Thanks to the reviewers. :) Very short chapter, and bad name, but I couldn't write a long chapter with a good name at gunpoint. Unless it was Yassen holding the gun.

Disclamer: I do not own any characters or the Alex Rider series, or Yassen or Hunter. Sadly. Anthony Horowitz does.

Chapter Two-Names

The next day, Yassen was up bright and early for. He never slept longer than four hours, and he used the night to do more useful tasks, like reading his way through a weapons and guns guide. At 6am sharp, he arrived in the dining hall and helped himself to a load of food. He ate quickly, as he was taught to. Eating sometimes was as much of a waste of time as sleeping. Soon after he was finished, Hunter came and led him to his office in Malagosto.

Hunter's office was inside the main building, which looked a little more modern than the rest of the island. Inside the building, everything was neat, clean, and in it's place. The walls were a perfectly clean shade of white, with no stains, and the floor was white marble.

Hunter led Yassen to a narrow hallway marked "Trainers only, restricted area." Hunter put his hand on a fingerprint scanner. He was also scanned for weapons, along with Yassen. He then led Yassen to a door in the middle of the hallway, marked "Hunter".

The room had a clean, office look to it, and there were 2 filing cabinets along the back walls, and a glass desk, along with a few bookshelves along the walls, filled with books. On his desk, there was a framed picture of him with an attractive woman with long fair hair.

"Here are your files to study for the assignment," he said, handing over a large pile of papers. "It includes all the information you need, and all we need to bring with us are some survival supplies. We'll be using a 88 Winchester rifle with a sniperscope for the kill."

Yassen nodded. It was perfect.

Hunter continued, "You'll need a new name, since nobody can know your real name. You may choose it now or tell me tomorrow, but be careful. You'll never be able to change it after, unless you're creating a new identity."

Yassen was contemplating this last night, and he thought of the perfect name. "Cossack," he said, letting the word slide across his lips.

Hunter smiled. "Hunter and Cossack. Now that you've chosen a name, you'll be known as Cossack to everyone else."

Cossack smiled for the first time in a long while. "So we're assigned to kill-"

Hunter cut him off. "Never call a target by his real name. It personalizes him. It opens a door into his life and, when the time comes, it may remind you what you are doing and make you hesitate. We'll just refer to him as Commander or "the target."

That was one of the most important things Cossack learned from Hunter, and it would help him in so many ways in his future. Not only in killing people, but in saving people as well.

Hunter finished giving Cossack the necessary information. "You are dismissed. Please memorize everything by tomorrow."

Cossack walked off into his room. Memorizing was easy for him, and he was finished before dinner.

Hunter watched the talented assassin walk off. He admired Cossack and really liked him in a way, and wished they were doing this for the same reason. He sighed, knowing Cossack liked him, but wondering if he would still like him if he knew what Hunter really was.


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