Chapter 3

Once they had been cleared through security, the men from Spectrum where escorted to the office of head lab technician, Doctor Raymond Bishop, by Dane Winters the head of DragonTechs security. Scarlet was amazed by the size and the scale of the labs set up. However he was also very surprised at how small the security team monitoring the site was. As if he had anticipated the doubts the Spectrum Captain had, Winter's had spent the walk to Doctor Bishop's office telling their guests about how his security team were the best at what they did and had had no problems keeping the site secure.

But Scarlet still wasn't convinced, and he could tell by the look that Captain Blue had given him that he was thinking the same thing. Doctor Bishop, who was sat behind his desk as they entered his office, rose to his feet as they were shown inside. Winter's introduced their guests

"Gentlemen, please have a seat" Bishop said, indicating the chairs on the other side of his desk. Doctor Bishop was of a medium height and build, with greying hair and wearing a pair of small, round rimmed glasses. He looked to be in his mid fifties Scarlet thought. Doctor Gold and Captain Blue took a seat, but Scarlet remained standing- he was feeling too anxious to sit down. Something did not feel right, but he could not pinpoint what it was causing the uneasy feeling he had been experiencing since they had arrived at the facility.

Doctor Bishop returned to his seat and indicated for Winter's to return to duty, he then looked at each of the Spectrum men in turn before he spoke. "I understand the reason why Spectrum felt the need to send you here gentlemen" he began, getting straight to the point. Although he had agreed to the visit, Bishop was obviously not thrilled about it yet he tried to keep the bitterness out of his voice as he continued "But as I told your Colonel nothing was taken. So I'm inclined to believe that this was nothing more than a false alarm. We have technicians in as we speak checking the system for any glitches, and I have both security teams reviewing their logs and video feeds for anything suspicious".

"Both security teams?" Blue asked the Doctor.

"Yes Captain Blue. We have our own in house security force that is under the command of Dane Winters, whom you have already met. But since we began working with Spectrum we have had to install a separate security team to watch over the project- it was part of the contract." The Doctor explained "Unfortunately when Dane found out about it, he wasn't very happy" he paused before he added "Let's just say it has created some friction"

"Anything we should be concerned about Doctor?" Scarlet asked, alarmed, at least that would explain the underlying hostility he had sensed from the security guard.

Could he have been the reason for the security breach?

"Oh nothing like that I assure you" Bishop replied dismissively while waving his hand in the air "Dane has been a security guard here since before we became DragonTech, back when we were starting out; in our Dragon Pharmaceuticals days. But he is a little old school. He didn't like it when I informed him that a new team was being brought in to deal with C Zone. That's where the Spectrum project is housed. I think he felt like I didn't trust him or his men, or that I was stepping on his toes or something"

"But Spectrum wanted you to have a separate team?"

"Like I said it was part of the contract. They installed a small Spectrum security team to work permanently on the site while the work is being done here; and because of the terms of the contract we were forbidden to disclose the truth to our own security team. Because of this, Dane felt like I have betrayed him.

"Winters did not mention that there were any Spectrum security here" Blue again

"That's because he hasn't been told they're from Spectrum. As I'm sure you're aware Captains and Doctor, the project we are working on is extremely top secret. Only those working on the project know what it is or even who it is for".

"Even our commanding officer doesn't know what's going on here" Gold commented. Bishop nodded his understanding. He was well aware that the Commander of Spectrum's Skybase had not been given the details of DragonTech's project for Spectrum. Not that he understood the reason why that was.

"Because of the nature of the project, the security team from Spectrum are here under a pseudonym. As far as our team are concerned, your men belong to a company called Rainbow Securities Limited" Blue gave a slight chuckle, amused at the name they were using.

"When can we check out the facility?" Gold asked. Looking at both Scarlet and Blue, it was obvious to Doctor Bishop that they were anxious to check over the facility to find out what had happened. But Gold still wasn't happy that they were not cleared to be given more information regarding the project itself.

"In a few moments Doctor, we are just waiting for..." As if on cue, there was a knock on the door "Come in" Bishop yelled to the person on the other side of the door. The door opened and a young man entered. He was dressed entirely in black with a black baseball cap covering his red coloured hair. His uniform was like the one that Winters was wearing, however instead of the dragon which was DragonTech's logo this man's jacket bared the logo of a rainbow within a circle.

"Ah, Lieutenant thanks for joining us". The Lieutenant gave a quick head nod, and then looked at the Spectrum officers. He stepped towards Scarlet, his hand out in front of him

"Captain Scarlet, it's an honour Sir" he said. Scarlet reluctantly shook the other man's hand. Blue tried to hide a smirk at his friend's obvious discomfort, but failed. Scarlet glared a warning at him.

"Thank you Lieutenant" Scarlet cleared his throat "This is..." he began to introduce his colleagues when the Lieutenant beat him to it

"Captain Blue and Doctor Gold" the Lieutenant continued, his enthusiasm radiating off him, despite the circumstances. He reaches his hand over to them and shook their just as he had shook Scarlet's. "I have already been briefed on the reason for your visit Sir's" he said by way of explanation "I will be escorting you over to C Zone"
"Thank you, Lieutenant...?" Doctor Gold asked

It's Amber Sir. Or Alex if you'd prefer"

Suddenly the communication panel on Doctor Bishop's desk buzzed. "Lieutenant, if you could escort our guests, I'll meet you over there. I need to take this" he pointed to the panel on his desk by way of explanation.

"Yes Doctor" the young Lieutenant said. "Captains', Doctor, if you would like to follow me"

"S.I.G" they said as they followed Amber out of the office and through the building to the exit to head over to C Zone