Alex Rider's Choices

Authors Note: This is a cause and effect piece from the story Skeleton Key. It includes alternate endings.

Alex Rider was done being an agent after the incident at Point Blank. He wanted nothing to do with the agency. Yet that all changed when Alex got asked to go to the Wimbledon tennis tournament to be a ball boy.This action had a big effect. Alex got in trouble with an Asian mafia which meant he had to leave England. Alex's removal from England will eventually lead up to the climax. Unfortunately throughout the story many of Alex's actions resulted in negative effects. 

The Asian Mafia is a very dangerous group. Alex had no idea who he was dealing with. He had suspected that an Asian man was related in a robbery at the tournament. That's what led him into following the man. Unfortunately the man also suspected him as a spy and tried to run him over with his car. Although Alex still managed to take him out. Since Alex took the mafia member out the whole group would now feel hurt. This meant that they were going to try and kill Alex now. This also meant that Alex was going to have to leave England. Fortunately the CIA needed a kid for a new mission which would allow Alex to relax at a hotel. 

The mafia would be nothing compared to what Alex was getting himself into. The vacation sounded like a great idea but could Alex really resist the urge to not butt in on the mission. This mission involved Alex's fake parents to get inside  in old Russian General's house. This would be very hard since there was only one way in and it was heavily guarded. They were going to have to get in by water. Little did he know the breaking and entering would be a huge turning point in the mission. The General know about the water entrance and had a trap. Alex's fake parents had been killed. Alex didn't know of this until he got captured and turned into the General's custody. Alex was now trapped. Luckily Alex would eventually escape. This whole mission was the effect of Alex going to the Wimbledon tennis tournament as a ball boy.

If Alex wouldn't have accepted the job at Wimbledon the outcome would most likely have been a lot different. Some of the results would be positive but some would not. If Alex denied that job the agency he worked for before might have offered him another mission. That mission could have gone well or it could have been worse then the mission he really went into. Alex could have been killed in the other mission. Although if Alex had no mission at all things would most likely be completely normal. Unless of course he got hurt in an accident.

In the end the effect of Alex going to Wimbledon was bad but not as bad as possible. Being held captive at the General's home was much better then his fake parents' fate. Plus he still managed to escape. You never know what could have happened if Alex had declined the job as a ball boy. Luckily it didn't really matter because he escaped without much harm. Next time Alex better rethink his choices.