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Returning to Work
Topic Started: Apr 29 2009, 04:23 PM (413 Views)
Katyusha
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"I will be returning to active duty starting today, Sir." she said, saluting the man in front of her.

She wasn't fond of formalities, but she practiced them anyway, as diligently as a soldier in an army. Afterall, the man before her was her division commander, and whatever she may have thought of him, as the saying goes, 'you salute the rank, not the man.'

Having spent the past 5 months in the hospital recovering from injuries sustained in the line of duty, Marina had finally been discharged the day before with a clean bill of health, and she now had to present herself and return to work, as well as the final version of her report on the events of the previous. Despite the heavy toll on her, she couldn't say she really minded.

Put it simply, she was more or less the agency's most disposable asset, and thrown into the most suicidal and dangerous missions. In the case of the previous one...

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"The operation place is in the Swiss Alps. You should be familiar with it, since you grew up there afterall." the briefing officer started "Investigate the target and determine the target's intentions. If they are hostile, you are to arrest the target immediately. An ARES team will be on standby, but deployment will take at least 1 hour from your say-so, so deploy them only if necessary."

Marina nodded at that, as she examined the various maps of the region. In short, it would be another 'solo' operation. Normally, something of this sort, and with the threat level of the target, would require the deployment of a full team, but then, there weren't really all that many in GLADIUS who trusted her to begin with, despite years of service at that point. More to the point, that was not her immediate concern.

"And if the target resists?" she asked calmly

"In case you must fight the target, there is no need to worry about collateral damage due to the remoteness of the area, so you are free to use maximum strength. If absolutely required, there is a Swiss Aerial Guard base 200 kilometres from the area, and you are authorised to request an Air Strike, but only if absolutely necessary. In the worst case scenario, it doesn't matter if the target is alive or dead, we are expecting your result."


Having followed the target to a small cave made for use by the Swiss Guard during the 80s, there was nowhere for either of them to run, and the mountain would not allow her to radio for assistance. The end result was a bloody fight that resulted in the target's elimination, and sufficient injury that she had almost bled to death by the time she was found.

It had taken 5 months to recover from that, and she noted, she'd probably end up on other such missions until she eventually died, but she didn't mind. Afterall, was she not made for things such as this? Perhaps not for the people she was originally made for, but there was little difference to her really.

Regardless, she simply waited passively, standing at attention in her dress uniform.
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Cypriss
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"Yeah I got the papers today.." Johnson said looking a bit frazzled. He sorted through several stacks of papers. "Let's see.. let's see..." His desk was completely covered in folders, files, papers, rubber stamps. "Er.. S-Sorry.. Lavender was supposed to be back and now her workload is being forced onto me due to a lack of officers.." He said stacking a bunch of papers before finally finding her. He breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in his chair.

He flipped through them eying them only causally. Having already read it earlier. "Yes, your case was particularly frustrating. The long duration of your recovery was a serious inconvenience for us.. But I'm certain it was none to pleasant for you either. Honestly in those conditions it's rather shocking you survived.." He said trailing off. Another thought entering his head but being dismissed. He frowned a bit as he re-adjusted in his seat.

"Unfortunately we are currently in a bit of a bind, we are gearing up for a future mission and as such we have recruited a lot of our foreign talent to this main HQ.." He sat the dossier down on his desk interlacing his fingers. "This of course has lead to some problems with housing...... For now I have a temporary solution.. I'll get you the specifics later.."

"For now you're free to move about as you wish... Any questions..?"
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Katyusha
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She shook her head. Though the part over housing was unusual, he did say specifics would be dealt with later. In anycase, she had enough money to rent a room somewhere for the night at least.

"Sir no sir." she answered crisply, and simply waited for dismissal.
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"you're free to go.." He said leaning back...

.......

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"Ehh..?" Cypriss said looking at Monty incredulously. "Amazing.." He said stroking his chin. "Really Monty your past is awesome. I wish I'd been your partner!"

"Cheh.. It's not something I'm proud of.." Beaumont said with a sigh. "I did what I had to to protect my brother.."

".." Cypriss smiled fondly, rubbing Beaumont's head and fussing with his hair. "you're a cute kid, Monty!"

"Ch-cheh! Don't act like I'm a kid! I'm older than you!" He said slowing and stopping. Glancing ahead at Marina. His face paled a bit. "M.. Marina.. Wulfstan.." He said eying her with gray eyes. He pushed his glasses up and glanced away. Realizing he was staring a bit.

"Ehh? So that's you're type Monty?!" He gripped his chin, eying Marina. "She's pretty cute! I definitely approve of your tastes!" He said snapping several pictures with his camera. However at this time he realized she might misinterpret this. "Ah! Er.. No! This is for my photo book! It's not like I'm a pervert!" He said laughing nervously.

"It just makes it more suspicious when you deny it so quickly cyp.."

"I... Uh.. Have a meeting with Johnson.." Cypriss said ducking into the room and slamming the door..

"... ?!" 'He left me alone with this crazy person?! She.. Does he realize how dangerous she is?!' "Ah.. er.. uh.." Beaumont fiddled with his shirt sleeves. "Hello.." He mumbled out nervously.

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"..... Cypriss.."

"Johnson... Enjoying the life of a fatcat?" He said smirking and snapping a picture of his former commander at the desk.
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Another salute, followed by an about face, and she walked away and closed the door behind her. She couldn't say she liked Johnson, but professionalism wasn't going to let that get in the way of her work.

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"Such an interesting partner you have." Marina observed dryly, as Cypriss went into Johnson's office, her head tracking him up until the door closed, whereupon she looked at Beaumont instead "And I see you still don't trust me after all this time, Willicott."

She lightly raised a brow at that. There was no malice in her voice - it was pretty obvious few people wanted her there. Afterall, she was originally one of those that people like him hunted down and dealt with, and now due to a shortage of qualified personnel, she ended up being drafted into their ranks.

It was easy to understand how not many people would be fond of her presence.
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"Er.. No! It's not that.. It's just.. uh.." He coughed a bit, uncomfortably. He wished Cypriss where here. This was more Cypriss' field of expertise. "Uhm.. It's nice ot see you so.. Alive.." He said blinking..

What?!

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"So what's the deal? I was jsut gettign to meet our new recruit.." He said girnning.

"....What's her score?"

"Personality: C

Measurements: A

And then that unknown X factor! Definately A!"

"Mmhmm, I disagree. She's certainly a B. Not at Lavender's standards.."

"Honestly sir, who is? If oyu compare everyone to her it's like comparing trouts to a shark!"

"Still.. an A for measurements? She's not that endowed.."

"Yeah but there's more than size, sir! Her figure suits it. So It works."

"True.. Maybe I am just biased against her because of her past."

"... So why did oyu call me here..?"

"...." Johnson frowned and shifted in his seat. "You want to get right to it.. That girl is not a new recruit. She's been on a mission for a long time but has been an agent for five years.."

"I was just brought into the inner echelon recently so I must have missed her.."

"Yeah... She committed a terrorist action.. Killed many in a classified event which lead to her imprisonment. Recently we brought her back into the organization.."

"So I guess that means we have a lot in common.. Murderers recruited and all.."

"Cypriss.. It's not the same. You didn't kill that girl.."

".. Anyhow.. SO what? You want me to observe her?"

"No.. I just want to to cut her throat should she become a hazard.."

"... I don't like those orders Harry.. Not one bit.." Cypriss said gripping the table.

"Listen I'm not telling you to cut her neck in her sleep.. But if she becomes unstable I need to know you'll handle things.."

"So it's just like with Beaumont... Is that what I am in this army? The guy who watches over mentally unstable soldiers?"

".. You've got your orders. I don't need to explain anything to you."

"Right, of course not sir. I'll of course carry out my duty." He said planting his hands on his sides. "Just like with Monty... Beaumont. I'll take her down if she becomes a threat using my specialized stealth abilities."

"Good, you're dismissed.."

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Beaumont glanced to his brother who was eying Marina curiously. He smiled a bit. Maybe having a brother that was alive was a lot like him and Cypriss. He felt sorry that Cypriss.. that no one could see Jameson but him. He knew they'd like him. He glanced back to Marina and took a deep breath. "It's not that I distrust you... really.. It's ...."

"..." He sighed. "I guess maybe it is that.. S-Sorry.."
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The other brow went up at the... unusual response. Well, he was certainly not a smooth talker for sure.

"I don't mind really. It's not like I'm not used to it anyway." she shrugged. "Though I would like to think that after 5 years, everyone doesn't see me as a potential terrorist by now."
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Cypriss stepped out as Marina spoke. He flinched a bit. Almost as if she were aware of what had just transpired. But he knew she wasn't. "Ah.. of course no one thinks that.." He said smiling a bit as he walked out of the office. He planted his hands in his sides. "Honestly, who could think that about a cute woman.... We all have incidents in our past that might make others look down on us, right Monty?"


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"..!" Beaumont glared at Cypriss. Was he overtly referencing that incident?! Though.. In truth he had done something bad too but he still got as second chance... Marina only got once chance. Even if she did something horrible without knowing the details it was wrong to assume.. Even so putting this image out of his head was hard! He'd always seen her this way and it was nearly impossible to think of a reason that her actions could be forgiven.. No matter how pretty Cyp's words were it was harder to act on them..


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"Anyhow.. Being as we're all Hermes agents I guess that means you're my senior, right?" He said glancing to Marina. "Ah! I kind of have you at a disadvantage... I already know you're name but you don't know me. I'm Cypriss N. Quatrain.." He looked to Monty. "I was recently assigned as Beaumont's subordinate.. We are unit 26.."

"We and.. My brother.." Beaumont said averting his eyes..

"You're really counting him..?" Cypriss sighed and shook his head. "Fine fine whatever.." He said before looking back to Marina. "A-anyhow.. It's nice to meet you.. Marina.."
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"You two seem to get along well at least." she chided them. "And I see he hasn't changed at all."

This new person was certainly alot more... cheerful, to say the least, than Beaumont. She took a moment to size him up.

"Well, unless there's something else then gentlemen," she nodded politely to excuse herself, before starting to walk away.
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"Gagh... So cold.." Cypriss mumbled to himself. "Even so the cold types are also interesting.." He said nodding. As if he were a spectator in this whole matter rather than an active participant.

"...." 'What an idiot.. He really s strange..' Beaumont said looking at Cypriss. "Ah.. Er.. It was.. certainly interesting-"

Cypriss elbowed him roughly in the sides.

"-nice.. Nice to see you again Mrs. Wulfstan.." He said, adjusting his collar nervously.

Cypriss planted his hands in his sides eying her as she walked away. He took his camera and snapped another picture, smiling cheerfully. "She's fun! I'll enjoy her!" He said to Beaumont, wrapping his arm around the older boy's shoulder.

"Were we even at the same encounter.. I'm physically exhausted from fear..." Beaumont said with a hefty sigh. "Oh well.. It's unlikely I'll run into her again much.."

"Really..? I have a feeling I'll be seeing her a lot.."

"...."

"...."

"Do oyu mean you'll be looking at that picture a lot? ... you weird pervert.."

"You really have a negative image of me Beaumont...." Cypriss said sighing.
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