Still Leading Everything

 

Fluffy Mickie Albert

Back when I was training to become a KGB officer, there was a two-part course which we had to undergo before we could become certified.

Although we did learn a few things during this course, it was one of those experiences which weeds out individuals from a group as opposed to building up the group.

The course had a 50% drop-out rate, and only the over-achievers were ever recommended to it in the first place. I had gone into the course on my own accord as a mere KGB agent, so everybody was expecting me to fail from the very beginning.

The first part of the course was six months, and the first three months were a joke.

We literally just reviewed basic protocols which basic KGB agents had to follow, whilst being in perfect learning conditions (8+ hours of sleep a night, all the food you could want, alcohol here and there, etc).

From the very start of the course, there was one guy who just shined right through everybody else. I am going to conceal his name because countless people have been googling my name attempting to learn everything about me, and I just googled this man, and he was one of the first search results. So let’s just call him “Vova”.

Now, regular protocol for KGB agents was mostly based on the individuals liking. Unlike how many people suggest, the USSR actually valued agents who could accomplish certain tasks while thinking freely on their own accord. After all, overseas, you are not going to have any help available the majority of the time.

Vova was the perfect agent. He was sharp, athletic, and he had a far more extensive education than anyone else in our group did.

Me? Good ‘ole Mickie had already failed three protocol tests by the first week of the course. I was in decent shape because I had just gotten out of the army two years prior, and although I would not go as far as to say that I was stupid, I certainly was not sharp either.

I was literally at the bottom of the depth chart.

Gradually over the course of the six months I had mastered all of the basic protocols, passed all of the tests necessary to advance to the next stage, and had even made it the top five on the physical fitness depth chart.