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Chapter 54 - Alex and Sergey

"So Alex, can we start by discussing who this Atticus is. I need you to be honest with me," said Sergey.
"100 percent disclosure," replied Alex
"Ok, start," said Sergey. 
Alex tells everything about Atticus beginning from his entry to District 11. He conveniently leaves out the part of him following his everyday life from since he was a child.
Sergey after paying attention closely to what Alex was saying. He took down the notes in his laptop.
He was there during the first theft of the fleets. But he was not present at the crash, right?" asked Sergey.
"Yes, you are right," said Alex.
"He is a person of interest, but he certainly is not the primary suspect in this case. It is quite obvious a syndicate is involved, Alex," said the experienced Sergey. 
"One man cannot pull this off and plus this character looks like an ordinary working man," 
"Although there is no harm in treating him as a suspect," said Sergey.
"Does he have an Alibi for the time during the crash, where was he?" asked Sergey.
"He was at home, he is under paid leave. So there is no concrete alibi that he can provide," replied Alex.
"Ok, where is he now. I would like to meet him," said Sergey. 
"He must be at the district 11," replied Alex.
Sergey paused for a second.
"You are not leading me on a wild goose chase here, are you ? he half joking / half seriously" asked Alex.
"No, of course not. I have no reason to," replied Alex.
"You have all the reason to," said Sergey to him in that rough voice again.
As Sergey stared at Alex, Sergey's phone went off.
The alarm on his phone started ringing repeatedly. 
Sergey at once looked at his phone as his face turned a little suspicious.
"What?" what has happened asked Alex curiously.
"Wilmir," replied Sergey.
"Wilmir? that does not cover our jurisdiction," asked Alex.
"Jurisdiction, laughed out Sergey. "They are just imaginary lines that are made up to keep an illusion of safety and privacy,"
"To the rich and powerful, there is no jurisdiction. Everything, everywhere is a matter of concern,"replied Sergey.
"Ok," Said Alex who was not surprised anymore about the way these people operated.
"Alex, there is a lot of activity going on Wilmir. Some kind of disturbance," said Sergey.
"What part of Wilmir exactly," asked Alex. 
"The middle of it," said Sergey as his face started to frown.
The two men were seated in a large office space in the Investigation unit of District 5.
Not much importance as given to the building, Hardly any personnel were in the building. The lights of the room flickered on and off, Distracting the two of them.
"Lets get out of here," said Sergey to Alex. "This room sucks anyway," he complained.
The two men got up and walked to the car.
As they walked towards the car.
"Alex, I forgot to mention something to you by the way. There is going to be a war or something," he said. 
"War, what war?" asked Alex. 
"Between the kingdom and the forest people, something like that," said Alex.
Before Alex could say anything.
Sergey shrugged the news off. "It could be a rumor as well. Most of the time, its just a rumour," he said. 
"Ok," said Alex.
"Is it really a good idea?" asked Alex.
"Of course it is a good idea," replied Sergey. "They are picking us off one by one."
"What do you mean one by one," asked Alex.
"This remains confidential," said Sergey.
"Ok," replied Alex.
"There was an attack on the boss of the District 3 as well. Last night at his residence," said Sergey.
"What? Was anyone injured?" asked Alex.
"Fortunately not,"'replied Sergey. 
"The boss was away and no one was at this residence, thankfully," said Sergey.
"And Alex, this time too there was no body that was recovered, it was unmanned," he added.
"Unmanned again," said Alex who acted surprised.
"Yes, unmanned again," someone is overriding our systems," Alex,"'said Sergey. 
"And it is bloody hard to override our systems. No one has done it till now, said Sergey," 
"And you think this Atticus is smart enough to override our systems as well form a syndicate large enough to cause this destruction?" asked Alex.
"No, he certainly is not, Alex. But I'm sure he can lead us to somewhere, investigate him in another angle," said Sergey. 
Alex nodded and agreed.
He looked the other side, to the window. "Fool he muttered, so that Sergey cannot hear. 
Sergey opened his laptop. "We have another work to do," he said to Alex. 
"Look here," he said to Alex. "There is a drone heading to Wilmir now."
Alex took a closer look.
The drone was just entering the forests.
Sergey reached for his pockets and took out his phone.
"Hello," he said.
There was a reply at the other end.
We need a clearer image.
Again there was reply.
"No, do what I say, Get the drone closer to the ground," he said.
There was a reply.
"Good, that what I would like to hear, get to work." 
The images started to get clear.
"Isn't it too close to the ground," asked Alex.
"It should be fine," replied Sergey shrugging off the comments of Alex.
The drone started to circle the middle of the forests.
It was dark and dense now and not much could be seen.
"Fine, I will do it myself," said Sergey.
He overrode the drone himself.
"What are you doing?" asked Alex.
"I'm getting it inside the forests under these big trees. There is no visibility at all," replied Sergey. 
"Sir, these forests are sacred. I do not think it is a good idea," said Alex.
Sergey stared at Alex, "Maybe to your people. Not for us," he remarked blatantly. 
The drone went deeper and deeper inside the forests brushing against the branches. 
The Drone started circling the largest tree in the middle of the forests.
The drone went closer and closer to the tree.
"Sir," interrupted Alex. 
Sergey told him to keep quiet.
It was a dark place, the Drone camera switched on the night vision camera.
There was no one in sight. 
And suddenly, "Alex," said Sergey.
"Look here," he said. Pointing at the large tree trunk
"There is someone tied up there on the tree," said Sergey.
Alex took a closer look with a big shock on his face.
The drone went closer to the person who was tied. 
There was a huge noise, like sort of a thud.
The screen went blank, only black and white pixels remained on the screen.
The both men looked at each other with equal shock and terror.
"Driver," Said Sergey.
"Go to the office as fast as you can," said Sergey.