<Episode 12>
“I don’t like this,” Jason said. The old man just ignored him and sat there. The whole situation stank to high heaven as far as he was concerned. First they were in the middle of an open cafe. Anderson’s men could be any where at the moment, they needed more cover to meet their contact. Then there was the matter of the contact. “I still say you should have let me make sure he was still with the cause first.”
“I have no reason to doubt him,” the old man said between sips of his coffee.
“It’s the first time we heard from him in months,” he pointed out. “Why now all of the sudden?”
“Ask him yourself.” The person they were waiting for walked up and sat in an empty chair at the table. He nodded at both of them and tried to not look suspicious as he looked around the area. “It was good to hear from you again,” the old man started. “I was starting to wonder if you were still alive.”
“I had to be careful. Anderson put the entire operation into overdrive ever since Jack’s system went active.”
“So that’s the insect’s name,” Jason said. Their contact nodded. “Do you still have the information you were supposed to give Kendall about that thing?”
“The information is locked up and they keep me under ‘need to know’ when it comes to his systems. I was going to tell him what little I knew before Anderson locked up the building.”
“And that’s when Kendall meet up with this Jack?”, the old man wondered out loud.
“From what I understand they spotted him a few blocks from the building. And after it got locked down I couldn’t get out without being questioned.”
“So why now?”
“It was the first chance I thought I had and still be safe. They have cameras all over this city. It’s a safe bet more than one saw me enter this place.”
“This is a trap,” Jason started to get up. The old man put a hand on his shoulder to keep him down.
“Believe me, if I thought they knew what the two of you looked like as humans I wouldn’t be here.”
“I’m assuming you know more about his systems by now”, the old man inquired.
“I written down what I know on this.” he pulled a notebook out of his briefcase and handed it to them. “I went into as much detail as I could, but you know more about this technology than I do.”
“True,” the old man put a hand into a pocket and pulled out a bottle filled with a neon green liquid. “Our people think this should disrupt the systems based on that technology. You’re the only one who can get close enough to give it to him.”
“If we’re lucky” Jason added, “it’ll be fatal.”
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