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Vicki walked out of the locker rooms dressed in her uniform as she tied her hair up into a bun and she saw Kira and Natasha talking by the punching bag, so she was going to avoid them.

Vicki walked in the opposite direction to the other punching bag as she hit it with her bare hands, she was not going to let that Natasha girl make a fool out of her, just who did she think that she was? She had just gotten her, by illegal means, Vicki was sure of that.

And to top it all off, everyone was fawning over her just because she was new and she had an American accent, it was just terrible, and worse, she was scolded by Romanoff just because she had just pointed out the rule for punishments, because Natasha was late, she was late, and yet she went unpunished.

If she had joined at the right time the rest of the joined, then she would have had no problem of running the medical tests when she was supposed to be training.

Vicki grunted as she punched the punching bag, she was just glad that Romanoff did not pair her up with Natasha to spar, or else, she would have given her a nice piece of her mind, and she would have hit her where it would hurt her the most.

Natasha turned to look at Vicki who was busy hitting the punching bag as if her life depended on it.

"Don't mind her, she usually hits it like that, and I tell her that it is not effective way at all" said Kira as she scoffed and she shook her head.

"She can injure herself with that force" said Natasha as she looked at Kira.

"Well that is her problem, I warn and she scorns, what are you going to do? Some people just don't learn until pain is involved" said Kira as Natasha had to agree with her, well she did not care anyway, it was just that Vicki was making very loud noises, Natasha felt bad for that punching bag, It could end up bursting with Vicki continuing like that.

"You are right" said Natasha as she agreed, well she would just face her lane, and Vicki could focus on hers.

"Hey Natasha, Kira, good morning" said Tatiana as she cheerfully walked into the gym as she waved at Natasha and Kira.

"Good Morning" said Natasha as she smiled and she waved back at Tatiana.

"Morning" replied Kira.

"Ahh, good morning Vicki" said Tatiana as she smiled and she looked at Vicki who just waved her off as she stopped hitting the punching bag, she felt better now.

"How you sleep Natasha?" asked Tatiana as she smiled.

"You mean how did you sleep" said Kira as she corrected Tatiana.

"Ahh yes, yes that" said Tatiana as she looked at Kira and she nodded her head as she smiled.

"I slept well, thank you for asking, and what about you?" asked Natasha as she smiled.

"I slept good as well" said Tatiana as she smiled and Natasha smiled at her.

"What are you both doing?" asked Tatiana.

"Training" said Kira as she, Tatiana and Natasha all turned to look at the door of the gym when she saw all the guys along with Sofia and Olga as they all seemed to be talking to one another as they walked into the gym.

"Ahh good morning guys" said Tatiana as she waved to the others and Sofia stopped laughing at what Rodion said as she turned to looked at Tatiana.

"Good Morning everyone" said Sofia as she smiled and Olga did the same as they all greeted one another, all except for Vicki who looked like she just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

The others all went to change in the locker rooms as the returned and each one of them proceeded to work on their own training.

"Funny how everyone here except for Vicki doesn't seem to like you" said Tatiana as she whispered.

"I wonder why that is so as well" said Kira.

"Well I don't know, some people just don't like other people for no reason at all, I mean I can't blame her, I am sure that there is someone in our lives that we just don't like" said Natasha.

"Hmm I agree" said Kira.

"But she had never even met you before, I don't get how…" said Tatiana as she was cut off when she heard footsteps and she turned to see Romanoff walking in as she quickly joined the others to stay in line.

"Good Morning Commander" said Everyone as this time Natasha managed to say it at the same time that they all did.

"Hmm Morning" said Romanoff as Natasha observed that Romanoff did not seem to be in a good mood at all, as he looked tired, and somewhat angry.

"Alright, I don't have much time for nonsense today, so everyone just do what they were asked to do" said Romanoff.

"Yes Commander" said everyone.

"Natasha, Kira, spar, I want to see what you are capable of" said Romanoff.

"Yes Commander" said Kira as Natasha said the same.

"Go on now" said Romanoff as he looked like he was in a hurry, and the truth was that he was, he only had a few minutes to spend here.

Kira walked to the mat as Natasha followed after her and she turned to look at Natasha.

"It's just like we practiced, oh and I am sorry in advance if I hurt you" said Kira.

"No hard feelings at all" replied Natasha as Kira smiled.

"We are not here to watch you both whisper to each other, get to the point" said Romanoff.

"Sorry Commander" said Kira as she moved away from Natasha and Natasha stood in her place.

Kira gave an apologetic look as she did not wait for Natasha to be ready at all as she lunged straight for her and she proceeded to hit in her in abdomen as Natasha managed to dodge that, she had to admit that Kira was not going easy at all, not at all, her moves were far more aggressive then when they were training.

Natasha did not want to loose her footing, so she decided to attack Kira and just as she extended her arm to try to punch Kira, Kira took hold of her arm as she slammed Natasha on the ground and Natasha landed straight on her back again as Natasha hissed once again, that was painful.

"I have seen enough" said Romanoff as Kira helped Natasha up.

"Natasha, you need to work on your combat skills, as an agent combat skills are everything, it is the only way that you will be able to protect yourself" said Romanoff as he sounded like he was giving a lazy lecture.

"Kira, I have nothing to say about you, except for I know that you could have taken her down earlier, I just hope that you will not go easy on an enemy" said Romanoff as Kira shook her head.

"Alright then, like I said earlier, I do not have much time today" said Romanoff as he turned to look at the others.

"I have already told you all I can tell you, the rest is up to you to improve on your combat skills yourself" said Romanoff.

"You only have till the end of this week to work on your combat skills, because after that, we will move to the next part of the training, and you do not want to be lacking in one area, because believe me, it will come back later" said Romanoff.

"Which is why I will divide you all into groups, you will practice with your groups, and by the end of this week, you all will demonstrate to me, what exactly you have been working on, and I want to see improvement, am I clear?" asked Romanoff.

"Yes Commander" they all said in a chorus.

"Good" said Romanoff as he looked at every single one of them.

"Tatiana and Alexi, you two are a team" said Romanoff.

"Yes Commander" said Tatiana and Alexi at the same time.

"Artem and Olga, you are a team" said Romanoff.

"Yes Commander" said Artem and Olga at the same time.

"Nikolai and Kira you two are together" said Romanoff.

"Yes Commander" said Kira and Nikolai at the same time.

"Andrei and Sofia, you two are together" said Romanoff as the both of them replied him.

Romanoff was choosing those who he knew would not go easy on one another, he could tell that Kira liked Natasha, and it was not like it was a bad thing, no not at all, but she was going easy on her, and that was not good at all, they were here to push each other to their best and not to become great friends, which was why, he made sure to pair up people who he was sure would push each other.

"Rodion, Natasha and Vicki, you three are a team" said Romanoff as Vicki's face went sour as soon as she heard her name called along with Natasha's name.

"Is there a problem Vicki?" asked Romanoff as he could see the sour look on Vicki's face.

"Well Commander, the rest teams are teams of two, and we are three" said Vicki.

"Yes, you can clearly see that full teams of two would not work well here, and so you have three people in your team" said Romanoff as Vicki scoffed under her breath, this was all Natasha's fault, it was obvious that Natasha was the odd one out here, she was the eleventh member, when they were supposed to be ten.

"Anyway, I have said what it is that I need to say" said Romanoff as he continued on.

"I will not be able to come to training for the next few days, I trust that you all are responsible adults that will do what they need to do, when they need to do it" said Romanoff.

"Yes Commander" said Everyone as they nodded their heads.

"When I return, I want no excuses, you will show me what you have been working on right there and then, so prepare well" said Romanoff.

"I will take my leave now, I do not want to hear any trouble, because the penalty for causing trouble is?" asked Romanoff.

"Punishment" said everyone except Natasha as they all replied to Romanoff.

"Good, behave yourselves, and make progress, I will see you next Monday" said Romanoff as he walked out of the gym and he did not even give them time to say goodbye to him.

Romanoff brought out his phone as he dialed a number and it was picked up immediately.

"What do you have for me Alisa?" asked Romanoff as he walked up the stairs.

"Your plane ticket and passport to Mexico are all available, I packed them in your bag, and I am sending you a digital copy now just in case" said Alisa.

"Good, if that imbecile was as smart as he claimed, I would not have to go and help sort out his mess in Mexico" said Romanoff as he scoffed.

"I know that you are upset right now Romanoff, but there is no one else better than you to go solve the problem" said Alisa.

"What is the damage?" asked Romanoff as he walked out of the mansion to his car.

"The death of the daughter of the senate president" said Alisa as she sighed.

"Pizdets! (Damn it)" said Romanoff as he hit the hood of his car.

"How?" asked Romanoff.

"She happened to be the friend of the target, and well, she was killed along with the target" explained Alisa.

"And you expect me to go and clean up that Slovachs (scums) mess?" asked Romanoff as he got into the car.

"You are the only one who can" said Alisa.

"Don't give me that nonsense Alisa, if they wanted a clean job, they would have sent me, and not that idiot" said Romanoff as he closed his car door and he turned the ignition.

"I don't know what they want" said Alisa.

"Well I do, and I have no time for this nonsense, when is my flight?" asked Romanoff as he scoffed.

"10am, the quickest one that I could find" said Alisa.

"Who am I this time?" asked Romanoff as he drove away out the gate.

"Mickey Morris" said Alisa.

"You couldn't have thought of a less American sounding name?" asked Romanoff as he scoffed.

"Hey, I have limited identities left, you used Clark already, and also Nelson" said Alisa.

"Then you should have made a Spanish one" said Romanoff.

"You know I don't do nonsense jobs, making valid new identities is a difficult task" said Alisa.

"Whatever you say" said Romanoff.

"Just make up something, no one will care for your name anyway" said Alisa.

"You are lucky I speak Spanish, because this sorry excuse of a mission could not have come at a worse time" said Romanoff.

"Just focus on driving, call me when you reach the airport so I can inform Igor of your arrival" said Alisa.

"Don't inform that sorry excuse of an agent that I am coming to clean up his shit of a mess" said Romanoff.

"I will do as you say" said Alisa.

"And what about the trainees?" asked Alisa.

"I gave them a class assignment to keep them occupied till I return" said Romanoff.

"I will speak to you later" said Romanoff as he ended the call, and he cursed once more.