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Authors: Jeannie Rae
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Remembering Randy words about staying unseen, he decided against leaving a message, and tried the home phone.
“ Hello... Is Kyle Swick there? Okay, do you know when he'll be back? Oh, I see. Is everything alright? Okay, then I’ll try him another time,” Junior hung up the phone and looked at Rhino with wide eyes.
“ Good call Rhino. Swick's at the hospital. His wife rushed him and their daughter to emergency about fifteen minutes ago. That was a weird call though. Lot of background noise. It almost sounded like there was someone pounding on the door and…growling.”
“ Probably just the TV or something. The hospital isn’t far, we'll be there in five,” Rhino said making a sharp right at the approaching intersection.
Junior thought about the disparity in the son’s voice, but figured that Rhino had called it. Had to be the TV. Besides, only in the movies could they make people sound that inhuman.
“ So Rhino, what's really going on here?” Junior asked.
“I was in the same room as you kid. You heard everything I did, ” Rhino stared out ahead.
“ Thank you, captain obvious. I know that we were in the same room. But you have been around this place longer, these people longer. I think you have an idea of what's going on,” Junior said snidely.
“ Captain obvious, huh? Haven’t heard that one in a while, you might want to get some new material," Rhino smiled. “Sometimes kid, it’s better not to know. The more you know—the more trouble it brings. In our line of work, it's best to follow orders and not ask any questions. That's why I have been around so long, that's why most of the security team at Angora has been here so long. We don't poke our noses where they don't belong, mind our own business and don't ask questions unless they are necessary to carry out the job.”
“ Yeah, I know,” Junior turned in his seat and looked out the window pouting as a child would.
He had heard this same speech almost word for word from a few of the others on the security team. Junior is the youngest guard on the core security team. He had been hired at eighteen, just out of school. Typically, one had to have a background of law enforcement or similar armed services to be hired as security for Angora. It had actually been a favor for one of the scientists in the Parkinson’s lab. Dr. Leonard Watts cashed in a favor with James Meadows to have his son hired. Randy obliged with little opposition, to give the kid a shot. As it turned out, Randy had been genuinely impressed by Junior’s hard work and ability to handle sensitive situations. Most of the team had been able to look past his occasional sarcastic remarks and obnoxious tendencies. After six months of relentless grunt work, Randy made him part of the elite, core team last year, taking with it, a profound level of responsibility in handling delicate issues and a more than generous compensation package.
The core team has rotating duties at Angora, just the same as the rest of the security guards. The difference being , that the core team is in place for sensitive issues that arise and to accompany the Chairman to events and on business trips. Between rival pharmaceutical companies, activists and institutions that Angora has squashed, James has many enemies. He instituted the core a few years back after two attempts on his life were made in a six month timeframe, but he found that this group of men had talents that could be utilized in other areas as well. The core is a combination of the secret service and a SWAT team, but exclusive to the laboratory. They train regularly for both protection aspects as well as the tactical. The other guards have the backgrounds to handle just about anything that comes their way, but most of what the core handles is the issues that others do not hear about. Some of the other guards speak of the core in whispers and rumors. The truth is—no one quite knows what the core does on its Training Missions except for the core and
“ Hello... Is Kyle Swick there? Okay, do you know when he'll be back? Oh, I see. Is everything alright? Okay, then I’ll try him another time,” Junior hung up the phone and looked at Rhino with wide eyes.
“ Good call Rhino. Swick's at the hospital. His wife rushed him and their daughter to emergency about fifteen minutes ago. That was a weird call though. Lot of background noise. It almost sounded like there was someone pounding on the door and…growling.”
“ Probably just the TV or something. The hospital isn’t far, we'll be there in five,” Rhino said making a sharp right at the approaching intersection.
Junior thought about the disparity in the son’s voice, but figured that Rhino had called it. Had to be the TV. Besides, only in the movies could they make people sound that inhuman.
“ So Rhino, what's really going on here?” Junior asked.
“I was in the same room as you kid. You heard everything I did, ” Rhino stared out ahead.
“ Thank you, captain obvious. I know that we were in the same room. But you have been around this place longer, these people longer. I think you have an idea of what's going on,” Junior said snidely.
“ Captain obvious, huh? Haven’t heard that one in a while, you might want to get some new material," Rhino smiled. “Sometimes kid, it’s better not to know. The more you know—the more trouble it brings. In our line of work, it's best to follow orders and not ask any questions. That's why I have been around so long, that's why most of the security team at Angora has been here so long. We don't poke our noses where they don't belong, mind our own business and don't ask questions unless they are necessary to carry out the job.”
“ Yeah, I know,” Junior turned in his seat and looked out the window pouting as a child would.
He had heard this same speech almost word for word from a few of the others on the security team. Junior is the youngest guard on the core security team. He had been hired at eighteen, just out of school. Typically, one had to have a background of law enforcement or similar armed services to be hired as security for Angora. It had actually been a favor for one of the scientists in the Parkinson’s lab. Dr. Leonard Watts cashed in a favor with James Meadows to have his son hired. Randy obliged with little opposition, to give the kid a shot. As it turned out, Randy had been genuinely impressed by Junior’s hard work and ability to handle sensitive situations. Most of the team had been able to look past his occasional sarcastic remarks and obnoxious tendencies. After six months of relentless grunt work, Randy made him part of the elite, core team last year, taking with it, a profound level of responsibility in handling delicate issues and a more than generous compensation package.
The core team has rotating duties at Angora, just the same as the rest of the security guards. The difference being , that the core team is in place for sensitive issues that arise and to accompany the Chairman to events and on business trips. Between rival pharmaceutical companies, activists and institutions that Angora has squashed, James has many enemies. He instituted the core a few years back after two attempts on his life were made in a six month timeframe, but he found that this group of men had talents that could be utilized in other areas as well. The core is a combination of the secret service and a SWAT team, but exclusive to the laboratory. They train regularly for both protection aspects as well as the tactical. The other guards have the backgrounds to handle just about anything that comes their way, but most of what the core handles is the issues that others do not hear about. Some of the other guards speak of the core in whispers and rumors. The truth is—no one quite knows what the core does on its Training Missions except for the core and
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