As I was waking up from the sedative I was given I realized we were flying high over water, I didn't see land anywhere. The pilot came over the intercom saying "three minutes till touchdown, secure all loose objects and fasten your restraints". We began a steep corkscrew "active combat area" type of descent towards the water. I was familiar with this maneuver but it always freaked me out even when I could see a landing strip. I was squeezing the armrest hard and looking out the window at this little dot on the water which grew larger every second. It quickly became evident that it was an aircraft carrier, a huge aircraft carrier. It was painted black with no markings whatsoever. I was expecting that 200 mph to zero in three seconds stop experience when in the last few seconds the wings rotated up so the jet landed like a helicopter only smoother.
Two agents grabbed my arms to usher me off the jet and I instinctively put both of them on the floor. I looked up and I had multiple assault weapons trained on me. I immediately put my hands up, apologized, explained it was just a knee jerk reaction and what I was trained to do. The lady in the suit said "Shackle him and bring him to interrogation room C". I relaxed & complied. We arrived at the corridor leading to the interrogation room which was five levels down by elevator. I was placed in the room and shackled to the floor at a large steel table. After what seemed like two hours the lady in the suit came through the door with a bunch of files and slammed them on the desk and stood there staring at me with her arms crossed stroking her chin just to intimidate me, it worked. "What am I going to do with you" she said? I learned long ago to just keep my mouth shut until I could assess the situation so I said nothing. She called the agent outside the door in and said " Take his restraints off & leave us please". The agent, one of the ones who ended up on the floor earlier, hesitated but she gave him this look and he did what she commanded.
When the door closed her whole demeaner changed to what seemed to be a relaxed state. She said "Are you hungry or thirsty"? I remained silent. She said "My name is Ms. Peach and you are one of my assets". "Your name is Chad Reed from this day forward ". "I have here your identification documents and your personal history all the way back to your great-great grandparents, read and learn every detail, it could save your life". "We are 250 miles off the coast of East Africa and in two days you will be dropped into Tanzania from 40,000 ft". "You will receive a mission briefing tomorrow morning and although you have enhanced abilities you can't swim 250 miles". "Oh and by the way you have flexible titanium under your third layer of skin and double surrounding your vital organs, you can take a bullet and there are aliens here on earth and we also work off world". "Have a good night, someone will be in to help you settle in... read the files"!
