Helix Operatives: Creation

Voyage: Ceves

It was around noon as Ceves had joined the others in Lanchar's office for the mission briefing. The office was a circular room with a set of windows against one wall and the others covered in a dark grey paint. The ceiling was vaulted and had a light fixture hanging down from it to dimly light the room. There was a large wooden table in the center of the room where the others sat with chairs around the table. On the table was a few papers and pens in a cluttered array.

"Hey, um... We're back," said Ceves as Tendro, Certainia, and him walked into the room.

"Hey, welcome back from being crazier than you are," said Ulfrin as a joke.

"Yeah... Um... Marg...?" Asked Ceves as he sat next to her.

"Net... It's fine... I'm sure Tendro told you already," said Margha. She had her mask in her hands with a high-powered flashlight in the other.

"O-Okay... Sorry though..." said Ceves as he rubbed a paw through the back of his mane.

"You were feral, not your fault," said Margha as she curled up more in her seat. "I'll be fine."

"Well, you'll have to be," said a voice. The group looked over to see the vice-president walking into the room. The VP was a male Anthro giraffe that was wearing a dark suit and tie.

"Rengo, where's Lanchar?" Asked Tendro with some concer.

"Lanchar has gone missing," said Rengo as he sat down at the table with them. "I was the one that sent you that message."

"Say what?" Asked Ceves as he sat upright in his seat.

"Yes, the president is missing. Right now I've been running things without word getting out and causing a mass panic. What we know after looking into some of his personal documents is that he was having an altercation with someone known as the Puppeteer. Scouts in the cities have stated that the Puppeteer is mutated as well and has been mentally controlling people to go one violent killing sprees for him. If the president has been taken over by him we need to find the Puppeteer and... eliminate him..." said Rengo with a stoic expression.

"Right... and how do we know this isn't just you making it up so that you can take over as the president?" Asked Ceves with a questioning look.

"Ceves, you're acting like a conspiracy theorist," said Medin with a somewhat panicked look.

"Hey, I'm just saying having power here is a good thing," said Ceves as he jabbed his finger into the table.

"While I won't argue with you one that one I will say this. I'm already in a seat of power. One that does not require nearly as much stress or energy as my current position. Besides, everyone wants to take down the number one seat. I'm number two. I'm one of the lowest target threat members of this committee. Even Tendro is a higher target since he basically commands are military forces for the most part. All I do is to fill in where necessary, help run a senate, and help the president with anything he needs help with. Which isn't much considering how oddly proficient Lanchar is at his job. So no, there's no reason for me to take him out, there's more of a reason for me to keep him alive."

"...Fine... So, do we have any clue where this Puppeteer guy is?" Asked Ceves as he sat back in his seat.

"Yes, I know," said Angel.

"Who's that?" Asked Medin as he looked around the room.

"The psychic tech support guy, Angel," said Ceves as he pulled out a pen and paper, putting it on the table. "Start talking Angel, we don't have time to lose."

"Right, so I know he's on the east coast and the Gene Force is looking for him too right now," said Angel.

"Alright, anything else like... a general building or city or region or... anything? At all?" Asked Ceves as he looked towards the sky from the paper.