There's a knock on the door, and in walks Henry. I had him come over so I could tell him all about the training room. He got excited. In fact, he got really excited. He starts jumping on the couch like a hyper little kid. This isn't like Henry at all.
"Henry! Get down; you'll mess up Nelly's couch." He stops jumping, but he doesn't sit down.
"Come on dude, have some fun! I'm just really happy that you're enjoying your new job. So tell me, has he mentioned any missions yet?"
"No. He says I still need more training before I can go on a mission. But I don't mind, that training room is awesome! And check this out."
I press some buttons on my watch, and in a second I look exactly like Henry.
"Whoa! That's awesome! What else can it do?"
For the next hour I show him every single thing it can do. He watches it in awe, he absolutely adores it. But he's acting really different; not like himself. He hasn't talked about girls all day, and he's acting sort of like a five-year-old. After he breaks Nelly's vase, I finally say something, "Henry, are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fantastic! Why?" How am I going to say this…?
"Well… it's just…you've been acting like a hyper little kid ever since a couple of days ago. You don't seem like yourself." He gets a blank stare and scratches his head in confusion, as if trying to make up an excuse.
"Vlad, you worry too much. I'm fine, really. Maybe you should go get your mind off things." That doesn't make me feel any better. Actually, it doesn't even make any sense. Henry takes my wrist and presses the transport button on my watch before I can say anything. Now that was definitely not normal. What's wrong with him? Is someone manipulating him? Is that really the Henry I know? Or am I just going insane? Why does the world never make sense for me?
I land in Callidus's office. He smiles his creepy smile, "Why hello Vlad, it's nice to see you again. How are things going?" Should I tell him? "Well… not very good actually. Henry's not being himself. He's gone completely nuts." His face gets pale and serious. Does he know something about this? Does he have something to do with it? The feeling in my gut comes back, like I can't fully trust this guy.
"Um… sir?"
"Hold on a minute Vlad, I need to go take care of something." Callidus walks-more like runs- out of the room. Maybe I can do a little snooping while he's doing whatever he's doing, he's apparently hiding something, and I intend to find out what.
I open the drawers to his desk. Nothing but files. In one drawer is a pile of classified files. On the top is a paper with the alphabet and numbers. Wait… it's a code. I hear footsteps coming down the hall. I quickly scan it with my watch to look at it in private, and then I shut the drawer and run back to the other side of the desk.
The door opens, and I see a very frustrated Callidus. "I'm sorry, Vlad. We had a little trouble with one of our operatives, but we have got it fixed." His voice sounds rushed. He just has to be hiding something from me. There's something he doesn't want me to know. We both stand in awkward silence.
"I'm going to go train."
"Alright, I'll see you later then Vlad."
As I run to the training room, I trip over something. It's a piece of paper, with the word HELP! written on it. It's nearest to the door with the strange numbers. The numbers; it's written in that code I found. I'd try to decode it, but surely there are security cameras placed everywhere in this building. I'll do it later, back at Nelly's house, but I'll get a quick picture of the numbers so I actually can do it at Nelly's house.
I train for at least five hours with all these possibilities on my mind. I have a strong feeling this place isn't what I think it is. Callidus is up to something, and I need to figure out what. I beat up the last dummy of D'Ablo before transporting back home to think about this.