SINGING WITH JUDE
AFTER BIDING GOODBYE TO EVERYONE...AELLA CAME BACK TO HER VERY OWN SECRET STUDY ROOM. SHE LOOKED BACK AT THE DOOR AS IT SHUT CLOSE. THEN SHE MOVED NEAR TO THE DESK AND SAT ON THECHAIR. XI STARTED THE MUSIC AGAIN AND HEY JUDE WAS ON PLAY.
A WHITE LIGHT WAS BLINKING NEAR THE COMPUTER SCREEN AELLA LOOKED AT THAT AND IGNORED AS IF IT WAS NOT OF SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANCE. SHE THEN ASKED XI FOR LAST WEEKS MEETING AND TEXT FILTERS. THAT WHITE LIGHT WAS BLINKING RAPIDLY AELLA LOOKED AT THAT AND LET OUT A SIGH. SHE LAY BACK LAZILY IN HER CHAIR.
“IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ASK ME XI...?”
“YES MA’AM.”
“WHAT IS IT...?”
“WOULD LIKE A CUP OF COFFEE...?”
“YES PLEASE.”
“AND...”
“AND...?”
“I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.”
“GO AHEAD. WE ARE TAKING A BRAKE.”
XI PROCESSED THE COMMAND AND THE NEARBY MINI ROBOT GET ON THE WORK OF COFFEE.
“ASK AWAY.” AELLA SAID LOOKING AT THE BLINKING LIGHT.
“HOW DID YOU GET THE IDEA TO GET HELP FROM IVAN AND HIS ALLIES...?”
“OH. THAT DAY AT LAB...I SAW THEM HOW EFFICIENTLY THEY WERE WORKING.” AELLA RUBBED HER NOSE AND LOOKED AT THE CELLING. “WHEN I SAW THEM DOING EVERYTHING SO EFFICIENTLY, I WAS IMPRESSED.”
“BUT FIVE OF THEM ARE DEAD...?”
“THEY ARE NOT DEAD BY THEIR MISTAKES BUT THEY WERE GIVEN POISION INTENTIONALLY THROUGHT THEIR MASKS MADE BY J95.”
“HOW...? WHY...?”
“IT’S A VERY OLD TECHNIQUE TO DISTROY EVIDENCES. MR. ROSS WHEN GAVE THEM THEIR SUPPLIES...HE MIGHT HAVE MADE HIS MIND THAT HE WILL NOT PAYBACK AND WILL GET RID OF EVIDENCES BY HIMSELF. SO HE MIGHT HAVE ASKED TO ATTACH POISION RESPIRATORS WITH DIFFISERD IN THEIR MASKS. AND IT MIGHT BE CONCENTRATED ACCORDING TO TIME OR IT MIGHT BE MANUALLY OPERATRED.”
“IS THIS THE SAME TECHNIQUE THAT WAS USED IN FAR 1920’S BY GERMANS TO HIDE THEIR INFORMATION WITH HE HELP OF POISION CAPSULES.”
“YES. IT’S SAME. AT THAT TIME THEY USED TO CARRY POISION OR CYNIDE CAPSULES UNDER THEIR TONGUE. SO THAT THEY CAN SACRIFICE THEMSELVES AND PREVENT THEMSELVES FROM TORTURE AND INFORMATION CAN BE SAVED. IT WAS QUITE TACTFUL.”
“THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF IT AND END UP DEAD.”
“YES.” THE ROBOT GAVE HER COFFEE MUG AND STOOD BACK AT PLACE. AELLA TOOK A SIP AND CLOSED HER EYES TO FEEL THE TASTE.
“BUT HOW DID IVAN AND OTHER TWO SURVIVED.”
“THEY WERE JUST LUCKY THAT THEY DID NOT WEAR THEIR MASKS.”
“OKAY.” WITH THIS XI WAS SILENT. AELLA LOOKED AT THE WHITE BLINKING LIGHT. IT WAS STILL THERE. SHE SMILED.
“WHAT NEXT...?”
“HOW DID YOU END UP TKING THE HOSTAGES HERE...?”
“THAT’S WHEN THE CASE BLEW UP AND I DIVED WITH BOOSTERS SUPPORT. I FLEW AWAY AFTER HAVING AN IDENTITY CHECK ON IVAN AND MOVED TO J95. THERE I TAPED THE PHONE CALLS OF MR.ROSS. HE WAS ANGRY WITH HIS SON THAT THREE OF THEM WERE STILL ALIVE AND EVERYTHING WILL BE REVEALED.” SHE TOOK ANOTHER SIP.
“LATER WHEN THEY WERE BEING MOVED TO THE DETENTION CENTER FOR INVESTIGATION AND INTEROGATION...I CONNECTED WITH A10 AND TOLD HER TO CLEAR THE WAY AND TAKE THEM HERE.”
“IS THAT WHY A10 AND A GROUP OF CADETS WAS OUT WITH SR-DRONES...?”
“BINGO.” A SMIELY APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. AELLA SMILED. SHE FINISHED HER COFFEE AND AKED XI FOR INFORMATION ABOUT AX.
“HE IS DOING PRETTY WELL. HIS ORGANS SEEMS IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION. THE ISSUE OF VOICE WILL BE RESOLVED SOON AFTER THE DELIVERY. THE PAYMENT IS ALREADY DONE.”
“WHAT ABOUT BRAIN...?”
“IT IS WORKING VERY WELL. WE NEED TO INCREASE THE CONCENTRATION OF VISTRO-98 IN HIS CSF SO THAT HIS EMOTIONS CAN BE CONTROLLED AND ALSO HIS CHIP IS TO BE CHECKED AGAIN. IT SEEMS LIKE HE IS FIGHING UNCONSCIOUSLY WITH HIS MEMEORY.”
“MEMEORY...?”
“HIS MEMEORY IS BACK.”
AELLA WAS PALE AS SHE HEARD THAT.
“WHEN...?”
“LAST WEEK.”
“HOW MUCH DOES HE KNOW....?”
“HE KNOWS EVERYTHING.”
A NEW SCREEN APPEARED IN THE AIR SHOWING CARDIAC ACTIVITY OF AELLA. HER HEAR RATE WAS INCREASING RAPIDLY.
“YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN.” XI SAID.
“WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME BEFORE...?”
“BECAUSE HE WAS BEHAVING PRETTY NORMAL LIKE NOTHING HAD HAPPENED.”
“AND ...?”
“NOW HE IS STRUGGLING TO FORGET EVERYTHING.”
AELLA’S EYES WERE WIDE OPEN. SHE WAS STILL AS IF HER SOUL LEFT HER BODY. SHE WAS TURNING COLD AND DIZZY.
SENSING THE CONDITION OF AELLA...XI MOVED AELLA TO HER BED WITH THE HELP OF A ROBOT AND BUZZED A CALL FOR SOL AND LEFT HER IN HER ROOM AFTER UNLOCKING HER DOOR.
WHEN SOL RECEIVED THE CALL SHE RAN FOR AELLA AND OPENED HER DOOR. SHE CAME CLOSE TO HER AND COVERED HER WITH HER BLANKET AND SAT NEXT TO HER.
“AELLA..?” SOL SAID IN A WORRIED TONE.
“ARE YOU OKAY DEAR...?” SHE ASKED AELLA.
AELLA WAS STILL IN SHOCK. SHE WAS STILL COLD AND LISTLESS.
“AELLA...TRY TO BREATH DEEP.”
AELLA LOOKED AT HER AND PUT HER HAND ON HER FACE ON THE SIDE AND STAY LIKE THAT BREATHING DEEP. AFTER FEW MOMENTS AELLA WAS BACK TO NORMAL. SHE SAT ON THE BED AND LOOKED AT THE WINDOW.
“SOL...?” AELLA SAID LOOKING AT THE NIGHT SKY THROUGH THE WINDOW. “HOW DARK IT IS NIGHT...?”
SOL LOOKED AT THE SKY AND TRIED TO FIND AN ANSWER FOR AELLA.
“WHERE IS AX...?” AELLA ASKED HER AGAIN.
SOL LOOKED AT AELLA AND TOLD HER THAT HE WAS PLAYING WITH THE CAT.
“TELL HIM TO COME TO MY ROOM AND HE WILL BE SLEEPING WITH MEHER TODAY.” AELLA TOLD SOL STANDING UP FROM HER BED AND MOVING TOWARD THE WINDOW. SOL STOOD UP AND NODDED. SHE MOVED TOWARD THE DOOR BUT TUTNED BACK TO SEE AELLA WHO WAS STANDING AT THE WINDOW LOOKING AT THE DARK SKY. SHE WAS HERE BUT HER SOUL WAS UNEASY AS IF SHE WAS SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING.
“DO YOU THINK THESE ATTACKS WILL STOP LIKE THIS...? DON’T YOU THINK ABOUT SOME MEDICAL HELP...?”
“NO.” AELLA SAID. THEN SHE PUT HER HAND ON THE NECKLACE AROUND HER NECK. SHE RUBBED THE PEARLS WITH HER THIN FINGERS AND CLOSED HER EYES.
“I JUST NEED TO FACE THESE NIGHTMERES IN ORDER TO KILL THESE DEMONS.”
AGAIN SHE MOVED HER GAZE TO THE VAST SKY AS SOL LEFT HER ALONE IN HER ROOM.