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Feedback Please? Mind of An Assasin: Chapter Two 10 Years Ago I wake up to a phone call from Alonzo, reaching on the side of my hospital bed I grab my cellphone off the table. “Mr. Valdez, a pleasure to hear from you this morning” I say and for some reason I actually meant it. Why did I just say that? “Emilia! I am sure you are aware your training starts today. Once you sign your release forms, head outside one of my workers will be waiting for you. They will escort you to your training location. Good luck, I’ll keep in touch”. I couldn’t say anything before he hung up which makes me more nervous for today’s events. Approximately 30 minutes after the call I was released from the hospital. There was a man standing by the hospital entrance waiting for me. Are all his workers physically built? I wondered to myself. I saw an earpiece in his ear just like something secret service would wear. “Emilia?” he asked but standing facing forward with his crossed in front of him. I nodded my head to assure him I am the person he is waiting for. He motioned me to follow him and we entered a black Cadillac limousine.  The only information I was given during this ride is that we would be heading to Fork Stark, New Hampshire about a 2 and a half hours from Vermont. The random guy that sat in the car with me didn’t talk the whole ride to New Hampshire. So, while we drove there I had time to myself to think what I was in for. “Before we enter the facility I will need to blindfold you” the guy said to me. What reason do they have for blindfolding me? I already know the location. “Of course” I responded with a gentle smile. He pulls a black blindfold from his suit pocket and proceeded to cover my eyes. He guided me out the car into the building. We took several steps before he stood in front of me. “You can remove your blindfold now” he says with his hands crossed behind his back. When I uncovered my eyes I saw people standing in a row in front of me. Someone explain to me what the hell is going on! I cleared my throat and from the look on their faces they could probably tell I am very nervous. There were three females and five guys. I had no idea what they were here, to my guess I thought they were being trained too. “I understand we did not get a chance to formally meet when I picked you up from the hospital, so allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ralph Romero, I am Globex’s top assassin. I have successfully completed dangerous missions that qualifies me to this position of lead adviser. I have trained, equipped and educated the people you see standing behind me. They are here to guide you through your 12 week journey. Some of them specialize in specific areas we will train you on. I’ll tell you now, this process may be the hardest most intense time of your life. I do encourage you to stay strong, it isn’t like you can quit anyway.  We have four main agendas for you that consist of: Physical and mental survival training, self-defense lessons, target shooting, and physical fitness.  You will cry and you will bleed until you learn how to become a professional assassin. There are no room for mistakes, do you understand?” “Yes, sir” I replied. “Alisha Fugate will escort you to your room, there she will explain what you need to prepare for”.  The room appeared comfortable but far from spontaneous; it resembled a room inside a military base with bunks on each side just with a darker feel. “You can sleep on any one of these beds. You are the only one who will be staying here”. Giving Alisha a gentle smile I walked over to a random bed in the center of the room placing my belongings on it. “Is there anything you would like to know?” she asked. If there is one thing I know about this company already its to go with the flow and ask no questions at all about anything. “No... I... uh just want to get started with my training” I replied. Alisha folds her arms while standing in front of me, “Can I trust you enough to tell you a secret?” who me? Of course you can. “Sure! What is it?” Now I’m intrigued. “I don’t really work for Globex.” “What do you mean? If you didn’t work for Globex why would Ralph introduce me to you?” “Its simple, Ralph doesn’t know that I have been paid to spy on the major employees of the Globex Company. I’m here to get good information for my boss?” I bit my bottom lip nervously, “Don’t you think doing this is dangerous for you?” Alisha chuckled, “I live life on the edge and soon you will too!” In the distance I heard a voice call out to Alisha. She leaves me in the room alone for a while as I sit and mentally prepare myself.  Ralph approached Alisha with his hands in both pockets, “Did she buy into it?” a big smirk ran across Alisha’s face “Yes the plan worked, now you can start with the process” “Alright bring her in here, make sure you blindfold her before she enters”.  When Alisha comes back into the room, she blindfolds me telling me to stay quiet. I have no sense of where I’m going or what is surrounding me. I feel two men grab me by each arm sitting me down in a chair then strapping my wrist. My eyes are finally uncovered and the person I notice first is Ralph. This must be the first part of my training. “Do you know why you’re here? He stared me up and down. “Hmm, one of my guys over heard a conversation between you and Alisha. Now she is being investigated with no knowledge of this. What did Alisha say to you in your room?” “Nothing, we didn’t talk about anything. She just gave me a few tips for training that’s all”. “Alright” Ralph seems calm but snaps his fingers to give his workers the green light to torture me. Covering my face with a cloth, they pulled my chair back while holding the cloth down and pouring a bucket of water onto my face. I felt like I was drowning, suffocating, and choking like my life was slipping from my hands in an instant. I knew this was a test but I refuse to willingly continue this torture. Eventually after the third time they waterboard me I told them what Alisha said. With a smirk across his face Ralph shook his head, he sat at the edge of the table in the room and crossed his arms. “When we recruit new assassins the first thing we like to do is use forms of torture with them. This is not to cause harm to you necessarily. When we release you and you go out to do your job, there will be days where you may have to execute someone however sometimes we will require you to torture someone for information. Globex wants all of its employees to know what it’s like to be tortured for two reasons: you become an expert on how to torture others and if you ever were to get captured you’re already use to various kinds of torture leading to survival”. I have nothing to say so I continue to listen in the meantime my hair drips streams of water down the side of my face. “I’m sure you are well aware of what we just did. It is a method known as Waterboarding and for the most part it forces information out of a person by causing a sensation of drowning which no one likes. I’ll tell you now it gets no easier from here. The process only becomes harder, make sure you are in the right frame of mind. Untie her and send her back to her room”.  Later that night I was surprise to have a great sleep. No nightmares at all or scary thoughts this would be the usual for someone who was tortured. Yet, I can’t help the fact that I fear close to nothing anymore. I feel with each increasing day I will become better at the person they are molding me to be, it is something I look forward to.             The days that followed were extremely rough, the tormenting persisted but I grew resilient. There were a couple bruises along with soreness on different areas of my body nothing I couldn’t handle of course. Today marks the first day of self-defense training. I can’t help but feel excited, is it strange that I really feel the need to kick some a*s? All that anger I have built up from being physically punished will soon pay off. I change into my gear to prepare for the day deciding to wear black sports shorts with a purple sports bra that shows a little cleavage. Looking down at myself, I press my hand up against my stomach. Hmm not bad but I could use a little body toning. Since my hair isn’t long there was no use of trying to tie it into a ponytail instead I pushed my silky black hair back using a headband. Nigel Aragon and Darci Espino were workers of Globex specializing in self-defense courses taught to new executioners. The zone I was taken to is similar to a gym but dim and dusky. Nigel and Darci stood in the center of the floor while I was a bit off to the side. “This instruction is lengthy so due to that factor Nigel and I will be splitting the drills in half. I will be teaching the basics while Nigel will educate you on defending against common holds as well as teaching you how to do them. Time is not on our side so I would prefer if you could pay close attention and get the idea within the first few tries. Let’s get started!” Darci says. Well she’s straight and to the point whatever I want to get this over with as quickly as possible.