Chapter 7.

By 6:30 PM, the girls made it to the specified mountain and Hilt was waiting there for them, "You girls made it here pretty fast," Hilt said as he signaled them to follow him. The girls obliged and Hilt stopped at the face of the mountain. He said something in a foreign language and then tapped his cane against the ground six times. Soon, the ground below them began violently shaking and a door was opened.

"Welcome to The Null Order, your new home," Inside the door was a giant metal elevator that they walked into.

"Hilt, what's the Null Order? I thought you were teaching us independently," Medea asked which made Hilt sigh, "To be truthful, that was a rouse to get her father to let me take her here, you just so happened to be inducted as well." Hilt explained as the elevator reached its destination.

The floor they were on was a high-tech training facility with countless people walking, training, and talking. The girls were in awe for a moment before Medea returned to the conversation, "A rouse? Why would you need a rouse?" Medea asked.

"The Null Order is officially labeled as a criminal organization, we may do criminal acts but it's not like we are trying to dominate the world, unlike a specific group." Hilt said as he guided them through the training floor and got into another elevator on the other side of the floor.

"Criminal acts?! My teacher is a criminal?!" Elektra yelled in shock which made Hilt and Medea look at each other, "You didn't tell her your profession?" Medea whispered, "I thought you were gonna do that, you told her everything else."

Medea sighed and placed her hand on Elektra's back, "Elektra, Hilt is an assassin," Elektra's eyes widened in shock before they returned to normal, "I don't know why I didn't expect that. I mean, a random old man talking to my father is normal, but a random old man with a cane-sword? Yeah, I should have expected that..." Elektra said as Medea and Hilt laughed.

"How do you know my cane is a sword?" Hilt asked and Elektra shrugged, "Intuition?"

"My ass, but if you don't want to tell me that's fine. I'll figure it out later anyway..." Hilt said as the elevator doors opened again and they were on a floor full of rooms.

"This is the dormitory, where you will be living for the next few years," Hilt said. Medea looked up and smiled, "One step closer Mama, one step closer."

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"Cough! Cough!" A man with a bag over his head coughed after he was submerged in water and brought back up.

"So where is she, Hugo? I know the little bitch came to your house!" Vasileios yelled as he kicked Hugo in the stomach, "I-I won't tell you, bastard."

Vasileios pulled the bag off of Hugo's head and smiled in his face as he held his hair, "Oh you will tell me..." Vasileios's hand turned bright red and the heat was making Hugo sweat.

"Wait! Wait! WA-AAAAHHH!" Hugo tried to plead but Vasileios put his burning hand right on Hugo's face, burning the skin to unidentifiable degrees. Hugo thrashed on the floor in pain and Vasileios asked him again, "Where. Is. She. Hugo?"

"G-Go to hell!" Hugo yelled and Vasileios laughed, "Hell?! I'll show you hell!" Vasileios fired a plume of flames at Hugo's right leg, burning the skin to a black crisp.

"AAAAHHHH!! YOU FUCKING MONSTER!" Hugo screamed as Vasileios stepped on his chest, "Since I'm a monster," Vasileios charged a large fireball in his hands, "Boo!"

Vasileios let the fireball go, burning Hugo's body to a crisp, "Collect his body, we can't let him die that easily. And I want to see his daughter's face when she sees her precious daddy." Vasileios laughed as he walked out of the warehouse.

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[1 Week Later]

"HAAAA!" Elektra swung her fist at Medea who slipped under it and caught Elektra in an armbar.

"Tap out, Elektra," Medea said but Elektra punched her shin with all of her might, making Medea release the armbar, "Shit!" Medea rolled to the left, dodging a roundhouse kick from Elektra.

Medea quickly recovered and the two girls stood a distance from each other. Elektra initiated contact by trying to hit Medea with a jab. Medea blocked the punch which made Elektra open, allowing Medea to hit her in the ribs with a right hook. Elektra fell to her knees and Medea took the opportunity to catch her in a chokehold.

"Now do you give up?" Medea asked and Elektra tapped out.

"That's 10-10, we're tied." Medea said and Elektra looked at her with scorn, "Why did you hit me in the ribs so hard? Now I won't be able to sleep on this side, Medea!" Elektra complained which made Medea laugh.

"I'm sorry, I saw the chance so I took it. A real opponent won't care about which side you sleep on y'know?" Medea commented, "Yeah, Yeah, I know, but I enjoy my sleep because that demon of a teacher we have, never lets us have it!" Elektra replied.

"Yeah, aren't young children supposed to get 8 hours of sleep daily?" Medea asked and Elektra nodded, "The most I've slept since coming to this place was 4!" Elektra outraged.

"But, I don't remember being a pediatrician." Hilt said as he entered the training room, "So if you want more sleep, just get stronger, it's that simple."

"Yeah yeah yeah," Elektra said as she rolled her eyes, "I would lecture you two but right now I've come for something more, interesting..."

"Now you've got my attention!" Medea said and Hilt pulled out a piece of paper, "You two have been granted your first mission, it's in Iran. The details will be in the files in your rooms."Hilt said as he left the training room.

Medea and Elektra looked at each other before hugging each other tightly, "Our first mission! Isn't that a world record in this place? Two ten-year old's on a mission in Iran!" Elektra exclaimed and they soon left to their rooms.

On their beds was a thick file that had "Classified" in big red letters. Medea opened the file and began reading.

[Operation: Blackhawk.

Participants: Red, Blue.

Details: The U.S Government has paid for the services of the Null Order. Eliminate all targets, Ya'eesh al-Hameed, Taiseer al-Kalil, and Maajid el-Samra.]

"That was simple." Medea laughed as she went next door to Elektra's room.

"Medea, who is Red and Blue?" Elektra asked and Medea replied, "I think our codenames are by our eye color, so I would be red and you would be blue."

"Oh, I thought our codenames would be cooler like Midnight Shadow, or Wrath of Red, something cool like that," Elektra said and Medea laughed, "I think Red and Blue are cool too."

Elektra shrugged, "If you say so. I would prefer Midnight Shadow Goddess though." Medea just laughed and the two girls left to the equipment room, although Medea didn't have to.