Page 10 of Mysterious Teacher : Arrival
“This is going to be all too simple. We just have to knock on the door, give them some sob story and they’ll let us in of their own accord. That’s the way it is out here. Trusting. Way too trusting. You have to remember; these people are civilians, not soldiers. Besides, they’ve become so cocky since they think they won this war. They can’t even imagine having the wool pulled over their eyes by a couple of Russian spies.”
Igor chuckled, amused by his own view of the situation. “We’ll take that house and everything that’s in it, only this time, they’ll never get it back. Once we set up our headquarters especially in such an All-American setting, nothing will ever stop us.”
They hurried to the house that became clearer with every step.
“There’s a wall around the house.”
“I can see that,” Igor said, undeterred. He looked to the left then to the right. “The wall only goes for a few hundred feet or so. It’s meant only to keep vehicles from entering. Come on.”
They ran to the far end of the wall and easily slipped into the yard of the house.
“Look,” Boris said as he slapped Igor with the back of his hand. “Up there where the light is on. A young girl.”
“Harmless,” Igor said as he looked up into the striking red room. “Just a harmless little girl. No other lights appear to be on. Might that young girl be alone in this massive house?”
“I’ve had my eyes on these windows since first spotting the house. I haven’t seen any signs of life other than from this very window.”
“Well, let me prove you wrong again,” Igor said. “Look.”
“Damn. Another woman.”
“Her mother, maybe.”
“Or an aunt,” Boris added. “Actually, she looks like she could be an older cousin. Or maybe just a friend. Or maybe even a...”
“Oh, Boris! Who the hell cares? All that matters is that we are faced with two easy targets. Two feeble, useless females. Look at them going about with their silly occupations. What do you think they’re doing up there? Building effective weapons? Conceptualizing the next strategic military move? No. They’re up there doing some silly crap like embroidering pillowcases, reading poetry or playing checkers...because we all know that females are useless at playing a real man’s game like chess.” He turned his head to spit out his disgust.
“That’s why we don’t have any females in our most high-ranking power!”Boris said.
“All people are equal, but some are more equal than others,” Igor echoed.
They slowly and carefully approached the front door.
“This is going to be a piece of cake,” Igor muttered.
“Yes,” Boris said. “And I’m the one who’s going to take that piece of cake. You just watch. I’ll handle these females like the proud communist soldier that I am.”
Igor looked at him with skepticism. “Are you certain you can take care of this?”
“Damn, Igor. If a real man like me can’t handle a simple woman and child, then I’m not worth the hammer and sickled tattooed on my shoulder.”
“In that case, I’ll watch with glee.” Igor took a step back while Boris walked to the front door and knocked.
