"Sir, stage one of Everest Fall is complete. We have taken over the mission control center."
"Good. Hurry up with stage two." I sternly said.
"Yes, sir."
I hung up and continued on with my plan. Stage 1 of taking over the mission control was complete. Now, for stage 2. Extermination of Lopez and her crew member EVA'ing. We will do that by hacking into the shuttle's commands, stoping the girl (I think her name might be Patel, based on the recordings we have unlocked, but not sure.), and Brown from trying to stop us and helping their friends. Once they have been exterminated (a technical difficulty), we will exterminate the other two. It doesn't have to be painful. Since we would already have the shuttle's commands, and we will be able to control the shuttle, we can just change the course a bit to close to the sun or a black hole.
I put my pencil down. OK. We can work with this plan. A few adjustments, here and there, but so far, so good. I moved my chair back, moved around with its wheels, because why not, and it also is very relaxing.
CLICK
I turned around. "Uh, sir." I jumped.
"What?"
"Um, the plan? I need to bring it to the hacker."
"No. Not the plan. He will know too much, we should only tell him what he has to do. Nothing else." I conflicted.
"Her."
"What?"
"The hacker, she's a girl."
"Oh. Well then, we only tell her what she has to do."
"Okay. And uh, the chair?"
"Oh, yes. It helps me focus."
"Ah. OK."
We paused.
"Well? Leave."
"Yes, sir."
He turned towards the door and opened it. CLICK. He left. I moved the chair with my feet towards the window. I put my feet up onto my desk, and relaxed on the chair, and looked outside. Cynthia. Where was she, and why was she taking so long to connect again?
I picked up the phone and dialed her number. The phone tone played until someone picked up.
"Hello?"
"Cynthia?"
"Nathan?"
"Do they know they're related?"
"What? Wow, OK not even a hello, or how are you? But no, of course not."
"Cynthia?"
"No, they don't. "
"So where are they? How could you raise them both if they don't know they're related?"
"Simple. I gave Nicole to my brother and raised Leo."
"What are they doing now?"
"Well, just like their father, they are astronauts."
"Oh."
"Yes. They're on the shuttle Everest together. Nicole's the captain. The-"
"What?" I panicked.
"Yea-"
I hung up, in fright. I grabbed the phone. I quickly dialed his number.
"Stop! Don't follow through with the procedure!"
"What? Sir, why not?"
"Because," I started. I hesitated. "I am planning to kill my kids..."
Then there was silence. A muffled voice came out and said something. Then,
"Yes, sir. We will stop the procedure."
I hung up before anything else could be said. I had to stop this, and I'm glad I did. I couldn't let my kids die.