If Only..(Part 1 And Part 2 Included)(Under Edit)

Chapter 35- Who gets the Bullet First.!

A low never-ending murmur filled the conference room when everyone, involved in the mission was called upon suddenly. They kept seated in their respective seats, awaiting a new dimension in the revelation. Jacob walks inside the conference room with Jackson walking side by side with him. He greeted with a thrill.

Jacob: Good Morning, everyone.

The peers kept staring at him. 

Jacob walked up to the larger end of the table and leaned forward to press his palm against the corners.

Jacob heaves heavily: Before I start off, I need to inform you guys about a little change. Mr Alvarez will be out of the office for a few days. Till then, I will be leading this operation. I will be looking after the beginning and the end of this mission. Coming to the main topic of discussion,  these days of hard work, the one thing that we realized is that, they are not someone who should be taken lightly. We made that mistake, and... you have witnessed, what happened. If this doesn't move you, then it is nonetheless to mention that as we have struck several times, they know about all of us. They know what we are planning and yeah, they are going to move accordingly. So, in simple words, we need to get em, before they get us. Before I start off with the operational part, anyone who is getting cold feet may walk out of the room. 

Everyone moves their head in denial.

Jacob: Thank you. So, getting into this. (he turns towards the screen and turns on the projector)We have worked on some information, that we were lucky enough to receive. And, we came down to certain crucial information about their activities, locations and transactions. But, our main motive is to get track of the hostages. (sigh) that continues to remain under the cover. But, the silver lining in all these is that we have locations in our hand. As much as ninety-eight per cent. We need to search through all the locations, godowns, abandoned factories, pubs, old resorts. The hostages are ought to be somewhere within these locations. Questions?

One of them raises his hand: What would be the approximate number of locations?

Jacob: 300...

Man: You say we need to visit 300 locations, searching for the hostages. We don't even know if they are even breathing. 

Jacob: No. They don't kill. 

Man: How can you be so sure? 

Jacob: That's not how they work. I...just know. And yes we need to search through 300 locations.

Man: We need manpower. 

Jacob: THEN GET 'EM! PUT THE NEW TRAINEES INTO THIS WORK. I WANT THAT FUCKARD INSIDE THE BARS!! WE NEED TO GET THE GIRLS OUT OF THERE. ALL THE MISSING REPORTS TILL NOW, ARE OF GIRLS NOT MORE THAN THE AGE OF 19. THEY ARE KIDS FOR HEAVEN SAKE.

Jacob's sudden lashing out, silenced the conference room, as everyone held their eyes down and Jackson crossed his hands across his chest. Jacob softened his look and closed his eyes to compose himself. 

Jacob: I...I am sorry. Get the work started, let us gather tomorrow, at the same time. 

Jacob walked out of the room. 

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Later that day,

Jackson walked by the corridor when he found Madeline engrosses in her laptop screen. Jackson stopped and decided to go near her. 

Madeline kept running her fingers through the keyboard when she felt a sandwich slide towards her table. She got distracted from her work and looked up to find Jackson standing by her. She kept staring at him, with enquiring eyes.