Captured for Interrogation

[celestialdragon]

"I know how that is," Alexis laughed. "I capture alive, but they typically don't stay that way. I hunted animals long before I hunted people."

 

[bindingeagle]

"Anyway, back to pleasant, non work related conversation," he said. "What else?"

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis thought for a bit. "How come Tanya thought I was your girlfriend?" she asked.

 

[bindingeagle]

"She wants me to be happy, and I haven't brought anyone around in a while," he said.

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis nodded. "If you don't mind me asking, where's her mother?" she asked gently.

 

[bindingeagle]

"She died a long time ago, cancer," he replied. "With work as it it it's hard to get out and find someone."

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis nodded, her heart saddened. "I'm sorry," she said simply. She stretched in the tub.

 

[bindingeagle]

"It was years ago," he said. "Grandma is a big help. Still, I wouldn't mind female companionship."

 

[celestialdragon]

"Of course." A small smile spread across her face. "What was Nikolai like in the Academy?" she asked.

 

[bindingeagle]

"Stubborn and in more trouble with the instructors than anyone else," he said. "That's why he tolerated pain so well."

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis laughed. "Why was he in so much trouble?" she asked.

 

[bindingeagle]

"He liked playing pranks," he said. "One time he glued all of Georgia's floggers to the table overnight."

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis laughed louder, tears of mirth coming to her eyes. "Oh geez," she said. "That's good. I don't want to know how much punishment he got."

 

[bindingeagle]

"It was cold and painful," he said. "No one ever tried that again."

 

[celestialdragon]

"I can imagine! Anything else he did that was noteworthy?" she asked.

 

[bindingeagle]

He and five other guys snuck into the officers' barracks and flogged the training staff."

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis shook her head, very amused. "Somehow I just had the image that he was this studious young man who just didn't remember things, not someone who did outrageous pranks."

 

[bindingeagle]

"He tries to cover that up, memories go long around here," he said.

 

[celestialdragon]

"Of course they are," Alexis said, smiling.

 

[bindingeagle]

"Besides, he's teaching now. do you really want that kind of thing getting back to people who might want to one up you? He's a legend."

 

[celestialdragon]

"I think the punishments will prevent people," Alexis said dryly. "I did a few pranks while training myself, but nothing like that. Well. . ." She chuckled. "Except once."

 

[bindingeagle]

"What did you do?" he asked, "I couldn't see you doing anything to bad."

 

[celestialdragon]

"I sneaked into the Director's office and superglued everything to his desk, then left jelly beans all over the place," Alexis said, smiling at the memory. "Left a note that said, 'Beware the Ides of March'."

 

[bindingeagle]

"Did he ever figure out who did it?" he asked. "That's not too bad."

 

[celestialdragon]

"Yes, yes he did, considering that I am a Shakespeare nut," Alexis said, shaking her head. "Although it took him five hours to unglue his phone so he could scream at me. It was glorious. Except the punishment was bad, obviously no one else did it again."