Director of Operations Training, Colonel Jakob Solokov, sat in the meeting room awaiting the unit medical officer and psychiatrist to discuss their newest addition with the Director of Mossad, David Goldman.
The medical officer looked pissed when he sat down. The files passed to all at the meeting noted a list of injuries present on the Operative Malakim when he arrived on base.
The MO's assessment was first. "Malakim from the data lodged is seventeen years old. He is slightly underweight but physical at the peak of physical fitness. His initial examination showed he had been tortured extensively and sexually assaulted within the previous 24 hours of arrival on base. He needs to see a dentist, which I have noted on his medical file."
"Sexually assaulted?"
"Anal tearing and extensive bruising of both his thighs, buttocks and anus."
The Director of Operations then looked at the Shrink "Any details, Doctor Leveson?"
"I asked Alex about his injuries. He has a sexual relationship with Cossack. Cossack is a controlling Sadist and is in a Dominant/Submissive relationship with the youth. Alex maintains the physical aspect of sex is fully consensual, but" At the but the man paused as if trying to find the right word. "Alex has had a relationship with Cossack since his uncle died. I fear Alex's attachment to the man is not healthy. Cossack abducted and tortured the boy at least once during operations for MI6 and then again from his placement at the Baysdale centre. Alex has an complex fascination with the man bordering on obsessive."
The medical officer then piped up "His injuries were extensive and suggested the standard Scorpia method of pressure point stimulation used to break captives. I have never seen this in a consensual BDSM relationship. This is torture pure and simple. Not pleasurable in any way."
"Is Malakim a Masocist?" asked David Goldman, still reading through the medical brief.
The Psychiatrist then replied "No. Not in the traditional sense, Alex has been programmed from a young age to respond to stimuli and adapt to even the most horrific situations. He is a survivor."
"Did he pass his Psychological assessment?"
The Psychiatrist looked troubled before he stated "He passed but I would suggest careful monitoring and continued sessions. I would recommend we help him form a more health attachment to one of our agents. Continued involvement with Cossack could be self destructive and harmful."
"So he is cleared to progress to training?"
Both medics nodded and confirmed that Malakim was cleared for operational training.
Wolf sat across the street from the Parisian Club were Cub had supposedly been seen. The SAS man hated stake outs. The CIA had passed on a known contact of Cossack, a local hood called Dimiri Stevankov, ex- Scorpia now organised crime. Cossack was working for this bloke supposedly with Cub. The rumours through the SAS grapevine was that this Cossack had been captured in 2001 and held in Gibraltar and then on the Island of Rona, before escaping this summer. Cossack was noted in SAS files as Scorpia's top assassin after the death of Hunter. Nothing concrete had been seen nor heard about Cub since his disappearance. Wolf got out of the car to do another circuit of the neighbourhood.
Wolf had been given very little information in the brief from MI6, just confirm Cub's presence. He'd seen four russian hoods but no sign of Cub. He returned to his car when his mobile phone went off. Wolf did not speak just noted the code words for a termination of the operation and return to base.
Wolf thought no more of Cub until he saw Fox two weeks later. They sat in a nosy, crowded pub.
In a low voice, threatening and bossy tone Wolf growled "Spill the beans on Cub now. Sergeant Dixon has been hassling for details. You can talk, we've all signed the OSA, don't give me any of that 'its Classified' crap. So tell me why the search operation was called off. I know Cub was in Paris. I got several positive ID's from people visiting that club."
Fox visibly deflated. "Mossad have him. Cossack traded him for an undisclosed sum of money. CIA know more than us, they sent confirmation that Malakim was Alex, sorry Cub. They also sent through copies of Mossad's medical files. It appears the rumours floating around are true."
"What rumours?" Wolf had heard nothing but then again he was still SAS not a nasty sneaky spook like Fox.
"Alex has been tortured and raped repeatedly by the bastard who abducted him. Pavlovian conditioning. We all know Mossad's still uses such methods to train its own assassin's. So Alex is now a perfect assassin. Detached, cold and deadly"
"Thanks for that Ben." Wolf ground out. "How the hell do I break that to Gerald? He really liked the kid."
"Tell him straight. The kid we knew is gone. Mourn him. I know I am. Alex was a great kid, a friend. The thing he's been turned into is a complete emotionless killing machine."
Martin did not believe in lost causes. Any repentant soul could be saved. His whole ministry had been based on this premise. Gerald had told the friar in confidence the news passed down from his contact in the SAS working on Alex's abduction. The case was now officially closed. The government had lost the boy to a foreign agency. Horrific methods had been used to break and programme Alex to be a killer. Martin prayed for the quiet boy who had begun to joke and smile. They had connected with the hurt, lost child. They had started his rehabilitation. God willing Alex would return to heal and become whole. Hope was not lost. Martin had faith in God's great plan. He worked in mysterious ways. Alex's road was hard and difficult one, but the boy's soul was good and pure.