This story is the continuation of Behind closed doors so if you haven't read that one I suggest to start there. This novel is more storydriven than BCD and also involves more focus on the other characters in the Overwatch family.
The story picks up...
One of the Talon board members displayed an expression of utter disgust as he watched a screen in the board room. The others showed a noticeable lack of emotions at the desperate cries and screams that rang out through the speakers.
Moira sat on one side of the table with her fingers put together, leaning her elbows on the wooden table top, with Maximilien sitting next to her.
"Please.... Pleeeease help!!! Someone!!"
Moira's facial expression was calm, but a slight smirk of satisfaction could be seen if watching closely.
The Talon chairman pointed at the screen.
"This?" he exclaimed. "This is what you wasted all of these resources on?!"
"I told you we should not have approved her insanity!" another board member filled in.
"I promised you I would retrieve him....," Moira calmly said. "...and I have."
"Help!!! Please.... Oh God! Gaaaaah!!"
"I do not know what you have retrieved and what we are supposed to do with... it," the chairman said as he locked eyes with Moira.
Moira leaned forward, squinting slightly as she confidently met the chairman's eyes.
"Magnificence," she said with pride. "Just look at it!"
She motioned her hand towards the screen and they all turned their heads towards it.
The room went silent as the desperate cries for mercy filled their ears.
Screams turned into whimpering. Whimpering to sobbing and after a few moments... silence.
The first board members face turned into a greenish color, something that the chairman picked up on.
"Shut it off!" he ordered. "That is enough!"
He then turned back to Moira.
"I do not understand where you are going with this, Doctor" he said.
"Once I have everything under control...," Moira began but was interrupted.
"If..." the chairman corrected her. "If you get it under control. The results so far are not... convincing..."
"Trust me," Moira said with the same confident smirk. "He will obey... and once he does, Talon will be unstoppable!"
"So far this has cost us more than I can ever see us gaining from this madness!" one of the board members, who had opposed the funding the last time, loudly exclaimed as he slammed his fist on the table. "This is nothing but prestige for a mad scientist! Why do the rest of you not see that?!"
Maximilien cleared his throat and leaned forward.
"The Doctor has proven herself to all of you countless times!" he defended Moira. "If it was not for her, Talon would be nothing but a myth, forgotten about a long time ago! The creations she has made and the methods she has provided us with both medically and to advance our forces... how even dare you question that!?"
The board member went quiet, as did the rest of the room. Moira kept a stoic unaffected face as Maximilien leaned back into his chair.
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