Operation Smoke Screen -

[Zen_Mechanics]

David could not stop thinking, how on gaia did she manage to infilitrate Livadia's security guards and how didnt they detect the incubus earlier. Concentrating breathing, or the sensation of it ; he could not stop thinking why Kelly waited for so longr, she must have had some reason to keep him
convinced or occupied. The dramatically altered situation has already provided David with some insights as to why it only happend now. He quickly realized that she was not infested until this meeting but any clues of finding out how she was contaminated were anyone's guess.

Something smells wrong, David realises. Was this deliberate or through admittedly improbable accident. Thankful that he is still alive, had the foresight to ensure this type of situation would never happend, David taps on his distress belt, and begins to move toward the centre of the hall. David suddenly felt a wave of cold panic. Could it actually be true that this was all real? He saw only too clearly how it might have been his last breath, His mind couldn't stop casting himself back to that corridor with Kelly, while at the same time he was looking for lights or navigation signs on his whereabouts. He points his eyes and looks up. Sunlight is filtering through the ceeiling. Much closer, two figures in dirty combat fatigues are looking down at him: one a slightly chubby man with short, reddish hair, and wearing glasses; the other a taller, slim girl with long blonde hair tied back tightly from a high-cheek-boned face. Both, he guesses, are in in their late teens or early twenties, and both are smiling. We heard your call Cmd David, she said with a cute but terrified accent, It was not easy to get down here so we should be probably leaving. David smiled for a moment, a second of relief, but he could not abandon this place that quickly, Surely we can make some use of this. David orders the officers to bring his technichian teams and a bottle of wine, I could use a drink down here.

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Were fools to make war on our brothers in arms.