloody kid." Eagle said, open-mouthed.

"Who?"

"Me." The new voice said again, "And if you all will move out of the way, I'll take care of this."

Wolf watched as the four criminals in front of him burst of laughing, and the guy who was obviously the leader managed to choke out, "You? What makes you think that we'll listen to you if we won't to the bloody SAS and MI6?"

Wolf was pushed out of the way as a black-haired, blue-eyed teenager stepped forwards.

"Because," the kid stated calmly, "I am your worst nightmare. I am Destroyer."

Fox had to keep from laughing when he heard that. Now he knew why the kid sounded familiar! He was Alex! Obviously undercover, but Alex all the same. Alex had told him before that criminals had taken to calling him Destroyer because of all the people he had put in jail and the organizations he had destroyed. Now, the would-be bank robbers were going to get it.

"W-what?" One of the criminals asked, turning white.

"You heard me. Although you obviously didn't hear about the fact that this is my part of town. Or at least, part of my part. Now either we do this the easy way and you put the guns down, or we can do this the hard way and you can go to jail with the bragging rights to getting shot by Destroyer. Which is it going to be?"

Wolf watched, astonished, as the robbers put their guns down and raised their arms in surrender. They wouldn't listen to three SAS soldiers and a MI6 agent, but they would listen to a kid? What the hell?

* * * leaving the elevator * * *

As they got out of the elevator, Fox asked Alex, "Where are you going?"

"Huh? Oh, I'm going with you guys. I need to report on the attempted robbery and drop off my report on the last mission. Then I'll head over to Smithers. I need to get the dye out so I can go to school in the morning."

Nodding, Fox fell back to walk with K-Unit.

* * * Blunt's office * * *

"Ah, Agent Rider, Agent Daniels, and you must be K-Unit." Blunt said, then asked, "And where is your fourth unit-mate?"

"We don't have one, sir." Wolf stated as respectfully as he could. Fox leaving was still a sore subject to him, no matter that he was right next to him.

"Mrs. Jones," Blunt, said, talking to a woman standing behind him, "Why didn't you inform that we would need two agents for the five person team to work."

"I was not informed that they only had three people. I asked for their best unit and they gave me them."

Blunt nodded and seemed about to say more when the boy interrupted, "Blunt. Jones. I'm here to report on an attempted robbery that just took place downstairs."

Mrs. Jones asked, "Did the police clean up?"

"Yes."

"Then we can ask these men here. You may go."

Nodding, the teenager put his report down on the desk and turned to go only to be stopped by the Head of MI6.

"Agent Rider," Alan Blunt started.

"Alex. I'm not an agent." The boy hissed.

Frowning, Blunt said, "We need five people for this mission. Will you-,"

"NO! How many times must I tell you NO?" Taking a deep breath, the boy continued, "You can find someone else to go. You don't need a teenager for this one if you were intending on five men in the first place." Spinning on his heel, the boy, Alex, left the room.

* * * leaving the bank * * *

Wolf grumbled as he walked out of the bank. The mission had been aborted until later notice, and now he had some questions for Fox.

"Who is he?" Wolf asked.

"Who is who?" Fox asked, frowning.

"The boy, Alex. Who is he, and why does he know MI6's headquarters?"

"Wha- you don't know who he is?"

"No," Wolf said, frowning, "Should I?"

"Should we." Snake and Eagle corrected together. "We don't know him either."

"Yes," Fox said, surprised. "I mean, come on, guys, you recognized me, but not him? Although, he was in disguise just now, and he didn't talk much in training. Ok," he sighed, "Given the circumstances, no, you shouldn't recognize him. But you do know him."

"Well?" Wolf asked impatiently. He hated mysteries. "Who is he?"

"Cub." Fox stated, laughing, "Or the Destroyer, as all criminals call him." And then, Fox left, walking away from them for the second time, only this time leaving them with their mouths gaping open.

"CUB?" They all roared at the same time.

* * * K-Unit's place * * *

Wolf couldn't believe it. That teenager was Cub? Sighing, he turned over and turned out the light. He guessed that Point Blanc wasn't a one time thing for the boy.

Snake sighed as he woke up and checked his watch. Midnight. He usually slept well, but guessed that Cub was on his mind. Had the kid been hurt on the job before? Maybe shot? He certainly knew what he was doing, that was for sure. But still. Cub was a boy in a man's job.

Eagle sighed enviously as he lay in bed. He had always wanted to yell at the heads of MI6, but it would probably loose him his job. Groaning, he closed his eyes and went to sleep. Lucky Cub.

Ok, so that bit at the end, K-Unit's place? You all are lucky I added it, as it wasn't in the blueprints. Also, this will is part one of the Questions Answered trilogy. Wolf's question- Point Blanc -has been answered, but what about Snake's? And then there is Eagle's #1 in his bucket-list. I'm thinking A Bloody Gang War? and What Was I Yelling? for the sequels.