Knowledge is power but power can be abused knowledge can be implemented.
Damien is still relatively new to the whole organisation so he isn't aware that no one actually ever checks in every day.
On his way to the top floor he bumps into someone and turns to see who it is. Blake was in a relatively happy mood today so he doesn't react as much to being bumped into.
" Hey dimwit are you blind ? You could have stepped on me... Ooh it's you. Look I don't care if your on my team I'm still senior so you better..."
" Sorry bro" Damien says and keeps climbing the steps
"Wait I'm still talking to you"
"Leave the boy alone Blake it's not that big of a deal" Neil says from behind Blake at the top of the stares.
" What are you even doing here boy "
" Just so you know I have a name. Besides I came just to check in"
" Check in ? Bo ah hahaha. No one does that, it's not even necessary"
" Wait but I was told..."
" Yh buddy we were all told but we don't do it. How do you figure people whose jobs require them to fight all the time would be able to be doing something as mundane as checking in"
Blake goes into another fit of laughter this time louder as if trying to announce it to everyone.
" That's enough Blake spare the guy he's still just a new comer "
" Yh yh of course but still I'm not from this country and I knew enough to ask around on my first day here talkless of my third week bo ah hahaha "
" I seem to recall that you were the one that tried shooting a beast with regular bullets just yesterday "
Blake got silent really quickly
" That was an honest mistake "
"Yh but everyone knows that regular bullets never work even non operatives know that " Damien mumbles under his breath with a mocking smirk
" I heard that " Blake says now furious
" Come on let's leave "
" Alright. Urm Damien just incase you didn't know go meet captain Davidson for your new schedule!"
" New schedule? "
" Yh the new guy made some adjustments to the old one "
Blake and Neil weren't friends with eachother infact both saw eachother as completely different things. For Blake Neil was like a dads friend who you didn't like but put up with not because of being incapable of doing anything about it but because he was often right. Neil saw Blake as a responsibility cause of a resemblance he had with someone home knew, to Neil anything that Blake did was his responsibility.
" Where even is 24th Johansson?"
" I presume it's exactly where it says" Neil stretches out his arm to stop a taxi.
" Let's go"
Blake groans " is it even necessary to go. I mean chances of them finding anything this early is severely low and plus I don't think any beast that's smart enough to talk is dumb enough to still be close by" he complains as he gets in
" Well it isn't necessary. It's more like just smart because the creature had enough audacity to enter the organisation it means it most be confident in it's abilities and a fearless creature always stays close to it's victim"
" Hurmph. So what do you think about the whole thing "
" Nothing much really I mean the threat is definitely real and dangerous but then again it's not that big a deal it's not like we haven't dealt with dangerous before"
" Your kinda right but that's not my question. I meant what do you think it means and about the team we're supposed to be working with "
The duo don't work together much but on the few occasions they did they learnt two important things. To trust eachother and to be skeptical about others until proven otherwise
" Well it for sure means our work will get harder and the threat that these beasts pose is getting worse and that also means that if humans don't evolve really quick our defeat would become inevitable"
" Hmm sure I get you but what about the current situation and the team?"
" The situation would be resolved eventually as I said before it would only be a bit harder and as for the team I'd prefer to wait before passing an opinion but as for now based of what I've seen and heard they all seem fairly competent all except Damien."
" Your getting the feeling to huh ?"
" If the feeling your referring to is dat of destructive force your right. The boy reeks of chaos energy "
" Hmm nice to hear from you then. So what your saying is that he should not be trusted?"
" No non of the team can be trusted "
" Why is that "
" A beast had made it's way into our organisation and wasn't detected until it left and that was only because it made it's presence known. Who says it was only one or if the other/s left "
" Those bastards are getting sneaky "
" How so "
" This must have been their plan from the start and if it is then we have to thwart it. We need to ensure trust amongst ourselves "
" What a predicament to find ourselves in. Right when I was in the mood for a soak in a spring"
" It's just a pain in the ass"
" About time you showed up"
" Sorry I had to use a caaarr car to get back "
"A what ? "
" Never mind it's not important " the humanoid started to reach it's arm out to the spidery creature.
" Aah finally!!! Food "
On contact the hand started to pulsate filling the reptile wheel like thing with blood
" Wait what is that it ? Where's the rest "
" I could only kill three people today and the egg needs more than you do "
" Argh no, no no no just give me a sip from his share"
" Stop complaining you basically eat air so don't complain "
" Absorbing essence from the environment isn't as satisfying plus the dang brat does the same thing "
" You know very well it's not the same thing that it's doing "
" Argh..." The humanoid ignored him and walked away into the forest. After a while he saw a stomp in the woods it seemed to be a regular stomp until an eye opened on its bark and the roots started to move.
" Vine where's basz"
"Alright tell him when next he's here that slimy wants more food. Now bring the egg here"
There was a brief pause where nothing moved then a tree that didn't exist moments before split in half at the top. It seemed like it had come out from the floor but the humanoid knew that it wasn't the now split tree before him was the full body of vine that he kept underground to protect itself and the egg it was keeping. The humanoid stretched it's fingers then it's joints started to break from the finger tip it's whole body started to reshape itself until it no longer looked humanoid but completely human. It reached within the crack and brought out an object from within it was a sack of flesh that looked like an eyeball within it a vaguely human baby could be seen. The human started pumping into the egg and watched eventually the egg twitched then it's surface became hard and glass like. For the next few minutes everything was still
" So that's your new roster and please endeavour to give this one to miss Elissa she says she can't come in today"
" Yh no problem" Damien said. He was fidgeting as if he wanted to leave yet there was something he had to say first
" One more thing. How did you know to come here. I mean I didn't call you so what were you doing here "
Damien spent a minute to think about it but decided to be plain about it
" I came to the office to check in and met Neil on my way up so he's the one who told me about it"
" Ooh ok. You can go"
" Umm sir I have a few questions to ask you"
" Go ahead"
" Why can't normal bullets work on the beasts?"
" You must be joking and to be honest I do not appreciate a waste of my time. Your serious? "
" Umm never mind it sir"
" It's because all the beasts are not really physical each and every one of them is made of different things and the only similarity they have is that their rogue energy. So because of this in the earlier periods of man kind we developed special steel that drains this energy thus dealing them damage with every hit"
" Ooh so that's it. Thanks sir I'll leave now " Damien is about to leave the room when he's stopped
" Here take this and read it " captain Davidson stretches out his arm offering a book to Damien " it's the basic guidelines to fighting beasts. I can't have a major operative ignorant to such basic things thought in secondary schools" Damien takes it and once he's down stairs checks the name of the book " how things work, really clear name "
From outside the building he heard the captain mutter under his breath " he doesn't know what all fourteen year olds know. At least he seems trustworthy"
" I have ADHD you d*ck head" he mutters back.