Freddy Gray

Fredrick (Freddy) Gray is from the book series Alex Rider where he is introduced in the book Nightshade. He was born in Europe to Sir Christopher and Lady Susan. Sir Christopher was a military man and they were a wealthy family. On a family trip to Instow in Devonshire when Freddy was almost five years old, there was a boating accident, leaving them to believe that Freddy was dead, having drowned. It turned out that Freddy was kidnapped.

Freddy was kidnapped by a terrorist organization called Nightshade, where he was brainwashed into thinking that his parents abandoned him. As Nightshade is just four people who were called “Teachers”. He was brainwashed so well that he had no memories of his parents or anything from his childhood. He didn’t even remember his name was Freddy Gray as Nightshade stripped him of his identity, giving him a Number. Nightshade had all together kidnapped twenty-five children, brainwashing them and then giving them numbers. Freddy was Number Nine and one of the best if not the best. Nightshade also raised the Numbers on a fake religion they made up to make them believe that all the training and missions they would do was right and what the “Creator” wanted. In order to sell this, Nightshade operated on Freddy, as well as all the Numbers, giving them a speaker, microphone, and hearing audio devices in their head, ear, and throat. This was all done without his knowledge, allowing him to hear a voice in his head which he thought was the Creator but was actually the Teachers.

Nightshade had taken Freddy to Greece and raised him along with the other Numbers on an island for the next ten years. The island was heavily guarded and walled off, as the Numbers were to have no contact with the outside world unless it was to do a mission. There were times the Numbers were rewarded beach time or other fun activities in their village and they did show enjoyment. As there were a few times when talking to the other Numbers that Freddy shows happiness and smiled/laughed showing snippets of what would be his true personality. As Freddy cared for the other Numbers and thought of them as a family. He had a group of friends within the Numbers and was very close to Number Six, Sofia, to the point that Alex Rider thought that if they weren't brainwashed and being trained to take down the world, they would be in a relationship.

Freddy, who at the time thought of himself only as Number Nine, obeyed everything the Teachers told him as it was all he knew. Freddy due to his years spent as Number Nine with Nightshade has been trained to be an expert in many fields like language, computer hacking, parachuting, how to use guns, and combat. Freddy is a master in Krav Maga, Ninjitsu, Muay Thai and many other lethal martial arts, having been trained in seven all together. He has had intense interrogation training to the point no matter what the Brazil Secret Services did, he didn’t say a single word. Freddy was trained to know how many bullets are in a gun just by the weight and feel of it. Due to Nightshade, he has been trained to kill and not have any remorse about it, something he now knows is wrong. Freddy doing what he is told and not caring if he dies from it, fearless. Freddy is very smart as Nightshade made sure each of the Numbers had top marks in their classes, but is lacking in the math and history department.

Only when Freddy meets Alex at the prison Gibralter does the brainwashing start to wear off due to Alex questioning his childhood and bringing back memories that were locked away from him. He considers Alex his first real friend because of this. Freddy learned about the brainwashing and how evil Nightshade was, quickly feeling like he had two identities within him, Freddy Gray the boy he was but couldn’t remember and Number Nine the boy he was trained to be. He is very dangerous and vows to himself that the second he gets out of Delhi Station, he is going to end Nightshade and the Teachers, something he does with the help of Alex Rider and Number Seven, William.

Freddy is currently held in a maximum security prison/hospital called Delhi Station. All the Numbers are there as well, getting treated and helped overcome the brainwashing. Once they are mentally well enough and trusted enough to not kill everyone on sight, they will be released.

Freddy is still learning his real personality and not what Nightshade wanted him to be as Number Nine. He is learning to actually live and creating memories as well as continue to move forward from his brainwashing and what he was forced to do. He is slowly breaking out of the cold shell he was forced to turn into and learn about the outside world.

Freddy is slim and muscular having the body of an athlete. He has deep brown hair that looks black that was cut neat and almost like a military style because of Nightshade, nowadays with him free, it is longer. He has dark brown eyes and a handsome face with a friendly smile.

Delhi Station is a maximum security prison/hospital as the Numbers are very dangerous and until they can be trusted can't be released. There are many guards around and check points that visitors have to go through. Delhi Station being almost impossible to escape from or sneak into. There are also a lot of different special brain doctors and phycologist for the Numbers to talk to, as they need to work through their brainwashing and what they have been trained to do. As they are all finding their true selves. Each of the Numbers have a room that is pretty much a studio apartment at Delhi Station. As even through Delhi Station is a prison, the Numbers aren't bad, so all they have to do is ask for things and they will get it. Each room for the Numbers having a small living room, small kitchen, and a bathroom with a bedroom.