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eyes. He did not like to think how it must feel to be imprisoned within one of the suits, and his sympathy for the man’s plight almost outweighed his need to control the situation. Almost.
“You have been witness to an attempt on my life,” said Neal, trying to help the man calm down through the stolidity of his stare, locking eyes with his. “We have no reason to think you were involved, but we are going to need to question you. If you are innocent, you will not be harmed. You have my word on that.”
But as Neal said this, he realized he had no idea how they were going to manage this situation from here. He glanced at Minnie, as if to say, what do we do now? They were in the middle of one of the most well-monitored places on Earth. Indeed, there were cameras on them even now, cameras relaying what must be a very strange-looking sight indeed.
But the answer to his question was even now approaching, along with the man Neal had inadvertently dispatched to stop her.
Ayala: ‘neal, i am here. switch to subspace comms, i don’t want any more of this on record should anyone be able to hear us.’
Neal turned to her. She was standing to his side, staring at the two men. Neal went to explain the situation but Ayala stopped him.
Ayala: ‘don’t worry, neal. minnie has already given me a full update and i have reviewed her actions during the entire event. i have to say it all went very well, considering.’
Neal: ‘went very well! ¿how the hell do you figure that?’
Ayala smiled at his indignation, turning to face him even as she spoke with her mind, her mouth staying eerily still.
Ayala: ‘yes neal. very well. we provided the suits as an enticement, and in the process seeded the entire compound with eyes and ears for minnie and i to watch with. eyes and ears that will return with these delegations to their home countries and continue, we hope, to pay dividends. most of our allies still have no idea as to the inner-workings of our communications network, and i intend to keep it that way.’
Neal turned to the innocent Korean soldier and knew that meant the man was going to have to come with them for longer than he had originally thought. But how were they going to get them out of here?
Even as he thought it, the answer was also arriving, one of Ayala’s team bringing her two helmets which she handed the two soldiers.
Though one was unconscious and one was insensible, the two men’s arms nonetheless reached out and took the helmets, placing them on their heads.
Ree’s face flashed with a renewed wave of terror in the moment before his face and head were covered, and he was sealed into his mobile sarcophagus.
“I’m sorry,” said Neal, quickly, feeling for the poor man, “this will not be for … long, I promise.” He didn’t know whether the man had heard him, and he looked most uncomfortable as the two helmeted men eerily turned and walked off down the corridor with Ayala’s assistant. Ayala looked at Neal while he watched the possessed guards depart.
Ayala: ‘i am afraid that is a promise you are not going to be able to keep, neal.’
He returned her gaze, a flash of indignation coming over his features that was quickly matched by a far more implacable expression on the face of his security chief. He calmed himself, then nodded resignedly and turned to Jim.
“This will require explanation,” Neal said to his chief of staff.
“Yes, it will,” said Ayala aloud. “Jim, I think it would be wise to start thinking about how we are going to broach this subject with the Korean delegation, as we are, of course, going to have to tell them something before they leave and see their guard detail is missing.
“That said, hopefully I will hopefully have more information for you before the end of your session, so Minnie, if I could ask you to keep me apprised of their progress and I will make sure you know whatever I discover before the meeting wraps up.”
“Wait, wait. Are we really going to just
“You have been witness to an attempt on my life,” said Neal, trying to help the man calm down through the stolidity of his stare, locking eyes with his. “We have no reason to think you were involved, but we are going to need to question you. If you are innocent, you will not be harmed. You have my word on that.”
But as Neal said this, he realized he had no idea how they were going to manage this situation from here. He glanced at Minnie, as if to say, what do we do now? They were in the middle of one of the most well-monitored places on Earth. Indeed, there were cameras on them even now, cameras relaying what must be a very strange-looking sight indeed.
But the answer to his question was even now approaching, along with the man Neal had inadvertently dispatched to stop her.
Ayala: ‘neal, i am here. switch to subspace comms, i don’t want any more of this on record should anyone be able to hear us.’
Neal turned to her. She was standing to his side, staring at the two men. Neal went to explain the situation but Ayala stopped him.
Ayala: ‘don’t worry, neal. minnie has already given me a full update and i have reviewed her actions during the entire event. i have to say it all went very well, considering.’
Neal: ‘went very well! ¿how the hell do you figure that?’
Ayala smiled at his indignation, turning to face him even as she spoke with her mind, her mouth staying eerily still.
Ayala: ‘yes neal. very well. we provided the suits as an enticement, and in the process seeded the entire compound with eyes and ears for minnie and i to watch with. eyes and ears that will return with these delegations to their home countries and continue, we hope, to pay dividends. most of our allies still have no idea as to the inner-workings of our communications network, and i intend to keep it that way.’
Neal turned to the innocent Korean soldier and knew that meant the man was going to have to come with them for longer than he had originally thought. But how were they going to get them out of here?
Even as he thought it, the answer was also arriving, one of Ayala’s team bringing her two helmets which she handed the two soldiers.
Though one was unconscious and one was insensible, the two men’s arms nonetheless reached out and took the helmets, placing them on their heads.
Ree’s face flashed with a renewed wave of terror in the moment before his face and head were covered, and he was sealed into his mobile sarcophagus.
“I’m sorry,” said Neal, quickly, feeling for the poor man, “this will not be for … long, I promise.” He didn’t know whether the man had heard him, and he looked most uncomfortable as the two helmeted men eerily turned and walked off down the corridor with Ayala’s assistant. Ayala looked at Neal while he watched the possessed guards depart.
Ayala: ‘i am afraid that is a promise you are not going to be able to keep, neal.’
He returned her gaze, a flash of indignation coming over his features that was quickly matched by a far more implacable expression on the face of his security chief. He calmed himself, then nodded resignedly and turned to Jim.
“This will require explanation,” Neal said to his chief of staff.
“Yes, it will,” said Ayala aloud. “Jim, I think it would be wise to start thinking about how we are going to broach this subject with the Korean delegation, as we are, of course, going to have to tell them something before they leave and see their guard detail is missing.
“That said, hopefully I will hopefully have more information for you before the end of your session, so Minnie, if I could ask you to keep me apprised of their progress and I will make sure you know whatever I discover before the meeting wraps up.”
“Wait, wait. Are we really going to just
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