He began tapping his fingers on the table anxiously before he remembered Aloy, "Even if they changed their numbers, Aloy would never change hers, that girl can grow attached to anything" Tommy quickly dialed her number.
Tommy was delighted to hear Aloy's voice as she picked up the call
"Hello... Who's this" she asked.
"At it's me, I need your help, am currently lost, can you come get me" Tommy pleaded.
"How are you lost, shouldn't you be in the hospital" Aloy asked
"I got discharged some hours ago, so I decided to look around but am stranded in a cafe, can you please come get me," Tommy asked nicely, although he knew Aloy would drop whatever she was doing to come help him, he still felt bad, he felt like he had been using her sisterly love for him wrongly all those years.
In the past, anytime he got into trouble with the authorities Aloy was the one who would get him out, "I will need to pay her back for everything she had done for me" Tommy said as he hung up after telling Aloy his location.
Tommy had nothing to do except wait for Aloy so he ordered some donuts, behind his seat were two individuals who were dressed in black suits and they had a SACU barge on their breast pocket.
"God am bored, I wish I was stationed in the middle class, nothing fun ever happens here," one of the individuals dressed in a suit said.
"you complain too much, whereas it's not bad here, everything is calm, you know my motto "Boring is always better" and I like it here," the other said.
"You are just boring, didn't you attend the briefing, a fucking Demonic Hell-wolf us on the lose in the middle sector, don't you want to know how it feels to get chased by a Hell-wolf," the woman in a suit said with a slightly cheery face.
"No I wouldn't, and in case you forget, there's still a serial killer on the loose in the lower class sector, I was hoping we would get involved in the case" the other man in suit replied as he stirred his tea, hearing about the serial killer case the woman face changed into one of boredom.
"Why should we care about a serial killer, can't the police handle that on their own," the woman said.
"Apparently, they found traces of Ira in one of the crime scenes, and the victim was not a contractor, meaning the killer is either a contractor or a possessed" the man replied to the seemingly bored woman who had lost interest in the conversation since the mention of the serial killer.
Tommy who had been secretly eavesdropping on their conversation had his interest peaked, the more he listened.
He remembered seeing the news about a terrorist attack in the middle-class sector yesterday 'So it was a cover-up, so the government cover-up supernatural activities"
He continued to listen to the SACU officer's conversation, "And because it's just a serial killer's case I accepted the case on our behalf" the male officer said, he tried to drink from his cup only to realize that he was out of tea, he raised his cup prompting a worker to bring in another Teapot.
The female officer had a frown on her face as she heard what the man said, "Fucking fool, why would you do that, I was hoping to get called by Jane for the Hell-wolf's case, you just ruined everything" the woman said bittersweet smile on her face.
'Jane, I remember that name' Tommy dug deep into his memories trying to remember where he heard the name before, this was one of the perks he had received after signing the contract, His memory had become clearer, and now he could remember almost everything he had seen before.
'Yes that woman, she must have some connection with those people, I can use this to my favor, I need information, I need to know about this new life I have found myself in, I need to know more' ever since he woke up, Tommy had been wondering what to do now that he was awake, he could go back to school, start from where he stopped, but the thought of Aloy being two years above him didn't sit well with him.
So he decided to explore this new life, but first, he had to know the basics, and now an opportunity had just presented itself, and he would be foolish not to take advantage of it, Tommy patted himself looking for the card Jane gave him during the hospital attack, after confirming he still had it, Tommy made his move.
He got up from his chair and carried his tea before going closer to the SACU officers, since the woman was sitting closer to him he sat beside her, and before he could say anything the woman cut him off "That's sit is taken, get up" the woman said.
Tommy not wanting to get kicked away immediately brought out Jane's card before passing it on to the woman beside him "Am sorry for not introducing myself My name is Tommy" he said with a smile on his face.
The woman collected the card, the man could see the expression of his partner change for a brief second which worried him somehow, "What's in the card" the man asked as his patient was running low.
The woman passed the card over to the man, and just like the woman his expression also changed, "Where did you get this boy" he asked while releasing a faint aura that made Tommy feel uncomfortable.
Tommy felt as if his life was in danger, he didn't know how or why but he felt he had to leave the cafe immediately but he somehow managed to suppress his fear "It was given to me by a woman, I think she works for the same organization as you guys, if am not mistaken you are part of the SACU right?" he asked.
The man raised an eyebrow, inspecting the reaction of the young man before him, the man hadn't reacted the way he had expected, he had flooded the young man's system with a little bit of his Ira trying to gauge the Ira level of the young man by making him feel threatened but somehow once his Ira entered into the man's body he felt his Ira getting drained.
"What do you want," the woman asked Tommy, she had noticed her partner trying to probe the young man but by the look on his face she guessed it failed, she knew there were only two reasons why her partner had failed to probe the man, either the young man was way stronger than them or he had an item to hide his Ira level from other Contractors.
She was more inclined to follow her second reason, meaning he must be from a powerful family.
Hearing the woman's question, Tommy smiled, finally, he could learn something about devils and demons, " Until recently I had no idea demons existed and I used to think the SACU was an organization that deals with Special crimes but from your conversation, I believe you guys know more about the demons than I do, So if you don't mean and can you tell me if my life is in danger by signing a contract" Tommy asked