Chapter 2: Running Out of time

"Kid, Follow me to the back please" said the old man as he was standing up. Scott jumped out of his seat and followed the man to the back. They went as far back as they could until they reached to door to the cargo area. The old mane held out something and showed it to the stewardess and she opened the door and let them in.

"Thank you Jessica." said the old man to the stewardess. They entered the cramped cargo area; the old man looked around, threw some luggage down and sat on it.

"Scott, you can call me Tamek. I'm an ex NSA agent. Lambert sent me in here to fill you in on anything you want to know. So I guess you can start asking questions." said Tamek looking around the luggage.

"OK so from what I read, is it actually true there is only one way to destroy them and that is the disks?"

"Correct"

"So if they are unleashed they will kill everyone?"

"Well that is our question. They have been kept in the containment field. But if we keep them there too long they will become self aware. Now if they do, killing their host will not be their goal. Most likely they will create bigger, human size versions of themselves. By doing that they can create armies. Now, I'm not talking about any Matrix shit here, if they do that, they will most likely see us as the virus of the planet. Their goal will be to eliminate us. And they will be effective. We have not successfully created any more nano-bots since we made that one. The first one that we created became self aware 13 hours ago. Its already eaten through 1 inch of Kintex. That took him about 10 hours. The Kintex is 2 feet thick so we got about 23 hours to get the disks or all hell will break loose."

"Well that sounds like a cheap Hollywood flick" said Scott looking around the cargo area with a puzzled face. Scott looked at Tamek; he grinned back and slowly stood up and moved away. Scott was now standing there alone in the cargo area left there with his own thoughts. What if I fail like Sam did? What if I make the same mistake? No, that can't happen… The world…Everyone… They are counting on me… I can't fail… Scott stood there, getting dizzy, looking around searching for an answer for all of this. Why him? Why not some other agent… Why did he have to go on this mission? The only reason he could think of was that Sam trained him.

Scott exited the cargo area and moved back to his seat. He was speechless now. He could say a word even to himself... What if I fail...? He tried not to think about it. The plane was to land in 30 minutes. That would leave him 22 hours and 30 minutes to get the disks and destroy the Silent Whisper. The Clock was ticking. He stood up and checked under his coat. His gun and his papers were there. He turned and looked at the door to the pilot area. He looked around so no one will see him and he snuck in. The pilots themselves were in deep conversation and they didn't notice Scott sneaking in the cabin.

"Gentlemen, I need your full cooperation." he said to the pilots as he handed the Third Echelon Document stating that everyone must fully cooperate with Scott. The pilot was puzzled for a second but then he burst out.

"Sir, what may we help you with?"

"Can this plane go any faster?"

"Yes sir" the 2nd pilot answered, "But it's not advised to go any faster without any reason.
            "Well all I can tell you is that in 23 hours something horrible is going to happen. No you need to get me to Washington as fast as you can. Even a 10 minute faster arrival is going to help my mission" said Scott with anger in his voice.

"Y… yes… Sir... We can do that…"

Scott turned around and went back to his seat to pack his luggage. There was not really much to pack. He grabbed his backpack with all the stuff and went back to the pilot cabin to share a nice chat with the pilots. It was entertaining for him. He had a chance to take his mind of what is ahead of him. He found out that one of the pilots liked collecting guns as a past time. He then took out his 9MM silenced berretta and showed it to the guy. The pilot was amazed since he never saw silenced models up so close.

At about this time the co-pilot saw the runway and asked Scott to strap himself in the empty seat that was in the cabin. Scott did so as fast as he could. The plane slowed down before entering airport airspace, then the pilot threw some switches and the plane jolted abit, and then let the landing gear down. The plane jolted once again as the landing gear touched with the ground. As soon as Scott felt that he unbuckled his seatbelt and jumped out of the seat. The Pilot pointed to the emergency pilot exit door that was above Scott's head. He nodded and grabbed the hand harness thing as he climbed out through the top. He slid down the side of the plane and caught Lamberts face. He was shocked and surprised seeing Scott come out this way. Wasting no time Scott jumped into the car and drove away to the Third Echelon building. Lambert sitting in the passenger seat was puzzled by all of this and couldn't even say a word.

"Um… Scott… What's wrong? Do you mind telling me?" Scott looked at Lambert with an angry expression in his face.

"In less than 22 hours and 30 minutes the thing, the nano-bots, they will escape. We can't waste any time on some bull shit briefing. I need to get the rest of my gear and you fly me where ever the hell that damn base is."

"So I see you met with Tamek, I knew it would startle you. What he says is the truth. We actually have 22 hours 13 minutes and 40 seconds untill that thing escapes. Your gear is in the trunk. Drive straight to the back of the Third Echelon building, we got a black hawk waiting for you. It will take you to the carrier USS Iowa. From there it will take you about 2 hours to sail close to Greenland, that's where the base is. When you get close and F18 will take you in. But this time you will not be in the cockpit. You will be under the plane in a type of a glider. It can't be picked up by any radar I can assure you with that. They will launch you and it will be up to you where you want to land."

Scott looked around the road and sped up to 130MPH. He activated the siren on the car so the police would not stop him as he steered the car into the middle of the road.

"Jesus Scott, slow down" But Scott did not answer. The car weaved around the road as they were approaching the building. The guard at the post noticed the fast coming car and he jumped to open the gate. The gate opened just in time for the car to drive in. Power sliding around the building Scott stopped the car in front of the black hawk. Scott got out as quickly as he could, mumbling something to himself he gathered the rest of his gear and climbed in the hawk.

"Scott what was that?" Lambert said thinking he heard Scott say something…

"… We are running out of time" answered Scott with a sigh as he closed the black hawk door.