Chapter II
I crouched with my back against a crate. I peeked around it and saw a soldier looking dead at me. I moved back; he walked straight past me as though he didn't see me. I gave a mental sigh of relief. He turned around. I readied my pistol. "Don't shoot! I'm going to help you!" He whispered. "My name's Raikov."
"I'm General Yakunai." I replied. "I've been waiting for you. He is worse that you thought. He has hired extra muscle, and he's preparing nuclear missiles." "I didn't hear that, and we are well informed." "Okay. One of our soldiers, his right hand ma- er- woman has recently gone missing. Her name was Selena. You'll have to wear her uniform in order to get to him." "Alright... where is it?" I said. He turned tail and headed to a warehouse.
"How does it look?" I asked after putting on Selena's uniform. "You look just like her." He turned his head away, mumbling something afterwards. "Come on, what do you really think?" "It looks good… Let's head to the center." "Alright, you." I said, following him. We encountered no problems on our way to the Dragon's Den (as Raikov called it). It was a dark and gloomy passage.
"I have found you once again, General." It was the same voice as before. I turned around. He was abit taller than I was, had dark hair and green eyes, and was wearing all black. "You can't defeat me. I have… connections." He said. "I'm sure you do, but I have a job to do." "I can help you with this task." "You tried to kill me!" "They didn't pay me even the half they said. So, I'm going to kill him." "Why are you-" "Hush. I shall finish him off. Major Raikov and I will wait outside until the right moment. And by the way, you can call me Alcide." He stated. Raikov agreed. I was still unsure.
I walked up to his office door. Many evil scemes had been tossed around in this room. The 'extra muscle' Raikov talked about guarded the door. They snapped to attention as soon as I got to the door. I opened it and there sat the very 'face of fear' as before. "Sir. I have returned." I said with the worst Russian accent I have ever heard. "Selena?" He said looking up from the files he was reading. He got up from the desk and hugged me. This isn't usual for- wait. Am I portraying his love interest?! Raikov!! He kissed my lips lightly. I'm definitely gonna kill his ass.
"You're not Selena, are you?" "Sir, I am." "You felt like my ex-fiancé." "You should forget about her, she's in your past." "Why? What has she done for me?" "She kept you out of trouble from the United States. But the real question is, what did you do for her?" I said. He had to think for a couple minutes. "I did nothing- nothing that could amount to what she did for me." "See! You didn't do anything for m- her." I faked a cough. He grimaced. He abruptly changed the subject. "Major Raikov, I think he's a traitor. He's been a little sneaky lately."
Major Raikov and Alcide burst into the room. "I knew it! I shouldn't have trusted any of you! You're all traitors!" Dragunov yelled. "I'm not." I took off the hat and let my hair fall into place. "Zetsumei? They sent you?" He wasn't the least bit surprised. Alcide grinned. Raikov shot the window and pushed me out of it. The last thing I remember was the sound of Alcide's voice asking if I was alright.