Insider

The Crew

The pilot's voice on the loudspeaker woke up Axel, "Sir we have landed in Accra." Axel opened his eyes and poured a bottle of cold water on his face instantly rejuvenating his senses. He walked down the stairs to meet the familiar face of Jahi Nagi. He saluted Axel and they both entered the Dodge Viper as it revved off.

"Sorry sir, to cut your trip short but the mission has been advanced due to urgency shown from the side of our sponsor."

"It's not a problem. Actually I have been looking forward for a bit of action lately."

"Well then good news for you, you will be leaving day after tomorrow for your first mission. Better catch some sleep today, briefing starts tomorrow noon where you shall meet your crew mates and will be provided information about the mission you are about to embark on."

Just as Jahi Nagi completed his sentence the car slid to a halt in front of the shop. The shopkeepers were thankfully awake and active this time saving them from a scolding.

Jahi Nagi patted one of them on the back as they climbed up the stairs leaving the guard grinning. They reached the 2nd floor and then passed through the revolving door into the elevator. Axel sighed in relief as the A/C cooled the beads of sweat which had formed on his skin in the sweltering heat of Ghanaian summer.They lift went underground to level -4 and the gates slid open.

Jahi Nagi waved him on, "This is our residential quarters." After taking a quick look at his watch "Dinner will be served in your bunker. Ahh yes, your bunker number is 17th, 8th on the right row. Enjoy the night."

Axel stepped out and the doors slid close behind him. Axel shuffled forward to his allotted room. On his way he saw many brawny people sitting in one of the bunkers playing cards. One of the men noticed Axel looking at them, and grunted as he looked at him in the eyes. Axel quietly looked away and moved on as if nothing happened.

He entered his room which was almost an exact replica of the Atlantis II one except it was scaled to a smaller size.

He took a quick shower and slipped into comfortable track pants for the night, thanks to SIEVE who had transported his luggage to Accra. Dinner was already placed on the centre table.

Within 15 minutes Axel had finished his meal consisting of traditional Ghanaian food and had fallen into sleep.

Next day noon, Axel was sitting in one of the larger hall-like bunkers. Along with him were three more people, two male and a female.

Jahi Nagi came marching in with a tablet in his hand. He placed the tablet on platform and the screen was mirrored onto the wall. He begun, "As you know you are here for the briefing for your latest mission. Well an un-identified sender had sent us a mail, along with an e-cheque of a million US Dollars giving us the instructions for the mission he or she wanted to be carried out. Our experienced computer software specialists instantly were on the case to track down the sender. But as soon as the content was downloaded onto our computer, a decay virus was set off completely erasing the sender's internet history. Well, now to the mission. It's a mission to destroy the ISIS base and major sites whose coordinates were given to us by the sender itself. Yes, the ISIS is a contributor to the economy of the SIEVE but not a major one. It mainly buys its weapons from the black market and therefore we have no problem for crossing them off. The base of the ISIS is located in Syria. You will be transported to Damascus tomorrow. Since we do not have a base there, you will have to carry your equipment from Accra itself. We had to advance it as the anonymous sender had sent in another mail telling us to do so.Now I'll introduce you to each other. Ranked as one of the best analytical thinkers of SIEVE, Erik Lukic, from Serbia." A pale skinned, white haired lean man stood up, gave a short salute and sat back down. Jahi continued, "He will be the team's main tactical planner and analyser and he will be assisted by the British Axel Smithson, on his first mission. Even though he shall be Erik's assistant his logical thinking is one of the best, and he has been suggested personally by our boss, Mrs. Shaw. Next is Valeriya Kovrov, the team's tech specialist from Russia. She has been on 7 earlier missions each an amazing success, thanks to her amazing skills. Finally the powerhouse of the crew from Chile, Felipe Castillo, one of the strongest men of SIEVE."

As Jahi Nagi was calling their names out each performed the actions performed by Erik at first

"What you have to day is to locate these bases and blow them up and make sure there is nothing left but rubble and dead bodies. Approximate duration of the mission will be a week. You are dismissed. Tomorrow morning, report at 7 am. You may start discussing strategies from now if any ideas have passed your mind."

All the four shuffled away back to their bunkers without talking, being too anxious for the next day's mission.