Settling Debts

The Jungles of Sumatra, Indonesia. Two months ago.

Valkoinen Simo pulled up her hair and put it into a bun. She then took her canteen and lifted it up to her lips. As the cool water slid down her throat a little bit slipped down her cheek and dripped onto her sweat soaked shirt. She was dressed in a sweat soaked green tank top and camouflage pants. Heavy boots and Mosin Nagant strapped across her back.

She had built up a canopy and sat in a tree, looking over the jungle. She reflected what she was doing here. No one had known where she was. At least, no one who she had contact with before hand. It didn't matter. It had been the perfect time to disappear. Her cousins had discovered her whereabouts and come to take her back to Finland. It was a place she could never return to. Her employer on the Lukretia case had told her that her services were no longer required. It was good to leave that woman behind as well. But, it seemed like she had gotten into some new trouble.

And then... There had been Rally and that English spy. AFW was crawling with people who would probably love to claim her bounty. Strangely enough, there was one girl who had entered that she had had connections with as well.. Though that girl had no clue who Valkoinen was. It seemed like Japan was a nice place for the dregs and dogs of humanity to fester.

One dog, a dog named Cass, was the one she was looking to hunt. There was a standing order for her capture or kill from the United States government. Valkoinen knew her as a sniper. She had been tasked to kill the woman's company by a scumbag commander who had sold them out for money in the Middle East. her comrades had told her to spare one. Because they understood that the man would be killed without them ever finding out. The perfect betrayal and a reduction in a few of America's best killers.

Valkoinen knew who the Black Widow was and now she wanted to show that girl exactly who the White Death was. She had left a few breadcrumbs that someone like Cass should be able to find. It wasn't about money, it was about proving a point. She pulled up her gun and looked through the iron sights. She had spent a long time setting up this trap and now she just needed to wait for the Black Widow to walk into it.

It had been a few years since Cass felt like she was on the battlefield again but after receiving hints about who had killed her teammates Cass's couldn't help herself but to try and track that son of a bitch down. Cass was in the middle of the Sumatran jungles wearing her some of her old camo fatigues as well as her usual hat but she had a camo web over it to hid herself better. Cass didn't know who or what she was looking for but she knew that whatever it was it was in this jungle. Cass had her custom sniper slung over her back while carrying a small handgun in her hand

"Goddamn, what am i doing here?" Cass said to herself as she trekked through the jungle "I thought i put all of this behind me when i fled the states." Cass said before stopping by a nearby try to take a sip of water from her canteen "No, i can't think like that. I have to find the bastard who killed my squad, so i can avenge them and put their memory to rest." Cass then put her canteen away and took out her sniper. Cass then looked through the scope to see if she could find any trace of who she was hunting, as she was completely unaware that it was her who was being hunted instead.

Valkoinen was still and silent. She could feel the persistent throb of her heart. She had still for hours. She knew Cass would be here. If it took days, months, years, she knew she would come. Cass was motivated by revenge. But what motivated Valkoinen? No one had ordered her to go after Cass. She was certain the girl would never had found her even if they had wrestled in the AFW. But something was different. Why did she decide to go on the hunt? To keep her kills sharp? To make sure she still had claws and fangs?

Valkoinen ad kept a keen eye on the rustling in the jungle grasses when suddenly she saw what was the clear glint of a scope. "A scope? Is with the being for cajniks. Dasvidanya, comrade." She whispered to herself as she held her breath and pulled the trigger. In truth, she wasn't aiming for a kill shot. Instead, she just wanted to blow the girl's hat off and expose her to the world.

Cass was still looking through her scope when she felt a familiar sensation in her chest and as he did Cass could feel her adrenaline begin to pump. Cass looked carefully through her scope until she heard something sly by her head and her hat immediately flew off of her head "Shit." Was all Cass would say as she would hit the ground and bring her rifle up to her eye "Ok, you may have got the drop on me but i won't go down with out a fight." Cass would say as she looked around the jungle.

Cass's training from all those years ago kicked back in and she immediately calmed herself as she scouted for her enemy "I have you now." Cass would say as she say some slight movement up ahead of her "I guess i better give this person a warning shot." Cass said to herself as she took a deep breath and as she exhaled she pulled the trigger as she tried to hit the ground right beside her attacker.

Valkoinen threw herself out of her position when she fired. She heard the crack of the gun and the zip of the bullet as it shaved some bark off the tree near by her. They were still a few hundred meters away but Valkoinen knew well enough that she still probably would have been shot . But unlike Cass, Valkoinen was certain that Cass' shot wouldn't have been a killing strike. She moved around the platform she had built and used a rope to slide down the tree to a waiting stockpile below. She slung an Ak-74 over her shoulder and shoved a pistol in her belt before checking to make sure her knife was still at her side and headed out.

She began to move and turned to spray a few rounds in Cass' directions with the AK. She wanted the girl to know the vicinity to approach and to know that more than a sniper's bullet was waiting for her in this little trap. In the dark jungle forest, sniping might be hard for both of them, but Valkoinen knew what she was doing. She knew these lands, she'd spent a lot of time learning them and as she continued on ward to her next spot, she knew Cass would be on the hunt. Maybe the woman was even enjoying reliving the thrill of battle.

Cass was still looking down her scope searching for her attacker "Shit, my attacker knows this jungle better than me." Cass said before diving to the ground as Valkoinen fired at her again from a different position "Damn it i have to find some cover." Cass said as she began to run towards a downed tree so she could take cover behind it.

"Ok, she may know the jungle better than me but i have a few surprises for her." Cass said as she pulled a grenade from her belt and tossed it into the jungle "I hope she brought some sun glasses." Cass said as the grenade she tossed turned out to be a flash bang grenade. After the grenade went off Cass would jump from behind her tree and run towards nearby tree so where she would set up her sniper rifle "Lets see who has the advantage now?" Cass would say as she looked around for her attacker.

Valkoinen used the trees and and the tall grass to weave in cover. Wen she turned her head to go off, she saw a flash of light go off behind her. "Nyet! Chert!" She cursed in Russian. But she continued silently to her next point. She pulled out a knapsack she had left and put down some claymore mines near the tree. She fired off her AK again and then darted towards the side. If she fell for this, then she deserved to have her life cut short. Valkoinen needed to herd the woman to a particular spot. and when she was set up she moved laterally towards her next position. A small spot behind a tree where she could watch the girl through her iron sighted. Her keen eye and Mosin-Nagant would let her keep a silent eye on Cass.

Cass weaved between the trees carrying her sniper rifle while trying her best to avoid the same path Valkoinen had used She is going to have to do better than that to get me." Cass said as she ducked behind a nearby tree before pulling out another grenade and tossing it in a random direction "Lets see if i can scare her out of her hiding spot."

Cass felt her adrenaline spike as she raced through the woods not knowing where her opponent was going to strike next or what type of trap the girl had planned for her but even though Cass feared for her life she had to admit that this really felt like old times for her. Cass quickly moved to another tree not really realizing that Valkoinen was trying to herd her towards a specific spot.

Valkoinen heard the grenade and smiled. She remained silent as it exploded and remained still. She watched her through her sights, looking to find glimpses of her moving through the weeds and trees. When she caught a glimpse of Cass moving she silently fell back, getting to her next position. There she had a a small cage with a bird in it. She pulled the bird out of the cage and fit a collar over it. She had made it out of twine and then fit a firecracker into it's neck.

She lit the long fuse and released the bird, setting it flapping into the forest. It would take a little bit of time for the fire cracker to go off, but when it did, it set off a long, loud echoing boom in the air. Valkoinen watched the jungle, not the bird through her iron sights as it exploded in the air.

Cass was sitting still behind a tree until she heard a loud boom in the air causing Cass to point her rifle skyward to see a massive flock of birds take flight "What the hell is this girl trying to do?" Cass said before taking off running as she wanted to get some distance between her and her hunter so she could try and seize the advantage.

"I have to find out where this girl is hiding." Cass said as she looked around while trying to find her hunter as Cass knew that if she remained the prey this was going to a long day for her "Ok, lets try to seize the advantage." Cass would say as she grabbed some nearby sticks and leaves and buried herself beneath them to try and hid from Valkoinen.