Alex rider is forced to live with Sir David Friend, a millionaire supermarket owner. During his stay Alex must pretend to be an experiment for Sir David Friends job but outside of he must pretend to be his son. This has to be hard to manage for Alex, but probably the hardest thing Alex has to put up with is Sir David Friends daughter, Fiona. Fiona is about the same age as Alex but they both grew up in entirely different worlds. Alex grew up in the city of London and is often called out and made fun of for it while Fiona grew up in a rich house in the country. Of course with all that money she can have makes her spoiled and snooty. Fiona sees Alex as a burden and a waste of time in her house and wishes he was gone. One day she decided to go shooting with some of her friends and asks Alex to come just to make her father happy. During that time, Alex observes that Fiona and her friends are not very good at shooting and cannot make a clean kill. Alex is disgusted by this and decides to leave. while Alex is walking he finds himself lost in the woods. He doesn't know where to go then suddenly he hears a boom and realizes that Fiona and her friends are shooting at him. He begins to run and then finds a lake which he hides in to escape his pursuers. Despite being in a bad situation Alex was very brave and smart throughout the entire event. He was able to think and use his resources available to him. He jumped into the lake and was breathing through the shotgun barrel to hide from Fiona and her friends. When he found one of them vulnerable he jumped out and hit him with the butt of his gun. Alex asks him for the way out of the woods and throws the boys gun into the lake. I don't think that Alex could have handled that situation anymore perfectly than he did. He was able to remain calm, recognize his resources, and use his skills to hide from them. This is especially handy and a good quality for an MI6 secret agent. He is going to need all of these skills if he is going to be going on missions. I think the average person would scream or yell at them to stop or may even freeze up in this situation. Alan Blunt, the president of MI6 made the right decision in sending Alex to do this mission.