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mind found Kay's again. He passed along all the data he had recorded during his time on the SHIP submarine and on his current situation. Kay dug through the contract he had signed and found it to be acceptable. It looked solid from a legal standpoint, though she would have to cross-reference other similar cases to be certain about that. She brought up the base scanners when they came online to assist with the analysis of the SHIP agents. A camera feed from the one watching the door tagged the two there as Stone and Spark, a subnote with their actual names, and a second with their powers and suspected levels.
[Red Flag: Banned user in base. Action?]
A second camera feed dominated Anansi's vision, one watching him and Mantis. It stated that based on collected information, that Mantis, or Uso, which was Japanese for “lie,” matched readings taken from Ghost with a 93 percent chance of accuracy.
[Recommendation: Dispose of the agents. Based on news sites, there has been no coverage of any attacks on any high level facilities for research on chemicals, diseases, or weapons. While this matches with their story, it also matches with nothing being wrong. Despite all indications that they are playing truly, their mission could very well be access to your technology, which is still beyond anything on the open market or available to the American government, and if this facility is captured, the reactor alone would be a massive loss.]
[Seal the reactor. Give me a minute to talk to our Liar.]
[She can still kill you, based on her armaments. Chance of survival if we engage in current state is 23%.]
[Manifest, seal the reactor.] Anansi broke the mental conversation as Kay manifested her holographic form beside him. He heard the door hiss shut behind him and turned to face Mantis, Ghost, whoever she was. “Kay, I think we need to talk to Agent Uso alone.”
Anansi watched as Mantis's vital reading skyrocketed, pulse quickening, muscle mass increasing. Her hands twitched, the submachine gun raising ever so slightly. Anansi leaned against the railing behind him, watching her squirm. Kay stood beside him, clutching her holographic datapad and looking nervous.
“So, do I call you Uso, Mantis, or Ghost?”
“Mantis is my official codename. Ghost was a cover. Uso isn't really my name, as you probably already figured out. It's actually Denise. Denise Sanders.” Mantis scuffed a boot on the floor, hanging her head. She took off her helmet, revealing not the face of Uso but of Ghost. Anansi crossed his arms, ignoring the pounding on the door, and wondered if that was her real face. He looked at Mantis. At Ghost. At the woman he had loved, and maybe still loved. At the woman who had nearly killed him.
Chapter 7
February 1, 2012
[LilRed enters chat.]
[Users online: KT3.141592653.]
[LilRed: Hey Kay, you wanted to talk to me?]
[KT3.141592653: Yes. Your brother is moping around his lab and I am not sure what to do to cheer him up.]
[LilRed: Jakey is being all whiny about Tommy getting married, isn't he?]
[KT3.141592653: It started shortly after he received the announcement, so it seems a logical conclusion. Do you have any recommendations?]
[LilRed: Hmm...]
[LilRed: Have you tried bacon? Or maybe fire and explosions. That seems to cheer him up a lot. :D]
[KT3.141592653: I have not, but that strikes me as a temporary solution to an underlying problem.]
[LilRed: Like him having been
[Red Flag: Banned user in base. Action?]
A second camera feed dominated Anansi's vision, one watching him and Mantis. It stated that based on collected information, that Mantis, or Uso, which was Japanese for “lie,” matched readings taken from Ghost with a 93 percent chance of accuracy.
[Recommendation: Dispose of the agents. Based on news sites, there has been no coverage of any attacks on any high level facilities for research on chemicals, diseases, or weapons. While this matches with their story, it also matches with nothing being wrong. Despite all indications that they are playing truly, their mission could very well be access to your technology, which is still beyond anything on the open market or available to the American government, and if this facility is captured, the reactor alone would be a massive loss.]
[Seal the reactor. Give me a minute to talk to our Liar.]
[She can still kill you, based on her armaments. Chance of survival if we engage in current state is 23%.]
[Manifest, seal the reactor.] Anansi broke the mental conversation as Kay manifested her holographic form beside him. He heard the door hiss shut behind him and turned to face Mantis, Ghost, whoever she was. “Kay, I think we need to talk to Agent Uso alone.”
Anansi watched as Mantis's vital reading skyrocketed, pulse quickening, muscle mass increasing. Her hands twitched, the submachine gun raising ever so slightly. Anansi leaned against the railing behind him, watching her squirm. Kay stood beside him, clutching her holographic datapad and looking nervous.
“So, do I call you Uso, Mantis, or Ghost?”
“Mantis is my official codename. Ghost was a cover. Uso isn't really my name, as you probably already figured out. It's actually Denise. Denise Sanders.” Mantis scuffed a boot on the floor, hanging her head. She took off her helmet, revealing not the face of Uso but of Ghost. Anansi crossed his arms, ignoring the pounding on the door, and wondered if that was her real face. He looked at Mantis. At Ghost. At the woman he had loved, and maybe still loved. At the woman who had nearly killed him.
Chapter 7
February 1, 2012
[LilRed enters chat.]
[Users online: KT3.141592653.]
[LilRed: Hey Kay, you wanted to talk to me?]
[KT3.141592653: Yes. Your brother is moping around his lab and I am not sure what to do to cheer him up.]
[LilRed: Jakey is being all whiny about Tommy getting married, isn't he?]
[KT3.141592653: It started shortly after he received the announcement, so it seems a logical conclusion. Do you have any recommendations?]
[LilRed: Hmm...]
[LilRed: Have you tried bacon? Or maybe fire and explosions. That seems to cheer him up a lot. :D]
[KT3.141592653: I have not, but that strikes me as a temporary solution to an underlying problem.]
[LilRed: Like him having been
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