In the coming days, Hindmarsh found himself imprisoned on-board the rumoured Osiris-class battleship, equipped with a cloaking device. His ship was no longer the most advanced in the Navy. Apparently, it never was.
He was with the Order, a small but well-connected organisation trying to liberate the Houses of the influence of the aliens. He was kept imprisoned at their base in Planet Toledo. They ran several, invasive tests into his body but he was cleared of infestation. He was still himself. Somehow, this made the team leader even more disappointed. “At least your actions would have made sense if you were infested, but now I know that you just chose to be who you are: a little s***.”
“How did you find me? The Nighthawk program was meant to be top secret, there couldn’t have been more than three dozen people who were authorised to know about it.” Hindmarsh still wanted some answers.
The Spec-ops team leader named John came and sat down next to him in his prison cell. Hindmarsh wouldn’t have any way of knowing who this guy was, other than his special operations skillset, his comon name, and his face.
“We knew about the Nomads before the Houses recognised their threat. My job was to target the infested woman who was in contact with you. Her name, before she was infested-”
He took a pause, a sigh and a deep breath. “Her name was Morgan. She was my daughter. I witnessed her infestation and then I witnessed the LSF do nothing about it. And that’s where the Order found me. I was tasked with tracking her down. I found a guy, a guy you blackmailed who decided to run away from Alaska. I was part of the Osiris program which had a higher security clearance so I was familiar with the Nighthawk stealth-ship program and figured we might be able to use it. We didn't have many ships to requisition anyway. I met that guy you blackmailed, who ran away from Alaska and Liberty swearing never to return so that he could keep his family safe. I met him, and found out what you had done. And I followed my daughter and saw the Nighthawk get upgraded with the adapted torpedo systems. That made your ship even more valuable. So I came after you, and then I saw my daughter shoot at you and shoot at me.” The team leader’s voice softened
“I’m surprised she didn’t infest you, but I’m thinking that was just pure luck. And you have too much of that.”
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