Chapter Twenty-One
Sandra
hadn’t been paying attention the day before when she left The Resistance
building and she’d missed a lot. Upon entering Medfac,
Alex and her were greeted by a receptionist at the
front desk, who had them sign in. Later she would find out the pen had a
fingerprint scanner that checked their identities. They were then led down a
hallway and onto an elevator, where after pushing a button, a retina scanner
pooped out, after another confirmation, the elevator descended for a few
minutes, taking them to a level five hundred under ground to the offices of The
Resistance.
“What,
no voice recognition?” Sandra asked sarcastically.
Hayden
came up behind them, “We’re still working on that.” He stopped in front of
them, “Good morning, I hope you’re both well rested for today.” His words seem
to imply something but he didn’t elaborate. “Krycek, you’re to go down the hall
for training and Miss Ames you’re to come with me.”
Alex
gave her an encouraging smile before following Hayden’s instructions.
As
Sandra followed Hayden down the opposite hallway she asked, “What does he need
training in?”
Hayden
continued walking as he spoke, “If he’s going to be your protector, he’ll need
the utmost of fighting skills.”
“Wouldn’t
it be easier to just get someone who’s already trained, to protect me?”
Hayden
stopped walking and turned to face her, “Do you believe in fate?”
Sandra
had put a lot of thought into that question lately, she still wasn’t sure of
the answer.
“Don’t
you find it odd that the man who saved your life, is
the son of the man who made you who you are?”
“You
mean this was all set-up?”
Hayden
continued down the hallway, “No, not in the sense that you’re thinking of
anyways. If Nicholas Krycek hadn’t hidden you from the Consortium, it’s very
likely that you wouldn’t be the same person. You be
just a tool, with no soul, no emotions…” He stopped again, “No heart.
“I
believe you are here to save the earth from the invasion and I believe Alex
Krycek is here, on this earth, to protect you, just as his father did before
him.” Hayden opened a door to a large testing room, full of machinery and other
medical paraphernalia. “We’re all here on this world for a reason, let’s go
prove my theory.”
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“I
thought we had an understanding?”
Errey could barely keep his voice from shaking over the
phone, “I know but it seems that they can’t be found. The tracking devices were
all we had and they found them a few weeks ago.”
The
other man’s voice was colder than ice, “This is most disturbing.”
“I
know. I’m very sorry but-“ Errey
took the phone away from his ear, feeling something wet. When he looked he saw
a black ooze come from the earpiece. “No,” he screamed, dropping the phone and
running to the nearest mirror, where he saw the blackness move inside his ear
before disappearing. Another scream exited his lips before his face went blank
and cold.
