Chapter 39 United States of America, Boston

Cecilia, Akiko, Professor Lian Yang, and Willy Booth, had returned to the city. No one made small talk throughout the trip. Everyone was lost in their own thoughts.

Cecilia knew what to do. She would gather scientists from various disciplines in one place to start designing the Mollivirus sibericum serum formula. At Pandora. She would discuss her plan with Doctor Aslan and Professor Sato about this plan.

With the help of Professor Yang who was an expert in stellar physicists, Willy Booth as an expert in linguistics, Cathy was good at IT, and Professor Sato was very knowledgeable on Climate Change, Cecilia hoped to find an expert in quantum physicist, and an expert in carbon chemistry.

Finding them would be difficult. They belonged to a very small pool of talents, and most were tied to long-term government projects or giant corporations. It was her job to track them. Searching for those people. She didn't need to convince Professor Yang and Willy Booth. Both expressed their commitment to join Pandora. They said that they would tender a resignation letter if they were not allowed to apply for a sabbatical.

They needed to enhance their facility at Pandora once again in terms of laboratory equipment and security.

Their biggest enemy was no longer the profit-oriented pharmaceutical industries but a mysterious organization.

Akiko was daydreaming something completely different. She was imagining Andalas. Alone battling a terrifying giant. Until the age of 35, Akiko had never been interested in men. She was not sure if she fell in love with Andalas or it was just a fling. But at that very moment, she was worried about him.

She would be very happy to accompany Andalas to uncover the traces of the Organization. But Cecilia couldn't possibly be left alone. The British doctor was the key to the mission to prevent the annihilation of Earth's inhabitants. She wouldn't leave her to follow some feelings.

With the icy cold Andalas, Akiko felt like she was back in familiar time during her childhood. She liked that kind of environment. People did their job with less talk. She imagined her life would be exciting and adventurous with Andalas. One more thing that she respected from an assassin like Andalas. He only killed someone who deserved to die and avoided inflicting any kinds of loss to innocent people.

Akiko was sure that Andalas must have been in a place that had the potential of violence, adventure, and death.

After Hong Kong, where else would he go? Should I ask via X-One? Akiko decided not to. She was the daughter of Hitoshi Nakamura. The most feared yakuza in Japan. Why would she humble herself to ask about some unknown murderer?

They arrived in the city. Cecilia and Akiko asked to be dropped off at a small hotel located on the town outskirts. Meanwhile, Professor Yang and Willy Booth continued to MIT.

Once in the room, Cecilia immediately opened the X-One to report to Doctor Aslan and Professor Sato. They did not take their X-One out while they were still with Professor Yang and Willy. After all they didn't know them well enough. Trust takes time.

Dear Doctor and Professor, the following are results from Pandora chip reading. I will send more details later.

1. Object X is an extraterrestrial experimental object.

2. The purpose was to increase human natural immunity. Based on their assessment, we are at level 2 out of 10.

3. The experiment failed. Object X and the MS virus were preserved in the Arctic by a cryonic process.

4. The MS virus is one the strongest on earth. The drug can be extracted from Object X that has been exposed to cosmic and gamma radiation.

Prof. Sato: My guess is Object X was found by Hantaa 01 in the ice that are part of the second layer. Due to global warming, some of the layers are melting and breaking.

Doctor Aslan; Good grief! We are on the verge of human extinction!

Our next step. Akiko and I will be looking for additional experts so we can perform point 4. We have successfully recruited Professor Yang, a Star Physicist from MIT, and Doctor Willy Booth, a universal linguist from NASA. Be prepare to pick them up tomorrow morning. Take them to Pandora. I hope Professor Sato can make sure the facilities at Pandora is able to support this crash program. Doctor Aslan, we need financial and administrative support.

Doctor Aslan; The MS-BA-30 team is a critical element for tackling this dire situation. You have my full support.

Prof. Sato; As you wish Cecilia. I will prepare everything. How many additional people do you need besides the two you mentioned?

They both have no knowledge of MS-BA-30. Keep it that way. Professor Yang and Willy will be on Pandora as part of Professor Sato's team of scientists. Based on our discussion with Professor Yang, we need experts on Quantum Physicists and Carbon Chemistry. If any of you have anyone in mind, we will get them for you.

Doctor Adli; Go to Spain. I know a professor who specializes in Quantum Physics. His name is Raul Hernandez. He lives in Barcelona.

Prof. Sato; I have a perfect candidate for the Carbon Chemist. Find Professor Mbutu in Stockholm. He is enjoying his retirement from MIT there.

Akiko and I are going to meet the two Professors. Andalas contacted me. He's in Dublin hunting the Executor. Based on his brief update, the Organization wants us to fail. I am certain they really want a pandemic to happen.

The communication ended. Cecilia told everything to Akiko who had just arrive from a supermarket to buy supplies. Cecilia stared at how much Akiko had bought. This Yakuza woman turned out to be a shopaholic!

With an amused smile Cecilia said.

"Why are you shopping for this much stuff Akiko?"

Akiko chuckled, "Aren't we going to spend a lot of time here digging for information? So, I think we need to..."

Cecilia cut off Akiko's words with an amused smile on her face.

"Well, we won't need them. This afternoon we fly to Barcelona."

Akiko chuckled again. But in her heart, she hoped Cecilia said Dublin instead of Barcelona.