Outlaw

11. Dr Mosheyev

The plan was working. Calypso had fallen right into our trap and she didn't suspect anything. Stupid, naive girl to think she could survive against us. She never stood a chance from the beginning. She knew about our plans, she had to die, and quickly.

I paced around the inside of my tent, usually I wouldn't abide in such primitive quarters but ,needs must. We were camped in the forest near where Calypso had been last seen. We don't know what happened to her but I'm sure our chief scientist, Dr Zalenka, and the forensics team can figure it out. Why may finds Zalenka and his oily hair in just as oily voice rather insufferable, I must admit he is good at his job, though I hate to say it.
She could have either fallen straight into our trap, or taken a turn into the woods without us noticing, highly unlikely but you never know. People can be unpredictable, that is why I prefer machines; you know exactly what move they are likely to make.

Speaking of Zalenka, the greasy eel himself walked up to me followed by his team forensic scientists. His hair was slicked back with enough oil to power a motor car for at least a week, if not longer. I was beginning to remember why I despised this man so much. The way he ordered people around and strutted through his daily activities like he owned the place. That was my job! He turned to me, his cold, gray eyes probing me up and down as he did to any and every girl he met, he was disgusting in every shape and form. His smooth, manipulative, voice brought me back to cold reality. Of all the things I hated about this man, his voice was probably the one I hated most.

"Kyra." He snapped multiple times in my face.

"I told you not to call me by my first name. Next time I will throw you into the Apollo-X acid."

Although, I didn't know it was possible, I was beginning to hate this man even more.

"Don't be like that darling, I know you love me."

Remind me to fire him. Something I should have done a while ago.

"Did you just seek me out in order to antagonise me, or did you actually want to say something useful, I know there is a first for everything but please try."

That felt good. I had been wanting to do that for a while, insult him, I mean. All I wished it was for him to leave me alone all day everyday; I never wanted to see his stupid, greasy face ever again. Heck if I had never met him I don't think I would be missing out on much at all. He was a bossy, stuck-up snob and nobody liked him, not even his own team. I didn't await his reply before leaving to attend to other important matters... far away from him. Very far.

I walked over towards the tents where the guards were I needed to speak to the head of the division; Colonel Sanders. He was the type of man I could get along with, simple and easy to deal with. He was the smartest man in the division which was kind of like being the tallest dwarf. None of our military men with very smart so it wasn't a massive achievement. At least he followed his orders.

He and his division had just got back from searching the woods so I needed to know if they had found any trace of Calypso. Anything out of the ordinary could be important here, also if I didn't find her the boss would have me in very deep shit, and I would rather avoid that if I'm being perfectly honest. The boss was not someone you would want to mess with.

When I got to Colonel Sanders' tent, I knocked on the main pole holding the tent up before entering on his command. The colonel stood up straight as soon as he saw me, going into full military mode.

"Dr Mosheyev, ma'am."

"Relax Colonel, I just want to know about your previous mission and what you found on it. Was there any sign of Calypso? Anything out of the ordinary at all?"

The Colonel looked rather taken aback by my questions, I don't know what he had been expecting to hear from me but it probably wasn't that judging by the look on his face. He stood there staring at me for a moment before gaining his composure and replying.

"Um, no ma'am, there wasn't any sign of the girl in the area of forest we searched, if you wish we can go search the rest of the forest sections until we find some evidence of where she went, she had to have gone somewhere. It wasn't like she just vanished."

After that brief interaction I pushed my way out of the flap of the tent leaving the Colonel chuckling at his own joke. Nothing. They found nothing. The boss was not going to be pleased at all, I internally cringed at what they were going to say to me for failing my job. She would tell me that it was a simple task and I was good for nothing for failing her, they would tell me that I was a disgrace and no wonder this was the only job I could find. They would be right, I was a failure.

No.

I refused to let anyone's mind games get to me I was my own person and could do what I liked, fuck what's the boss says, fuck what anyone says, I don't care anymore. I laughed madly to my self. I don't care haha I don't fucking care. I was going to find calypso and wring her neck for all the trouble she has caused me just because I wanted to. Still, the boss would be rather displeased at my failure and as much as I liked my new found freedom, I didn't want to get on their bad side. They could kill me as easily as breaking a twig in half. They could kill anyone, including Calypso.