April 27th, 2020 at 07:20am
It was already evident plutonium was being moved across the black market again. A specific buyer had been making it well known he was looking for the materials to build large nuclear bombs and it had quickly gotten back to the CIA. And not long after Ethan Hunt's death. It appeared someone was already trying to finish his work.
"You've already done so much, August. We can never thank you enough for disposing of Hunt, but now we've got it all under control." Erica Sloane led him through the hall, down towards one of the labs. She had been adamant about keeping August far away from this new investigation, afraid he might not be able to handle it. Dealing with Hunt had already resulted in severe burn damage to the right side of his face, not to mention he had been in a helicopter fight and had almost been thrown off the edge of a cliff. "The board still thinks you need some time to rest. And, we have our secret weapon all ready to go..."
She stopped in front of the door and quietly pushed it open. Inside, a doctor was giving a once over to Orion, a young homeless omega who had volunteered a couple of years ago to the experiments. She had been promised a warm place to sleep and three full meals a day, and that was better than selling herself on the street corners for scraps. If she knew what it had all really meant, she never would've agreed. After their tests and experiments, Orion was barely herself.
"August, meet Orion. One of our new sleeper agents." Erica detailed Orion's file to August, explaining the whole operation. After detailing everything, how she was one of the six omegas they had brainwashed, she looked up to him to see if he approved. He seemed like the type of man who would. "But, they are all also trained in extensive hand to hand combat, experts with any type of weapon, and Orion here, specifically, knows how to kill a man in over fifty different ways, with just her hands. One word from me and she'd snap your neck without even thinking about it." Erica almost seemed proud by what she had created. "But they're only lethal when told to be. That's the best part. My girls here have to be obey any command they are given by their master. Currently, that role is mine alone. And soon, Orion here will be going out to meet one of our first leads."
Orion looked up from the table, dressed in only a white hospital gown as the doctor continued to run tests. Her mind was sort of still her own. She could listen to Erica speak and want to demand to be let go, to cry and break down, but her body refused. She sat there, perfectly still, with a small smile on her face. The man who had entered the room with Erica was a complete stranger, but the name August rang a bell. Instantly, it was like her mind was digging through every bit of knowledge she held until she had it. August Walker. The hammer. Orion knew everything about him. Though the picture she had been shown must've been before his accident. The right side of his face was scarred, badly burned. Half of his eyebrow and his ear, gone, his eye almost covered by the scar tissue. Still, she could see how handsome of a man he had been, and his scent ... was so strong.
"This is all under control. So just go home, August. You're off duty for another month, remember?" Erica tried to persuade him again, trying to prove that everything was taken care of.
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