Chapter 2
Julia stepped out of the car elegantly and tossed the keys to the Valet.
"Look after it, it's my favourite" she called out to him as she stepped into the large doors of the ball room.
This was an A-list party where all the rich and powerful were. Normally Julia would have to sneak into one of these parties, security was always tight with all the world leaders and diplomats here but this time part (a small part) of her payment was and invitation to the ball.
As she passes a pair of security guards she handed them a slip of paper, and they let her pass. She walked into the ball room to see it crowded with people wearing glamorous dresses and suits. I'll fit right in she thought with a smile.
She started to mingle with he people at the party in reality she was finding her target. His company had developed a program that could hack almost any computer system in the world and Julia's underground client's wanted it, and so did she. About a year ago Julia stopped just taking assassination orders and began expanding her business horizons. Now se had contacts in every country, ready for any request she had.
She saw her target, the man who was throwing this party, Ivan Rokanish, chairman of Rokanish industries. She bumped into him and stole his P.D.A. That machine had what he needed to get into his computer and his study. Moving out into a secluded area of the courtyard she took out a decoder from her bag and set to work on opening the P.D.A. it took her about 5 minutes, not bad but her supplier wasn't as good as the head of the C.I.A Technologies, Marshall Flinkman. She walked into the party, once again melting into the background.
Taking the back stairs and knocking out two guards Julia made it to the study and opened it with the password from the P.D.A. She slips in unnoticed, and starts downloading the computer files with the program on it, and leaves the room with no trace that she'd ever been there, in and out in less than two minutes, not bad for a job alone. Slowly she weaved her way through the party to the door, and got her car keys from the valet. She sped off into the night leaving nothing at the party to ever show she was ever there.
Vaughn tried to sleep but he couldn't. Something about that assassin, Julia Thorn, reminded him of someone, Sydney Bristow. They way she walked, and held herself with such confidence it just reminded him of Sydney and brought up old feelings about her.
Julia in her apartment in Rome plugged in the copy of Rokanish's new program and made three copies. One saved on her laptop, and the other two on USB's one as a backup for her and the other for her client. Tomorrow she was, getting her money for the job. She walked into her bedroom and went to sleep; she didn't want to be tired when she was dealing with clients like hers.