Silent Knight

Chapter Nine

I woke up sweating. I sat up out of bed to look out the window, tossing the itchy green covers to the floor. The moon was still high in the sky, I'd only been asleep for a few hours. I decided that was all I needed, one nightmare a day was enough.

The lights were turned off in the hallway as I stepped out into it, now wearing my suit and helmet. The clock on the wall told me it was about one in the morning. I figured everyone would be in bed by now, which they were. The lights under everyone's door were off. I went up to the main doors of the building and walked out into the cold night air.

Wanting to do some more snooping around the complex, I made my way over to the building that had the conference room and pulled on the door. It was locked. I was curious why they would need to lock up this building, and the only way to find out would be to get in. I reached into one of my pockets and pulled out my simple lockpicking kit. It would be enough to get me in.

Once I had the door open, I slipped inside, careful not to make a sound. There was a light that I could see from under the door that led to my destination. I slowly made my way over to it, seeing it was a crack open. I peered inside and then pushed the door open the rest of the way.

"General," I said, acknowledging the only person in the room. He looked up from his laptop at the front of the room and saw me. He nodded.

"Shouldn't you be sleeping?" he asked.

"I don't sleep much."

"I can't imagine you do." It was quiet for a second, so I pulled up the same chair I sat in the previous day and sat down.

"Did we get what you were looking for today?" I asked.

"Parts of it." I nodded. The General continued, "They have a sample of the virus that is almost complete," he said. "It's only based on what your parents made. They made it a whole lot worse," he said as if he was trying to reassure me. I slowly nodded.

"Still, if they never would've..." I trailed off. He could put the rest of the sentence together. It was quiet for another moment. "What are we going to do about it?" I asked.

"We're going to stop them."

"How?" I laughed, "With our team of hooligans?"

"That's exactly how." I sighed. "You might not," The General went on, "But I have faith in you all."

"We couldn't even do one simple mission without it going to shit,"

"I thought it would go a lot worse if I'm being honest with you." I laughed,

"So did I," I mumbled. The General chucked as well, and it went quiet again for a moment.

"They'll trust you eventually," he said, finally breaking the silence.

"I wouldn't," I mumbled. "I'm a psychopath assassin. Would you trust that?" The General rubbed his stubble in thought.

"If they could prove to me that they are trustworthy," he finally said. "What you did today was a good start. But you have to know, trust goes both ways." I laughed,

"Do you think even one of them would go out of their way to help me?" The General pursed his lips, thinking for a second before answering.

"If you were to ask me yesterday, I would've said no. But after what I saw out in the field today, that answer might change. Give them time." I nodded, "But that also means you are going to have to work on some things."

"Like?"

"Well, putting a knife up to their throats would be the first thing I don't recommend." I laughed.