dark corners of the cruel world▪mitch rapp

◇ personal issues ◇

A few days passed, Alexa got used to being around Mitch and seeing Stan here and there. She had met a few other trainees, including Victor and Derek. They were two which she knew the best besides Rapp. The incident from the first day didn't happen again since she got used to the routine of the camp.

The tension between her and Hurley grew even more, maybe because of the old troubles she had caused him. And she thought she had crossed the line again when Victor came to inform her to tell her Stan wants her to go back into their cot.

"Hurley has something to tell you." He said, coming up to her while they were on their afternoon one-on-one practice session. "He just said you have to show up there as soon as you could."

"Ooh, Allie is in trouble." She heard Derek laugh from behind her. Waving a hand at him, she thanked Victor and started jogging towards the cottage where she slept. It wasn't very far away and she spotted Mitch, practicing with some other trainees she hadn't met.

It wasn't like he had 'friends' around there, he mostly kept to himself. And he didn't even talk much with her, mostly fooling around during lunch and free time before dinner. They would see each other, just like now, and just nod as a short 'hello' nothing more, nothing less. She had caught him staring at her ass a few times, though, that was what all of them did. She never found it disturbing with others, but Mitch was different. He was stupid enough to actually try something and she was afraid of what could that make her do. She didn't want to admit it, but she actually liked him.

She knew it was unprofessional, so she just tried keeping thoughts like that out of her head. It wasn't easy, she was made out of bone and flesh too. It was normal to have some kind of desire, but she would rather desire not having any connection to Rapp whatsoever.

It ended pretty badly last time, however.

She continued jogging and arrived at her goal in no time, climbing the few stairs and entering the house. Hurley was there, a laptop in front of him. He turned around as he heard the door shut, motioning for her to come over with his hand. "I need to show you something." The man grumbled, obviously not really happy with what he's about to do.

She walked over to the table and sat down as he pushed the screen in front of her. There was a woman on the screen, most likely her age. She wore a big smile and had blonde hair. All together- she was beautiful. She looked at Hurley, her brows formed into a frown. "What with her?" She asked and he pushed the space button, making the video play.

'Honey, this is like our honeymoon or something.' A familiar voice said. It was Mitch. She could notice his voice anywhere. He sounded happy as he and his, probably girlfriend laughed. She felt Hurley staring at her face, trying to read any emotion but she had a blank face.

"So what?" She pressed the space button once again. "What do I have to do with that?" He huffed.

"Watch it until the end." He commanded and she had nothing else to do than to obey. She watched the video in silence, seeing Mitch propose to Katrina. At the end of everything, there was a short moment where she could see Katrina get shot by a man, a terrorist Alexa guessed, and fall to the ground as Mitch yelled her name.

The video ended there and she shifted her gaze to Stan's face. "This is why he wants to become an assassin? For revenge?" She shook her head. "Did you talk to him? If he's going to let personal issues be his only motivation to continue doing this job, then he has nothing to do here at all."

Hurley's lip twitched and he smiled at her. "Correct. I'm glad you agree." He told her and took his seat in a chair next to hers. "I'm going to need you to help me make him realize that. He won't listen to me, but maybe he'll listen to you."