"What do you mean Miss Mulwray isn't here?" asked Eckhart.
"I'm sorry Mr. Eckhart," Daniel Chase apologized.
"Oh well, I have already disposed of your men who failed miserably."
Eckhart walked to one side of his office. On this side of his office was a glass wall. It looked like a large window looking down onto to floor below where all the pods were kept. Daniel walked over to see what Eckhart was looking at. There were five fresh new pods. Daniel's men were in the five pods. Eckhart turned to face Daniel.
"Be glad you won't be joining them. But, you will have to prove you worth to this organization and to me."
"Yes Mr. Eckhart." Daniel nodded.
"All of the anomalies I have encountered have some sort of weakness. In Miss Mulray's case, her weakness is a certain person. She'll protect and save the people closest to her. Miss Mulwray came to town to visit a friend of hers."
Eckhart walked over to his desk and picked up a picture of a guy who was about Aurora's age. Eckhart handed it to Daniel.
"Send some of my agents to retrieve Gabriel Masters. NOW!"
"Yes, sir." Daniel left Eckhart's office feeling relieved that he wasn't headed for being another "guest" in Eckhart's pods.
Where is she, thought Gabriel as he waited in his car for Aurora? Where did she go? He had been waiting right in front of the airport for ninety minutes. He moved his car, parked in the parking lot, and had been waiting inside the airport. I'll try her cell phone, again. Gabriel took his cell phone from his jeans pocket, dialed Aurora's number, and put his phone up to his ear. He waited a few seconds and got Aurora's answering machine. Since he had left three messages already, he decided to hang up. Maybe she was sick of waiting and took a cab. I'll go back to my apartment and see if she's there. He walked out of the airport and headed for his car.
"Get him," said a man in a blue suit with black sunglasses. He pointed at Gabriel.
Gabriel started to run as six men ran after him. He ran across the street, almost getting hit by three cars, jumped over person kneeling to tie their shoe, and turned the corner passed an old abandoned club. The same one Aurora had been in earlier. Gabriel stopped to pick up something that caught his eye. He had found a silver ring with two hands holding something in the middle. He recognized it immediately. It was Aurora's. For a moment he had forgotten all about the men chasing him and worried about his friend. The men caught up with Gabriel, grabbed him, and knocked him out. The ring fell out of his hand and onto the ground. A black van pulled up, the men opened the door, and stepped inside while tying Gabriel up. Then the black van drove away and headed for Genomex.
