Ruthless

Fanfiction
Title:	Ruthless
Author(s):	Valaks
Date(s):	27 june 2020
Length:	13,549 words
Genre(s):	gen
Fandom(s):	Alex Rider
Relationship(s):
External Links:	Ruthless (AO3)
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Ruthless is an Alex Rider story by Valaks. It is based on The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by pongnosis.

Summary: Dr. Three had always questioned whether Alex had the ruthlessness he would need to control SCORPIA but perhaps he had just lacked the proper motivation to show it. With his retirement on the horizon he needed to ensure that Alex was ready to defend what will soon be his and Yassen always did bring out the best in his student…

Recs and Reviews

[...] A one-shot set in pongnosis’s Devil!verse that explores how far Alex is willing to go when it’s Yassen’s fate on the line. We’re all fans of the relationship built up by pongnosis between Alex and Yassen, and this story is so realistic and close to the original’s tone and characterizations it feels like you could be reading a sequel/outtake from it. The gradual build of tension in this fic, from Alex’s first prickles of uneasiness to the climax and then the resolution, is masterful. And there’s so much grit and realism - definitely no shying away from the realities of working for a terrorist organization. We adored the whole thing.

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