Previously on Double Life

"I asked how you knew Russian." Leonard says.

"College." I reply.

A few hours passed, yet we were all still talking, and playing video games.

"It was really nice to meet you Katherine." Penny says, giving her a hug.

"Yeah, you to." Katherine says back, breaking the hug.

"You're a very fun person to talk to." Bernadette said.

" So, how long are you staying here? Not that it's a problem, because I don't mind that you're here, I mean girls smell nice, and stuff, so I don't mind at all, you can stay, I'm going to stop speaking now." Leonard ranted.

"Smooth." Said Howard.

"Thank you Leonard. But hopefully not long, a couple of days maybe." Katherine replied uncertainly.

"Katherine can take my room, I'll take the couch." I said.

Katherine looked at me as if I grew another head, "Absolutely not, you can't give up your bed for me."

"Non negotiable." I said, without further argument.

"Fine." Katherine said.

"Right." Leonard said awkwardly, yet amazed that Sheldon would actually give up his bead for anyone.

"Oh my god, it's so late, Howie and I should get going." Bernadette said.

"You guys are my ride, so I guess leaving too." Raj said.

"I must depart as well. It's been a fun night." Said Amy.

The four of them left together before Penny said," Well I have a morning shift tomorrow, so I better get going. Are you coming Leonard?" My heart hurt at the idea of Leonard spending the night with Penny.

"Yeah, bye guys." Leonard said as they left the apartment, and went to Penny's.

"Your friends are pretty cool, yet quirky." Katherine said.

"Yeah, but they all have good hearts." I said.

"You know, you're an amazing actor, pretending as if you're an OCD asexual nut." She said.

"You get used to it." I replied with a smile.

I then continue to say," Let me show you to your room."

I take her to my bedroom, where she looks impressed by the umber of comic books. "Nice." She says.

"I have to change." I say, taking of my shirts.

Katherine stares at my now shirtless chest, and traces her finger along some of my scars.

"I remember these." She says tracing the ones running down my arms.

Flashback

Four years have past since I have begun my training. Everyday after classes I would be picked up, and taken to the base. I would start with Russian classes, and then I would go on to tactics. From then I move on to tactics, then survival, then weapons, then finally hand-to-hand combat. Katherine taught me all of those, she was my mentor. That was my daily schedule everyday for four years.

By the end of the four years, I was fluent in Russian, I could use various weapons, I was black belt in several fighting styles, and I easily past the mission simulations. Not to mention I was already working on my second doctorate. I was a seventeen year old protégé. It helped that Katherine was half Russian, and knew the slang as well formal Russian. Apparently she spent a year there on a mission, and her given name was Katerina Sokolov.

It didn't take long for Katherine and I to become best friends. All we had was each other. I was hours away from my family, and everyone at the university was too old. Katherine had no family, and was to busy for friends. We were family. Plus, the past four years haven't been easy for us.

She told me all about her previous missions, and she even shown me her various scars. Throughout the years, I even collected a few of my own. My missions weren't exactly a walk in the park. I even had to spend a semester in Germany, posing as an international professor.

My current mission was with Katherine. We had to track down a Russian mobster by the name of Andrei Semenov. He was a big time mobster currently hiding down in Miami. Katherine was asked to come since she knew Florida better then anyone, most of her training was done there. We had to spy on him, go undercover, and see what he was up to. That was it. Come back to base and report, it shouldn't have taken more then a week. It helped I was on summer break, they didn't let me take summer courses. Little did I know, it wouldn't be that easy.

We were known as Elena and Stefan Petrov. Or as they called us, the street siblings. Our covers were two petty criminal street kids from Russia, who jumped on a boat coming to Miami. There we heard about the gang and asked to join. After an interrogation, a very extensive background check, and an initiation, they welcomed us in. We were forced to pickpocket a few people and hijack a few cars and bikes, to prove our skill. Andrei seemed impressed, and made us the guards. We were given guns, and asked to watch the doors.

We are currently outside warehouse down in Miami Beach, situated next to the door. Andrei didn't trust us enough to listen in on the important business meetings. It's been almost three weeks, and we don't have enough information to go back to Texas.

Andrei opened the door and said, " Elena, Stefan, come on in."

We followed obediently, and quickly scanned the room. Andrei brought us to a table where the American mobster leader was waiting. Katherine looked at me, and we had the same thought. What the hell. This was not supposed to happen. Daniel barely let us spy on the Russian mob alone, yet here was the American and Russian mob leaders in one place. I remember learning about them back in Section 8. They were said to be allies, the American was know as Jack Riles.

"Who are these kids?" Asked Jack.

"They are my new security." Said Andrei.

Jack barked out laughing at the idea. Wiping away tears, he asked, "You're kidding right? These are the amazing guards you talked about? What can these kids do?"

Katherine smirked and replied, "I can kill you in under two seconds."

"Yeah right." Jack said.

In less than two seconds, Katherine had a gun against his head, "Boom." She said, removing the gun.

"Let us move on to the topic at hand please. Tell these two kids why they're here." Andrei said.

"Right. The reason I have called you all to my country is because, I have located the sapphire of truth. It is right here in Miami. As you know, the sapphire of truth is a grand gem, estimated to be worth about 75 billion dollars." Jack said.

"And why do you need my sister and I?" I asked feigning a fake accent.

"Andrei told us you were the best in the business, so I need you help to steal it." Jack answered.

Andrei looked mad, apparently this was news to him, "Excuse me! You cannot use my guards to steal a diamond for you. I'm already in enough trouble here in the U.S.A."

"Relax Andrei. I give these two all the information needed, and we split the profit 75/25. With me getting 75 percent of course." Jack said.

"Absolutely not." Andrei said determined.

"Very well. Remember, I did ask you nicely." Jack said.

Jack got out a phone, and dialed a number, "Now."

In a second, dozens of armed men came barreling through. Andrei quickly ran through a hidden door, but Katherine and I were surrounded. We were forced to surrender. The men grabbed and blindfolded us. We were thrown into a car, and drugged.

I woke up to the sound of Katherine screaming. We were chained to a wall, only in our under garments. Jack was cutting into Katherine's skin with a knife, blood dripping everywhere.

"Now will you work for me?" Jack asked.

Katherine looked at him, and spat blood at him," Never."

Jack laughed, "Then I will move on to your brother, who finally decided to wake up."

Jack came up to me and said," So, will you work for me."

I reply by laughing in his face and saying, " We will never work for you."

"Fine then." Then he drags his knife down my stomach, then my arms. I scream in pain, but I quickly stop, not wanting to give him the satisfaction of my pain.

"Wait, stop. I'll do it. I'll steal the diamond." Katherine says.

"What are you doing?" I ask her in Russian.

Jack turns to her, and says, "Finally, all it took was a little persuasion."

He got the keys and unlocked on of the chains on Katherine's hand. By the time he was going to threaten her if she tries something it was too late. She already grabbed his knife and keys, and stabbed him in the head. Jack instantly fell to the floor. Katherine quickly used the keys and unlocked her chains, and helped me get out. I was silent and in shock. Jack is dead. I quickly shook the fear away, and put on our clothes that Katherine found. She opens the door to the warehouse we were stuck in, and we ran. We didn't stop till we were miles away from the warehouse.

I quickly hotwired a car, and got in the passengers seat, as Katherine drove back to Texas. We stopped in Louisiana for some food, and new clothes, since ours were blood stained. The wounds still hurt, and were still bleeding. I stole a black long sleeve to cover the wounds on my arm.

After we stole some new clothes, we made our way back to Texas. Little did I know that was only the first time I would meet Andrei.

End of flashback

" That mission in Miami was doomed form the start." She said.

"Yeah, but who thought it would end up with me having to wear thermal long sleeved shirts my whole life, so I wouldn't have to explain my scars."

"Have you ever considered, telling your friends about who you really are?" She asked, still tracing my scars.

"No." I replied.

"Not even Penny? Sheldon, you love her. If you are ever going to win her, you have to tell her at some point." She said, removing her finger from my skin.

As I put on a shirt, I reply, " I'm never going to win her. She's my best friends girl. She loves him, he loves her."

"So you'll never tell anyone about your life? Not even Penny?"

"Our life is dangerous. We have multiple enemies, multiple aliases. We kill people for a living. Our enemies find our weakness, they will use it against us. We are never safe. I can never put someone I love and care about in that kind of danger, they deserve to be safe. We know too much about how corrupt our world is. My family and friends deserve to be left to their innocence. I will never put their life in risk, because I can't keep a secret."