outside, waiting for Mattias. She was smiling a rare smile. Her target was already inside and everything was ready to go as planned.

showed up not too long after, wearing an expensive looking suit himself. He actually got pretty dressed up for this, and looked sleeked. It took him a moment to recognise Trudie, but when he did he walked

right over to her.

hums under her breath and approaches him. "You look nice tonight."

smiles. "Tak. But I think ye're the centre of attraction tonight. Those jewels really bring out yer eyes."

blinks at him, barely holding back a blush. "Thank you. They were a gift from one of my benefactors. I will have to introduce the two of you later tonight."

nodded as he looked towards the doors. He held his arm out for her soon after. "Shall we?"

holds his arm lightly. "Thank you." She starts to walk towards the door, eyeing the security a little as they went. It looked like there were two guards posted at the door and others patrolling the block.

kept his eyes straight forward, taking note of them in his peripherals. He knew there might be a chance he'd have to take them out, so he wanted to make sure he knew who they were.

hands her invitation to the guard as they walk up to the door. He checks her on the list and lets them in.

gave a nod of thanks as he kept a light grip on her arm. "So, do ye know where ye need to go?"

glances up at him. "I am planning on speaking with my benefactor. I have to thank him again." She didn't want to talk about their plans here. She walks towards the main hall, not letting go of his arm.

walked with her, following around with wherever she went. He had no hurry to do anything, since he needed to wait for her in the first place.

smiles faintly as a man approaches them and she looks up to Soren. "Ah, I'm sorry, I promised I would accompany my benefactor for a while if you will excuse me."

smiles back to her. "Not a problem." He let go of her, pausing a moment to take her hand and kiss the back of it. "Enjoy your time."

glances between him and her hand, the slight blush returning. She turns to the other man, taking his offered arm. He narrows his eyes at Soren as he leads her away.

turned and went to walk around the party, blending in as much as he could. He just needed to wait now.

chats with her target for a while, the two of them blending in to the crowd. They have a drink and small talk for a bit before he starts to lead her away from the room, putting an arm around her waist.

spent his time watching people, keeping a keen eye on everyone. He noticed her being lead away, and slowly made his way towards where they were going, though not too obviously.

lets herself be led away to another room. She locks the door behind them and he starts to make a move on her. He kisses her and she loosens his tie, using it to tie his hands together behind his back. She-

pushes him towards a chair, and pins him to it as she pulls out a gun and holds it against his head. She didn't have the time or patience to manipulate him anymore. "Tell me who the spy is."

hoped she knew what she was doing, but she seemed rather confident in her skills. If she took too long though, he'd be tempted to barge in. He respected her word though, and for now he waited.

He smirks at her, staying silent. She slaps him hard across the face. This was different from her usual tactics but she had also never had so much pressure to get specific information. She knew it was unlikely-

to get the information just by seducing him. He refuses to talk as she threatens him and she starts to grow frustrated.

slowly started to get impatient, glancing now and again to where she had left. He ran a hand through his hair, sighing quietly.

He manages to free his hands from the restraint and tries to tackle her. The two fight over the gun before he pins her to the ground. He whispers a name in her ear as he pulls the gun from her.

didn't want to wait anymore and went to find her. He pressed his ear against the door, hearing the struggle. It didn't take him long to pick the lock on the door and walk over to the male, quick to put his

gun against his head. "Let her go."

's eyes widen as she sees him arrive. He glares down at Gjertrud and smirks as he put the gun against her head, wondering who would be quicker with the trigger.

glared down at him. "So that's how ye're gonna be, eh?" He grabbed the males hair and ripped him off of Gjertrud, pushing him to the ground again after. He kept his gun trained on him, not wanting to risk it.

stares up at the ceiling, trying to calm herself before sitting up. "Tch, he was stupid enough to tell me before you walked in. Just kill him." He tries to break free of Soren's hold, cursing in Italian.

smirks. "With pleasure~" He pressed the barrel of his gun against the male's forehead, uttering a quick prayer in Danish before pulling the trigger and watching the blood start to pool around the lifeless body.

watches them and slumps a little, murmuring a little to herself in Norwegian when the trigger is pulled. She pauses before moving and grabbing her gun. She avoids looking at Soren. "...I am sorry."

smiled as he looked back to her, some blood splatter fresh on his cheek. "Why're ye apologisin'?"

finally glances at him and pauses before offering him her handkerchief. "I failed..."

licked as much blood off as he could before taking the handkerchief and cleaning the rest of his face. "How? Ye got the information ye needed. I don't see how ye failed."

tightens her hands into fists. "I said I would kill him, and I didn't. I let myself get into danger."

finished cleaning himself off and shrugged his shoulders. "Like ye said. Ye have a dangerous job, and one move could kill ye." He smiled a little more. "Ye should be happy ye're alive. Don't let this get ye

down."

nods. "And I made a mistake." She growls under her breath. "I could have ruined everything." She was worried about how Dorthe would react when she found out.

hums as he patted her shoulder lightly. "Everyone makes a mistake, Trudie. The fact is, ye're alive, and got what we needed. Just be a bit more careful next time, ja?"

glances at him and nods. "I will not fail next time... I will kill the spy."

smiles and nods. "Perfect." He tucked the handkerchief into his pocket, planning on cleaning it before giving it back to her. "If Dorthe asks I might have to tell her about what happened here. But if not, I'll

keep this event between us."

frowns faintly but shakes her head. "I do not want to hide anything from her. I will tell her. When we are done here, I will track down the spy right away. We can't give him a chance to react."

put his gun back where it was hidden on his waist. "Let's go then. No point in waitin' here."

puts her own gun away and starts for the door. "Is there anything I should do while I wait for you?"

shook his head. "I just need to clean up the mess here. I shouldn't be long. Ye could get a drink outside and I'll come find ye when I'm done, if ye want."

blinks at him. "I can clean up here. You still have other things to do and this was my job anyways. When I'm done, I'll meet you out there."

smiles. "Alright. I'll see ye in a bit then." He walked out quietly, making sure no one outside was able to see in. He went to take care of his own business, being as subtle as he could. When he wanted to he

could seem invisible.

cleans up the blood and slides the body under a table with a long tablecloth. She figured no one would look under there until the clean up from the party. As an afterthought, she pulls out his wallet, removing-

a slip of paper with her contact details on it before returning the wallet. When she is done, she makes her way back to the party and orders a drink, chatting with a few other party goers.

came to find her after a while, quietly coming up from behind and whispering in her ear. "It would be wise for us to leave, now."

nods and smiles faintly, excusing herself from a few men who had begun to talk with her. She takes his arm, still shaking a little from what had happened earlier.

smiled and apologised to the men for stealing her away. He put his hand over hers once it was on his arm as they headed out. "Ye'll be alright."

glances up at him and nods slowly. "I know. I'm just... just surprised I'm here now."

made sure no one was following them as they continued to leave. "Will ye be alright tonight?"

pauses before answering. "I'm going to try to find him tonight. We can't let him find out about what happened at the party."

nods at that. "I'll join ye then. Even if it's just in the shadows."

"Should we try to get information out of him or just kill him? I don't think he'll know anymore than I do at this point..."

shrugs. "We can try to get somethin' out of him, but if it becomes too hard, just kill."

nods slowly. "Do you know any of the newer people? I didn't recognize the name he gave me."

smirks. "Ja. Dorthe made me be one of 'em so I get to know 'em. I've been able to track down most of where they live. This should be easy..."

tells him the name. She had no idea where any of them lived so she would have to rely on him to help.

smirks more. "Perfect. I know the way. Come." He kept her arm on his as he walked.

walks with him. "That's great. This will work out perfect."

hums. "Ye should feel lucky. I'm lettin' ye get him, instead of me."

makes a small sound of annoyance. "This is my job and you already did one of my jobs today."

shrugs. "Once I kill one person, I want to go on a killin' spree. It's takin' some effort to hold back this much. And knowin' that someone else has to die makes it even harder."

...really wasn't sure how to take his occasional sadistic statements. She decides to ignore it for now as she walks.

licked his lips as he kept walking with her, turning a corner now and again to go through the alleys.

keeps an eye out as they go. She notices the building in the area all have fire escapes.

stopped outside the entrance to one house. "Here. Third floor, second door from the right."

nods and counts windows, starting up the fire escape before looking back at him. "Are you coming with?"

hums. "I'm wonderin' if I should go to the front door, and wait to see if he tries to escape."

smiles faintly. "Just what I was going to suggest. Just don't get seen."

smirks as he started in. "I'll keep an ear open, just in case somethin' happens."

nods and heads up the steps, checking inside the windows. All the lights are out and she sees a person sleeping on the bed. She quietly opens the living room window and lets herself in.

made sure he was silent as he walked to the door of the apartment. He got to the door a bit later and pressed his ear against it, just to listen in.

takes a deep breath as she pulls out her gun. She slowly approaches the bedroom door and opens it gingerly, edging into the room.

hoped that she'd be okay. He figured she was still a little shaken up from earlier, and didn't want to take another kill from her. Mostly because he din't want to make her seem useless.

even more determined to do well now though she was nervous. She moves to the bed, pressing the gun to his head. At least she didn't have to worry as much about getting him to talk.

hoped she did do well. Even if it was one less kill for him. He was starting to enjoy her company.

shoves his face against the sheets and pins him under the blankets. He starts to scream but he stays quiet when she threatens him, refusing to speak.

heard a little bit of noise, smiling a little. He quietly started picking the lock, wanting to watch this.

hears the door and freezes before remembering Soren. She shoves his face hard into a pillow, suffocating him a little before she lets him breathe again.

quietly closed the door behind him once he was in, looking around carefully so he didn't trip over anything. He could hear the commotion going on and didn't want to miss out.

He still refuses to say a word. She frowns slightly and pulls the pillow around his face tightly, figuring this would cause less commotion and less mess than shooting him.

leaned against the door frame, smirking as he watched her. He crossed his arms, not wanting to rush anything.

struggles a bit as he starts to flail but stays focused until he stops moving. She keeps the pillow in place for a bit longer before checking his pulse. Dead.

watched her in the moonlight and smirked. "Lively little creatures, aren't they? Damn rats."

glances over at him, visibly relaxing for the first time that night. "Let's look around for anything that could show he's the spy."

nods and pushed off the frame before heading to the office he had passed, looking to see if there was any obvious hints.

thumbs through some papers in the living room, looking for anything that seemed coded.

found a few things that looked a little suspicious. He grabbed them and brought them to the other. "What do ye think of these?"

looks them over. "Hmm... They look coded but we need to find a cipher. I'm sure he'd have one around here."

tapped his lip as he looked around where he had found the papers, though he doubted they'd be in the same spot.

thumbs through a few books in the office. Most of them were covered in dust and looked untouched.

sighed. "At least this guy knew how to hide things, eh?"

"If he didn't, I wouldn't have to threaten people to find him." She pulls out a well worn book and opens it with a smirk. "Oh how cliche."

glanced over to her with a bit of a smirk. "Found it? How lame."

pulls the cipher out, nodding. "Too easy." She turns to him. "I guess we've got what we need."

shook his head as he searched around just a bit more. "Ye gonna go home then?"

watches him. "If we're done."

nods. "I think we are. I was more so just askin' to make sure ye felt alright."

blinks at him. "No, I was planning on staying here, paralyzed with guilt, and wait for the police to show up."

shrugs as he headed for the door. "Ye'd be surprised, really. Some people are weird out there."

walks with him. "I'm not like that. He's not the first I've killed and he won't be the last."

shakes his head. "I figured as much. I just didn't know if ye'd be able to sleep on yer own or anythin'."

didn't know about that. She wasn't really planning on getting any sleep. "I will be fine."

nods at that. "If ye insist. I can walk ye home, in that case." He got to the front door and opened it quietly for her.

steps outside. "Thank you." She stays quiet as she walks.

nodded and followed beside her as he closed the door. He hoped she was actually okay.

would be fine but she was drained from everything that had happened.

kept an eye around them, to make sure they weren't being followed. "Ye gonna go talk to Dorthe tomorrow?"

nods slowly. "First thing in the morning."

nodded at that. He stopped where her house was, or at least where he was lead to last time she brought him here.

hesitates before continuing to walk. "It's a little further..."

smirks a bit as he raised his brow. "I had a feelin' this wasn't where ye were exactly." He picked up his pace again.

hums faintly. "I don't usually let people know where I live."

nods. "Smart move. M'glad really, shows ye think things through more."

walks up to her apartment building and glances back at him.

smirks a bit and nods. "Have a good and safe night then, Trudie."

hesitates before starting for the door. "Good night."

waves a bit. "Godnat." He watched her a bit before turning to head away. He wanted her to be okay.

steps inside. She would be okay for the night, though she would not get any sleep.

hoped that she would, but knew she had quite a scare earlier. He wandered the streets, not feeling tired and wanting to fulfill his need to hunt.

changes out of her dress and puts it away before laying across her bed, sighing as she stares at the ceiling.

hoped for her sanity that she'd be able to get past this event...

had been in bad situations before.

had imagined. He still hoped for the best.

wouldn't let it get her down for too long.

glad for that.