The Spies Who Loved - Elams (with E_musician)

Chapter 10

(Alex's POV)
So how did he do it?

 I was determined to brush of this whole fight until I started to overthink that one minor detail. Unless he somehow knew my mom or family or something he shouldn’t have known my middle name. Am I overthinking this? I feel like I’m overthinking this. 

I'm definitely over thinking this… but my mother was, and I hate to admit it, a whore. So James might not actually be my father- it's not like he was much of a father anyway. How old is Washington-? He did say he went to an island that was near mine before I was born… could he be…

 “I have to go back to the office”, I tell John and Eliza, “I have some questions I need to ask him.” They both give a confused nod and drive me back to headquarters. As soon as we get there I run into Washington’s office. “How do you know my middle name?!’, I practically yell. 

Washington gives me a confused look. "What do you mean?" He asks. "Don't play dumb! How do you know my middle name!?" I shout. "Listen, son, I'm getting old and years and can't remember everything I yell at you." Washington mumbles. "Then how did you know my middle name!?" I ask once again.

 After a long pause Washington sighs then says, “I am your biological father Alex.” “Then why’d you leave me and mom on the island?!”, I shout, “And you clearly must’ve known about the hurricane since you run this whole spy organization!”

"I didn't know about you until Rachel called me on her literal death bed! It took time to convince Martha to let me donate $20k to help you come to America anyway!" Washington shouted back at me. I was taken back. He did care about me… he cared about me in a way that I didn't know was possible. Especially after my mom died.

 “I-I’m s-sorry..”, I manage to stutter out. I go over to him and hug him, trying not to cry. “I-I’m so sorry d-dad.” He hugs me back realizing the tone he used, “It’s ok son, I should’ve told you sooner”, Washington says in a more comforting tone. We’re both at fault and for the first time we both acknowledge it.

After a minute, I hear clapping from the doorway. I turn and see John and Eliza, teary-eyed and all, clapping with stupid grins on their faces. "What are you clapping at?" I sniffle a bit. Eliza comes over and hugs me. "That was beautiful, oh my God." She says and wipes her eyes. John does the same.

 It’s all one big emotional group hug before I realize what’s happening. Then I realized I finally let down my guard completely for the first time in years. I let the people who care about me and that I care about in.
Today ended up really well and I don’t think anything would be able to change that. 

Of course, a night can't just end in a messy group hug, so Washington- I mean dad- took us all out to get ice cream and we took turns trying to explain our relationship to him. I'd say it was a pretty successful night… until Washington got a call about a planned bank robbery downtown. I guess our night is just getting started.

 So much for a chill family night. We’ve got work to do.
“You know the drill”, Washington says as he drives us all back to the base. Eliza, John and I get ready for our next mission and head downtown to stop the bank robbery. I can already tell it’s going to be a long night. 

"So… anyone have a plan?" John asks as he drives downtown, using the special gadgets in the car to make all the lights green all the way there. "Well what are they trying to steal?" I ask. Eliza pulls up a map of the bank and shows me. "They're trying to steal a gold bracelet. It belonged to the queen of England or something." She explained and showed me where in the bank it was.

 “Yay I can use a roof entrance”, I say enthusiastically. John chuckles, “what’s with your obsession of roof entrances”, he asks. “I’d also like to know”, Eliza agrees. “Dunno they’re just more fun”, I say.

I didn't really feel like bringing up how I spent half my "childhood" on the roof of my mom's house just staring at the ocean while my dad beat her half to death. It was my escape place. My peace circle or whatever you wanna call it. I just really like roofs at this point.

 “You’re like Chat Noir except we know your identity”, Eliza says laughing. John and I stare at her blankly. “When we get home we’re watching Miraculous”, she says. So I guess that’s the show the character she was talking about it from? “Ok?”, I say as I get out of the car and head up to the roof.

I find the entrance and already see someone nearing the safe. I click on my headset. "They're already in. It's go time." I say and head into the building. I hear a series of "No!'s" from John and Eliza and that's when I realize whoever I saw is actually a dummy police officer to make people think there's guards. I turn and hear a faint ticking sound. Run! Is the only thing I can think at this point.

 I run as fast as I can and essentially jump off the roof. Not going to lie, that landing hurt but there’s no time for that I continue to run until I’m at the car, hoping that John and Eliza are still in the car. None of us need to get hurt from this. We’re going to ignore the fact I jumped off a roof because I’ll be fine but the bomb could kill someone!

John and Eliza are in the front with worried looks on their faces. I get in the back and buckle up as fast as my arm will let me. Yep. Definitely broken. John drives back to the base quickly and I flinch when I hear the large explosion from behind us. Now I feel like a coward but hey, I'm alive!