knock,knock...
knock,knock...
"Ugh... , where am I?"
***
When Aaron opened his eyes, he was in a small room with a hanging light bulb right above his head. He was sitting on a chair with his head leaning on the table along with his handcuffed hands.
On the other side of the table, there was a bald man with a majestic beard. There was a gun in his hand.
He was standing while knocking the gun on the table. There was no impatience on his face.
There was a door on his end of the room. He opened it, went outside and came back with two glassee of water.
He placed one on the table and threw water of the other glass on Aaron's face.
Aaron, whose mind was still dizzy and half unconscious, was jolted awake by the water.
He immediately tried to check his surroundings, not understanding how he ended up here.
He tried to recollect his memories but his head started to hurt like h*ll.
He tried to grab his head but his hands were cuffed making it difficult.
knock,knock...
knock,knock...
Aaron heard the knocking sound and raised his head.
After squinting his eyes a bit, he finally got a good look at the man in front, and asked
"Ugh... , where am I?"
Right after asking, he noticed the gun in the man's hand, stopped for a moment before looking down again, and saying,
"I didn't see nothing ".
" Kid, you've already seen everything. There's no point hiding it ". Said the man while pushing the glass of water toward Aaron.
***
POLICE STATION in North borough
A young boy, around 7-8 years old was speaking to a old police officer while wiping his tears with one hand.
The police officer was writing something in a report file, asking questions from time to time.
After he was done with the questions, he called a constable to safely drop the child at his apartment.
He then went away to report this matter to his senior, Mr. Hazelwood.
'Mr. Hazelwood told me to report any missing reports today. Why did he gave such a strange order, and why am I incharge of this matter? '
Even though he was unwilling to handle any strange case as he was about to retire in a few weeks, he still had to follow his superior's arrangements.
He silently walked in a room at the back of the station.
Inside the room there was only one couch and a table. One table lamp as well if that matters.
On the couch sat a tall-muscle headed looking man in his forties.
Josh Hazelwood, Right Wing, Internal Threats Security Department(ITSD), Democratic Republic of Visha.
The officer knew nothing of the man except that he's a professional when it comes to solving the case that seemed impossible to many and have solved many such cases.
After repeating the details he has recorded, he left silently.
Before he closed the door behind him, he heard a silent murmur... "Found you, 'Mr. Spy' "
***
Two years back...
14 April 2024
In the scorching heat of International waters, a passenger ship was moving east at a moderate pace.
There was a man around 25 years of age lying on the sun deck, He was looking at his son who was only a 5 year old. He was sleeping soundlessly in the shade of the boat umbrella.
After a while, there was an announcement.
"We will arrive at puyol shipyard in no more than 30 minutes. Everyone pack their luggage and take out your credentials beforehand.
I repeat... "
After the announcement was over, all the passengers on the sun deck started going down one by one.
***
Bishvaa, capital of Democratic Republic if Visha
In a tall but not too eye-catching 8 story building.
A woman barged in a room, nearly slamming the door. She was panting heavily and nearly slipped twice on her way.
Inside the room, there was an oval shaped table with 12 people sitting on 12 of 27 of the chairs. There were also 3 more chairs with two women and a tall, burly middle aged man sitting on them. They had darker skin compared to the people on the table and anyone could tell they were not from around here.
Among the twelve people on the oval table, there was also a bald man with a majestic beard...
The moment she entered, a loud voice rang out,
"What are you doing? Do you not know that an important meeting is taking place here? We have ambassadors of Ralph archipelago here. Barging in like this, where are your manners? "
Hearing this shout, the woman panicked even more. But she still reported with courage,
"Sir, I know what's going on here, however, the news I have to report is very urgent. "
Hearing this, all the members inside the room frowned. Something more urgent than a meeting with an ambassador of an archipelago about something that can bring immeasurable threat to the country? What could it be?
Although curious, the people inside did not speak and waited for the man from before to take charge. After all, he was the head of ITSD. The most trusted man of the president...
The man spoke again, though his tone was softer this time.
"Speak"
"Y- Yes sir, our officers from Madapa island retrieved a corpse.. M-Most likely to be Agent 'Safecord'... "
Before she could finish her report, a man from the table stood up, "Impossible. How could Safecord be dead? "
Hearing this news, all the people in the office including the three odd ones, all involuntarily frowned.
The woman closed her mouth, not daring to speak out of place in front of these Bigshots.
"Continue your report. " The man from before said after some contemplation.
"Yes sir, we have conducted tests and verified that it is indeed the corpse of agent Safecord. The body will be transferred by tomorrow".
Having completed her report, she did not wanted to stay in this place any longer. The environment here was suffocating. It's not a matter of breathing but more of a psychological suffocation.
She immediately bowed before leaving.
***
At the shipyard, after getting off, the man was showing his and the child's credentials to the man in-charge.
"What's your name? " Asked the man.
The voice replying was full of excitement with a little bit of deliberately revealed uncertainty of the unexpected..
"Aaron... "