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Chapter 6

Chapter 6

BACK IN THE HEADQUARTERS

"Have you gotten anything?" Ciara asked Jason. His gaze was fixed on the screen of his laptop whilst his fingers made furious tapping noises on the keyboard.

"Nope!" He replied without shooting her a glance "I have checked all the security cameras from when he left the warehouse and there is nothing!" The tone in his voice was tinged with a stark of anger.

Ciara settled beside him and picked up a file from the table. Two days has passed since the mission was given to them, yet the mutant hasn't been spotted in their radar. They all gathered in Jason's little office in the building.

He was situated in the Intelligence department, while the rest of them were under Operations . Ciara was in awe at his technical speed with Computers. . .It surprised her more at how fast he was in hacking some hidden information on Dr Raymond Charles and Azar Ahmad—he mirrored an internet speedster, being ever so quick like the Flash!.

She skimmed through the files of Azar Ahmad, for someone that was wanted in six countries, they information in their possession was really limited as to how thin and little the file was. A recent discovery was made of his daughter, but—she was diagnosed with cancer and died shortly afterwards. The only person they had data on was his ex-wife but due to his illegal activities she abandoned him a year after they tied the knot. The woman didn't fit for a useful tool in their mission but that didn't exclude her from their radar.

"In 2009, he was involved in a bomb explosion in a small village in Afghanistan" she read out loud "Fifty people died!". The number left her stunned.

She looked up as the door was pushed open and he walked in__with a tray of coffee in his hands.

"You are back!" Selina exclaimed, picking yet another file on the table, Dr Raymond Charles was inscribed on the front cover.

"How was it?" Ciara asked.

He placed the tray on the table and sighed. His demeanor bore the result of her question.

"She hasn't seen him since the death of their daughter!" He replied, grabbing a cup of coffee. The only liquid he has drank for the past forty-eight hours.

"That was a long time ago since their daughter died in 2013" Ciara stated, her forehead creased as she thought.

"Do you think she was possibly lying?" Selina's eyes narrowed at him.

He shrugged, settling beside her.

"She didn't look interested in anything that has to do with him. She told me that she was tired of being interrogated by the police, CIA and the press because of her ex-husband" he paused, furrowing his brows "It was hard to tell though, but just to be sure, I placed some tiny spy cameras in her living room, just in case" he added grinning widely.

Selina patted his back with a smile "Good job, Agent!".

He waved it off, his gaze rested on Ciara—the file she had held her captive, her eyes trailed from one edge to another absorbing the information it had. He shifted his gaze to Jason, he too was engrossed in his laptop__ paying no attention to whatever occured around him.

A thought flashed through his mind as an idea struck him. His eyes gleamed as he asked,

" Jason, have you checked the police files for a report of a missing person or persons?".

They paused what they were doing and stared at him, each bearing the same expression. Jason thought for a moment and stared at him puzzled.

"Why would he have to check the police files?" Ciara asked, equally confused at his expression.

He let out a breath__ he had to break it down for their slow brains to catch up to his words.

“According to the files we have on it, it was seen by a couple two weeks ago during their date and they filed a police report, then the Inspector called the CIA and told us about him. Luke stated that he is a mutant according to what the First Agents they sent reported!" he paused, taking a sip of his coffee and continued "What if someone was reported to be missing at the exact time or maybe days before it was spotted? What if the missing person might be the mutant?" He beamed as he explained "If we have the information on the missing person, we might be. . .".

". . .we might be able to find its location!" Ciara cut him off, her eyes glinting at his idea. At last, she understood!.

"Jason!" He called out.

Jason was fast to act, he proceeded quickly—hacking into the Police files for reports of missing person, "I am already on it, Aaron!".

"Aaron, you are a genius!" Selina smacked his shoulder, grinning at him "Why didn't we think of this?".

He nodded his head while he took another sip of the coffee. He was a genius, alright!.

"What if he has a family and he is trying to get back to them?" Ciara asked straight-faced. Her brows furrowed as more questions hovered in her head.

"You're right! He might be on his way there as we speak!" Aaron said smiling at her,

They stared at each other for a brief moment. . .neither broke the eye contact, a little spark! A connection could be spotted between them. Selina had a strange smile on her face as she looked at them.

"Guys! I have got the police report!" Jason stated, turning his laptop for them to see "Two guys were reported missing three weeks ago, a Mr Elliot and another guy named Harry".

The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.

They looked at the pictures of the men on the screen, Mr Elliot bore a resemblance to the mutant that was on the run—they had the same color of hair and eyes while Harry had no resemblance at all.

"Are you guys noticing the resemblance of Mr Elliot and the mutant?" Ciara asked, staring at them.

"You think he is our guy?" Jason asked.

She shrugged "Maybe he is!".

" Jason could you. . ."

"I am already on it, I am checking the address of his family" he cut Selina off, he turned the laptop to his direction as he tapped the keys.

" I have got the address!" He said, a few minutes later.

"Where is it?" Ciara asked, she scooted close to him, her face was inches away from the screen.

Suddenly he got a notification. She moved back a little, giving him space to do his thing.

Jason clicked on the notification. A video clip from one of the hacked security cameras was displayed on the screen.

Peering into the screen, he let out a gasp.

"Guys! I have found him!",

"Where?" Selina asked. Shock etched their features as they exchanged glances. . .too baffled to speak.

"He is in a demolished building close to a construction site!" He said whilst zooming in on the video to get a clearer view.

"Is it close to where he lives?" Selina asked, getting on her feet.

"Nope! It is very far from it" he replied, his eyes never left the screen.

"Come on, let's go get that mutant!" Ciara stood up, heading for the door. She exited the room with Selina on her trail.

"You go ahead, I need to get something from the research Lab," Aaron stated.

Jason lifted his brows at him. A tad curious, why he had to go to the Lab.

"Okay, but come quickly!" He said, leaving the office.

Aaron exited the office and headed for the elevator.

He tapped a button it heeded to his command, he stepped in and the doors closed behind him. Pressing the third floor button, it slowly obeyed the law of gravity, drawing him closer to his destination. With a 'ding' sound, the doors separated and he ran out of it, heading for the Research Lab.

"I need some sedatives!" He said to one of the scientists he spotted as he walked in.

The lady sized him up and studied him. . .not saying a word.

"It is for a mission!" He said quickly, the suspicious look on her face didn't go unnoticed by him.

"How many do you need?" She asked, approaching the thick glass desk before her. With a slight touch of her palm on the glass, a pin code appeared on it. She tapped in the required code—one quarter of the desk split open, with a puff of white smoke, a tiny briefcase was driven upwards as the desk closed shut.

"All of it!" He tapped his hands impatiently on the desk.

She had a quizzical look written on her face. . . She didn't say much but her suspicious look said it all.

"I really need it!"

Sighing, she pushed the briefcase to him.

He winked at her and walked away. Her cheeks reddened slightly as he walked away, smitten by the sudden handsome Agent.

He was cute!.

>>>>Down at the basement parking lot, they waited anxiously for Aaron beside a black van with tinted windows.

"Where the hell is he?" Ciara asked no one in particular.

"I am right here!" He yelled. She turned to face him, her eyes narrowed at the briefcase he held.

"What took you so long?" Selina asked, approaching him.

"I just needed to get this!" He lifted the briefcase.

"What's that?" Ciara asked, staring at it .

"I got a couple of sedatives in it" They exchanged bewildered looks, their gaze rested at him for a quick lecture.

He sighed. "In case the mutant goes savage, we can slow it down with the tranquilizers!".

"Oh! Good thinking, Aaron!" Selina said "Come on, let's go".

Jason was stationed at the back of the van—booting up the monitors and monitoring the mutant's location on his laptop whilst they climbed in the van.

Aaron sat on the driver's seat, Ciara sat on the passenger's seat while Selina made herself comfortable in the back with Jason.

"I have already typed in the location on the GPS!" Jason informed Aaron as he turned on the ignition. The van lightly vibrated to life.

"Nice!" He replied and drove off from the parking lot.

Ciara checked the time on her watch, it read eight forty-five pm.

"I am gonna call the Director and tell him that we have found the location of the mutant, " she stated.

"Okay!".

"Sure!".

"Do it!".

She plugged in her earbuds, a ringing sound reverberated from it.

Luke was about to leave his office, being a few feet from the door, his phone rang__drawing his attention.

Switching it over to the plugged buds in his ear, he answered it.

"Good evening Sir, I just wanted to let you know that we have found the location of the target!" Ciara stated from the other line.

He stopped in his tracks, baffled at the information. His eyes flickered—shocked.

"Already?"

"Yes Sir, we are on our way to its location as we speak!" She replied.

He didn't say a word, the wheels in his head spun as he thought carefully. One thing was certain ‘They needed to be careful!’

"Sir?" Her voice drew him back.

He let out a breath "Call me if you need any backup!" he said. The concern in his voice was evident. They finally had to face the mutant—he can't afford to lose more Agents, they had to come back alive! He would make sure of it.

"Yes Sir!".

"And Ciara?".

"Yeah?"

With a heavy sigh, he said "Y’all should be careful out there!"

"We will, Sir!" She replied, ending the call.

He closed the door behind him, it made a tiny 'beep' sound notifying that it was locked.

He exhaled and looked at the ceiling, contemplating on two decisions__ should he go for the meeting?, or order backup for Ciara and her team. After a moment of thinking a decision was made.

He dialed a number on his phone waiting whilst it rang.

The person on the other end finally picked up.

"Hey Todd, I need backup for a group of Agents" he said,

“Alright, Luke!".

"I will send you the location soon!" He ended the call and headed for the elevator, glad at his decision.