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“This is
John, your new commanding officer.” Kyle’s face drooped, “Sorry
sir, I didn’t know, um… yes sir, feel free.” We grabbed seats and
arranged them around the table, “It’s not a problem. I take it
Jason has filled you guys in?” I said with smile that must’ve been
convincing as the faces around the table relaxed a bit and they
nodded in unison. “You have any input?” in unison, again, they
shook their heads; it was like being surrounded by robots, or those
creepy horror movie kids, “Guys, you can relax, really, I’m just
another guy.” They looked unsure, Steven shot out his hand, “Great
to meet you, I’m Steven, I’m the pilot and driver.” He said in a
noticeably New Yorker accent, I took his hand and he shook it
firmly, “Nice to meet you, and you guys are?” Mikael was the next
to offer his hand, “I’m Mikael, close quarter combat and tech. I
can crack pretty much anything.” His Scottish accent seemed to
reverberate in my chest, Kyle’s hand extended more warily than the
others, “Kyle, explosives, nice to meet you sir.” I smiled at him
and he replied in kind weakly. I pointed over to Gabriel, “And what
about him?” Mikael looked over, “That’s Gabriel, he’s our sniper
and scout, he’s quick and personally I wouldn’t get anywhere near
him if he has a knife on him. He’s nice enough. He’ll be ready for
the mission.” I nodded, I really found this guy fascinating. “So
what’re you guys up to today?” Mikael shrugged, “Eh, not much,
we’ll probably get drinks tonight. You’re welcome to join us.” It
was my turn to shake my head now, “No thanks, I’m meeting Marcus
soon, I don’t know how long that’s going to go for yet.” Mikael
nodded knowingly, “Ah, I get you, well we’d better get going, you
have yourselves a good day.” The three stood, nodded at each of us
and left. Kate shuffled closer to me and started holding my hand. I
looked over and smiled at her, then I felt someone grabbing my
other hand and turned to see Wolf smiling slyly and winking at me.
I immediately shook my hand free, “Come on Wolf, you ruined it.” We
all laughed together.
    “Either of you know what time it
is?” Wolf looked at a small leather bound watch I hadn’t noticed
before, odd… I usually notice everything, anyway, “Quarter past
one.” Forty five minutes to kill, “I’m going to grab some water,
you guys want anything?” Kate brushed a stray piece of hair off her
forehead, “Water sounds good, Wolf?” Wolf shook his head. I walked
over to the counter where a tall man stood behind, his bright blue
eyes looking at me contrasting with his extremely dark skin, he was
bald with a thick black beard, “How can I help you?” his South
African accent was beautiful, accentuating each word in his
sentence unlike most clear English speakers whose sentences seem to
blur together into one word, “Two waters thanks.” He gave me a
thumbs up, spun around, grabbed two plastic bottles from a large
white refrigerator and put them on the counter in front of me,
“Name and room number?” I struggled to remember, “John Prince,
block… ten?” he gave me a big smile, revealing perfect white teeth,
his canines being exceptionally longer and sharper than the rest,
another vampire, “Ah, you're the new guy. I’ve heard a lot about
you Prince, you're a good man. You can come see me if you need any
help with anything at all.” I nodded politely and returned the
smile, “Thanks, you too.” I made my way back to the table to see
Kate, Wolf and someone new sitting where Kyle had, he had softness
about him yet strong features, brown eyes behind expensive looking
glasses, style cut brown hair, a five o’clock shadow that was
somehow not untidy, the man had stylised not shaving which only
further complemented his grey suit and black tie.
    I took my seat and handed Kate
her water, “Marcus?” He was beaming, he nodded, “John, John Prince
if I’m not mistaken, oh