The Prototype

4. Who? What? Why?

MARCELLUS POV

I reclined in my black leather office chair, crossing one leg over the other and propping them up on my desk. With a cigar in hand, I brought it up to my face, placing it between my lips and lighting it up. As I took a puff, the warm smoke of the tobacco gently filled my lungs, providing a sense of relaxation after a long and tiring day. It had been a day since I had encountered that wretched woman, and I was still feeling the effects of the encounter.

Now as entertaining as it may be for me to watch her kill herself. It would not be done on her accord or whenever or wherever she so please.

The level of determination she has to try to induce a cardiac arrest by cutting off oxygen to the brain and stopping the rhythm of her heart which could cause damage to her kidney and liver is quite impressive. Her pulse was very slow and almost none existent letting me know that she was holding her breath way before she left the meeting room. Shows me just how dedicated she is to making her statement.

Obviously that wasn't her first time doing that. Usually a person can not hold their breath willingly that long with the intent of causing damage but almost certainly the body would eventually began to struggle to take a breath which would then make it hard to continue to hold in.

So for her to look completely normal doing it and succeeding is absolutely pathetic.

Ricco performed CPR to help her involuntary body mechanism restore the breathing process, and get her body back regulating.

The nurse had to do a full scan of her just to make sure she didn't cause any damages internally to herself or her brain, so she restricted Tempest from having any visitors as she wanted to keep an eye on her and make sure she was good. That woman is hell. She's a determined woman, I see that. She knows how to make a first impression and put on a performance.

A knock sounded off at my door "Come in" I demanded. The door opened as Nino and Ricco walked in. "Romeo should be coming in soon," Nino mentioned.

Romeo is a hacker, a damn good hacker, and he's self-taught which is even more impressive. 

I nod my head "Good, I need for him to get inside them files as soon as possible before she goes and kills herself." I teased.

Ricco let out a few chuckles. "I thought she was just bullshitting in the meeting, I didn't think she would actually do something to harm herself. We've experienced a lot of things and we've had women here that tried to mouth off but a simple discipline gets them right. We never had a woman to voluntarily taking herself out and actually doing it. She may need to be on suicide watch." Ricco shook his head.

I chuckled once more blowing the smoke from the cigar out "I like her determination, the little performance was nice but she is still alive under my roof so therefore she will still follow under my rules." I expressed.

Nino shrugs his shoulders "The way she starting out doesn't seem as though she will be here on this earth or under your roof for long." He mentioned referring to her possibly trying to kill herself again.

I took another puff and then exhale the smoke once more "Which is why I need to see what's in her files, I want to know who she is and what she is about and what will-power does she have for their government to restrict her files, why was she at that event, why was she the only woman left after the chaos." I begin to ponder taking another puff of the cigar.

Ricco shrugged his shoulders "What if it's nothing?" he asked.

I exhale the smoke " Then we will enjoy watching her kill herself or bowing down to me but as of now, I cannot do a contract with her without knowing who she is and she's not going back to Washington and I will do my due diligence to figure out who is under my roof." I explained.