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Date Posted: 13:30:21 03/10/01 Sat
Mirage - 12
They were on their way to Section when Nikita broke the silence. "Michael, what about Elena?"
"What about her?" he asked back. She hesitated. "Well, you know... I can't keep her away from you forever- sooner or later she'll find out that you're alive and in her state of mind that'll be a dangerous thing- she's too fragile." He could see the problem: sure, he could hide from Elena a few days, perhaps even weeks, but not until she was finished with training.
He frowned. "How far is level 10?" That was the huge area currently being built for recruits and operatives in reprogramming.
"At least two or three weeks until it can be used. They are testing it right now. There are still some difficulties with the simulators though. I'll get the report today."
Two weeks. That was still within schedule, even ahead of it, but still too slow for his taste. But it should be possible to avoid Elena for two or three weeks: after that all recruits would be transferred to level 10 anyway and he could deal with this issue later.
Having reached their destination, one of the entrances to Section, Nikita embraced Michael and kissed him softly on the lips. He responded enthusiastically but she pulled away before it could get too passionate. "Till later." she whispered "I love you." With that words, she kissed him once more and stepped into the waiting elevator. He stayed there until the doors had shut, then turned and walked into the opposite direction to another entrance. Another agreement, not to enter Section together. It would be too conspicuous if Operations and his third in command entered together every day.
As the elevator descended, Michael sighed softly. Another long day had begun.
Elena had to get up at 5 a.m. again, then, after a quick breakfast in the cafeteria, she had her first lesson with computers. Urgh. The man who'd explain this to her introduced himself as Birkoff and was young, around 25. He looked like the proverbial computer geek with baggy clothes, pale skin and tinted glasses. He showed her the basics of the system but she didn't really pay attention. In her opinion computers were complicated and uninteresting and she was glad when two hours had passed. Where was Nikita anyway?
The hall was huge and Elena stood a bit helpless in the middle of it, looking for Nikita. Her office was empty and she didn't know whether to go back to her room or to wait in the office.
Just then the perch, which had been dark, was illuminated and a moment a person came in and stood with its back to her in front of the computer monitors she could make out at the back of the perch.
Elena couldn't get rid of the feeling that this person -male- seemed familiar. She didn't make out his features but there was something, a fleetingly quiet feeling that was gone before she could grasp it... Just then Nikita appeared and called her to her office. Elena followed her, but when she cast a last look to the perch it was dark again.
"Oh." That was all she could muster to say as Nikita handed her the daily schedule. It was certainly... interesting. Good God, how was she supposed to learn all this stuff?
Martial arts, survival training, computers, equipment, first aid, etiquette (why the heck did she have to learn that?), weapons... the list seemed endless. And to make this already horrible day better, the next subject was a workout with Nikita. Elena groaned.
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