She goes to the location

Valerie arrived at the location, her weapons holstered. She saw Anya, standing behind Hawk, gun pointed at him. "I'm here.", she said.

"Good.", replied Anya. "This is a scenario you might face out in the field. Your handler is held hostage by a hostile. You have a choice - surrender to save his life, or take this chance to secure your target."

"If you want your handler to stay in the exercise, you must take something off. If you don't, I shoot him and you're blind for the rest of the exercise. What do you choose?"

Valerie sighed. Anya already had the information advantage - she couldn't afford to lose Hawk. Besides, something inside her just didn't agree with sacrificing teammates for a mission.

She undid the two holsters on her legs, letting her gun and knife fall to the ground. She undid the button of her cargo pants, squeezing out of them until they were at her knees. She took off each leg at a time before dropping the trousers on the floor in front of her.

"How noble of you.", replied Anya. "Nice stockings, by the way. Let's see how you feel about sacrificing your modesty to protect your teammate once you're naked."

She outstretched her hand, motioning for Valerie to give her the pants lying on the floor.

Valerie noticed she had taken her eyes off Hawk. She looked at him, and their eyes met for a brief moment. He nodded ever so slightly. She bent down, grabbed her cargo pants and threw them in Anya's direction. She made sure to do it in a way that the pants would unfurl, blocking Anya's vision for a brief moment.

In that fraction of a second, Valerie grabbed her pistol lying on the ground. She rolled to the side and fired a shot, hitting Anya in the stomach right as she caught the garment.

"What the hell...", said Anya.

"This was a hostage situation, remember? The contest wasn't paused when I took off my pants. But now that I've hit you, it's paused until you take off your top.", replied Valerie, smiling.

"Nice shot.", said Hawk to her, winking. She blushed a little at the compliment. He turned to Anya, saying "Sorry, boss, but she's got a point.", before running away, disappearing in the distance.

"You're more clever than I gave you credit for.", said Anya, before taking off her tank top. She put both of their garments on the floor, before lighting them on fire.

"You've got 1 minute.", said Anya, as she took off.