Alex Rider was just coming up to the Bank after a particularly hard mission in the Congo Rainforest where he was shot and tortured for multiple days. It was honestly such a surprise whenever he got into the Royal

& General Bank where he just stumbled past the receptionist and headed straight to the elevator. He didn't bother to knock as he came into Mrs. Jones' office and just spoke 2 words "Mission completed" and just crumpled to the ground.

-X-

Mrs. Jones immediately and called out to her secretary to call an ambulance for Alex. Mrs. Jones couldn't help but worry for her soon to be Deputy Head MI6 as she saw him as her own child sometimes and would curse Blunt and herself for bringing a 14-Year-old into the world of espionage. After she took over MI6, she gave Alex every option possible and even advised him to go to America with the Pleasures or live by himself and go to Brooklands, but no the stubborn brat had to stay at MI6, lives in a flat owned by MI6 and use tutors that MI6 provided. She thought back to the way that she had kept her emotions at bay after her children and husband was killed due to her line of work, she threw herself harder and harder the same way he did after Jack's death. He took suicide missions came back on the brink of death spend a week or two with a tutor and rinse and repeat. To everyone surprise he came in the top 10 pupils in the UK with his GCSEs. After he gotten his results Mrs. Jones made him take an IQ test and he got 167, higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking. She took this as another chance to try and convince him to go back to normal society, he could earn a salary many people would kill for easily, even though she meant the best for him she clearly stepped on a sore subject as Alex clear emotional mask started to crack and started to break and he started to shout about how he could never go back to a normal life because every time he would close his eyes or try to sleep he would see the face of Jack spitting at him in fury saying that she didn't sacrifice herself so he could be normal. He had tears streaming down his face and for the third time she brought him into a motherly embrace and just let him cry onto her shoulder and continued to sob/speak saying that it was Blunt and hers (1) fault and she just softly said I know. He was so grown up now though, at the age of 26 he has served with the SAS for 11 days and MI6 for 12 years, one of the best spies and assassins in the world yet he has no one apart from her and Mr. Smithers to speak to.

Time Skip of 2 months

Alex sat up straight in his hospital bed at St. Dominic's and he was starting to get agitated he wanted out of the hospital and back to the field since the mandatory rest period was finished so when the day after Mrs. Jones came in and told him he will be an undercover bodyguard he was visibly downcast but still happy as he could get out of this bloody bed. Mrs. Jones then got a sly smirk on her face and started to speak "only you Alex could be disappointed by a bodyguard mission since you might not have to sneak into a military base and steal a jet and parachute for a couple of kilometers to not create an international spectacle" Alex just sat there slightly annoyed at Mrs. Jones and then just groaned and asked, "who am I being a bodyguard for and what's my cover?" Somehow Mrs. Jones smirk grew and said "you'll find out, there will be a file at your apartment and your cover will be a boyfriend. You will have 3 days to prepare, then your flight will take you to San Francisco where you will go to this apartment complex and ask for room 316 and your girlfriend will be waiting therefor you." There was a short pause and suddenly Alex spoke up "when was the last time I had a girlfriend?" "I believe it was that girl from your deep undercover in Germany" Alex paled at the mention of her and suddenly started swearing in multiple languages and Mrs. Jones was starting to get worried that there might be something wrong when Alex didn't stop. Finally, she got a word in and asked what was wrong and Alex simply turned his head and looked into her eyes and spoke and a small voice "Remember the way that my cover came to a sudden end in Germany?" Mrs. Jones just nodded, and he continued "well I might've forgot to break up with her" Alex admitted. Mrs. Jones just sat there for a second and started to let out something that sounded like a laugh, and it gradually became a harder laugh until she was bent over wheezing at Alex's horrified look. After a couple of minutes, she regained her composure "I wished I had a camera there, the look on your face was priceless I would have it framed and made it mandatory to have it in every office!" Alex whipped his head round so quick it was a surprise that he didn't get any whiplash and sneered "You wouldn't dare, would you Tulip?" She just shook her head agreeing with him. After another round of silence Alex asked, "is that all Mrs. Jones?" and all he got for a response was "yes agent Rider".

Oh, how she wished that she still got snarky responses from him as it made him seem more Human but now, he barely joked around, she could only hope that her plan would help him stop risking his life so much if he had someone back home waiting for him.


-Right so, Good or bad? Please RR as this is my first fanfiction. I'll try to finish it within a year or two, really depends on how I feel. If you have any questions don't worry about asking. Hopefully the next few chapters will be longer and not as shit as this.