Safehouse, CIA
West Berlin
6:00 a.m

A slight light goes through my closed eyes so I have no choice but to wake up.
Someone's come to get my ass out from the bed, I bet it's Hudson, or Woods.
"Bell, wake up." - someone says near me.
"Give me five minutes." - I reply with my still closed eyes.
The light becomes more intense, this person wants to catch my attention.
I put my pillow on my head, so I can rest better in the dark.
After some minutes, when I almost fall asleep, the man calls me again.
"Bell."- there's something sweet in his voice.
It cannot be Hudson and neither Woods.
Because Hudson hates me and Woods has a different accent.
So, who is it?
The curiosity wins and I raise my head.
When I open my eyes the light isn't that bright as I thought, it comes from a candle.
I feel so tired and I wanna go back to sleep but I want to know.
The big figure appears blurred for a while but when I focus his image I gasp.
"Adler! What are you doing h-" - but suddenly I remember what happened this night.
The nightmare.
The wine.
His hands around me.
The kiss.
The scar on Adler's face follows his smile.
"Do you remember?" - he asks a little embarrassed.
"I- I remember."
He's lying down on my bed on his right side.
"You're not wearing your glasses." - I ask suspicious.-" I'm joking."
"I'm not wearing my shirt neither." - he laughs.
Wait, I don't remember this part.
He wore it this night.
I look around and notice two shirts and some other clothes on the floor.
"We didn't, did we?!" - I ask perplexed.
"What? Oh you mean..." - Adler says with a smirk." I don't remember, we were too drunk."
My checks are in fire and I cover my body till my head with the blanket.
"Oh, c'mon Bell." - Adler chuckles. "We barely remember it."
He takes off the blanket from my head so I put my hands on my face.
It can't be real.
We were only friends like... some hours ago, and now we're in bed together.
My nightmares didn't come tonight tho.
Was it because of alcohol or- him?
When he was around I felt thousands of butterflies in my stomach and I didn't know why. I never felt something like that.
My life was full of lost and destruction, I didn't have time neither for friendships.
Now everything is clear: I felt so many emotions because I'm in love with him.
But is he in love with me?
It's too early to talk about this, we have many other things to worry about, like Perseus, the cold war, the missions...
"THE MISSION!" - I exclaim remembering about today.
I jump off the bed and start dressing up.
Fortunately our conversation slides from what we were talking about.
"Chill, Bell." - says Adler. "We have like..." - he looks at his watch" thirty minutes before the take off."
"Oh, right. But... hurry up. Hudson can't see you going out from my dorm."
The last thing I want is to be hated more than now.
Adler comes near to me and caresses my face with an hand.
"He won't."

The Zakarpatska Oblast
Ukraine, USSR
February 27 1981
11:00 p.m

The branches of the trees are covering my view from the ground. But I can still see the dark blue sky.
The light of moon hits everything around so we haven't to use strong torches and the darkness covers us from the enemies' eyes.
A chopper flies above us but I know we are save: they can't see us because of the woods.
When I took position and waited for a sign my head kept remembering about Adler.
I have so many questions but they come after everything: duty first.
It happened so fast and I still can't believe we kissed each other and what we did next...
I'm sure he only wanted to have fun, how can he be interested in me?
He said he likes me so much because we have many things in common, that's true, and after the alcohol's effect disappeared this morning he still acted like tonight.
But when we the others are around he acts like we're only friends, and we can't be only friends after that, can we?
Of course he wants to hide our relationship, or whatever it is.
I was curious to ask but the mission started and we immediately took the fly to Ukraine.
So now I'm in the middle of the forest, waiting for a sign.
I can feel his hands around my waist, his fingers running on my scar...
"I'm not picking up any extra chatter. You're in the clear, Woods." - Park says on the radio.
I stop spacing out and focus on the mission.
"Copy that,Park. Stay on comms. Keep Mason and Adler on standby." - Woods replies standing behind a tree.
When I hear the name 'Adler' my heartbeat increases.
Stop it, Bell.
I clean my little ax and take my sniper.

"Let's go." - Woods starts to walk.
The atmosphere is nice: there are a lot of plants and white flowers.

We crouch under a fallen trunk covered by ivy.

"The base in just over the next ridge. Get in, learn what you can, and get out." - Park informs us.
We continue to follow the pathway.
"Shit, Park. I'd planned to stay a while. See the  gulag."
"Do that after we learn what Perseus has planned." - she replies.
The woods ends and we arrive on the end of the road with giant rocks on each side.

"I guess we're on a mountain." - I tell. "That's a good point."
I move a branch in front of me and see a breathtaking view.
We can observe anything from up here.
"Look at that monster." - Woods encourages me to go near the board.
I notice a giant grey construction, surrounded by Russian soldiers and flying choppers above.
There are also a lot of flashlights and the moon, wich complicate our intrusion.

"It won't be easy going down there." - I observe.
"Reds could be hiding anything inside."
Woods really wants to find out their secrets.
"Snap a picture. Ops will want to see this."
I take a shot with my camera as Woods suggested to the misterius construction.

It's so massive that I feel powerless and makes me dizzy.
"Right. Time to get our hands dirty."