Defeat (Book Attack Series: Book 9 - Alex Rider)

Introduction

Introduction

You are not alone. Scientists were right in believing that there are multiple worlds out there: multiple dimensions. The entrances to these realms are closer than you might think. The secret to them is in the books we read, the movies we enjoy, and the oral tales we make up for our children at night. In the case of a book, each series has its own realm, each one connected in its own way to us: The Domain Realm.

Thirteen years ago, a prophecy was read, that nine of these realms would be captured by the villains that sought to destroy them. The main characters of these realms were fated to escape and eventually return to save their people. The people of what came to be known as the Fictional Community began to prepare for this mass invasion by inventing and mass producing escape pods programmed to shoot the characters souls into the domain realm. There, they would latch onto the being of that realm that most resembled themselves, who would come to be called the host.

As the years went on, what came to be known as the Book Attack Prophecy faded into memory, until a couple of weeks ago, when it finally came true. Villains began to attack their realms and slowly gained control, forcing characters from nine different realms to evacuate via the escape pods.

However, something went wrong along the way. When the characters returned to their realms after finding each other, the villains had already relocated their hostages to the domain realm, forcing the final battle to be fought in the midst of civilians who had no idea that these characters even existed. The final clue that something was not right was when characters from five other realms appeared, proving that the prophecy may be wrong, and the characters may be unable to save their people.

The fourteen-realms-worth of refugees had latched onto fifteen hosts, all from the same place and all the same age: just barely teenagers. We proved to be tougher than we looked, being capable of stealing strands of hair off the villainous hosts' heads and sneaking into their houses to steal the key that locked our people away, along with the help of a particularly skilled civilian. This key, however, came at a great cost, and George Ramzel was captured in the heist. In a rescue attempt, George was freed at the cost of another host, me; Madison Jack.

As the villains found that I wouldn't provide as much as it took to break me, I was mercilessly murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange, along with the characters that I'd hosted. However, against all odds, I prevailed over death and survived Bellatrix's curse with nothing but a jagged scar across my left eye, and I escaped my prison while the villains still believed me dead.

We then formulated a plan to break our people out of the villains prison. However, when we snuck in, with Nathan Zoën and Makayla Annichoma waiting outside with a getaway vehicle, the villains were waiting for us, forcing Makayla and Nathan to escape, promising to return and save the others. We were then locked in the villains prison as they celebrated their believed success.

During the celebration, Mirror and Snape, believed to be villains but actually on our side, freed us with Makayla's assistance and helped to create a distraction as we escaped. On the way out, I was shot in the arm with an arrow, and when Nathan arrived with the getaway vehicle, Holly Short, a decorated LEPrecon Captain, stayed in the van to heal me. I tried putting pressure on the wound to help speed up Holly's process, and before the captain could even touch me, I had healed myself using her elfin magic.

When I awoke at the hosts' base, we discovered that we have inherited their skills and abilities and have doubled the power we'd had before. However, Lucas and I have fallen into comas from the sheer blast of power given to us.

We are now faced with our final and toughest challenge: the epic battle between good and evil. Millions of questions will be answered, including the biggest question of all: Will we be able to defeat the villains and ultimately save the universe?