Cross My Mind

THE HUNT 2

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Inside the apartment, Dr. Reece having felt safe and comfortable has relaxed and have already started designing and building a central processing unit for Shadrach’s robotic computer. Using MEDULLA’S help, she has designed a miniature replica of MEDULLA’S motherboard and is already halfway through the process of building it. She has sent Shadrach to buy equipments and accessories over five times already and he knows that it is not the end yet.

He walked close to her on his the working table where she has been seated for over the last four ours nonstop, she has been soldering, wiring and setting his 3-D printer to print hundreds of miniature parts. In her hands currently, Shadrach observed a spherical object that has been building with smaller cuboid parts, making the entire structure seem like it is made up of Lego pieces, yet retaining visible enough wirings and soldered components to give its viewer the idea that it is a sophisticated piece of electrical device.

“You said you have built one of these for Neuratechnologies some years ago right” he asked.

Reece pretended to not hear him asking her a question for a few seconds, later said without looking at him and focusing on the object in her hand that she has been building and taking a few glances at her Computer for reference and to be sure she is not making any part wrong.

“I have, although it was a masterpiece as well, and I have not finished making this one, my hardware design and construction skills are second to none other than that of a few tens of seasoned professionals who are building constantly and improving their skills. My Spherical Central Processing unit is a masterpiece design that many companies wanted but I have to say that the idea which inspired me to come up with it came from Akihiro, that old Asian is a genius of his own class”.

“You should totally come and work with me at NASA, you belong there” Shadrach said excitedly.

“You know quite well that I cant do that, although even I know my genius that is in building supercomputers, I am also quite aware that my real talent and passion lies not with building hardware but in coding programs. I was offered a many opportunities in the past at NASA and for your information, I already work for NASA. The current operating system and interface that the Hubble’s telescope uses is my work, I al also currently running a new type of software for the telescopes used in observatories and the international space station”. She responded.

“Why aren’t you bringing the lower body of your Robot? I want to test it once I get the CPU done.” She added.

“Then come and help me carry the rest of the materials and the automatic assembly robot I use for my work in here. I cannot work without it” he said.

Recce burst into laughter uncontrollably, putting the equipment in her hands on the table and pointing at Shadrach with her hands laughing in a ridiculing manner.

“I knew you would laugh at me for using a an assembly robot but it gets my work done for me and I am not ashamed of using it, are you helping me carry it or not?”. Shadrach asked with a straight serious face.

Reece was already walking away towards the door and he quickly followed her to the heavy metallic door and input his security password, unlocking the door and the two of them walked down stairs.

Shadrach’s house has been built for absolute secrecy while maintaining the touch of class as such that the second floor was made with no balconies and no windows, rather it was covered in air conditioners and ventilation systems that supplied it with fresh air as it is meant to serve as a research and development laboratory. On the other hand, the ground floor which consist of the living quarters of the house was built just as any other apartment. With windows and doors.

On the opposite side of the street, five blocks away from Shadrach’s house lies Agent Stone on top of the tallest building in the area, lying on his abdomen. The contracted assassin has been scoping the apartment for the last five hours, monitoring the movements of the security guards and figuring a way to slip right past them if he were to somehow scale the iron gates of the compound.

In his view while he was observing one of the guards who is now right in front of the building, he saw the figures of two people, a man and a woman passing close to the largest glass window on the lower floor of the building. As soon as he caught the glimpse of the two, he knew his instinct and tracking skills have been right. Reece must have been in Shadrach’s house to hide away from him and the authorities that would soon come after her.

Agent Stone wasted no time in aiming at window awaiting the next chance he would have to shoot his target down. He adjusted his windvane quickly and scoped the window, after waiting about five minutes he saw the figure of the man walking backwards near the window, he also noticed that the man was carrying a heavy equipment on one end, deducting that His target must be holding the other end of the equipment.

As soon as the figure of the woman was in sight, Agent Stone did not waste a single second and squeezes the trigger of his suppressed riffle. Unfortunately for him, just at that moment, Dr. Reece Mallory’s hands slipped and she dropped the equipment she is carrying, making his bullet graze her arm and hit the large television on the wall of the living room. He quickly c****d the bolt and fired another shot through the window hoping it will somehow hit her. A few seconds later, Agent Stone watched as the guards all ran and hid behind cover and metal slabs sliding and covering the doors and windows of the house At this moment, Agent Stone knew he had missed his second chance to complete his mission