He rubbed his chin. “Unfortunately not. I’m sorry.”
Guess I have to find that out on my own. “He also went on a tangent about some sort of ‘Ascension’ and us being sent by ‘The Cell’ to take him out. But I figured he was just a nut.”
Out of nowhere, Dean Dexter grabbed my shoulder in a firm grip and stared at me with wider eyes. “Are you sure he mentioned The Cell?”
“Y-Yes.” I stammered, surprised by his sudden change in demeanor.
He turned his head away. “If what you’re telling me is true then…” He looked sharply back at me. “How many others know about this?”
“Just me…” Noir had been unconscious for most of the bald scientist’s crazy ramblings.
“If what you’re telling me is true then this is very disturbing news, Adin. You can tell no one of this, do you understand?”
I hesitantly nodded. “What is The Cell…?”
He paused for a moment before speaking. “Not ‘what,’ but ‘who.’ I need time to digest what you’ve just told me. Thank you for letting me know, even if you did think it was nonsense.”
I debated telling him about the strange memory and USB drive right then and there, but the moment passed.
He removed his grasp from my shoulder. “I was planning on deploying you at a later date, but this changes things… I know you’ve just returned from a mission, but I need you to head out again.”
Already? We’d barely been back a day. “To where?”
“How do you like Korean food?”
The End!
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