Operation: Stunning sting

The Entrance

Viktor's POV
I looked out the window as the jet slowly approached the ground, I carefully removed my dog tags and placed them in my altoid container before sliding it into my pocket. I looked up as the flight attendant spoke "sir, we'll be landing in 4 minutes. Harry is looking forward to meeting you, is there anything I can do for you?" I shook my head no and replied with a small smile "no, thank you" she smiled broadly before walking away while I looked over my guns before pulling my sunglasses from my shirt and sliding them on, I looked out the window one last time before sliding my sketchbook into my duffel bag that held the rest of my belongings. I waited patiently until I felt the jolt of contact and the deceleration to which I internally smirked, finding joy in the fact that I was back on the ground. I stood and lifted my duffel bag and gun case before walking forward to the stairs and making my way down to the tarmac before looking around shivering involuntarily at the sudden drop of temperature before walking forwards towards the man I assumed to be Harry and a shorter woman with red hair in black combat gear with an FBI hat and an weapon that looked like an M4, when I reached them I carefully put down my gun case and duffel bag before shaking his hand "you must be Harry" he nodded with a warm political smile "and you must be Viktor, I've heard a lot about you."
I replied in monotone "all good things I hope" he nodded before the woman asked "Is this the one Sam and Erik were talking about?" I asked for clarification, intrigued "do you mean Sam Fisher?" Harry conformed "indeed, we brought him on to help shape up the operators" I asked "is he here still? It's been a while since I ran into him" Harry motioned to my gear "grab your stuff and I'll bring you to him, then we'll show you the rest of the base and finally to your dorm room." I nodded as I slung my duffel bag over my shoulder and lifted my gun case before following Harry and the operator into the building before commenting "I don't believe I caught your name, Miss" she replied as she glanced back at me "Eliza, Call me Ash" I replied with a smile "Viktor, Call me Agony" I heard Harry ask "why the unusual callsign?" I looked over before replying "my team in the Ghost Recon, we all had callsign a relating to emotions. One of women in the team is called Fury." Harry nodded as Eliza asked "wait, you worked with Ghost Recon? Why doesn't your file have that as your unit?" I chuckled as I replied "because I work for GRS now, I haven't worked with the Ghosts for 2 years" she nodded in understanding before we walked into the gym and I saw Sam boxing with shorter man with long black hair, I watched with interest mentally marking every mistake and misstep the man made while Sam did the same and capitalized.
     The man tried to amount a defense but failed as Sam knocked him on his ass and spoke sternly "stay down" the man tried to get up but dropped as his body gave out, I had carefully put down my gun case making sure not to make a sound before I straightened and dropped my duffel bag listening to the thud as I saw Sam's head look over before he asked "Agony?" I gave a nod as I took off my signature sunglasses and replied "Hey Matchwood, how're you doing old timer?" He chuckled out "I go by Zero now" I walked forward and shook his hand "nice to see you again" he nodded before asking "I heard you retired, what are you doing here?" I replied as I slipped my sunglasses into my breast pocket "I took up contracting, got bored sitting at home. Apparently when Maverick got wind of this he recommended me specifically so here I am" he asked another question "are you still as good as in Bolivia?" I asked in return "what kind of person would I be if I hadn't improved in all these years?" He sighed before replying "good, I'll need your help getting them into shape" I heard Eliza behind us "So what units did you serve in before GRS?" I turned and replied "Force Recon, MARSOC, The Unit, Ghost Recon and now GRS" she sounded interested when she asked "so you've got some good stories then" I looked at Sam for a second before nodded "yeah I've got a few" just as Harry spoke "While I hate to interrupt, I'm running on a tight schedule. Sam would you be able to proctor an Assessment sim for our friend Agony here?"
      He nodded before replying "of course" before turning to me "you better not disappoint" I chuckled "relax, I haven't let you down yet" he rolled his eyes as he pulled the man up and I picked up my gun case and bag before following Harry and Eliza through the hallways as Harry pointed out the important areas: the firing range, the armory, the cafeteria, the Auditorium, the sim room and finally the gym. I looked around as Harry brought me to a room and spoke over the rock music "listen, the operator in this room can be somewhat abrasive. Just give her some time and she'll come around" I nodded before shifting my bag "I'll keep that in mind." He knocked on the door 3 times as I heard the music cut and the sound of footsteps coming to the door, when it opened I saw a short, green haired woman with porcelain skin as she spoke cheerfully "Harry, what do you need?" He motioned to me and spoke "this is Agony, he'll be your new roommate. Do try to make his arrival to Rainbow a pleasant one, if you could do me the favor of setting him up in the armory it'd be greatly appreciated" I noticed the slight undertone of 'get it done' as her eyes flicked to me and began inspecting me "I'm Elzbieta, call me Ela. Come on newbie" I moved past Harry and spoke "have a good afternoon sir" before venturing deeper into the room covered in art supplies causing me to ask "oh you're an artist too?"
She looked back for a second before asking "what's it to you?" I shook my head before replying "nothing, just interesting. Where's my bed?" She motioned over time the side of the room that held hundreds of paintings. I internally sighed but walked over and became gently moving the paintings making sure not to damage them, I felt her eyes on me but paid no attention to it as the music started again, I paused at the song before speaking to no one "runaway, good taste" (A/N this song)

as I got back to cleaning my side of the room. I asked another question "is this closet in use?" She shook her head no opting not to talk to me instead observing me as I carefully unpacked my clothes hanging them on coat hangers before I walked over to my new bed and began to remake it, carefully folding everything so it was up to standard before placing a couple pictures on my nightstand before plopping on my bed and pulling out my sketchbook.
I saw her glancing at me before I asked "I suppose we should go get me set up at the armory, right?" She sighed but stood up and muttered "pierdolone bzdury, dlaczego muszę opiekować się dzieckiem?(fucking bullshit, why do I have to babysit?)" I listened to her as I hummed a song before following her through the halls, I walked into the armory and saw lockers full of weapons with different names on them. I followed her to the front desk where a blonde woman smiled "hey Ela, how've you been?" Ela's cold demeanor disappeared as she happily spoke "I've been better, I gotta teach him everything, he's new here" I replied as I looked around "not to this" they looked at me before the blonde spoke "I'm Jessie, what can I do for you?" I flashed a smile as I replied "Viktor, I got told to come get set up for my guns?" She nodded before typing on the computer "What's your callsign?" I replied "Agony" she asked another question "unit?" I replied with a question "the current one right?" She nodded as I spoke "GRS" she asked "does that stand for something?" I spoke once more "Global Response Staff" she typed away before asking "weaponry?" I replied by lifting my gun case and placing it on the counter before opening it "An ak-74 scout and an Smith and Wesson M&P .40 caliber" she typed them in before replying "I'll bring you to your locker and then I'll give you your number code and I'll get a plaque with your name on it" I nodded happily before replying "thank you" she smiled broadly "welcome to rainbow Viktor"
      I heard Ela "so what's GRS?" I looked over as I made the mental not she was intrigued by me "A Private Military Contractor agency, we work closely with the CIA providing security at their compounds. It's mostly Veterans" she asked suspicious "so how do you know Sam Fisher? I don't think he needs body guards" I replied smoothly "I'm ex-US military, I've worked with him closely at my unit before I retired" she asked prying deeper "what unit?" I looked over surprised "it's in my file, I thought Harry disreputed them before I arrived" she replied with a huff of indignation "I didn't read it, I don't want to learn about someone through a paper. Now answer the question" I looked forward as I followed Jessie through the rows of lockers before speaking "I was a part of Ghost Recon. I ran into Sam in Bolivia while my team supported another ghost squad destroyed the Santa Blanca cartel." She squinted at me but replied "I'll be keeping my eye on you" I nodded before replying "I already expected you to, you're an artist. Small details make big pictures" she nodded before Jessie turned and motioned to a locker she just opened "This ones yours" I carefully pulled out my AK and place it in the locker before putting all my extra magazines in their positions next to it before I slid my Smith and Wesson into its new place and placed all the extra magazines into their holsters before I nodded to Jessie and she closed the door before handing me a piece of paper and speaking "here's your code to get into it, thats everything you're all set up" I looked up at her before saying "thank you" she nodded before Ela spoke "come on, we're gonna head back to the room. I wanna keep painting" I shrugged but followed her through the halls before I saw Sam in the gym beating someone else up while boxing, I shook my head disappointingly before jogging to catch up with Ela.
      I asked a question "has Sam just been beating you guys up since he got here?" She looked back before nodding indifferently "I don't know what he plans to get out of it but, I hope it helps us" I replied musing "well I doubt he'd do it without a reason, he's probably looking for weaknesses. I mean I saw 6 or 7 mistakes the guy he was boxing earlier made in a matter of 15 seconds" she looked back surprised "that many? Wait how did you see the mistakes?" I shrugged and spoke "well I started as a marine, then became a recon marine, then a MARSOC marine, then Delta force and then a Ghost and now I'm a CIA contractor. I've got a lot of experience working at the highest level, you pick up a thing or two from your squad mates if you can listen" she huffed before opening the door and heading to her bed I sat on mine and started sketching again before asking Ela "do you mind playing Parasite Eve?" She looked at me intrigued before putting it on as we sat and drew for an hour until I heard a phone go off and Ela speak "it's time for your sim, let's go" I nodded and followed her into the hallway.