Alex Rider: Living with the SAS

Chapter 18

Jace closed the space between them, their lips met and it was the best feeling ever. Jace felt like he was on ecstasy. Wait... Hold up. He doesn't know what being on drugs feels like. Let's rephrase. He felt like it was the best feeling of his life and wondered how he had survived without it.
When their lips met, Alex felt the soft lips on hers, gentle. It felt exciting and like adrenaline ran through her. It made her feel awake and alive. The kiss was a soft and short on, just a 5 seconds press.
"... Will you be my girlfriend?" Jace asked, his voice hopeful and sincere. "I-I'm not gonna be the girlfriend you want-"
"You're everything I want!"
"I live a life full of secrets you can't know for now. Secrets that are gonna get you killed." By Scorpia. "Secrets that killed people. You wouldn't want a killer as your girlfriend."
I'm trained by Scorpia. I am a qualified assassin. I also know multiple martial arts and I know how to use every single thing like a weapon. I'm a sharpshooter and I am good with knives and swords. I was a bodyguard for the prime minister and the emperor of Japan who is very traditional, meaning they hire ninjas to protect them not SS. I am labelled as the 'shadow assassin' in Japan's underworld because I was the best of the best of the very very best. I might not be able to avoid some capture but I rule the world of ninjas and assassins. I have protected the president of the United States as one of his Secret Service. I am a spy that is on the top of hit list in many criminal organisations. They want my head. They're gonna take my friends' head if it means getting to me. I have made it out alive of many tortures that lasted for months and even almost a year. I kill to survive. But sometimes I just... I just wish I'm dead. Lesser people would be killed because of me. I am not worth dying for.
I will. I will protect them at all cost. I'll protect them till I take my last breath and even after that.
"I don't care how many secrets you have. Please give me this chance. I-I've never dated before so I'm not good with words but I'm sure I can make this relationship work." Jace said sounding very sincere. "Alright... But I'm sure in the end I'll have to be the one that is going to ask for forgiveness and I hope you'll forgive me."
"I will. I'll do anything for you."
"No. Don't, please don't make that promise. I don't want you to get hurt."
"Why would I- never mind. I won't promise that. I will forgive you." Jace said before pulling her into a kiss.

"Jace!!!!" They all shouted when they saw him turn around a corner. "Did you find- oh." They cut themselves off when they saw Alex and his hands interlocked together. "Finally huh." Colton asked, smirking. "Wait! Let me get my camera!" Paris yelled and fumbled for her phone. "No!" Alex said and covered her face with her free hand. Jace then promptly wrapped his arms around her to cover her face. They all either saw her flinch or felt it. What happened to cause her to flinch?
"Let's go to class." Alex said, pulling away from Jace. "Nah! You're not going anywhere! I'm bring you to class. We're in the same classes!" Jace said before pulling her towards him again. Imagine all the shock looks they received when they walked together through school hand in hand. This just made everyone that hates Alex angrier.
She's the top student for every single class and literally everyone adore her, save those cheerleaders, jocks and sluts.
Alex and Skylar packed for the trip to the city quickly and went to meet up with the rest of the squad. "Let's go!" Alex took her bike and loaded the bag she packed into one of the squad's car. She rode along side with their cars, often weaving in and out, doing lots of tricks. Jace was really worried for his new girlfriend. "Don't worry Jace. She'll be fine." Ash reassured. "How can she have a license? She's only 15 isn't she?"
"She's special." Skylar replied.
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"Paintball! So! Who wants to be with who or should we go solo?" Paris asked, grinning from ear to ear. "Solo." Alex said. "You sure babe? You don't wanna be on my team?" A random stranger that they're playing with asked and he winked, shuffling closer to her. Alex took a big step away and Jace stood between Alex and that guy. "She's my girlfriend." Jace said with a dangerous and angry tone. "Whoa. Chill man."
"Don't 'chill' me. You so much as look at my girlfriend and I'll make sure you can't have babies." Jace threatened. "How are you gonna do that?" The guy asked, smug. Ash and Skylar grinned evilly. "Oh don't you worry. We have a sharpshooter here." Ash said. "Who?" The guy's team asked. "We're not telling you." Ash and Skylar said in unison and hi-Fived each other. "You should take off your earphone." One of the staff said. Alex looked at him before shaking her head. She rather keep it on so that her mind wouldn't wander and think about weird stuff that would soon become traumatic. She can still hear everything anyways.
"Are you guys ready?!" The staff shouted across. Chorus of agreement came from the group and the timer started. Everyone scattered. The squad went in a pairs or threes. The strangers went in a big group, bad idea. Alex went solo. Alex climbed up a tree and moved from tree to tree with the wind so the noises she accidentally makes can be disguised. She can hear the big group of boys that are mucking around and trying to look like they're in a video game. Alex chucked a rock to distract them. They all panicked and scrambled to try to get into 'formation' which was pathetic to watch. Alex gently squeezed the trigger after pulling the gun up into a shooting position. The paintballs found their target, hitting each individual in fatal areas. If they were real bullets, those boys would be dead before they even knew what hit them. Alex pulled the trigger multiple times on one person. She pulled the trigger on the boy that tried to flirt with her, hitting him in the balls. It wasn't close range shooting so it wouldn't hurt as badly nor would he get injured from it.
Alex watched as they walked back to their meeting spot, dejected. "So you guys are out too huh." the stranger commented with a smirk but it soon fell when he noticed they weren't hit in any vital spots and they were only hit once while his team was hit multiple times. The staff called the other staff members over. "What's wrong?"
"Look at the paint colour."
"... Wow. They're all the same colour. Who has the red ones?" Alex raised a hand to answer that question. "So you're that sharpshooter they were talking about." The staff who started the timer asked, gesturing to Ash and Skylar. They nodded with a smug look on their faces. "You hit them in their vital organs." A staff commented. "You studied science for a major." Alex concluded without thinking. Oops...
"How did you-?"
"Its kinda obvious." Alex replied before he could complete his sentence.
"How?" Still slightly shocked.
"It's only obvious because you're a genius that is smarter than grade 12 even though they are older than you are." Ash said, directing it to Alex and answering the staff's question. "It's only 3,4 years." Alex grumbled.
"Wow... I hope we can really see you again. But this is only a part time job. It would be fun seeing people' reactions to a sharpshooter." One of the staff said. "Too bad we work in the army with the best of the best in Britain. " Alex could be seen looking calm and collected but inside she tensed involuntarily.
"SAS?" Alex suggested even though she somehow knew that was the right answer. "Smart. So smart." A staff praised in awe. "We just transferred.-"
"Nice, well good luck with that place. I heard Brecons Beacon is hell." Alex said as she walked away to get changed. She could heard Ash and Skylar stifling their their giggles and the staff that is now known as the SAS soldiers tensed a little. HOW DID SHE???!!! WHAT?? THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!!!! GOTTA FIND OUT!!!
"Увидимся скоро." Alex said, knowing fully that one of them knew Russian. They must be a unit, and one of them is bound to be the linguist. "What did she say?" One of the staff asked when the entire group left.
"She said she'll see us soon."
"Why would we see her soon?"
"Don't know. Guess we'll have to wait to find out."
WHAT THE HECK???????!!!!!!! WHAT DOES SHE MEAN???? HOW DOES SHE KNOW THAT SHE'LL SEE US AGAIN?! IS SHE PSYCHIC??
I wonder who she is... She has an air of something around her. Something dangerous. Something close to authority. Very mysterious.
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Alright. I've reuploaded this because wattpad decided to delete the bottom half of my work for this chapter.