"Took you long enough." Bagration grumbles as she walks out the door - failing to hide the jealous blush on his face as Uranus steps out a moment later. "Time to go. We don't want to piss off
Mama." Uranus growls, back to his ice-man persona.
The journey is uneventful - Uranus seems happy not to speak much, while Bagration stares out the window, not making a lot of jokes like he usually does. Olena watches the countryside of her homeland go by. They arrive at a train station, and soon the pleasant fields of Ukraine yield to the deep forests of Russia as they make their way on a fast electric locomotive.
Lubyanks Square - Moscow, RSFSR
Looking out the window as the state car that collected them at Belorussky Station, Olena gazes at the imposing fanfare of the Lubyanka Building - the headquarters of the KGB, a place most people wouldn't dare going into, but that to her is a home away from home, however much she may or may not like it.
The car pulls into a side bay, the driver showing the armed guards there identification, quickly pulling them into a parking lot. Having done this more than once, the trio of spies relinquish their weapons and make their way to a hidden elevator, leading them directly to the upper levels of the building. As she walks, heels tapping against the tiled floor, she takes a look out at the ground level.
The team head through the offices, to a door marked
Section 10 - Alcohol and Tobacco Smuggling Unit. After a moment's pause, the door is opened and the three are ushered in by an overworked looking secretary, who gestures for Bagration and Uranus to sit, while Olena goes through. Stepping into a warmly decorated office, Olena sees her. The name on her door reads Valentina Sakova. Her real name is unknown. The head of the 'Alcohol and Tobacco Smuggling Unit', which is to say assassination, theft and global espionage.
Mama.
(Pretend she's holding a drink rather than a rubber, lol)
"I hear you had a successful mission." Mama says in her crisp, pleasant voice. "Though I also hear that Andropov escaped. Oh well, these things happen. You have the microfiche?" She holds out her hand, her keen eyes seeming to bore into Olena's skull, like she knows everything the younger woman is thinking. Olena's used to it - she's felt the pressure of those eyes since the day Mama appeared outside her Komsomol class all those years ago, whispering in dulcet tones about how much better she could serve the state and the workers in the KGB.