The Power of the Parasite?

Mungo turned to stone....

The saviour he was waiting for took him for a liar - a brilliant liar, but still a liar!

Nevertheless, Mungo's devastated heart still carried a great amount of hope. He burst into a wild scream while still being pressed to the ground.

"Listen to me, sir! The overload operation of the base is being terminated as we speak and will complete in a minute at most. I don't have time to explain everything to you right now, but you just need to understand that once the overload operation is stopped, it cannot be re-initiated again, and you'll never get the thing that you want, ever! Make the old hag pull out the key right away! I'm already in such a terrible situation, I have no need to deceive you!"

The unkempt man was stunned. Fiji and the two Lieutenant Generals looked towards him at the same time. The man contemplated for a moment and said, "Mr. Mungo has convinced me. Lieutenant General, please do as he says and pull out the key."