okay hey guys, i know the story has been kind of slow until this point but we're getting right in there now, i hope you like this chapter, its pretty long which i'm sorry about well no i'm not. hope you enjoy. please keep reviewing, Love you all - Deadly-flame

Chapter 8 – Going in head first

After a few more days of intensive training the teens were finally able to do some of the basics, they could at least punch properly, Harry having accidentally knocked Ron out. Even the twins and the two eldest Weasley brothers had joined in on some of the training sessions. Now Alex and George were secure in the knowledge that they would be able to defend themselves against an average attacker but knew they really had no hope against people they themselves normally faced.

“It’s all to do with instincts,” Alex told the group the day before they were due to go back to Hogwarts, “I can’t explain it but you have to expect what your opponents going to do.”

“How can we do that?” Ron asked, “It doesn’t make sense.”

“I guess it comes with experience,” George chipped in, “what from we’ve heard about Harry it sounds like he does know how to act on instinct.”

Harry didn’t reply just continued to stare down at the grass, he did agree with what Alex had said about instincts after realising how he had done so himself in almost all of his facings with Voldemort. He knew that every eye in the circle was looking at him as he stonily store he looked up his mouth opening and closing like a goldfish as he tried to find someway of changing the topic, he hated to talk about what had happened between him and Voldemort as he began to say something about the weather a cough from behind the group diverted their attention. Harry for the first time was thankful to see Alan Blunt and Tulip Jones stood in the Burrow’s garden, but he wouldn’t be thankful for long, no one would be.

“Miss Thomas?” Blunt said and George looked at him, “You’re going in.” none of the wizards or witches knew what this meant but from the looks on George and Alex’s faces it was not a good thing.

“If you want someone to go in Blunt I’ll go,” Alex said staring at the man with a look that could kill.

“It has to be Georgina Alex, you are actually wanted more than her god only knows what they would do you to if you were found on Malagasto, we can be pretty sure if George is found they’ll just…”

“Kill me,” George finished, a shudder ran around the group.

“I don’t care,” Alex continued, “she’s not going in.”

“Alex I do believe you have no say in this, we need someone on the island, George has infiltrated before, and she is smaller than you there isn’t a lot of forest on the island you would be easily seen.” Blunt explained.

Alex began to stammer looking from Blunt to Jones and then to George, “G?” he said hoping she would refuse to go to the island where Scorpia trained its new recruits.

“They’re right Alex, Rothman’s sister is now in charge and she’d love to get her hands on a Rider. Anyway I’ll be fine.”

Within an hour Alex was still arguing with Blunt while everyone was in the kitchen and George was getting ready to go.

“Alex you can not go together we need you to stay with Harry and make sure nothing happens to him, Scorpia are on the move and Shawn has joined again on our orders,”

“Why didn’t you say that before?” Alex asked.

“It doesn’t matter now, if we send Georgina in and she gets captured he will make sure he isn’t killed or harmed and she’ll be able to get information from it. It’s all been planned Alex and no you cannot change it. You will travel back to Hogwarts and continue teaching self defence Georgina will only be gone a week or so we only need her in there long enough to find out what they’re up to.”

George entered the kitchen with a back pack and dressed all in black with her hair pulled back. “Lets rock and roll,” she smiled,

“We’ll wait out in the car you’ll be debriefed properly there before you get on a flight to Italy.” Jones explained and then she and Blunt exited to the kitchen.

“Well I guess I’ll be seeing you guys in a while,” her smile weakened, “stay safe and keep Alex out of trouble for me.”

“Bye,” Ron said George shook her head which confused him.

“Never say bye in this business we’re in Ron, it’s always see you later.” Ron nodded but still looked confused. More “see you later”s were exchanged and George finally got around to Alex who was still looking stony.

“I’m sorry Alex,” she whispered as they hugged, “but I’ll be back, I always am.”

Alex squeezed her, “please be careful, and if you need me you ring me, I mean it.”

George nodded into his shoulder “keep them safe Alex.” She whispered and then left they heard her crunch across the icy grass and then a car door open and slam and pull away. She was gone.

The kitchen was silent, “I thought you said if George went into Scorpia it was like signing her own death certificate,” Ginny voiced what everyone was thinking Alex merely nodded.

“Make sure you’re all packed for tomorrow, we’ll be leaving on time.” And then he too left the room.

George was led face down in the long marshy grass that surrounded the small island of Malagasto; it was a tiny island that could just be seen by the bright lights of Venice, Italy. The last time George had been on this island she has vowed never to come back, the only reason she had come to this island before was to drag Alex’s ass of off it.

It was the dead of night but the compound in the centre of the island was a hive of activity and light making it extremely hard for George to infiltrate. As this thought crossed her mind another flickered through it, the words which Blunt had said to her when she had got into the black lagoon and drove away from the Burrow.

Blunt had turned his boring, empty grey eyes on her, “now Miss Thomas I didn’t want to tell you this information inside because I knew Mr Rider would have killed me and locked you up, but” he paused and actually sighed “I need you to get yourself kidnapped, it’s the only way you’ll be able to get inside the main buildings and find out what Scorpia are actually up to.” George had not said anything just nodded and then listened in a slight daze as more information was given to her.

George thought that waiting until nightfall would have given her the best chance of getting inside and finding as much information out before she got kidnapped than attempting it during the day, but it seemed both day and night Malagasto was a death trap for a young MI6 agent.

Alex and co arrived back at Hogwarts at dead on 10 o’clock the next morning, Alex had barely spoken since George had left and being back at the magnificent school didn’t change this.

“We don’t have lessons until tomorrow Alex; do you fancy a walk down to Hogsmede or something?” Hermione suggested, Alex shrugged,

“I don’t think travelling outside of the school would be a good idea, I think I’m just going to go up to my room and work out. Thanks anyway though Hermione, have a nice day and if you do go to Hogsmede be careful.” Alex turned and walked slowly up the stairs.

“Do you think he’ll be ok?” Hermione asked Ron and Harry.

“Yeah he’s just worried about her, so Hogsmede?” Ron asked.

George had managed to infiltrate the main building on Malagasto by waiting until dawn broke; this was when all the activity on the island ceased and an eerie calm broke out. George hoped this would last for a good few hours, guessing the occupants on the island were using this time to sleep, George wished she could sleep she hadn’t for over 24 hours.

Currently she was rifling through some documents in an office she had come across, scanning the pages of the first few sheets when a name stuck out Harry Potter there it was, written in black and white Harry’s name, George read on, all of Harry’s details were there and right at the bottom it has recently come to Scorpia’s acknowledgement that MI6 agents Alex Rider and Georgina Thomas have been recruited to protect Harry Potter, recent discussion with Lord Voldemort say that he wants the boy alive but everyone else can be killed at the hands of Scorpia…

A light switched on outside the office which made George shove the papers back into the drawer and drop to the floor behind the desk. The door creaked open and the light was switched on.

“Did you think we wouldn’t have cameras in our offices Miss Thomas? We’ve been waiting for you, should we do this the easy way or the hard way?” a gruff male voice said above George. She stood up.

“Hey Marco, long time no see.” George said to the man who she had met on a previous occasion and had knocked him out.

“I thought you were better than this Thomas, just walking right onto the island,” Marco shook head.

“Well I like to keep you guys on your toes.” George smiled, “So how we doing this cause you know I’m not going down without a fight.”

Marco pulled out a gun and George shook her head, “Come on Marco you’re better than that.” And with a spinning kick she knocked the gun out of his hand and pinned him against the wall, while doing this George didn’t realise the other man coming up behind her she only noticed when a needle was stuck into the side of her neck and something was injected straight into her blood system. Next thing she knew everything went black.