December 31st, 2032
Chapter 9 (December 31st, 2032)
“It is Time”
Over the next ten years, Johnathan Bennard became one of the most successful men on Earth. Many articles were written about the lottery winner that could do no wrong. Even while he was losing money in one area, he was recuperating those losses elsewhere. Young entrepreneurs loved him and wanted to be like him. The older more seasoned power-seekers, those were the individuals he needed to worry about and who worried about him.
“We did a study on him five years ago. What has changed?” one of the men sitting at the table in an undisclosed location in Washington D.C. said.
“Our security assets are losing track of him more and more. Let me explain: he travels, ends up where his itinerary says he’s supposed to be and then disappears for hours. We believe he might have been successful,” a second man said.
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` “Successful?” A woman cloaked in shadows said questioningly. “Are you telling me that you believe he has a working wormhole?”
There was silence for a moment, then the first man to speak said, “Yes.”
“Response?” she asked
“Terminal,” he said.
“Agreed,” said the second man to speak
“Agreed,” said the last man in the room
“Send in the asset. If he leaves his home tonight, Angel Fire is authorized,” She said.
“Yes Ma’am,” the first man said.
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The people around the table dispersed, calls were made, and each transaction was traced. Thor and Johnathan now had a name. Thor accessed the satellite that was Angel Fire and took steps to ensure Johnathan’s safety. He also kept track of the chain of calls that went out to relay orders to the asset. After some data mining, He found the asset's true name and identity as well as his personal history which he relayed to Johnathan. The asset’s motivation was simple, he was being paid an exuberant amount of money to perform a task he had no moral issues with. It might be interesting to witness events from that perspective. Learning about humanity was still one of his primary functions after all. As he had done many times in the past Thor designated a portion of himself to monitor and report on the movements and actions of one specific human.