The Silent Hunter

Chapter 6: Friend or Enemy

Lena sat on the couch and was still quite surprised. Jaguar came from the kitchen and put a bowl of soup on her.

"Here, eat something. You've slept for two days."

After Lena had finished eating, she wanted some answers. But she didn't know how to start a conversation. Jaguar sat next to her on the armchair the whole time, watching in silence.

"Well..." she began. "You are not our enemy, I'm beginning to realize that."

"I never was," he said.

"I'm sure you have many questions. So go ahead and I promise to answer them all truthfully."

"Very well. Where are we?"

"We're in a remote cabin in Sussex, near the coast."

"Do you live here?"

"No. I just retreat here when I need to lay low for a while. My main residence is a house in the East End of London."

"WHAT?" she said. "All this time, we thought you were dead. and you were right under our noses."

"We have met before, you just didn't recognize me."

Lena looked at him in astonishment.

"Remember that strange street musician with the violin?"

"That was you?" she said, genuinely surprised.

"Yes, it was me."

"A true actor has been lost on you . But seriously, what do you want anyway?"

"I really need help from Overwatch. It's very urgent and there are billions of lives at stake."

"I think you'll have to explain that a little better."

And Jaguar started telling her. He told her the reason why he was created and that he is now looking for the Artifact to destroy it. He also told her that Null Sector was planning an attack on Tokyo in a week and that he had already contacted Overwatch and that they were going to join them in a week from now when they attacked Tokyo.

"How did the others react when you said I was with you?"

"Winston said if I touched a hair on your head, he'd tear me in half."

"Wow, I've never seen him like that," she said, amazed. "But why don't you take me right back?"

"First of all, you need to rest and secondly, I need your help, too."

"And for what?"

"Recently I found out that the last council member of Medusa, the politician Anton Moore, knows where the artifact is."

"I knew there was something fishy about them. How can such an asshole win an election," cried Lena.

"So anyway. Moore is hosting a gala in Kensingtion in a few days. I have to get a ticket under fake names. My goal is to confront Moore and get the information out of him where the artifact is."

"So just assuming that I believe you. That doesn't mean I do. Why should I trust you? I mean...."

Jaguar's thoughts wavered as he looked out the window and saw something coming out of the bushes.

"I mean, who do you think I am?" Lena said.

"A wild fawn," he said absent-mindedly.

"I've never heard anyone say that to me before," Lena thought.

TIMESKIP

Lena was alone in the cabin, Jaguar had gone out because he said he had to do something. Bored, she went to a shelf and looked around. On the shelf were a few books, some CDs with radio plays by Sherlock Holmes and a few movies, including action movies, fantasy movies and even some Disney movies.