Alex Rider 01 - Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

Author:Anthony Horowitz
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780698119345
Published: 2011-04-17T05:00:00+00:00

DEATH IN THE LONG GRASS

ALEX WAS WOKEN up by an indignant Nadia Vole, knocking at his door. He had overslept.

“This morning it is your last opportunity to experience the Stormbreaker,” she said.

“Right,” Alex replied.

“This afternoon we begin to send the computers out to the schools. Herr Sayle has suggested that you take the afternoon for leisure. A walk perhaps into Port TalIon? There is a footpath that goes through the fields and then by the sea. You will do that, yes?”

“Yes, I’d like that.”

“Good. And now I leave you to put on some clothing. I will come back for you in … zehn minuten. ”

Alex splashed cold water on his face before getting dressed. It had been four o’clock by the time he had gotten back to his room and he was still tired. His night expedition hadn’t been quite the success he’d hoped. He had seen so much—the submarine, the silver boxes, the death of the guard who had dared to drop one—and yet in the end he still hadn’t learned much of anything.

Yassen Gregorovich was working for Herod Sayle. That much was certain. But what about the boxes? They could have contained packed lunches for the staff of Sayle Enterprises for all he knew. Except that you don’t kill a man for dropping a packed lunch.

Today was March 31. As Vole had said, the computers were on their way out. There was only one day to go until the ceremony at the Science Museum. But Alex had nothing to report, and the one piece of information that he had sent—Ian Rider’s diagram—had also drawn a blank. There had been a reply waiting for him on the screen of his Game Boy when he turned it on before going to bed.

UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE DIAGRAM OR

LETTERS /NUMBERS. POSSIBLE MAP

REFERENCE BUT UNABLE TO SOURCE

MAP. PLEASE TRANSMIT FURTHER

OBSERVATIONS.

Alex had thought of transmitting the fact that he had actually sighted Yassen Gregorovich. But he had decided against it. If Yassen was there, Mrs. Jones had promised to pull him out. And suddenly Alex wanted to see this through to the end. Something was going on at Sayle Enterprises. He’d never forgive himself if he didn’t find out what it was.

Nadia Vole came back for him as promised, and he spent the next three hours toying with the Stormbreaker. This time he enjoyed himself less. And this time he noticed when he went to the door, a guard had been posted in the corridor outside. It seemed that Sayle Enterprises wasn’t taking any more chances where he was concerned.

One o’clock arrived and with it a sandwich, delivered on a paper plate. Ten minutes later the guard released him from the room and escorted him as far as the main gate. It was a glorious afternoon, the sun shining as he walked out onto the road. He took a last look back. Mr. Grin had just come out of one of the buildings and was standing some distance away, talking into a mobile telephone. There was something unnerving about the sight.

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