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Chapter
2
'A
surprise entry'
Alex was amazed. Why on earth would MI6 employ an assassin who had killed so many of their best agents?
"Yes it's me, but I'd prefer to be known as Cassack." Yassen replied. He brought another chair to the end of Alex's bed, and sat down next to Blunt.
"How can you do this? He killed my uncle, and could well have planted the bomb that killed my parents! He even tried to kill me!" Alex was furious. He was staring at the man that had ruined his life so many times.
"Alex I did not kill your parents, and I'm very sorry about your uncle. I admired your father, and now I know the truth I admire him even more. I only recently found out that John was working for MI6, and now I want to follow in his footsteps. Your father saved my life." Yassen looked to Blunt for support, then he leaned back in his chair and crossed his legs, showing the butt of a revolver in an ankle holster.
"How can you trust him? He's probably working for Scorpia!" Alex sat up in bed, causing pain to shoot through his chest. He remembered the shot, and seeing his parents crouch over him. A part of him wished the sniper was successful.
"We have already tested Cassack's reliability. He assassinated one of Scorpia's most senior agents, Dr. Three. We even have the body. Cassack will be a very useful agent, and is extremely talented." Blunt looked at Alex hopefully. He passed his files to Cassack, who began to leaf through the pages. His face showed no emotion.
"You will be working together on your next assignment." Blunt stated. Alex looked at Yassen. He smiled, not his usual smile, but a warm, reassuring smile. Almost as if he cared.
"We need you to monitor the upcoming Olympics." Mrs Jones said with a sigh. This was the first time she had spoken since Cassack entered the room.
"We are concerned about the newly elected president of the Olympic committee, the IOC. He is believed to have connections with various Chinese triad gangs." Blunt spoke glancing from Alex to Cassack. He handed Alex another picture from the files Cassack was holding. It was Cheng Zhi, head of the IOC. The picture had been taken as he climbed out of his limousine. He had a large flat nose, thin mouth and hard eyes.
"I'll just get a drink." Sabina smiled and pecked Alex on the forehead. Sabina avoided looking at Cassack, Blunt and Mrs Jones as she left the room briskly, the sound of her heels echoing around the room.
Suddenly there was a bang and the window shattered into a thousand pieces. For Alex, the world seemed to stop. For the first time in his life, he froze. And then he felt himself hurtling through the air. The world rushed past him, a blur. He landed in a heap in the corner. More gunshots pierced the air and splintered the door on the opposite wall.
Alex cowered in the corner, shielding his head with his hands. The gunfire suddenly stopped, and a man came flying through the window, landing at Alex's feet. The man had a single bullet through his neck. A dark pool of blood was spreading across the floor. He was wearing a black coat with a silver scorpion embossed on the cuff.
Scorpia never forget.
Cassack was standing by the window reloading his colt .45. He lifted the sheet from the bed Alex was lying in only a few seconds before, revealing Mrs Jones and Blunt underneath. They quickly picked themselves up and walked over towards Alex.
"Are you alright?" Blunt almost sounded concerned. He rolled over the body revealing another scorpion. Blunt sighed and hung his head. He stood up and kicked the body back over on it's side.
"See Alex, now I'm saving your life not ending it." Cassack held out his hand to pull Alex up. Alex was cautious. Where did Cassack's loyalties lie? But something about Cassack made Alex take his hand. He stood up and looked Cassack in the eye. Cassack smiled and looked towards Blunt, who had now brushed himself down and picked up his untouched files.
"Back to headquarters then." Blunt said, heading towards the door as if nothing had happened. "I'm sure Smithers will have something to make your mission a little easier." Blunt held the door for Mrs Jones and followed her out. Cassack put his hand on Alex's shoulder.
"Partner." He muttered. Alex almost smiled in return. He walked out into a bustling corridor closely followed by Cassack.
Alex saw Sabina sitting on a bench opposite the door. She was extremely pale, staring at the door riddled with holes. Alex put his arm around her.
"It's ok, everything will be alright." Alex whispered reassuringly into her ear. He had forgotten about the pain in his chest.
A single bullet sailed through the air, and found it's target. A body slumped to the floor.
