Previously on Number 25….
"Do you know why are here?"
"I'm a useless bastard that no one wanted."
"Stay here, and you will learn how. You will become something great…"
"You're one of us now!"
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London 1986, ICA-HQ (International Contract Agency Head Quarters)
25 sat on a white chair in another room, his face contorted in pain as the buzzing of the machine rang in his ears the scratching on the back of his neck becoming almost unbearable. A few moments later the scratching stopped and he moved to touch the back of his neck but a large hand stopped him.
"Don't touch it for at least four hours." The man commanded. 25 moved to the large two way mirror to see if he could see what had been tattooed on his neck. It was a bar code with the numbers 103179-110725 underneath.
"That code will give you access to Dr. Ort-Meyer's office if and when he calls on you. But not until. It is programed so that you will only be allowed in if he needs you and you will be accomplanied by two guards."
"This isn't what I was promised." 25 said quietly. "This isn't what I signed for." The man laughed.
"This is exactly what you signed for. You along with hundreds of other orphans like yourself. You're all expendable. When you are not training you will be thinking about training, and when your not thinking about training you will be resting so that you can train when you awake." He said. "That is how it works here."
"This isn't what I want." He said.
"Yeah well life's the shits ain't it kid?" The man asked grabbing onto him and dragging him into yet another room.
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"What is the ICA-HQ?" Mr. Yagami asked. Ryuzaki sighed.
"The International Contract Agency Head Quarters' slogan is Merces Letifer (Latin for "Lethal Trade"). It is a worldwide, well-funded clandestine organization, with underlying connections to the foreign legion, providing assassination and mercenary services; Credited assassinations have taken place in the Americas, the Pacific Rim, and Eurasia. The Agency enjoys the cooperation of affiliates such as the FBI, CIA, MI5, and even elements within the U.N. Although politically neutral and ethically amoral, the Agency avoids accepting hits with enemies of its allies in government bureaus.
"The Agency uses "controllers" as go-betweens with its agents. They provide freelance operatives with electronic correspondence and mission briefings. Contractors also sell intelligence briefings on the subjects of missions to their agents for the fee of USD 1,500 per file.
"In short. They train orphans from a young age to be assassins." Mr. Yagami was shocked.
"That can't be legal." He said.
"As much as I wish that it was it is very legal. In their jurisdiction anyway. It's a very well hidden organization there's nothing any government would do about it."
"There must be someone…"
"There isn't. Not unless one of the agent come forward. And they'd never do that. Their all wanted assassins."
"So who was 25?" Mr. Yagami asked. "Did you know him?" Ryuzaki nodded.
"I knew him very well. Unfortunately for him when he left the ICA-HQ he wasn't the same person.
( A/N... If you look at the bar code again….
103179-110725
10/31/79 October 31,1979 is the year L was born – 11/07/25 November 07, and the age L died did you make the connection? ;) lol
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