Chapter 2

Terrence followed both Clark and Lewis, who walked into a building that looked so secured with all the CCTVs and tech projections. He just nodded awkwardly at some people who gasped for breath seeing him in his Navy formal suit.

"This is our building that discusses insidious cases. Cases that people can't know." Lewis stated as he looked at how interested was Terrence.

"Oh, so it's here where my senior got applied to become one of the country's defender units?"

"You mean your senior Jackie?" Clark knew of the man well. So well, because Jackie is his older sister's husband. His brother-in-law.

"Yes, it's him. The one that I idolize so much."

"Idolized." Lewis corrected and saw a frown forming on the young man's face.

"I know he didn't mean to betray the team," Terrence spoke so low, but Clark sighed and rolled his eyes.

"He left my sister with their son when she just gave birth to join the terrorism over his own country."

"You just don't know what really happened back then," Terrence said so confidently that he almost sounded bitter despite being a little shock for the small news that Clark's sister is Jackie's wife.

"Stop this gossip already. We have arrived at headquarter." Lewis announced as he scanned his iris to let the big door opened with some gas released. Smelled like chlorine.

"Wow, never seen something this fancy before," Terrence said as he saw a big room where technologies are just there for the country's secret mission, of course.

"Sure, come in and meet the rest of the team."

Lewis tapped on his apple watch, ordered the rest of the team to head to headquarter as well.

Terrence sat next to Clark, but Lewis quickly pushed his empty chair away and pulled another to sit next to Clark. "Two bosses sit together."

"Uh-huh?" Terrence just accepted. "I am so amazed by all of these great technologies we have occurred these days. The world has indeed evolved," Terrence shook his head twice.

Clark groaned in annoyance. "Don't make yourself sound too old."

A beep from five different doors made them turned to look at five different people walking elegantly into space with their own styles. Erick walked while his shaky hand went crumbling against his glasses. Skylar had a lollipop in her mouth and walked so roughly. She almost hit everything with her long legs. Joan wanted to perform a flip to make it looks cool, but she just ended up blushing so red yet walked still so toughly. Madison had her hands on her phone. She was having a chat with one of her colleagues. Lauren just walked.

Terrence quickly stood and nodded at them. "I'm quite impressed."

"Oh, these are the rest of the team members. What a bad choice to join in such a low-class team." Skylar sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Hello, Miss something, I ain't a low class," Lauren said quickly. "Shut your bad mouth before I bomb it to ashes."

"Wait," Clark took a deep breath and put up his hands to make a gesture. "This is not how it is going to be, okay? We will be talking so politely to each other, and I will do the introduction because I can't believe some of you guys to do one."

"Uh-huh, nice idea." Lewis nodded.

"Okay, this one tall and gorgeous man is Liteunant Commander Terrence O'Kelly of Navy SEALs..." Clark clapped on Terrence's shoulder. He just nodded at everyone.

"This is amazing. I have wished for this moment to happen for my whole life." Hana said while giggling, which invited Skylar to glared at her.

"Where did you guys pick up this high school teenage girl? She ain't hitting puberty yet, I guess." Skylar dropped the stick of her lollipop on the clean table.

Everyone ignored her.

"Well, she is a master of wushu who is also an athlete for this beautiful country." Lewis scoffed at Skylar, mostly. "Works for the country, not criminals." He meant sarcasm, but Skylar wouldn't be hurt by such a soft hairclip trying to poke her non-fragile feelings.

"I'm sorry. I don't know you. I am into baseball." Erick smiled at Hana, who returned it quickly.

"No, it's okay. I'm not that popular, though. I ain't Billie Eilish."

"Who that?" Terrence asked.

"A young pop singer who is still a teenager who makes good songs and I like them all." Madison chose to speak up despite busy keeping her eyes on her tablet.

"Oh, I know only classics." Terrence raised his hands for defense.

"I thought we were are doing the intro, not a 'How Much Do You Like Music' forum." Skylar sighed. She looked so tired from even listening.

"Patience is all you need, lady," Erick said. "Shane, introduce me."

Lewis nodded quickly. "Erick Wilson. An FBI agent who master in hacking."

Lauren looked up at him and stared into him super close. "Don't tell me you are the one who hacked into my bunker and made it able to be tracked in the last two years..." She almost recognized the face.

"Hell yeah, gotta admit I'm one hell of a hacker."

"Unfortunately, you work for the FBI. If you work for my boss, I am sure you won't be so broke to afford a nicer contact lens." Skylar barged in.

Erick looked hurt, "I'm not broke, and these are the true color of my eyes."

"Beautiful ocean eyes," Hana added softly.

"Hell yeah."

Terrence looked uncomfortable. He was not really used to a so freely-young conversation like this. He had always been the one who missed a lot of perky things in the world.

"So, I am a bomb pro. I can bomb anything." Lauren introduced herself right away, not really patient to wait for more time.

"She hurt me this afternoon when I walked past her bomb in her new bunker," Clark said while waving his hand in the air, but having no meaning in it.

"It was supposed to bomb criminals, and criminals usually don't knock." Lauren nodded and added sharpness in her last two words.

"Madison is a doctor mastering in Ph.D., Medicine, Surgeries, and mostly everything." Lewis got lazy to mention all of her achievements from his paper.

"You can heal animals?" Terrence asked.

"I did a surgery on my pets sometimes, and they live healthily still."

"So, you know, just everything," Erick said slowly, impressed.

"So, what's the plan?" The commander finally asked.

"We are going on the flight tomorrow?"

"Yes, of course," Lewis answered when Erick followed him to his office. "Why? Do you want to travel until all the animals are dead?"

Erick sighed. "No shit, but that is too quick."

"Quick is what we need to be." Lewis brought his hand to massage his temple. "I'm so tired of their country that won't take action."

"Maybe they can't..."

"Yeah, but we just got to move," Lewis nodded to make it surer. "Tomorrow is another day, and you better try to learn new tricks to open their gates sooner or later."

Erick shrugged. "That won't be much problem. I need more tech-top."

"And what the hell is that?"

"High technologized laptops, Shane."

"Aha, I got it."

Erick just lowered his head a little before he walked out of the office. Lewis stared onto his desk and just realized that anything could be wrong.

And, if it goes south, everything will be on him.

Every death and every loss.

"We are taking a freaking economic plane to Africa?" Skylar asked as she was given the ticket.

"Hey, it's not that bad," Terrence added in. "Got to stay behind the closet."

"Are you kidding commander? This ain't coming out story." Skylar rolled her eyes.

Madison sighed. "It's obviously should be that way."

"Really? This mission sucks."

"Why can't you just shut up?" Lauren's eyes were so narrowed. Her stress of Skylar was shown clearly on her crinkled forehead when she did so.

"Maybe we should get going?" Hana spoke out as she saw Lewis' done face. He didn't even care to order them anymore.

Skylar angrily raised her bag and walked into the black van that has awaited for them.

"Your weapons will be sent from underwater. Your commander will be swimming with Agent Erick underwater at a river near your hostel tomorrow morning to pick the weapons. Hana could join the swimming as well." Clark said. "The pink bag has a swimming suit. No gas tank. So, you better dive well because it is going to be really deep under there."

"Had no problem with that before," Terrence said quickly, actually meant for them not to worry.

"Now, he's just showing off," Lauren smirked. She joined Skylar into the van. Madison was actually still preparing for her medicine kinds of stuff.

"If you want additional stuff, Madison, then we will deliver it from underwater as well." Lewis glanced towards her.

"Yes, please. I don't want the security to check on my properties and see thousands of scientific scissors..." Madison nodded quickly. She always looked like she wanted everything to finish real quick.

"Sure, Madison. We will deliver. You just email what you need." Lewis patted her shoulder.

"Off you go. Be safe and go beast." Clark said when Madison was the last to enter the van.

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