Alex Rider

- Smoking Mirror is dead. - Did he say anything?

Told me Damian Cray is dangerous.

The guy who killed him was the same guy I saw in Cornwall.

He works for an organization that hires out to the highest bidder.

- Isn't this the guy who-- - Is writing a book about you.

Says he's in a critical condition.

But not dead.

That's terrible.

We're wondering about targets, right? I think we need to look at Damian Cray.

- Why? - I think he's on SCORPIA's radar.

Charlie Roper, right? I'm a friend of Ed Pleasance.

How do you know Ed?

I was with him in Cornwall when they tried to kill him.

- They? - Damian Cray.

I was at university with Ed. He was my friend.

He wanted to know about the game. Damian's obsessed with it.

What does it do that's worth killing for?

Can you play?

- Still looking for K7? - Yes.

I've got him.

Who is this kid?

K7?

- Hello, spy boy. - Kyra.

Some kid just trashed my pre-launch event.

He's nothing to worry about.

- Welcome home, Mr. Cray. - Thank you, Sean.

Good night.

Joe?

Where are you?

You said you'd read to me.

Joe?

- So you're Kyra. - Yeah.

- From Point Blanc. - And other places.

- But how come you're here? - How did you find me?

Actually, you found me.

Feathered Serpent leaderboard.

When you registered as K7, it got flagged on my profile.

I saw it was you, thought you might be in trouble.

- Looks like I was right. - You're in trouble?

We got what we wanted.

The new version of Feathered Serpent 2.

The only advanced copy in the world.

- Except that Cray tried to kill me. - What? It's just a video game.

He sent Yassen to blow up Sabina's dad for writing a book about him.

He had Smoking Mirror shot for trying to tell the truth.

- And then I get close and... - Alex...

I can't prove it.

- Wait, who's Yassen? - A paid killer.

I saw him at Point Blanc. And then in Cornwall, and now here.

I think he's working for Cray.

Look, mate, you've got to face it,

you're not gonna get anywhere near Cray again.

Maybe I don't have to.

Cray's PR guy, Charlie Roper, told me it's all about the game.

Cray's obsessed with it.

He's been driving the programmers crazy trying to get it out in time.

Whatever he's planning,

it has to happen like clockwork, down to the second.

It's time-sensitive.

And there's three days left.

So you think there's something hidden in the game?

Yes.

Okay. Then we find it.

- Assassination? - We believe the president is the target.

Because of the Pentagon hack?

Those systems house more than nuclear codes, ma'am.

We think they wanted the president's schedule.

The Secret Service arrangements.

Simon Marriat, the man who called himself Smoking Mirror,

had information regarding Damian Cray on his personal computer.

And Cray is hosting a charity dinner in three days' time,

at which President Walker is the guest of honor.

So Damian Cray, the president, half a dozen billionaires,

all focused on bringing down the cartels.

- Same room, same time. - I get it.

It's a hell of a target.

Obviously, we think you should cancel the visit.

If we canceled every event

where the president's name came up, she'd never leave the White House.

I need more than conjecture.

Yassen Gregorovitch killed Smoking Mirror.

We think he also tried to kill a journalist who was close to Cray.

I thought SCORPIA were finished.

So did we.

What else aren't you telling me?

Let's try this.

Smoking Mirror was killed in this abandoned hangar in East London.

Someone else was there.

Now, maybe it's just me,

but I think it's the kid who showed up to Smoking Mirror's place.

The one you didn't know.

But he definitely knew you.

- I think you're misreading the situation. - Oh, really?

Well, let's see.

I think you have an illegal, underage asset in the field,

in the middle of an increasingly volatile operation

involving the president of the United States.

What exactly am I misreading?

Ah. Evelyn, good morning. Take a seat.

Let me get you a coffee?

- I don't drink coffee. - Of course.

The body needs 2.7 liters of water. But it doesn't need flavoring. Right?

- Right. - Mm.

I take it you wanna talk about last night.

You were upset.

Version 2 taken from our hands days before the launch. Yeah.

You could say that.

The boy claimed to be K7.

Obviously he wasn't.

Someone set that up.

Someone who knew about the event and the security.

He had help.

From whom?

Find out.

Uncle Charlie! What are you doing here?

I heard about your dad.

I'm so sorry. How's he doing?

Okay. Stable.

They say he's, you know, good, considering.

I'm really sorry.

It's not your fault.

I didn't even know you were in London.

I'm just in town for a few days. Work.

Look.

- Can I ask you something? - Sure.

I met this boy who said that he was a friend of your dad's.

Alex.

Yeah.

Alex.

So you do know him?

Look.

You should know...

Alex...

he believes all this crazy stuff.

Maybe it's not as crazy as you think.

We need to talk to Alex.

I thought you didn't want him anywhere near us.

That's exactly what I want.

But he seems to have different ideas, so he needs to be made aware.

Well, you recruited him...

you tell him.

There is nothing here.

- What do you mean? - It's a game.

It's great, but it's just a game.

- It can't be. - I'm telling you it is.

I'm not wrong.

Whatever he's planning, it's in there.

What's in there is tunnels, monsters, Aztecs.

It's all very immersive. But that is all.

So let's check the game code. Find out what's hiding--

I've tried. It's locked.

But you can unlock it.

Can we talk?

- We are talking. - Somewhere else.

You know, I'm ahead now. By one.

One what?

You saved my life once.

I saved yours twice.

You're keeping score?

Mm-hmm. And I'm ahead by one.

I'll remember that.

Someone killed my parents.

It was made to look like an accident, but...

Kyra, I didn't know.

I hated them a lot of the time.

But, you know, they were my parents.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, same.

So this man, Yassen...

Is he coming after us?

If Cray works out who we are...

yeah.

Okay.

Then you need me.

Because of the game.

And I need you, to find out who killed my parents.

Do we have a deal?

- You kept it. - Of course, I kept it.

We don't need to have a deal to help each other.

We just help each other.

Okay.

We have a new factor.

Something...

unanticipated.

Alex Rider is involved.

He's made the connection to the game.

- So how do we get to the game code? - I can crack the anti-piracy encryption,

but there is gigabytes of data on here.

On a laptop, it'll take days.

I need 20, maybe 30 machines to network in parallel.

So got any computers?

School. Computer lab got done up last term, it's all brand new.

- I don't do school. - That's actually not a bad idea.

The only school I've ever been to is Point Blanc.

You remember how that worked out, right?

I don't like people. I don't like institutions.

And I'm not going to another school.

What if it was empty?

Why would it be empty?

You're the hacker. You decide.