Thread: Killing in the Name of... (Closed for ShadesOfGrey)

And you dislocated my shoulder. The come back was well timed and quite in proportion with the playfulness that Ivan had hoped to hear. It pushed other conversations closer to the front of his mind, and expanded his eavesdropping a bit more. This one was fishing, what for still needed to be found out, but for now it was only talk. Still, I hope it didn't hurt to much. Ivan's smile returned for that comment. Bullshit. Another fact was added to Ivan's mental file of Kelly he had known she enjoyed her work, but had not known that she enjoyed all the details and experiences associated with it. Normally, spies, and even assassins enjoyed their work and the rewards that came with it. However, even then there were things that not all of them liked, like missing a target just to cause pain in another, and while she had meant to kill him she still enjoyed the fact that he had been injured and didn't mind that Miguel had escaped. Gin and tonic please. The choice wasn't quite what Ivan had hoped for. Something with more alcohol would have enabled him to place his concerns and doubts into the furthest reaches of his mind. Still more accessible to him then what civilians remembered, but it would have meant that Kelly was entirely innocent of any wrongdoing at this particular moment. She could have not made up her mind, and decided later, but not ordering a shot, or tequila, or whatever women typically used to make themselves forgetful of the nights events meant she had decided something. What it was, Ivan still had yet to pin down. Did you ever catch up with, what was his name, Miguel? That brought the smile away from Ivan's face, and narrowed the level conversations he was hearing to precisely one. Replacing the smile was a hard look, and perhaps one of the few that ever showed emotion upon his face. If this bitch has killed him already... But she could not have, and he took relief from that enough to return his face to it's normal dead pan. Kelly enjoyed this too much, and if she had she would have led with the fact that she had already killed the man. While good, there was little to no subtlety in her yet, that came with experience. While she had experience enough to make her confident, she did not have enough to see that no one in the business was perfect and to learn from any mistakes. If she had made any, before our meeting. Ivan thought about it for a moment and decided that she really hadn't made any mistakes, except deciding the target was more important than him. Of course, he had made the same mistake, hadn't he? No. Unfortunately. It's costing me. The last bit was added for Kelly's benefit, there was a part of Ivan that wanted to tell her it was personal, but that would not due. Perhaps she'd realize what he meant, but probably she would assume it meant his employer was unhappy. Which is true, he reflected, I too would be unhappy being dead and digested. You were impressive, Kelly, He said. Revealing that he had looked her up, and feeding her confidence. Especially the acrobatics... I don't think I have seen anyone so... Flexible, before, at least not on the television. Turning on a bit of charm never hurt anyone, and she was gorgeous, it would also help to make more notes about Kelly's state of mind and perhaps help him guess her next move, two or three moves would help even more.