Agent Alaska: Recollection and Freelancer

"Chapter 17"

Chairman: "Dear Director."

Fade in to Church and Wash

Chairman: "It is now clear, that your agency and its primary program "Project Freelancer" have abused the trust and freedoms that the Oversight Sub-committee has provided you. Your abuse of the Alpha A.I. will now become the subject of a criminal investigation. I am sorry, Director, but you have seen the end of my patience."

Church and Wash look at each other silently before we cut to Simmons typing at Terminal 84-C.

Sarge: "What're you finding out, Simmons?"

Simmons: "Looks like all the Blue records are here, I just don't have the access to delete them. I'm trying to work around that right now."

South: "The hell are you little shits doing now?"

Grif enters, but holding his crotch in pain. He sees Simmons and rushes to him.

Grif: "Ooh, try hacking the mainframe."

Simmons: "This isn't a mainframe system."

Grif: "How 'bout cracking it, would cracking it work?"

Simmons: "Grif shut up! Stop making suggestions when you have no idea what you're talking about."

Grif: "Well, if you want help-"

Simmons: "I don't want help."

Grif: "Maybe you should explain what's going on, and I could make an educated suggestion."

Simmons: "Educated? Okay, fine. This computer is a dedicated interface with a highly developed security protocol. The information we are accessing is stored on a separate database with its own dedicated hardware. That system has its own distinct layer of security. From what I can tell, the two systems verify their identities by trading randomly generated two thousand fifty-six bit encryption keys. I'm tryin' to spoof one of those keys right now. So, Grif. I'm all ears. Any suggestions?"

Grif: "Oh yeah, I've seen that before. You should try uploading a virus to the mainframe."

Simmons: "Jesus."

Grif: "I find viruses that feature a laughing skull tend to work the best."

Simmons: "Shut the fuck up and let me work!"

South: "...you're hacking the computer?"

Simmons: "Yes, now shut up please, okay thanks."

Cut to Alpha, Tex, and Aur'an inside the room Alpha unlocked.

Tex: "That's...a lot of weapons...Theta wasn't kidding."

Aur'an: "I agree...but why are we here?"

Alpha: "I'm retrieving something. Case pod 3."

Alpha walks to what he called it, Case Pod 3. He opens it and grabs a weapon he turns around and shows them it.

Tex: "What the- is that another Shotgun Gauntlet?"

Alpha: "Yep, I just realized Command had kept my weapons in this secured location, so just decided to take them back."

Tex: "Weapons?"

Aur'an: "Is that all?"

Alpha: (grins) "No...guys...meet my newest weapon in my collection...Harbinger."

He transforms the weapon into a scythe.