Chapter 26 - Apropos (2/2)
”OK,” said Albert nodding his head and went out the room.
”You refuse to listen to reason. So, I am going to explain to you exactly what caused all this interference from me and grandpa.”
”Well, finally someone is going to be frank about this.”
”You came to get me back to home a few days, ago right? We are expecting something similar.”
”You expect an alien attack at Elysium? That's ridiculous.”
”No. No. The attack was by some rebels against the alliance. They actually pulled the aliens to cover their attempt. It is all a secret and you should never talk about it to anyone including me.”
”You for real?”
”Yes. I accidentally ended up piggybacking a signal of theirs and we have managed to gather some more information about them during the incident. That is why I immediately agreed to return to home.”
”You got yourself into a lot of mess.”
”Yes, they have already threatened me, and we managed to find out that they are attempting to attack you to get to me.”
”So, this is the reason for you guys forcing me to bear all this is your suspicions that someone might attack me.”
”OK. We already have been interrogating two people, but they turned out to be patsies who were threatened to act against us. We know that two more are on the planet but not sure where. You have to understand that these people didn't hesitate to blow me up at a military base.”
”But that is at your base. You probably don't need to be worried about it here.”
”There was an incident aimed at me and Robert at the Ambrosia restaurant on Asklepian, yesterday. You still think we are safe.”
”But, but..” stuttered Bolena checking him for any injuries. She couldn't believe that an attack was made in Asklepian on a member of the Blyth family. As much as she understood that was just suicidal.
”I agree it sounds ridiculous. But they are downright suicidal. They killed my lieutenant Jane where they blew themselves up.”
”Is Robert alright?”
”He is fine. But now that you understand the problem, I want you to wear a combat suit to protect yourself,” said Balthazar lifting the case.
”You want me to wear a combat suit while I am working?”
”Yes. It is a defensive and stealth-camouflage suit meant mostly for protection of targets. Just wear it while they take care of the men who came here. Set the illusion so that it matches your usual wear. We don't want anyone to be alarmed or alerted.”
”Is it really necessary?” said Bolena she still didn't want to try to do it.
”Bolena, once you wear the suit, we can be a bit assured of your safety and we will be able to devote more resources towards catching the guys who came here. Once, we get a hold of them, we could reduce your security,” said Balthazar.
”OK. I will,” said Bolena taking the case from Balthazar.
”OK. I will leave the room. Show me the results your experiments after you suit up,” said Balthazar leaving the room
As soon as he exited the room, he saw Albert having a video chat with someone. It was Bruce and Arthur on the other side of the call.
”Confirm the locations of the remaining of your team and we will go ahead with the plan,” said Arthur.
”Did we confirm the locations of the Burns brothers from Max's communication device?” asked Balthazar joining in on the call.
”We never told you this. We tried to get details from his wrist band and home terminal, but we never got any decent information from the logs and think that he might be using some alternate method of communication, which we never managed to identify. That is why, this mission to capture the members is very critical,” said Arthur.
”Yes. This would be the first decent chance we got to get decent intelligence about them,” added Albert.
”She agreed to wear the suit and accept the security?” asked Arthur.
”Yes, to the suit. Might need to talk with her more about being cooperative with security for a longer duration,” answered Balthazar.
”OK. That's still an improvement over what the Patriarch managed to do.”
”I would suggest we go ahead with the seizure of the remaining two of the Orthrus Group agents,” said Albert.
”We managed to find out their locations?” asked Balthazar.
”Abel and Roger are working with us now. So, is the Orthrus Group. We have Yassin Achaemenid supporting us. They seemed to have somehow infiltrated their organization and Yassin is very adamant of finding out how. They had a method of locating their agents which we are using,” answered Albert.
”How can we be sure that they are actually working with us?” asked Balthazar.
”The mother of one of the agents is being monitored by someone I trust, and Yassin wouldn't dare to betray us so openly,” said Bruce.
”Ok. Then, best of luck with you endeavours,” said Albert cutting the call.
A few seconds later, Bolena entered wearing a combat suit. ”I am not able to adjust the suit with my wrist band. How did you do it?” she asked.
”Oh sorry! I have an app which enables you to configure it. You can't transfer the app to other devices,” said Albert transferring the app required to configure the combat suit. He also quickly configured the suit through her wrist band. He also explained how to enable the defensive and stealth features of the combat suit.
”This is Albert. He would be in charge of all the security provided by the family. He would be serving as my bodyguard as long as I am here following you,” said Balthazar finally introducing Albert to Bolena.
”Nice to meet you Albert. Did I meet you before?”
”Yes, we did. I followed the Patriarch as one of his guards for a couple of years. You might have noticed me at that time.”
”Oh! Yeah! I remember. How about I show you what I am working on? Come with me, guys.”