Disclaimer: Anthony Horowitz created Alex Rider; therefore I do not own him.

Prompt: Video Game

After being shot a second time, Alex accepted that there was no escape and signed up to be a legal agent at MI6. Blunt, finally getting what he wanted, decided to give Alex a few months off to heal and catch up on his schooling.

People at school were weary at first, but when he showed up two weeks in a row, some students began talking to him again. Eventually he and a few others were invited to a classmate's house to hang out, and Alex accepted, reveling in the feeling of being normal, until he got there.

They all wanted to play Gameslayer and Alex had to fight the bile rising up his throat, and when he realized he wouldn't be able to keep it down, the young spy asked for the restroom.

After rinsing out his mouth, he came out and told his classmates that he was feeling ill and needed to get home.

The others had to admit that he did look deathly pale and seemed to be trembling slightly. They all wondered that maybe he really had been sick all of this time.

When the young spy returned home, he came to the bitter realization that he would never be considered normal again.

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