A/N: Unfortunately this might be the last update in the next weeks because of school. And procrastinating over homework, most of the people reading this know what i mean but i will try so appreciate it and please don't flame me.

Anyway enjoy the first fully spell checked capitalized and edited chapter.

Maybe two minutes after Alex was thrown back into his cell the footsteps of the guards were heard once again and k unit were thrown back in.

Preceding them Alex caught a glint and a slight tinkle falling into the room but his tired and bruised mind didn't want to investigate so that he didn't draw attention to himself. Instead he did what he could his arms flopping uselessly to his sides as he inspected the unit.

There were a couple of light brown bruises showing on Eagles arms and a larger one on Fox's face but none of them were walking stiffly in fact they seemed slightly cocky; probably thinking that they were so tough because they got beaten up and didn't give anything away.

Alex wanted to scream at them how wrong they were and tell them to stop being cocky bastards but he knew it was useless they would only laugh not knowing that is was true and that the only reason they were getting hit was as a distraction nothing real.

The door clanged shut and Snake pounced on the small glint Alex had seen earlier and held it up against the dim light wincing slightly as it shifted between his fingers. Alex looked back down feeling the gazes of the other members of K unit on trying to see if he had been interrogated as well.

Forgetting Snake Alex thought about why Doctor Three had put him with K unit and not in solitary confinement like his first week. Maybe he expected him to form bonds so that he could use emotional torture. But the way K unit were treating him made him certain that the only bonds would be of hate and (hopefully) surviving together, although Alex had a feeling that it would be much harder for him than for them.

His limp arm was suddenly grabbed by a furious Snake who rolled up his sleeve roughly to reveal the three cuts on his arm. Looking at them it was only now that Alex realized that it was the Japanese numeral for the number three. In a gruesome way he was amused; the first blood they had drawn was a personal marking that nobody would ever notice. The scratches could be from anything, a dog, a recent football accident or even self-harm. And it was obvious by the disgusted look Alex was treated with that Snake thought that that was the case.

"You stupid boy you think life is a joke" he suddenly shouted spit flying from his lips and wetting Alex's face. Alex was too shocked to answer. The sudden change in the jovial Scotsman's demeanor was disconcerting to say the least. Alex got over it quickly keeping up the shocked demeanor to avoid suspicion. Keeping his already pale face that way and freezing made Wolf quickly stride over to see what had got Snake so furious.

Snake showed him the small item and then the cuts on Alex's arm. Angry realization dawned on Wolfs face as he roughly backhanded Alex across the face making him thankful that Snake was holding his arm so tightly it was going to snap and that not eating for the past day had left him unwilling to use up much of his hard preserved and slightly waste energy even with instincts. He was hit twice more with force that would have knocked him over if he wasn't already against the wall and then wolf began talking an a deadly voice

"You may think life is a joke and that it is worthless because your daddy didn't get you that brand new yacht you saw in the magazine but let me tell you now you are so fortunate you even have the magazine. I've been" his voice cracked "I've been to places you can only imagine. Where your enemies want to kill you. Actually kill you. Not caring if they kill the entire country alongside. Not in a video game where the worst injury is hurt pride. It's death. Or your life ruined forever because of a timer. Or because your friend decided to take the easy way." He stopped there unwilling to go on while Alex stared dumbfounded and slightly deaf from the increasingly loud tone in which the rant was delivered at the panting SAS man in front of him.

Alex wondered if Wolf had been betrayed at any point that would probably explain why he had cut off at that point. Alex wanted to tell him that he did understand because all of those things had happened to him and more. For a few more seconds he tried to phrase it right his mouth opening and closing in a way that had only happened twice before.

"I- I know" Alex breathed so quietly that no-one heard but saying it, however quietly, seemed to have loosened something inside him and he cleared his throat preparing to repeat the words audibly "I- " he was cut off abruptly when the door creaked open.

Jeremy was standing there. He smiled happily when he saw the group huddled around Alex "good good we're all making friends aren't we" a chorus of displeasure was immediately voiced by K unit.

"tut tut what happened to that lovely silence" he fingered his whip obviously and silence quickly reined once again. "Well since you're all making friends that nicely I suppose you don't want any food then."

He took out a loaf of bread from behind his back and waved it about.

K Units mouths opened and closed in indecision wondering if the previous rule of silence still applied. Jeremy watched on in amusement still fingering his whip lightly. In the end eagle broke first.

"Yes" he almost shouted and then quickly placed his hands over his mouth in a useless attempt to swallow his words.

Jeremy cracked a small smile "Yes what" he said pointedly.

"Yes sir," Eagle whimpered and was rewarded with a chunk of stale bread hitting him in the stomach. "He's the only one who wants food then,"

"no sir"

"you know it's bad to say no to your superiors. Do you want food"

"yes sir" anger showed for a brief moment on Jeremy's face after he realized he had said the wrong thing and let them say they wanted food which was entirely against his intentions.

He angrily threw the bread at wolfs head and slammed the door with a glare and a menacing "later".

Wolf picked up the bread from the floor slightly shaken by the glare of pure loathing he had been treated with, the sergeant at Brecon Beacons had shown him many but in time you grew used to them and almost learnt to like them.

He broke off one piece and handed it to Fox and then another to Snake. He broke the bread in two again and held it tantalizingly in front of Cub "Do you want it?" he said his arm throbbing painfully where he had taken the bullet for the boy in front of him. An action he now regretted severely.

Cub looked up with a helpless, hopeless expression that broke Wolfs heart, and nodded weakly, but he hardened it telling himself that they were all there because of Cub and his stupid rich daddy.

"Well you can't have it" he barked and felt a little bit of guilt when the boy just nodded again and shrank back into his clothes becoming an unwanted shadow in the corner of the room whilst the men right beside him shared the food and water that he needed to survive.

A/N: Well I hope you liked it. But because of the likely delay in updating i am going to recommend another fic for you to read whilst waiting.

We start with the classics Hell is Other People by amitai the most popular (and one of the best) AR fics around. For those that have read it (it is the most popular) I suggest Where the Heart Is by Amari Bell not as popular but equally fantastic.