Assassin Training
Waking up to the early morning sun, Chloe rubs her eyes slowly and finds a letter amidst her knives on her nightstand. Memories of what the letter said brought a smile to her face. Altena had written the letter and within it, Altena said she is please with what Chloe had accomplished thus far, but there is another task for her to complete.
Strapping on her leg and arm guards, Chloe completes in preparing herself for the day by getting her green cloak out of the closest. Wrapping it around her, she stalks out of her bedroom.
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In an underground garage, two men waits for someone to show up. Someone steps from the shadow when one of the two men declares the man is late. The someone soon identified as Jeruna tells them there is no need to wait because he had already went to hell and that they'd be going soon. The men took a portion of Jeruna's precious products and they'd be facing the pain giving techniques straight from east Germany. Without ado, other men that are with Jeruna proceeds to take the two men into custody as they squirm and scream for mercy.
Back in his lofty office, Jeruna sits down and asks someone about the Raimun's case. The man tells Jeruna that Roshman's team have gone to Switzerland and will ambush Raimun on the designated date. Talking to himself, Jeruna seems to have a past with Raimun and even though the wall had crumbled away, the event doesn't erase the past.
In the beautiful countryside of Switzerland, Chloe walks alone on a path that leads directly to the house of Raimun.
Sensing someone approaching, Raimun stands and watches Chloe coming closer when two young men steps in the way of Chloe. She coolly looks over the two men when Raimun himself steps inbetween the two bodyguards and speaks with Chloe. A moment passes and Raimun ask if she is from Soldats and Chloe affirms his question then returns by asking if he is General Raimun. Instead of answering, he asks if she has came to kill him and to which, Chloe also answers yes. In response, the two body guards steps up to protect the general by drawing their pistols and aiming it at Chloe.
The General tells Heinz, one of the bodyguard, that it is okay and for him to step down. Chloe becomes surprised at how the General responds to her solemn response and so did the two guards. Stepping in between them, Raimun apologizes to Chloe and invites her for his routine afternoon hike through the Alps. Chloe accepts without hesitation and when Heinz wanted to go along with them, the General said there'd be no need and for him not to discuss it anymore.
As the two walk away, the two bodyguards decide that they'd follow them further back against the order of the General and starts after them.
The general and Chloe hikes up a beautiful mountain path with beautiful flowers along the way. One particular flower took Chloe's interest almost completely. A flower called Alpine Rose that is not as thick as red, but thicker than pink. The general complements Chloe's ability to see color with such perception and all the while, unsavory men approaches from down below.
Sitting down near a cliff against large rocks overlooking beautiful mountains, Raimun tells Chloe about Germany of where he grew up and how much more splendid the forest in the Alps look in comparison. Continuing on with the story of his life, Raimun tells of the time when he was a special agent back in Germany and of the things he did that dirtied his hands. But he never wavered from the tasks given by the Soldats. They he never considered whether the things he did were good or evil when it was for the Soldats. That is is forbidden to be disobedient to the Soldats and it is how he became a general. He then asks if Chloe know the reason why she must kill him, to that, Chloe doesn't know. Still, she'd kill him. Chloe then smells the flower and closes her eyes.
All of the sudden, she looks to the side of her and grabs Raimun's wrist and pulls him down against the ground. Reaching back and spinning around, Chloe throws one of her knife into the head of an assailant coming at them. Raimun scrambles behind a rock and Chloe gently tells him not to move from that spot as she leaps into action.
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The two bodyguards stare at the field of dead open-mouthed as they couldn't believe their eyes. Approaching Chloe, Heinz asks what had happened when the General approaches and tells them that Chloe had saved his life. Raimun then asks Heinz about the one that attacked and he identify one of them as Roshman, a member of the STG. When Raimun thank Chloe in saving his life, Chloe replies that killing him is her duty and unacceptable if someone interferes. That is why she killed them. The three just looked at her unbelieving.
As the wind blow harshly in the dark of the night, Chloe and Raimun sits down to drink wine in Raimun's manor. Sipping on the wine, Raimun tells Chloe about the men that ambushed them during the afternoon. That they were the STG, east Germany Law and Order. The boss's name is Conrado Jeruna and by using his Cold War knowledge, established a crime organization and dealing drugs. Because of his relation with the NATO, Raimun had went against Jeruna many times. He only realized the foolishness of drawing Jeruna out by using family member when his own daughter was assassinated by Jeruna. To that, Chloe responds that revenge must be carried out properly and Raimun declares that it is wrong to even thinking about it! After a moment of delibration, he apologizes to Chloe about telling useless tales of himself to Soldats' messenger.
As Chloe drink the wine, Raimun asks how she like the taste of it. Chloe fondly remembers the wine she had back in the manor she shared with Altena and comments that the wine is good, but not as good as the wine with Altena. The general heard of the name Altena but never met her and suddenly gasps out that could it be that she is Noir? He could hardly believe that a real Noir sits in front of his eyes when she replied yes.
Standing up after finishing her wine, Chloe walks slowly behind Raimun's back. Raimun asks that Heinz and the other have no knowledge of Soldats and for her to pretend she never saw them. Agreeing to his request, Raimun thanks her as she plunges a knife into the back of his neck.
Sensing she is no longer alone, Chloe looks up to see Heinz aiming a gun at her. His eyes quivering with anger, Chloe tells him that she made a promise to the general as one of her knife appears in her hand. That if possible, she'd like to keep the promise.
Still quivering in anger, Heinz stares on at the silent Chloe. A moment passes and Chloe withdraws her knife and walks out the door.
In the office of Jeruna, he talks with his secretary about the death of Raimun. However, his good cheers died down when the secretary tells him that it wasn't Roshman that did it and that he died on the slopes of Alps. What had happened remains unknown and Jeruna declares that the matter be investigated immediately and also to check the new product when it comes in next week.
As Binter the secretary leaves the office, he finds a guard lying dead on the ground. He looks up and gasps. Within the office, Jeruna is talking to someone and hears a noise , but soon dismissed the sound and continue the dealing with the phone. When he hangs up the phone, he sees Chloe and immediately asks who she is. Yelling, he asks what security is doing and picks up the phone to find no answer on the other end. Reaching down into the drawer, he takes out a gun but his fate is already sealed. Dead on his chair, Chloe tosses an Alpine Rose onto the desk of Jeruna.
Walking down the grape field path, Chloe soon sees Altena among the pillars of the manor and begins to run toward her full of smiles. Calling out to her, Altena turns around and smiles as she calls out to Chloe. Hugging and spinning against one another, Chloe snuggles up against Altena's shoulder as Altena welcomes Chloe home. Wanting to look at Chloe's face, Altena pulls back and gazes at Chloe as she smiles. Chloe beams at the attention and says that she has so much to talk of! That she met with Kirika and received the small tea fork from her. Altena smiles at Chloe and says that she must be tired from her trip and holds Chloe as they walk back together to the manor.
Back in the apartment that Kirika and Mireille shares, the table with the coffee cups and the other fork still lie there under the moonlight.
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