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I walked in and Valek looked pale and calm, I was relaxed too but not as much as Valek. He seemed nearly happy to see me… I hoped. "What's going on Valek?" I tried.

"You just couldn't behave like a normal soldier and follow the rules could you?" Valek sarcastically said. I can't believe him, I thought he was my teacher and he's supposed to be professional. Valek put is leg down, leaned forward and tried to stand up, instead he wobbled a bit and then slung himself back on the sofa.

"You're drunk! I can't believe this" I shouted.

"I can't believe I have a student like you" he said through hiccups and belches.

"Just shut up! Why are you so cruel?" I blurted.

"Why you are so pathetic, always crying, you're always the victim aren't you?" Valek pointed at me sluggishly.

I didn't know what to say to him, he's the pathetic one. Valek has never spoken to me like that, I couldn't believe he was acting like this, drunk or not. "I'll come and talk to you when you are sober, now get some rest" with that, I turned to exit… a quick flash of Valek jumping up and he grabbed my hair tightly. "Let go you're hurting me!" I screamed at him.

"I am your teacher, you do not address me like that… do you understand?" he said, still grabbing at my hair; too rough to get away from.

"Yes!" I screamed louder. Just when I thought my luck had out either that or he soon would hit me, the large guard with the moustache guarding Valek's door; came in.

"Sir, you're hurting her" he said.

Valek's face turned cold and dark. He threw me to the floor, I landed on my hands and knees; blood started appearing on the gashes on my palms. Hot tears ran fast down my face, little sobs escaped my lips. Who is this man? I thought Valek cared for me at least not to hurt me himself, I was wrong. Valek slung himself to the sofa once more; the only odd thing is that if Valek was drunk where was the alcohol?

The guard picked me up off the floor and guided me to the door; I looked back at Valek but no reaction from him. Outside Valek's door, the guards offered to take me to the infirmary. We arrived in the infirmary only to be bombarded with the red curly haired nurse; she then guided me to a bed and asks what had happened. I glanced at the guards for help but they disappeared.

"Oh, I slipped on some glass. You know me; clumsy." I tried, not wanting to let her know the truth. That Valek did this to me.

"Well, I should let Valek know" she said.

"No! Uh Valek sent me here, his guards were told to bring me safely here." I hoped that would convince her. Yep, I was right; she's convinced.

"Okay, let me patch it up and then you can go." She smiled.

"Thank you" I said gratefully.

Chapter 10

It's the next morning and I decided to do early laps in the training ground. I can't get my head around this, I didn't do anything to him; wait he can't be still mad at me for shutting him out before I was locked away. I just let these thoughts go; I can't deal with it right now. I saw two figures jogging towards me; I stopped to get a clear vision. It was the two guards that were guarding valek's door, but why were they coming towards me. This has got to be humiliating.

"Hey, Yelena right?" the thin one said.

"Yeah, what's yours?" I asked sheepishly.

"I'm Janco, and this is my best pal Ari." Janco said.

"Hey" Ari saluted.

"We have to explain about last night, about Valek's behaviour." Janco offered.

"Well, can you explain because I sure as hell have no idea what that was all about." I blurted.

"You see…" Ari started. "Valek has a drinking problem, almost every night he gets stupidly drunk and passes out."

"What? Why?" I questioned.

"It started when his mum died and it got worse after he found out the death of his little sister." Janco said.

"My mum died, you don't see me drinking myself into the grave and I certainly do not lash out on innocent people."

"if I remember correctly, a certain someone was put in prison for lashing out on an innocent person and that certain someone killed that person, by accident may I add." Janco chuckled.

"Yelena, we all deal with our pain and suffering in different ways, valek uses drinking, you use fighting. You two aren't so different you know." Ari corrected.

"Hey. We are too different and how dare you Janco, I'm not a murderer." I shouted at them both.

"Look, we're sorry if we have offended you." Ari offered.

"No, it's fine. You're both right." I tried a smile. "Hey, what time is it?"

"Dawn" janco said.

"Oh, shoot. I have to go" I said while running in the other direction to them. "Bye." I have a lesson with Valek; this is going to be completely awkward. It's fine though, as long as he apologises for last night then I should be able to be civil with him. I just hope he's sober.

Chapter 11

I arrived at Valek's office door, a little late. Knocking on the door proved to be difficult with the bandages on my hands, so I used my elbow to knock; it made a loud enough noise for Valek to hear.

"come." Valek said, in his cold voice. I stepped in carefully, making sure he wasn't about to jump me when I least expect it. He was sat at his desk face down in a file, he was writing something in it. When he finally looked up, his eyes focused on my bandaged hands. Confusion written all over Valek's face, I just walked fast to get to the chair opposite him.

"Who did this to you?" he shouted.

"What?" I stood up from my chair; no way was he getting away with this. "You mean you really don't remember last night?" sarcasm in my voice but more confusion crept up on him.

"What are you talking about?" valek questioned.

"You seriously don't remember?

"What happened to you, this isn't a game?"

Why does he care anyway? It's not like he cared last night. "You weren't that drunk to throw me around last night, so why don't you remember?"

"I did this to you?"

"Yes" he looks like he's about to cry, but he didn't. He stood there for a moment, like he was having a daydream or something.

"You're right, I remember little bits." Valek said quietly.

"You remember, now?"

"Yes, I'm so sorry Yelena, when I drink I have no control anymore; I used to be able to control it, but my body is immune to the chemicals and toxic wastes I put into my body, so I drink more to get drunk and sometimes it's not even me who's controlling me, it feels like someone else has this power over me." he said while walking over to me ad perching on the desk in front of me. I know from experience that when a person gets drunk, you feel funny and your mind wants you to do crazy things but that's all in your own power; so what does he mean?

"How do you mean?" I asked

"I mean, I'm an alcoholic who…"

"No, the bit you said about having no control, about someone having power over you."

"Yeah, that's what I said. Someone else is controlling me, it feels that way anyways."

I stood up, pacing the room. "Wait Valek, answer one question please."

"What's that?" Valek asked, intrigued.

"It's fascinating that last night you appeared to be drunk but there was no alcohol in sight. Did you have a drink in the kitchen or something?" sitting back down on the chair. I asked, only because my idea is that if he did not drink at all last night then quite possibly someone is controlling him. The odd thing is, why only at night? And who would do this? Who would have the power over the assassin? Or quite possibly I'm over thinking it and Valek is a drinker who most probably did drink somewhere else.

"I don't remember" Valek frowned, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Well, then I will remember for you." Confusion struck him and I just had to do something if he is telling me the truth, then I should be able to ask around and get the information I need but only to the people required to have this sort of information. I just had to go away and think, so I asked Valek for the day off, to help him figure this out. I stood and started walking to the door, "bye Valek… uh I mean, sir" just in case this is a false situation and Valek may still be controlled, I decided to play it safe.