Mission Titan

CH-5

He opened his eyes and very slowly moved his head. He very uncomfortably shifted in his chair, as every joint of his body was nearly falling apart.

The prisoner was in a really bad condition, which was not surprising, since he was being kept extremely starved and sleep deprived. He was given food, just enough to keep the blood to be pumped by his heart. On top he was beaten mercilessly, of course on Mohammed's orders. In fact they beat him throughout the day and night, leaving mere fifteen minutes of free time for him, in between the shifts. If anyone else would have received half the bad of this treatment, they would already have given up by now.

But he would never be giving up. He couldn't really give up. He was the only one who was aware of Mohammed's dirty plans, which meant that he was the only hope for saving humanities' future. But he was still trapped, and for now all he could do is to wait for the best opportunity to present itself. It better happen soon, or it might be too late.

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Surrounded by a fleet of police vehicles, the center was completely sealed. Almost all its compounds were blocked off with yellow police tape and guarded by guard robos. Cops, FBI agents and forensics teams were present  there. The FBI agents had taken the interview of each person who was present in the center. Thankfully though, the media was kept completely shut off from the entire thing.

Bill was standing near the middle of the compound, along with Robert and Katie. All of them had been terribly silent, Bill being the most mummed up. He almost hadn't spoken anything throughout this whole time, except for answering to the questions, the law enforcement had put up for him. Suddenly breaking the silence, Robert spoke up "Shit man. He was such a nice person, so very hardworking. I liked him a lot."

"We all did." Katie said, as she put up her hand on his shoulder to comfort him.

Bill, who had been staring at the floor the whole time raised his head, as he saw Dr. Bougart coming towards them. Along with him was an FBI agent. He was tall and strong and had greying black hair. He was a senior officer and from his badges, Bill concluded him as the most senior of all the other officers present  there. His name tag read "George Pistone". As Dr. Bogart came there, he introduced the officer.

"This is Mr. Pristone, the lead agent of the FBI team here. He's a very experienced officer and Mr. President has chosen him personally for ensuring the crew's security. All three shook up hands with him."

"It is very nice to meet you all." he said in an authoritative tone. Dr. Bogart continued "Officer, could you please provide us with the details of your investigation till now?"

Pristone nodded "Yes, I could tell you that, as for now the case is just in the initial stages. But at the present moment, we haven't found much. Hopefully with time we would. For now the only confirmed lead we have is the fact that the killer was someone from inside the center, since there was no suspicious entry of any unauthorized person in the center."

"And what about the autopsy reports?" Bill asked

The agent turned to face him. "The autopsy report is almost done. The wounds on him were quite severe. Since there were several cuts throughout the torso, of different sizes, it would be difficult to predict the weapon. But still it is expected to be a knife of around 20cm length and from the impact angles of the left side blows, the killer was probably a right-handed person."

"And were there any specifications for the material of the weapon used?"

"That's the thing that has been bugging me up. Although we have assumed the weapon to be a knife, the two majorly struck areas had circular insertions. Also even more strange is the fact that there were traces of stainless steel around the cut areas. Yet some rust particles were also present in sizable amounts. So for now, we are considering that the person might have used two different weapons."