You would think that going on a mission, would be like the movies and be really tense and awkward. In reality Sophie and the man were playing solitaire.
"John seriously, you've been solitaire for a year, you should know that RED CAN NOT GO ON RED!" Sophie said, the tension in the sentence turning into laughter.
John was terrible at solitaire, put him in a room full of weapons he would be fine. But if he would have to play solitaire to save his life, he would die. Sophie had always been good at solitaire, something about noticing things. For example, when John was nervous about a mission he would wear his purple tie. Today he was wearing his most purple tie. The one with 50 shades of purple. Sophie scooted back away from the game and pulled up her knees, holding them in with her arms. "Seriously John, what's got you so worried?"
John looked down and noticed what he was wearing. He started softly chuckling to himself and muttered something about just wearing the same outfit all the time. He looked up to her eyes and said "It will just be your first time seeing S.H.I.E.L.D again, малютка."
John looked at Sophie with concern and caring, as if it would be okay if she failed, but Sophie knew she had to succeed or else she would be punished. She had never been punished and didn't really want to. Most people were whipped and had to rest in the infirmary for 5 weeks.
John grabbed the packet wanting to help his honorary niece as much as he could. "There's going to be a party tomorrow night and you are on the guest list. You are playing as a guest from Russia wanting to start forging relationships with Germany and the United States. You're going to lure the Ambassador of America to his room and well, dispose of him. A car will be waiting for you at all times and I will, of, course, in your ear to monitor and help you." John waited a second before continuing, "S.H.I.E.L.D. will be posing as security and party guests, so be careful."
Sophie waited for a few second understanding all the information before just asking one question, "Will my parents be there?"
She asked this question while biting her lip. Sophie knew she would like to see them so she could show them how much had accomplished. At the same time, if she did she might kill them out of anger. She knew even if she saw them she might not even know it was them.
"We don't know Sophie." John answered back to her.
They sat in silence for a few seconds before going back to playing cards, just like the other missions. Sophie didn't know what a family felt like, but she thought it might feel like the moments before a mission started playing a card game with John.
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Hello readers! Sorry about this short chapter, it was really more of just a filler chapter before the real action starts. Does anybody have any tips for writing fight scenes? John is the Russian/HYDRA version of Agent Coulson. If anyone is angry about how I'm portraying HYDRA, it is just because I want to show everyone how bad and good both S.H.I.E.L.D and HYDRA are. S.H.I.E.L.D will sacrifice one person to save a bunch of people, HYDRA will sacrifice a bunch of people to save one person close to them.
Anyway, happy holidays and happy reading! Again I don't own anything!
TRANSLATION(S)
малютка - Little One (Russian)