Perfect Dark:Dark Night - 1. Chapter 1

As much as anyone could believe, the brunette’s unbelievably sweet voice was now hardened and dripping with enough venom that all feared for their life if she got any more angry.

“How is this possible!? It was a simple training mission! NO LIVE AMMUNITION! Was that not the directive that was given?”

Her hand inched slowly closer to the seemingly holographic Mauler which had been fired at her sister less than five minutes ago.

“I want to know how this gun made it into that training room. Prep her for emergency medical procedures there are two lives in jeopardy here and countless more if either dies!”

Grabbing the Mauler from the table beside her, the brunette stood and with a scathing look at the personnel who now watched her warily, she stormed from the war room diligently making her way to the brig. As she approached the steel blast doors and prepared for the biometric scan, she was accosted by one of the many Artificial Intelligence agents who roamed the hallways. Offering no reason for the interruption but attempting to follow her nonetheless, she eyed the aggressive AI dismissively and turned back to the scanner.

Waiting until she interacted with the brig security system, the A.I. slowly moved closer while unsheathing a hidden combat knife. Seeing the reflection of the uncovered knife in the steel doors, she turned and using the Mauler’s charged shot function put two bullets between the A.I.’s eyes causing its head to explode in a shower of circuitry. Cursing to herself about the level of incompetence surrounding her, she stalked into the brig to interrogate her sister’s attacker.

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Johan, chief security officer of the Carrington Institute reacted swiftly and somewhat violently when he recovered the decommissioned A.I. that had attempted to terminate one of the agents. Grumbling to himself about declaring a facility wide lockdown on A.I. agents, he retrieved the A.I.’s core and began to review its activity logs.

Praising himself for having the foresight to have a camspy follow every agent on recon duty, Johan began to replay the holographic recording taken. Watching the recording of the A.I.’s recon mission, Johan dropped the camspy and initiated an institute wide lockdown.

At the sound of the alarm he was greeted immediately by the brunette agent exiting the brig and as they ran to the war room he informed her of the information he had just received. Carrington Institute had a counter-operative agent who was working with Datadyne CEO Cassandra DeVries.

According to the information retrieved during the conversation the rogue agent was none other than the son of Johan and the brunette agent, a very useful though unknowing participant. Glancing around the table once, he finally looked to his wife, and quietly said Joanna, just as the doors opened with a resounding thud to show the suspect in question.

Five of the eight agents in attendance drew their weapons and trained them on the young man as he walked into the room. Seeing the reaction of the others, the young man’s steps faltered and he quickly dived backwards while seeking cover behind the bulletproof doors.

‘What is the meaning of this,’ he questioned and was immediately on high alert as the agents called for his immediate surrender sparing him death.

When asked why the only answer he was given was treason. Walking from behind the door with both hands raised, the young man looked slowly around the room, before rounding and grabbing one of the passing A.I.’s to use as a shield. Slowly backing away the young man questioned about the charge but was met with silence.