‘As I have mentioned before: these two Subjects are our first two real Anomalies with offensive and defensive capabilities. They were the first two to pose actual harm and danger to us keeping them – one of them posed danger simply by stabbing a needle into her.’
Big Boss was not used to having his ass drilled like this. He landed this job because of his near-spotless history of pristine operations control, handled with great care and prediction that he is so well-known for. However, prediction and management can only do so much when circumstances were against him. One couldn’t execute the, one would say
evil, plans one desired if resources were so limited for him. Big Boss, putting on a show for the faces that governed his payroll and security, spoke with that façade of humility and humbleness:
‘The fact that two of them came at the same time proved even more difficult. Handling them would have been made much easier had we had more staff dedicated to us by the UN representatives’
‘Well, we’re not exactly going to be sending them now, not when security is compromised and you have an Agent gone rogue.’ The old German woman spoke with such an indifference to her tone, as if really incapable of understanding the gravity of the situation. To her side was springy, intern kid who refused to move his eyes away from his handout, terrified shitless of what he had gotten himself into.’
Big Boss’ knuckles grew white and his one assistant off to the side in the large meeting room they were in was shaking nervously – not for the outburst that would lead to a bad impression on UN – UNARM relations, but for her life: who knew what kind of power Big Boss really had?
‘Surely sending more staff would be good now as reinforcements to capture the rogue Agent as quickly as possible, unless you want the shit that goes on around here to go viral around the world.’
The intern looked up from his notes and spoke with a lively interest: ‘what shit?’
‘Leave this room now and do not speak a word of this or you’re going home,’ the old woman replied. When it was just her on her end, her face stiffened in anger:
‘You’re just as part of this as we are.’
‘My name isn’t. Yours… UN’s…. is. I need reinforcement now.’
‘They will be there in 24 hours.’
As the feed turned off, Big Boss growled in growing frustration. 24. Fucking. Hours. 24 hours for Agent Caits to escape because they can’t fucking find her in this gigantic complex with fewer people per square meter than a fucking McDonald’s.
The assistant excused herself.
‘The box won’t hold you, that’s right. It’s nothing special – hell, you could probably burn through it right now. But try that when you’re surrounded by a line of marksmen who have nothing better to do than to shoot you if you escape. Oh, and just for the added touch: before you even break through the box, here’s something for you.’
suddenly a loud, ear-piercing, high-pitched noise played throughout the box. It was the equivalent of a nails scratching a blackboard on the magnitude of a jackhammer, a concert, and a jet taking off. With Cody’s heightened senses, passive and innate as they were, this noise doubled in intense effectiveness. ‘So yeah, try. Please do. We might finally be rid of you.’
A group of office workers stood by the sides of the building, smoking and drinking their coffees when one of them came over and the others hailed and greeted.
‘Holy shit the fuck’s going on, man?’
‘The fuck do I know dude heard some Agent’s gone
“rogue” or some shit.’
The late-comer spoke: ‘just back from Big Boss’ office. Agent gone rogue, and UN’s sending reinforcements in 24 hours.
‘Shit, what are we talking about, full on army and shit?’
‘With what we’re dealing with, possibly. We’re probably looking at a full lock-down before dawn.’