DISCLAIMER: I do not own Alex Rider, sadly. Or Yassen. Anthony Horowitz owns all the characters.
Chapter One - The End and the Start
"Come on, 10 more laps," encouraged Hunter. His trainee was the teenager running laps. He was 19, and just about finished with his training for Scorpia. He had been on this island for 5 years, and had changed dramatically. His eyes were pale blue and completely impenetrable, and his face showed no emotion. It was the face of a trained assassin, the future he had always wanted. And now he was just about to have it.
His name was Yassen Gregorovich, and he was Russian. He found his way to Scorpia when he was just 14. He had met Hunter in his first few days in Malagosto, the island where they trained. He looked up to him and admired him. And surprisingly enough, Hunter liked him too.
Hunter wasn't too different from Yassen. He had serious brown eyes, an emotionless face, and was one of Scorpia's top agents. But then again, all of Scorpia's agents looked that way.
Yassen finished his laps with ease. His face wouldn't have shown if he was struggling anyway.
"Very well done," Hunter commented. "Your training is pretty much finished now, but I would like to have a word with you after you shower and change."
Yassen nodded and walked off. He was curious on what Hunter had to say. This had never happened before. He cleaned himself up in 5 minutes, and Hunter was still waiting for him outside.
Yassen walked over to him. Hunter took a breath and said, "I'm on a killing mission in the Amazon next week. My employer allowed me to take you along, and I decided it would be a good starting experience. Are you interested?"
The Russian immediately knew this was what he wanted. He could barely conceal his excitement as he replied. "Yes, I would like to come along with you."
Hunter smiled, and it looked very genuine. "That's great, I've already made plans since I expected you to accept. We will take a jet to the Amazon in 2 days. We'll search for about 5 days to find the exact location and to set up an escape for when the job's done. If we complete this successfully, we each get 250000 US dollars. You already have a Scorpia Swiss bank account, all agents do."
Yassen felt his mouth twitch when Hunter said "agents". It meant his training was over.
As if reading his mind, Hunter said, "You training is finished right now, you are entered in Scorpia's secret agent list. You'd better take the next two days off and get yourself prepared. I'll get the weapons for both of us. You are dismissed"
Yassen nodded and picked up his stuff as he walked back to his room. He finally had what he wanted.