Chapter 401 - The Wolf And His Prey (1/2)
It took almost a week to label and sort through everything in Amun's base. During this time, they also investigated the identities of all the people living in the base, including newly adopted orphans. It was discovered that some of the children, especially the more recent ones, weren't all orphans. Some were missing children that had been kidnapped!
After all, with the brain tap technology in his hands, Amun had become quite specific with the type of children he wanted to nurture and train, and finding children with good memories wasn't an easy task.
It was a huge operation to get the children back to their families, and it was even harder to help the older children assimilate back into society after having led most of their lives under Amun's rein. It was almost like they had been saved from a cult that had brainwashed them for years.
Amun's code name suddenly made a lot more sense: he probably thought of himself as a god...
The BTAs helped wherever they could, but it didn't take long before they were assigned new tasks by Halia. Their mission wasn't completely over yet: there were still 5 Super Soldiers out there. Worst of all, they discovered three hostages in Amun's underground bunker that appeared to be the people he had been stealing the memories/knowledge from for his BTAs.
One was a military officer, one was a professor, and one was an MMA fighter. With their combined skills, it was worrying to think what the Super Soldiers were sent to do.
Before leaving Morocco, the 4 BTA's gathered for one last dinner together. Being a spy was a lonely job, but they had now made friends for life.
”Cheers!” Hummingbird said as she raised a glass of wine.
The other 3 raised their glasses as well and smiled.
”When this entire mission is over, I hope we can meet again somewhere in this world,” Hummingbird toasted. ”Perhaps, one day, when we're old and retired we can share stories with each other about the crazy life we have led!”
”Cheers to that!” Sasquatch agreed.
Wolf took a sip of his wine and glanced at Hummingbird. He had traveled around the world and flirted with many women. He had even had one-night-stands. But, ever since landing in Morocco, he had not been interested in any other woman apart from Hummingbird. There was something alluring about her that drew him in and it had him hooked.
As a lonely agent on the road, goodbye was a part of life. But, for once, he did not want to say goodbye.
”I've seen the way you've been looking at her,” Sasquatch whispered beside Wolf as he gave him a nudge. ”Don't even think about it. You know how impossible it is with our lives. Relationsh.i.p.s are bound for failure in this profession.”
Orca overheard them and leaned in, ”Oh, you're wrong about that. There are exceptions.”
She then rested her chin on her palms and said with stars in her eyes, ”I know of a legendary couple that met while on a mission and they're now married!”
”Did they quit their jobs and return to living normal lives? I can't imagine how a relationship like that could ever work...” Sasquatch asked with doubt.
”Not entirely. I happen to know that they're working on a very important mission right at this very moment...” Orca replied mysteriously like she knew something that the others didn't know. ”Most impressive of all, the woman is pregnant and about to give birth!”
Orca smiled to herself cheekily. Of course, the legendary couple she was referring to was none other than Halia and Jackson. She had worked with Jackson in France before and she had heard news about how he had retired from Interpol and married an agent in China. When she heard Jackson's voice over her earpiece the other day, she thought she was imagining things at first. But when she thought about it carefully, she began to figure out that the retired Jackson was there for one reason only: his wife must be their BTA Captain!