The next morning the agents found themselves in the briefing room. As they entered and found a seat, Director King opened, "Good morning agents, I trust you are well rested." He himself had not slept well and it reflected slightly in his appearance. "Normally I would have a member of staff do this but, as a formality for your first mission, I have elected to brief you this morning." King had in fact been trying to involve himself with some of the more day to day activities of a government agency. He had been cooped up in his office for far too long and needed to do something other than paperwork.
He stepped up to the podium and pressed a button causing the screensaver behind him to flash off and images of an old factory to appear up on the screen.
Some would remember that these were the same photos visible in the Communications room.
"Six days ago we received multiple reports of identical cowboys committing petty thefts and other small crimes in the south of England. Five days ago they spread to most of Western Europe. Three days ago our first murder happened in the U.S. Yesterday one of our agents intercepted one of these "C.A.R.L" units. Recovered from the body was a variant of micro SD that we traced back to the building you see here."
He paused and handed out a mobile device to each member. "This will allow you to contact hq. You can also view intelligence we have on any of your foes."
The image zoomed out to show a map. The factory was situated in the city of Birmingham, England. "We need you to infiltrate the building and try to shut down production of these machines, apprehend the man behind this and shut down any active units around the world. We have clearance to act from British parliament on the condition that we allow Miss Marberry to join our ranks." He turned slightly and nodded in her direction, "Welcome."
"Mr Wu, I understand that you can teleport your team to Manchester. You will all be transported to Birmingham by road. It should take a few hours maximum. I won't bore you with the exact route."
"Accompanying you on this mission will be one of our more experienced agents, Codename: Railgun. I have instructed her to keep back mentor you, but she will step in if she is needed."
"Do we have any questions?"