/Three weeks later/
/After the Hermitage was finally rebuilt, Chase and Aelita finally moved back in with Franz and Anthea/
/Aelita walked into her room/
"Wow" said Aelita
"Yeah, you okay sis?" asked Chase
"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine" said Aelita
"Well if you need me, I'll be in my room" said Chase
"Alright" said Aelita
/Chase walked out and towards his room while Aelita just stood in hers and admired it/
/Chase was looking at the room when he got a call from Jeremie/
"Hello?" asked Chase
"Chase? Yeah we need you and Aelita to get to the factory" said Jeremie
"XANA?" asked Chase
"I can't tell you over the phone" said Jeremie
"Okay then? I'm on my way" said Chase
/He hung up, got Aelita, and they started running to the factory/
/At the factory/
"So what is it?" asked Alexandr
"I don't know, but Chase might" said Jeremie
/Chase and Aelita walked out of the elevator/
"What's going on?" asked Chase
"We found something, something that relates to the FSB" said Jeremie
"Let me see" said Chase
/He looked at the computer screen and saw a bunch of random numbers, 1, 13, 0, 22, 14, 5, 21, 4, 0, 7, 6, 11, etc/
"Oh no" said Chase
"What the hell are these numbers?" asked Yumi
"Has there been anything interesting going on in the former Soviet republics?" asked Chase
"Yes, all kinds of weird things are happening, why?" asked Jeremie
"These are codes, these codes in this sequence come out as orders from the Kremlin" said Chase
"In French, please?" asked Ulrich
"They are going to come after us" said Chase
/The room went quiet with a heavy silence/
"So, is there any good news?" asked Jennifer
"Yeah, there is, I don't think they know who or where we are" said Chase
"How in the hell do you know things like this?" asked Rebecca
"Blame the Spetznaz for that" said Chase
"Alright, what do we do now?" asked Yumi
"If they're back on the grid, then so are we" said Chase
/He walked over to Jeremie/
"Can you find another FSB base or another supercomputer?" asked Chase
"Yes, why?" asked Jeremie
"We need to stop them from finding us" said Chase
"So we're attacking an FSB base again?" asked William
"Yep" said Chase
"Hold on a minute, you said those codes came from the Kremlin?" asked Alexandr
"Yep, someone very high up in the Russian Federation is pissed at us, we need to find out who that person or people is" said Chase
"How badly?" asked Alexandr
"Let me put it this way, the last time these codes were used was when the August coup happened in 1991" said Chase
"Woah" said Alexandr
"Yeah, I think we should be extra careful from now on, XANA is one thing but Soviet hardliners in the FSB? Those guys are on a whole new level" said Chase
"That sounds bad" said Odd
"You have no idea, Jeremie can you find out who's in charge of the operation?" asked Chase
"Yeah, just give me a second" said Jeremie
/He typed a few codes into the computer and a picture/profile propped up/
"Here we go, the chief operator is a man named Sergei Federov" said Jeremie
/Chase looked confused, then he put a hand on his face and groaned/
"Something wrong?" asked Jennifer
"I know who he is" said Chase
"How so?" asked Jennifer
"That guy did a hell of a lot of war crimes in Afganistan during the Soviet invasion" said Chase
"How bad?" asked William
"The usual, burying people alive, child soldiers, executing POW's, and even a miniature genocide of Serbs during the Bosnian war" said Chase
"So, he's like Hitler reincarnated?" asked Yumi
"That about sums it up" said Chase
"How has he not been arrested or executed yet?" asked Alexandr
"The UN has been looking for years to find him, but it looks like the Russians hid him" said Chase
"Wait, did you know him?" asked Jennifer
"Yep, met him a few times when I was with the Spetznaz" said Chase
"Bad?" asked Jennifer
"Very, we need to be very, very careful" said Chase
"I'll get to work finding an FSB base or a supercomputer" said Jeremie
"Thanks Belpois" said Chase
"What do we do now?" asked Rebecca
"My recommendation? Wait until we find an FSB base then we attack it, same for if we find a supercomputer" said Chase
"And?" asked Rebecca
"For me to do what I do best, kill them all" said Chase
/He started walking towards the elevator leaving the group with looks of shock and confusion on their faces/
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