Donald Michael Lydecker watched as his men began gathering their equipment and loading aboard the Hummers. He sighed and sat down on the passenger seat of his Hummer as Caine walked up to him and stood at attention. Lydecker simply looked up at him and nodded.
Caine immediately began his report and Lydecker listened only halfheartedly before finally interjecting, "Just tell me about the X-6's."
With a sigh Caine lowered his clipboard and replied, "We have X-6 872 in custody. Near the edge of the forest we found the bodies of X-6 574 and X-6 249. Beneath the wreckage we found X-6 645, 327, 841, 752, and 434. They must have been holed up below the tanks when they exploded. We were able to identify them through blood samples but the body's were too damaged to worry about someone finding a useful DNA strand. Then there is X-6 687 which you don't have to explain sir."
Lydecker looked up at him with a confused look on his face, "What about X-6 687?"
"X-6 752 stated that he saw you kill her," Caine stated as he shuffled from foot to foot in fear of Lydecker's reaction.
"X-4 626, I have no idea what you're talking about," Lydecker stated truthfully.
Caine swallowed visibly before continuing, "There was an explosion and Jared, I mean X-6 752 said that he saw you causing it."
Standing up, Lydecker responded, "We had nothing to do with that. Something is going on here....." Lydecker trailed off for a moment.
Taking the initiative, Caine spoke up, "Perhaps it was a faked suicide? I'll send Manticore photos of her to every sector point in Washington."
Lydecker nodded and patted Caine on the back, "Good work. Let's get out of here before the police arrive."
In only a few moments it was as if federal checkpoint 178 had been destroyed on its own. All traces of any sort of struggle or movement in the area had been wiped out and the incident was removed from memory. Almost.
Caine immediately began his report and Lydecker listened only halfheartedly before finally interjecting, "Just tell me about the X-6's."
With a sigh Caine lowered his clipboard and replied, "We have X-6 872 in custody. Near the edge of the forest we found the bodies of X-6 574 and X-6 249. Beneath the wreckage we found X-6 645, 327, 841, 752, and 434. They must have been holed up below the tanks when they exploded. We were able to identify them through blood samples but the body's were too damaged to worry about someone finding a useful DNA strand. Then there is X-6 687 which you don't have to explain sir."
Lydecker looked up at him with a confused look on his face, "What about X-6 687?"
"X-6 752 stated that he saw you kill her," Caine stated as he shuffled from foot to foot in fear of Lydecker's reaction.
"X-4 626, I have no idea what you're talking about," Lydecker stated truthfully.
Caine swallowed visibly before continuing, "There was an explosion and Jared, I mean X-6 752 said that he saw you causing it."
Standing up, Lydecker responded, "We had nothing to do with that. Something is going on here....." Lydecker trailed off for a moment.
Taking the initiative, Caine spoke up, "Perhaps it was a faked suicide? I'll send Manticore photos of her to every sector point in Washington."
Lydecker nodded and patted Caine on the back, "Good work. Let's get out of here before the police arrive."
In only a few moments it was as if federal checkpoint 178 had been destroyed on its own. All traces of any sort of struggle or movement in the area had been wiped out and the incident was removed from memory. Almost.
