The 'Interrogation' of Drake Newport

[JonasHudson]

LRF Ground HQ, Resistance Base, Leeds System
April 826 A.S.

As Drake closed his communications pad, and in the middle of taking a seat on the cott of his quarters, the door slid open with a very typical 'click and wheeze' sound of the hydraulics pulling the heavy door open in less than a second.

Two marines in standard BAF issue armor quickly filled the room on either side of him, and two more took up position in the door way just outside. Drake sat facing them, slightly stunned as in disbelief. A fifth marine came from around the corner and grabbed him, placed him in electronic hand cuffs, and walked him out.

About an hour later, he was sitting in a blank room with metal panel walls, with a table, chair, some cigarettes and an ash tray. The marines dumped him there and closed the door behind them. He was there for several minutes. There were a few changing expressions on his face, the man was visibly in deep thought. The sweat could be seen on him even through the CCTV cameras he was being watched with.

Finally, the door opened, and the marines returned. Two of them anyways. One was carrying something on a tripod. He brought it over to the table and sat it down in front of it facing Newport. It was a large screen on a tripod stand. The marine extended its legs and stood the thing there aimed at him. When he was done, he hit a switch on the device that activated it.

On it appeared a partially distorted glowing image, that of the face of Jonas Hudson. There was some signal interference between their ends, but Newport could certainly tell who it was. The image settled after a moment of static, and he began to speak.

"Newport, Hudson here. I hate that I had to go through all this, but I have to take precautions. We have a lot at stake here. As you know, I lost contact with you for quite some time. Then you pop back up, claiming you aren't proud of how you got back..." Hudson said, his voice slighly distorted from the speaker and signal interference.

"I'm sorry I can't be there in person for this, but I was cut off in the red zone for a while and forced to flee back to space. Actually, I think I'm glad I'm not there. I wasn't expecting to have to grill you for details like this so soon after recruiting you" Hudson followed, he flicked a switch on his watch, and the marine stepped towards Newport, as he looked back up at him nervously. The marine stopped right in front of him, Hudson's voice continuted "So, please tell me what happened. The whole thing. I gotta know everything Newport. Obviously something fishy happened. The best way for us to move forward is to come clean. That way we can keep this...simple. And we can both get back to the task at hand as quickly as possible..."

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