The Numbers
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Ongoing, First published Feb 28, 2015
What would you do if you found out that beyond the basic organizations that the government informed it's people of, there was an elite group that worked outside the rules of the law. Not the basic laws that the average person is governed by, not even the ones the select few people in charge must follow in times of absolute war. In fact, this organization is so secretive, so loosely governed, that the members can do or say whatever they want in the confines of their compound and during their job assignments that they no one really knows who they are or where they live. In fact, all their employers know for certain is the job that they need done and if they happen to list the job on a specific website, it miraculously gets done without them having to lift a finger. The people who work for this company are all ex-convicts who are either supposed to be incarcerated or dead, their names and identities are erased and like their organization they belong to, they are simply known as The Numbers.
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