He found himself standing in the very same spot as his first day at work. Facing a wall of sophisticated monitors, with Betters to his right and Jin to his left. The only thing missing was the ill mouth of Jankowski.
"His name is Eugene Patton," said commissioner Betters.
The coordinator noted to the various mug shots, prison footages and the team emblem shown on the monitors. The displays focused on one man. He bore a monotonous, pale face of no distinguishable features, and his eyes resembled two yearning whirlpools of no foundation.
"He was the one that made contact from inside the facility, claiming he is the current 'director' of Facility 113,"
"This is the part I don't understand," said Jin:
"Supermax prisons are designed so prisoners have no contacts with each other or the outside. There's no way they could've coordinated a revolt, and allow this guy to take leadership,"
"This is one of the mysteries, but I believe I can answer that soon enough...and the same reason why we're brought in," Betters gave his Pointman a firm glance:
"After the exterior guards lost contact with the control room, they are the ones that made it back inside, reconnected the prison uplink with the outside, and reported their situation before their signals were cut off,"
"Initial accounts?" asked the Korean medic.
"They sounded deeply disturbed. Other than learning there's not a cell that went unlocked, they also reported formations of liquefied flesh throughout the complex. Less than an hour later, SWAT teams from local law enforcement stormed the facility. Live security footage showed them being literally torn apart by unseen sources – not unlike the commandos initially sent to the Auburn incident,"
"Alma?" Jin gasped in alarm.
"Nothing could be confirmed at this point, but I guess this is the only reason we would be called out here today. Remember, although the US government officially disclaims the paranormal, they believe in probability: seeing as how we're the only ones to survive the previous calamity on site, chances are we might be the only ones who can live through it again,"
"I've been praying since the day, that this will never happen,"
"Save that for later. Your primary objective would be to neutralize all hostiles in Facility 113, and be on the lookout for Patton,"
"Secondary?"
"Secure the hostages,"
'Hostages? Is that a new update of the situation?" the medic became more concerned.
"Just received it prior to this briefing. Patton has managed to send out a short footage that has been holding back a full-scale army assault,"
One of the projectors changed its content: showing what appears to be inside the prison cafeteria, with a dozen uniformed guards beaten and cowering on the ground.
"Poor fellows..."
"Almost a complete replication of the Auburn incident," commented the commissioner, and turned towards his Pointman:
"What about you, buddy. Ready to face your fear the second time?"