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[[A Roamance in Vladivostok ]]
Snow drifted down in silence from the night sky in puffy flakes over Vladivostok when suddenly gunfire broke out disturbing the quiet streets down below. Doctor Jeremiah Cimmerian rushed out of a dark alley with a mystery woman, by his side. Their footsteps hit against the frozen ground as they hurried down the road to the car they left ready for their escape. With a sudden opening and shutting of the car doors, the couple sped off into the night, hoping no one will follow.
The drive was cold and silent with the couple on edge,looking back for signs of being tailed. It wasn't until they passed down several streets, when Cimmerian began to calm down and glance over at the woman in the passenger seat, taking a moment to admire the red locks of hair draping out from under her cap framing her soft features. Though a small frown stretched over his lips when he saw the disquieted look over her face.
" Hey… Kat" he called hesitantly to her "Are you doing ok?"
Katarina looked over at Cimmerian "Yeah, I'm fine." She answered in a quiet strained.
He knew she was trying to hide away the fear in her voice.
"Hey… we're going to be alright" Cimmerian tried to comfort her.
"Are we really?…" She muttered doubtfully. Katarina's words left a disheartening sting in Cimmerian's chest.
"Katarina… " He tried to find the words to give her some hope for their situation, but was cut off before he could find some comforting reason.
"I should have never got you involved in this mess, Jeremiah…" Katarina looked at the car floor in defeat.
"Hey, don't say that." Cimmerian was giving her a hopeful plea "The folks I work with at the Foundation could protect you from the GRU!.."
"No, they won't" Katerina interjected " you know what I am and what they do to people like me!" She countered Cimmerian with the reality of the situation.
" Then we can run off together!" Cimmerian tried to reason out a plan to solve this huge mess "I'll keep you safe from the GRU and we can just hide out somewhere…."
"Jeremiah, they had a gun to your head!" Katarina
"And you put a bullet in each of theirs" He gave her a soft grin. Katarina stared quietly at Cimmerian before her lips split into a small smile as she let out a soft tired chuckle.
"I swear that smart mouth of yours is going to give you trouble" Katarina sighed resting head against his shoulder as the quiet drive continued.
It wasn't until what seemed like hours later when they pulled over to the side of a dimly lit street. The headlights flashed off as the car shut down,Katarina unfasten her seat belt, before she leaned over to kiss Cimmerian, who gladly returned the quick passionate embrace before having to reluctantly break away.
" We should get inside before we catch a cold, " he muttered before stepping out of the car.
Katarina followed after Cimmerian taking hold of his arm as they walked towards a motel, with a busted vacancy sign that flickered lazily in the cold night.
The two cautiously entered into the building, before being greeted in Russia by an old short woman at the front desk, who barely bothered to look up from the magazine she was reading. Katarina responded back with some Russian phrase, that Cimmerian didn't understand, before she showed the woman the key she had gotten early that day and began to lead Cimmerian deeper into the building.
After going through the stained wall paper halls, they made it to a door with the number 37 painted on it. Katerina took a moment to look down both ends of the hallway before unlocking the door.
The two carefully stepped into the room before, scanning the area for anything off.
" Check to see if anything's been bugged" Katerina instructed as she went to inspect for any signs of tampering. Cimmerian searched his side of the room, finding everything to be fine. He walked over to Katerina, who was taking her final looks at a lamp.
"Found anything?" Cimmerian asked in a whisper.
"It looks like we're clear" She answered screwing the light bulb back in before turning around to smile at him. Cimmerian gave a soft smirk back at Katerina as he removed the hat from the top of her head and ran his fingers through her hair before pulling her in for a kiss……
“ … And well as a gentleman I’m going to end the story here” Cimmerian smuggly ended his tale as he drank the last bit of his coffee.
“Ok….” Agent Rice sighed in annoyance “ First off, that is a giant load of crap,and secondly, what the hell does it have to do with whether or not you finished your paperwork last night?”
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