Unknown Experiments

Chapter 16

Belos thought for a few moments. As he did, he turned to the pad and closed the door, watching as the electricity within his view shrunk until it closed entirely. At that point, he had an answer, but didn't speak. He turned around and began to walk away from the door.

Lilith and Julia glanced at each other once again before they turned around and watched Belos walk away. Julia stated her question again. "Is there a presentation we to help us understand that thing more?"

Belos stopped in his tracks, but remained silent. He slowly turned back to the two women and said, "Meet me in my office within the next hour. We'll have a brief meeting over it there."

"Yes, Sir," Lilith responded, Julia stating the same just a moment later. "We'll be there."

"Good," Belos replied. "Give your men a rundown for the preparations. I want things ready by tonight."

Lilith nodded moments before Belos turned back around and began to head up towards his office. She waited for a few moments until he disappeared from their sight and looked at Julia, who had turned around and stared at the sealed door holding the new creature for the arena. She turned to her partner and asked, "Are you going to sit there and stare or help me out?"

Julia looked over at Lilith, breaking out of her small trance. She held a puzzled look for a few moments before asking, "Am I not allowed to be intrigued by that?"

Lilith shrugged and said, "Depends on how long you're going to stare. We've got orders to give."

Julia huffed out of annoyance and lifted her right arm up slightly. She tapped the screen a few times before saying, "Attention all personnel: You will all be receiving orders within a few minutes that you are all required to follow. We've got a big day ahead of us. Nobody should be wasting any time."

Julia quickly tapped the pad once again before she started to type out the orders. Within less than a minute, she sent it out to all of the guards in the facility, and a popup appeared in Lilith's visor that said, "One guard from each post is required to report to the center of the first floor immediately. All posts will remain a one man job until all preparations are complete for tomorrow. Avoid asking questions because they will likely be answered with your assignments."

Lilith hummed for a bit before saying, "That didn't quite sound like the cheerful Julia I'm used to."

"Just living up to my position for a bit," Julia said with a shrug. She began to walk off as she exclaimed, "Now let's go catch some information!"

"There she is," Lilith said with a slight laugh, proceeding to follow her partner. "We'll give the orders up there and then head up to his office to find out what that thing is."

"You got that right," Julia replied. "And soon enough, we'll get to watch the fun unfold."

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Belos stood in his office from in front of his seat, eyeing the door with a watchful gaze. He knew the two Commanders were both done giving orders. There was less than ten minutes until the hour would be up. It was a race against the clock for them both now.

Minutes passed in a blur as he waited, but soon enough, Belos watched as the door opened and the two Commanders ran in. He chuckled under his mask and said, "Four minutes early. Well done."

Julia closed the door and walked to the left side of the table as she said, "Giving orders to that many guards isn't easy. Not when most of them don't know what's happening."

Lilith sighed and followed Julia before saying, "Half. Half of them knew. And the other half that didn't know quickly caught on. There were just a ton of guards there, so it took a while to make sure they all understood the orders."