Disclaimer: same as always!
Note: this is after Scorpia Rising
Alex had had gone into this mission barely knowing anything. Now he was lying in five-inch deep snow with a pair of binoculars and a sniper rifle. He had been watching a compound since 3 am and it was already 7 pm. He had been there for four hours and currently couldn't feel any part of his body.
Alex sighed and shifted slightly against the snow packed against his body. He tried to tighten his grip on the binoculars and let out an involuntary gasp. Yassen Gregorovich or someone who looked suspiciously like him walked outside, conversing with one of the guards and then turned around, his cold blue gaze penetrating every corner of the compound.
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Another hour later Alex shifted again and stiffened involuntarily. He heard the crunching sound of footsteps through the icy snow. Alex rolled over stifling a groan and froze. Standing there was Yassen Gregorovich coldly looking down at Alex.
'Get up' the assassin's voice held no room for an argument.
Alex tried to, but almost immediately his stiff and partially frozen legs gave out and he collapsed, slumping back against the snow. Yassen knelt next to him. Alex looked up and was surprised to see a flash of concern in the assassin's normally expressionless eyes.
'Can you walk?' Yassen asked.
Alex struggled to get to his feet again and would have fallen had Yassen not caught him. Carefully cradling Alex with one arm Yassen pulled his jacket off with the other. He wrapped Alex in the warm jacket and gently said 'Alex what's two times two?'
Alex's forehead wrinkled in consternation as he tried to focus on the question.
'I-I-I, what was the question?' Alex asked weakly.
'Never mind' Yassen replied, as he scooped Alex up and started to carry the barely conscious teen towards the compound. Realizing Yassen was carrying him, Alex started to feebly struggle. Yassen simply held him more firmly and kept walking. After a few minutes Alex started to drift off and relaxed. Yassen said 'wake up Alex, stay with me.'
Alex blinked sluggishly and mumbled something at Yassen and started to drift again. Yassen ran the rest of the way to the compound. The guard on duty at the entrance started to question him, but Yassen barked out a command in Russian and the guard snapped around and returned to his duty.
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