Engage

Face-Off

Helian was spinning in her chair a bit, but stopped and looked out the window to see the helicopters landing. She grins, knowing she's about to meet Filak.

"I bet I can underestimate him a tad bit. He prolly never shot anyone before too, so I could play with him as a joke."

Filak got off the Helicopter with Saiga, Gyurza stayed to direct his soldiers.

"You're gonna go to sleep to get better after the grenade, Saiga?"

Saiga looked around himself, checking his equipment.

"Yeah... Finally I can rest and not be nervous about falling asleep."

Filak looked back at Gyurza, just watching.

"Goodnight!"

Saiga went off, he didn't really bother Filak as he knew what was up with him. After everyone was at their places Gyurza saluted Filak and he saluted back at the lietunenant. Gyurza went off inside, Filak followed but stayed in the lobby, waiting for his call, some guards were there watching outside and there were snipers in the towers, ready to shoot anything suspicious. Suddenly, a soldier approached Burgundy, as he was sitting down and just reading a magazine.

"Agent Burgundy?"

Filak quickly put down the mag and got up.

"I already gotta go, right?"
"Correct, follow me, I'll lead you there."

Meanwhile Helian was just giggling in an evil manner, thinking of how to tease Filak.

"Anyway, here he comes, look professional, Helian!"

Helian fixed her posture, sat upright, and tidied up her workplace a bit. When she heard a ring, she said "Come in!" and Filak was let in by the soldier, as the soldier left.

"Ah, you must be Filak Burgundy -- the new agent, right?"

Filak nodded, hesitantly approaching her and slowly sitting down on one of the chairs infront of Helian's modernized desk. The commander's office was a really spacious and heavily modernized office. Her desk had a 2 monitor PC setup, and a space where she could write.Look to the left and you could see her private relaxing lounge near some pretty paintings from the 18th century, and a cupboard for some alcoholic beverages. The most notable thing is that the paintings are all related to long gone USA, the painting related to Republican soldiers during the civil war, and a painting of Americans raising the American flag over desolated battled-for land. Assuming by the M1 Garand one of the soldiers was holding, it was clear that it was a WWII painting. Convenient enough, there was a speaker that was quietly playing "Fortunate Son". Right behind Helian was the United Federation Flag, it was approximately 8x12 Meters. "Talk about Patriotic" Filak thought to himself.

"So... Did you want to talk about something, Miss Helian..?"

Filak was clearly confused by this meeting, ever since Gyurza told him about it.

"Hm hm, yes, tell me about your service, and some data about yourself, I gotta rate you properly so that I'll give you a mission in which you won't die~"

There was a smug tune in that last part. She really intended the "pick a mission in which you won't die" as a tease for the newbie, expecting him only to be out for a week. Filak didn't catch the bait for the tease.

"I am Burgundy Filak, an agent of the United Federation... I am currently 19 years and 9 months old. I was in-"

Helian suddenly cut him off, thinking he is a walking joke and doing the smug grin.

"Nu-uh, tell me about your service and CK count."

Filak was clearly dumb founded, and listened to his orders.

"I was in service at an enemy base as a spy for about a year now, and have been stationed for 8 months as a default Russie Republic soldier..."

As soon as she hear "a year" and "8 months" her grin disappeared, and she quickly opened up her files in her PC.

"K-Keep going..."
"And I have got 78 confirmed kills against Russie soldiers or higher ranks, I have also resulted about 128 arrests of Russie soldiers. I had also killed scavengers while I was 4 months on the field with Feds, and 8 months as a Russie... I lost count, but approximately 60."

Helian looked distressed. Here she thought she could play around a bit and now she's dealing with a REAL agent that got in as a 19 year old.The teasy commander thought to herself: "Oh maybe his kills were all staged by Saiga! Let's ask about his last kill..."

Helian, regaining her confidence turned back to Filak with her grin.

"Tell me how you executed your latest assasination, and tell me who it was..."

Filak still wasn't aware of the smug atmosphere, and so began telling.

"It all began-"
"Actually, tell me first when did you begin preparing for it."

Filak remembered quickly.

"It was when I got in trouble with a scav and got his tokarev 6 direct hours before execution."

Helian got even more nervous. She liked her soldiers punctual and very attentive! That's probably why she is still single, though...Helian covered her mouth to amazement...

"S-SIX HOURS?!"

Filak nodded, adding: "Actually if I hadn't met the scavenger, that I knew was there, then I wouldn't have saved our intel."

Helian got light headed, this guy's a perfect agent!

Helian, stuttering, and very red due to embarrassment of her previous cunning plans, added: "Tell me how you got him!! I'm sure you couldn't have shot him in the back of the head in his office and then got away, right?!"

Filak knew the answer to that, while Helian thought she cornered him.

"I took him out from the attic, there was a direct line of sight to his computer, window, and from the attic window..."
"Meters! How far?!"
"Eight-"
"AHA! Eight meters! So you wanna tell me you got away with shooting him--"
"Sorry for cutting you off, miss, but I haven't even finished - I said eighty meters."

Helian, in disbelief and pure shock, blushed, looking out the window and back at him. She found the perfect agent.

"E-Eighteen?!"
"Eighty, miss! Do you need me to write it down for you?"
"A-Actually d-don't..."

Quietness, Helian was brushing her hair and red, a bit blushing, and regretting all of her decisions she made before meeting him. Filak was a bit worried so he decided to line break.

"D-Do you want me to-"
"SHUT UP!!!"

Filak got a bit startled, but stopped talking... In a bit he spoke again.

"M-Ma'am-"
"J-JUST SHUT UP!! SHUT. UP!"
"Did I do something-"
"GO! J-JUST GO! MY GUARDS WILL LEAD YOU TO YOUR ROOM! GOODNIGHT BURGUNDY!"

Filak, confused (and for his own safety), decided to leave quickly, sweating and a bit scared. He wonders if he did anything wrong and thinks about how confusing and complex women are.

"So, how did it go?"

The same guard who led him there met him. Filak turned at him with a lightly disappointed look.

"You were listening at the door, so don't go "how did it go" on me..."

The guard, knowing he messed up with his "sneaky tactics" decided to just ask him if he was ok.

"I don't know, s-she just snapped at me and now I don't know if she admires me or wants me gone..."

The guard felt him. (The guard as a personal assistant for her and knows how it feels.)

"But hey, this is the first time I saw her snap so fast..."

Filak was left confused by that line.

"What do you mean?"
"I think you pulled her special trigger or something so she shot faster than usual..."

Filak couldnt really understand, but nodded anyway.
"By the way, my name is Callhoun, nice to meet you. You'll be seeing me lots since I'm her personal assistant."
"Nice to meet you, Callhoun! You know my name."

They shaked eachother's hand and Callhoun led him to his room, both laughing off of some jokes.