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Date Posted: 14:50:17 03/10/01 Sat
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Asrai
's message, "Mirage 12" on 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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