"...which is why, if you leave the compound and do not check in, you will be hunted and killed." Balir finished his hour long speech that was the initiation seminar. "Now, some of you may be expecting a question and answer segment. Well you'll be disappointed because I--

Balir had spotted a recruit snoozing in one of the auditorium chairs. Balir rolled his eyes. One of these days he was going to strip those seats of all the cushioning. And add spikes to the seats. He swore to God. Rubbing his temples in annoyance, Balir shocked everyone in the hall by, in one lightning fast motion, grabbing a throwing dagger from under his cloak and sending it speeding with precision at the sleeping man's leg. There was a moment of silence when the dagger found its mark.

The man awoke immediately, screaming in pain. Balir winced for a moment, then shouted over the man's agonized cries. "Oh shut up! You'll be fine; I didn't even pierce the bone!" Balir cocked his head and leaned forward to get a closer look at where the man was hit, then added, "I think."

The entire hall was watching him silently. They were obviously expecting him to kill any one of them at any moment. Balir sighed. "You may now return to your quarters, or wherever you need to go." With that, Balir turned away from the podium with a whirl of his cloak and left the stage.

As he was walking down the hall in order to get to his office, his beeper went off. He plucked it nonchalantly from his belt and looked at a computerized reminder popping up.

Reminder: Check status of LONDON, ENGLAND operative TATSUYA NARA

Balir clicked the button to remove the reminder before taking out his cell and flipping to Tatsuya Nara. He tapped the button and called, waiting for it to pick up. If the phone answers, Balir was ready to say, "Tatsuya, this is Balir. I'm going to go ahead and assume that this is a secure connection. What's the status on your target? Dead I assume."

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"I do not fear death because I was dead for thousands of years before I was alive and it caused me no inconvenience." - Mark Twain

Also, this.