Eagle Eyes
Manticore was not the only covert military operation making genetically enhanced prototypes. In fact, there were many more all around the world. In Australia, there was one called Eagle Eyes. This is their story.
Chapter Four
Kaylee was lost. She had lived in Melbourne for the first seven years of her life, but she didn't really remember it all that well. She hadn't been here for nearly two years.
She had walked out of the train station, and had found herself somewhere she didn't remember. So she had just followed the crowd. Now she was standing on Lygon Street, a place that she did know. Not very well, but she knew. Her and her family had been here often, it was the best place for Italian food in all of Australia. They had been thinking of going there for Kaylee's birthday, after they went to the matinee of The Witches Of Eastwick.
That wasn't going to happen now. Kaylee didn't even know if November 21st was her real birthday. She didn't think it would be. Agalia hadn't told her when it really was. She hadn't even told her her real name. Maybe this Hannah lady would know.
Kaylee walked down the street and entered a little Italian Restaurant called Il Gamberio. It was the place her family always went to. She asked the shopkeeper if he could tell her how to get to the Melbourne Airport.
"It's simple. You walk out of the door, and call for a cab. Otherwise it's about a 30km walk. I'm sure that you don't want to spend three or four hours walking there. Do you?"
"No. Of course I don't. Thank you."
"Always willing to give advice."
Kaylee walked out of the door and stood on the edge of the pavement, trying to flag down a taxi. When waving her hands didn't work, she placed her two pinkie fingers in her mouth and gave a loud, shrill whistle. A cab pulled over almost immediately.
"I need to get to the Melbourne Airport as quick as possible please."
"Sure thing missie," the cabby replied.
Twenty minutes later, the cabby pulled up at the cab rank outside of the Melbourne Airport.
"That'll be $67.55 thank you miss."
"Here, there's $70, that should do. Thank you."
Kaylee got out of the cab and walked into the entrance of the airport. She walked over to the information desk, and waited for the lady to notice her.
"Oh, sorry dear, I didn't see you," she exclaimed when she noticed Kaylee two minutes later.
"That's alright. Can you tell me where I have to go to book a flight?"
"Sure, you can either go to the Virgin Blue Airline terminal over to your right, or to the Rex Airline terminal to your left."
"Thank you."
Kaylee walked over to the Virgin Blue terminal, and found the booking desk. She got into the queue and waited for the three people in front of her to finish.
When she got there the lady politely asked "How may I help you today?'
"Um... I was wondering when the next flight to Sydney was leaving?"
"The next flight is in twenty minutes, but there are no more seats left on that plane. The next one after that is in three and a half hours."
"Ok, can I get a ticket for that one then?"
"Sure, just hold on one minute. Ok. Now what's you're name?"
"Elise Smith."
"Elise Smith. Birth year?"
"1996."
"Ok now, I need you to fill in this form, and then sign here, and here, and then bring it back to me."
"Ok, thank you."
The woman handed her a piece of paper, Kaylee took it and walked over to an empty seat to fill it in. There were many questions that she didn't know the answer to so she pulled her bag off her back and looked around to find the papers Agalia had been talking about. They had all kinds of fake information on it, everything from her fake name to her fake mother's sisters' names.
Once she had filled in the form, she took it back to the lady, who looked at it, and then entered something into her computer.
"Do you have any luggage with you that you won't be taking with you on the plane?"
"No. I just have this bag."
"Alright. Any requests for seating?"
"No. I don't mind where I sit."
"Ok then, hold on one minute and I'll give you you're ticket. Ah... there you go. When the plane is ready to leave, there will be an announcement and you will be told what to do. Thank you for choosing to fly Virgin Blue Airlines."
"Thank you."
Manticore was not the only covert military operation making genetically enhanced prototypes. In fact, there were many more all around the world. In Australia, there was one called Eagle Eyes. This is their story.
Chapter Four
Kaylee was lost. She had lived in Melbourne for the first seven years of her life, but she didn't really remember it all that well. She hadn't been here for nearly two years.
She had walked out of the train station, and had found herself somewhere she didn't remember. So she had just followed the crowd. Now she was standing on Lygon Street, a place that she did know. Not very well, but she knew. Her and her family had been here often, it was the best place for Italian food in all of Australia. They had been thinking of going there for Kaylee's birthday, after they went to the matinee of The Witches Of Eastwick.
That wasn't going to happen now. Kaylee didn't even know if November 21st was her real birthday. She didn't think it would be. Agalia hadn't told her when it really was. She hadn't even told her her real name. Maybe this Hannah lady would know.
Kaylee walked down the street and entered a little Italian Restaurant called Il Gamberio. It was the place her family always went to. She asked the shopkeeper if he could tell her how to get to the Melbourne Airport.
"It's simple. You walk out of the door, and call for a cab. Otherwise it's about a 30km walk. I'm sure that you don't want to spend three or four hours walking there. Do you?"
"No. Of course I don't. Thank you."
"Always willing to give advice."
Kaylee walked out of the door and stood on the edge of the pavement, trying to flag down a taxi. When waving her hands didn't work, she placed her two pinkie fingers in her mouth and gave a loud, shrill whistle. A cab pulled over almost immediately.
"I need to get to the Melbourne Airport as quick as possible please."
"Sure thing missie," the cabby replied.
Twenty minutes later, the cabby pulled up at the cab rank outside of the Melbourne Airport.
"That'll be $67.55 thank you miss."
"Here, there's $70, that should do. Thank you."
Kaylee got out of the cab and walked into the entrance of the airport. She walked over to the information desk, and waited for the lady to notice her.
"Oh, sorry dear, I didn't see you," she exclaimed when she noticed Kaylee two minutes later.
"That's alright. Can you tell me where I have to go to book a flight?"
"Sure, you can either go to the Virgin Blue Airline terminal over to your right, or to the Rex Airline terminal to your left."
"Thank you."
Kaylee walked over to the Virgin Blue terminal, and found the booking desk. She got into the queue and waited for the three people in front of her to finish.
When she got there the lady politely asked "How may I help you today?'
"Um... I was wondering when the next flight to Sydney was leaving?"
"The next flight is in twenty minutes, but there are no more seats left on that plane. The next one after that is in three and a half hours."
"Ok, can I get a ticket for that one then?"
"Sure, just hold on one minute. Ok. Now what's you're name?"
"Elise Smith."
"Elise Smith. Birth year?"
"1996."
"Ok now, I need you to fill in this form, and then sign here, and here, and then bring it back to me."
"Ok, thank you."
The woman handed her a piece of paper, Kaylee took it and walked over to an empty seat to fill it in. There were many questions that she didn't know the answer to so she pulled her bag off her back and looked around to find the papers Agalia had been talking about. They had all kinds of fake information on it, everything from her fake name to her fake mother's sisters' names.
Once she had filled in the form, she took it back to the lady, who looked at it, and then entered something into her computer.
"Do you have any luggage with you that you won't be taking with you on the plane?"
"No. I just have this bag."
"Alright. Any requests for seating?"
"No. I don't mind where I sit."
"Ok then, hold on one minute and I'll give you you're ticket. Ah... there you go. When the plane is ready to leave, there will be an announcement and you will be told what to do. Thank you for choosing to fly Virgin Blue Airlines."
"Thank you."
