Don't Freeze, Agent Flynn
02nd January 2032
19:31
Somewhere in the US
Many 10-15-year-old kids were kept in a long hallway-like dark room. All of them were sitting around the room, scared and devastated. Among them was a caramel-haired 14-year-old British girl. She too was sitting like the other girls. But her facial expression wasn't that of a scared little girl but that of a determined person. At that moment the door of the hall opened and a man peeked. He called out to the girl, "Luna. Get out. We got a job for you. And don't you dare try to defy the commander this time.....or you know what will happen." The man points to the back of his head. Luna gets up and goes to the man. Her facial expressions remain unchanged. The man tries to grab Luna's arm but Luna shakes off the man's hand and glares at him. The man gets a few steps back and says, "Come on. Commander's waiting."
20:11
Inside Artemis, Over Langley, Virginia
Sohel was talking to someone on the phone, "I said I'm sorry. Just forgive me already. I promise I'll come to meet you after I'm done with this job.........… Come on, I told you I couldn't contact anyone outside while training. And I'm sorry I didn't meet you after getting out."
Naomi's sudden voice startles Sohel, "Sohel? Who are you talking to?"
"I'll call you back later. I love you. Bye", Sohelhurriedly cuts the call and looks at Naomi.
"Yes, Naomi?"
"Who were you talking to?"
"An acquaintance of mine."
Naomi looks at Sohel briefly and says, "Come on. We'll land in a few moments......... Uso Tsuki(Liar)." Naomi leaves.
Sohel follows while asking Naomi, "Oy, Naomi, What did you say?"
Annabelle lands the VTOL in an empty area on the Potomac River bank.
20:25
CIA HQ, Langley, Virginia
Sohel was waiting in the lobby for the agent who would accompany them. After a while, two people came to them and greeted him. Both of them were wearing suits. One was a bit older, in his late 40s with white hair and a rough face. The other one was relatively younger. Maybe the same age as Sohel. He had red hair. He looked like a naive and pure boy. The old man said, "You must be with the squad sent to investigate the murders."
"Yes, sir. I'm Captain Ghost, leader of the SNA's Bravo squad."
"Hmm." He points at the boy next to him and says, "He's Agent Aiden Flynn. He will be accompanying you throughout the mission. Now excuse me."
The man turns around and goes back inside without any other word. Sohel thinks, "What a rude man."
He looks at Agent Flynn and says, "Let's go Mr. Flynn. Our squadmates are waiting."
Agent Flynn nods. They get out and Agent Flynn sees a Black Subaru Forester parked outside. They get in the car and head out.
20:58
Artemis, Potomac River Bank
Sohel enters the aircraft with Agent Flynn and sees Annabelle, Jacob, and Mitali waiting for them in the control room. Sohel introduced them one by one, "These are the members of the Bravo squad. Sgt. Blast, our medic Sgt. Mitali Roy, our pilot and engineer 2nd lt. Princess...…huh? Where's Medusa?"
"She's inside. She should be here in a while.", said Mitali.
Agent Flynn says, "Nice to meet you all. I'm Agent Aiden Flynn. You guys can call me Aiden."
Everyone greets back.
At that moment, Naomi gets into the control room through the female sleeping quarter's door and says, "Sorry, I'm late. I was doing something."
Everyone looks at Naomi. Sohel introduces Naomi, "She's the 2nd in command of the bravo squad, 1st lt. Medusa...huh? Aiden? Mr. Flynn?"
Aiden stood there looking at Naomi. He couldn't hear a word Sohel said as Naomi's beauty took him aback.
Mitali says, "Here we go again."
Jacob fakes a panic and says, "Oh no. The medusa has turned Aiden into stone. What do we do?"
Sohel waves his hands in front of Aiden's eyes. Aiden snaps back and says, "I'm here. I'm here."
Sohel laughs and says, "Don't freeze dude." Sohel then introduces Naomi to Aiden again. Aiden then asks, "May I ask, Why every one of you has these weird names except Ms. Mitali?"
Annabelle answers, "These aren't our names but callsigns. Mitali is a regular operator so she doesn't have one. Every one of us except Mitali here is a specialist. We aren't allowed to disclose any of our details including our names."
"Oh. So, What do we do now? It's pretty late already."
"You can go home for tonight but before that, I'll need you to give us intel. I'll need details about every single person that has died and everyone the CIA thinks might be attacked."
Aiden panics, "Now?"
"Yes. It shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"No…no…it isn't.", replies Aiden in a low tone.
They move to the briefing room and Aisen starts explaining. After a discussion that went on for almost 2 hours, Sohel indicated to Aiden to stop. He then asked about the potential targets. Aiden answers, "We have suspected that the next attacks might happen on either Senator James O'brian or humanitarian worker Natalia Mitalev."
Sohel says, "We're splitting up then. Tomorrow two teams will head out. Medusa, you will take Jacob and Agent Flynn and go to Ms. Mitalev. Princess and Mitali, you're with me. Don't contact them. Watch them from far away and see if you can find any suspicious person lurking around. Also, Aiden, lose that suit. Wear some casual clothes for tomorrow. Any questions?"
Sohel stops for a few seconds to see their reactions and after they don't ask anything he says, "Dismissed."
Aiden waves everyone goodbye and heads home. As it was almost midnight the bravo squad decided to sleep for the night. As they head toward the sleeping quarters Naomi notices Sohel going back to the briefing room. So, she calls him, "Sohel?"
Sohel turns back and says, "You guys go ahead. I need to report to the old man first."