Fired

The Mole!

" A toast, to Sam",said Oliver as he raised his glass.

"To Sam",said Diana, smiling and doing the same.

Sam smiled and followed.

"So Sam, would you like to see how we work around here?",asked Diana.

"Sure!",said Sam , smiling widely.

Sam felt good, and not in any way he felt recently. He felt great. He finally could be normal with these people. They were so great to him. Sam wondered what he would not give to have that life, to be in one of their places,to be 'someone' . Someone real. It was true that Diana and Oliver had been through a lot of trauma. But, atleast they had some peace now, they knew what they were doing and they were certain of their future.

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"Good afternoon Dr. Ronald",said Patrick.

In New York City, Ronald was sitting infront of a fixed-on-the-wall ,weird looking very big tab.

"Good afternoon",said Ronald , his eyes still glued to the screen.

"Mr. Ronald,it's been two days and you haven't gone out of this room. Is there anything I can get you ? I must say I am worried",said Patrick with an anxious look on his face.

Patrick noticed something strange,there were green and red wires stuck on his forehead and were connected to the tab. 

"Mr. Ronald! What is that?! Some wires are stickin' out of your head! Something's wrong!",said Patrick, freaking out.

"SHUT UP, PATRICK!", snapped Ronald,"I am doing some serious thing here!"

"Oh...umm...I am sorry to bother you Mr. Ronald, I will leave you to it",said Patrick , looking abashed.

Ronald fixed his eyes on the tab again, as Patrick left

"This damn thing!",cursed Ronald," It drains out all my energy!! How the hell am I supposed to get the energy of two person inside me!?"

But , unfortunately for him, no one replied.

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"This is where Oliver comes ,when he completes any Project,to drink to himself!",said Diana, smiling, and waving towards a long corridor with different kinds of plants and a rocking chair.

"And I am not proud of it Di !",laughed Oliver.

Sam smiled , his cheek muscle pained, for the last three hours, he had been smiling and laughing with them. He was starting to feel a normal.

Someone walked up to them.

"Hey Mark! Where u headed?",asked Diana, cheerfully.

"Nothing, I am just on my way to my lab",said Mark, his face revealing a blank smile .

"Alrighttt",said Diana, immediately regretting disturbing him, and being over friendly.

Mark continued on his way to his lab.

"It's pretty strange",said Oliver, stroking his chin.

"What?",asked Sam.

"It's just been a day and it seems like he already know this place pretty well",said Oliver.

These words struck Sam's mind.

Mark came here the day Sam did, Mark was behaving really strangely and he did not seem to like socializing just like Ronald.

"Hey,what would you guys think if I told you that Mark might be a mole here?", asked Sam.

Oliver and Diana stared at Sam and ,Diana said,"We would think that you are as sane as we".

"Really?",asked an impressed Sam,he had not been expecting to be believed that easily.

"Well, yeah! We suspected it the moment he set foot in this facility",said Oliver.

"You guys are so smart!",said Sam, gaping at the pair of them.

Both of them giggled and started giving modest replies.

"What do we do?",asked Sam,"We turn him out? We kill him? We tell William? We-"

"Hold on hold on hold",said Oliver, smiling, "you are our guest, our patient, we can't let you get hurt , so you don't do anything here. We will sort it out together, me ,Diana and Hugh, you just enjoy the change of air and rest while you can, before leaving for New York City, and we are to help you, not get you into more trouble".

Sam was taken aback,not by anger but by astonishment, such concern! Even his own sister had not been so concerned about him before asking him to play assistant with Ronald,not that he complained, though.

"Ummm....do you know about the troubles I go through every day? You must know Ronald, I work as his undercover assistant ,with my own life at stake for thousand others,every second I work there, I never know what comes next. And I know that my life, cannot be normal, so I don't even want to pretend that it is normal. Let me help... I don't usually have partners when I work at things like this. It would be nice change",said Sam, looking anxious.

Diana looked at Oliver and said," Hey Olive I think Sam is right.....he could be our greatest weapon against the threat and he could be a lot of help."

Oliver looked disapproving but still nodded and forced a stiff smile.

"Did you just call him Olive?",asked Sam to Diana.

"Yes",said Diana, chuckling.

The three of them made their way to Oliver's lab.

The building had many labs. One lab each for every person. And the main big lab which was used by Oliver, Diana,Hugh and William . And another spare lab. Those labs were not tiny average ones. They were big. Like, real big,and all of it fascinated Sam more than he had been in Ronald's Labs.

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*BACK TO NEW YORK*

"PATRICK! PATRICK COME INSIDE!", shouted Ronald from inside his lab.

"Yes sir",said Patrick , coming inside.

"Call Dr. Kush for me please",said Ronald.

Patrick went to call him without another word.

"You asked for me Dr. Ronald?",asked Dr. Kush, coming inside the lab .

"Yes Dr. Kush, please have a seat", said Ronald ,in a grim tone.

The tone itself told him that Ronald was not in a good mood.

"Dr. Kush....... remember what I told you when I asked you or let's say threatened you to make the controlling device for me? I had made the serum and I asked you make a device that could control the minds of the people whom I inject it with,without anyone having the slightest clue of it,am I right?",asked Ronald

Kush gulped and said,"Yes sir"

"Don't call me sir, doctor. I know that making devices is not your job but you had promised me that you would get it done.",said Ronald getting to closer to Kush.

"Yes sir, and I swear to God that I made it with all that I had, I did everything I could with my partner Naomi and we both made the device and it was-"

"SHUT UP KUSH! I don't want to hear explanations of your mistakes!",shouted Ronald,"Remember? I told you what would happen to that sweet little family of yours in India , if you made a mistake here, I hope you remember what I did to Naomi. I hope that will be enough to encourage you"

Kush was sweating from head to toe. He nodded and said," Yes sir , I understand".

Ronald stared at him for a couple of seconds before shouting,"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! JUST FIX THAT DAMN THING!"

"Sir, if you could just tell me what needs fixing?",asked Kush.

Ronald had that evil glint in his eye before he responded,"I need you fix the thoughts transmitter. I cannot control him enough. I need him to do exactly as I want him to."

Kush stared at Ronald and asked"Can you please be a little more specific?"

"I need the person ,I am controlling, to kill when I want him to", replied Ronald.

And far away in New Jersey, in S.T.A.R Labs, Mark sat on his bed , with no expressions whatsoever on his face, not moving and not blinking. He was waiting for Ronald's orders to kill someone in S.T.A.R Labs for him.