sHe: THE RISE OF THE NEW BREEDS [Book 1]

Chapter 6

LUCINDA GATES AND AGENT WOLFE strode ahead toward the conference room in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Headquarters in Druid Hill, Georgia — a young intern was tagging behind them — trying to slow them down in the corridor.

The incommode arrival of both the demanding visitors from Washington was stressing out the intern.

"...but, but you cannot interrupt Dr Morris now — she is in an important meeting with the Indian scientists from Delhi."

Lucinda Gates stopped and sternly countered the young woman.

"I don't give a damn if she is having chicken tikka luncheon with them — you now go and get me Tina Martin — and I want to see her now!"

"Who is that, Ma'am? Does she work here in CDC?" The puzzled young intern reacted...

"Yes my dear, she works at The Behavioral and Intelligence Research Department."

The young woman had heard of the newly set-up ancillary division that was added recently. She comprehended...

"Oh, that unit..."

"Yes girl, that nonsensical unit"

Gates turned to Wolfe beside her. "Agent Wolfe, you go get me security now." The older woman instructed further and walked alone towards the conference room...

The intern called out at her from behind to stall her again...

"Wait, Ma'am! Where are you going?"

Agent Wolfe grabbed the young woman's arm hard.

"Hey, Missy — focus! Do you know who she is?" The intern shook her head and Wolfe informed...

"That is the Confidential Assistant of the President of the United States — and now she has just given you an order to find this Tina Martin — so, you get that little skirt of yours moving, pronto!"

Wolfe then walked away towards the Security department while the young intern froze on the spot speechless.

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Lucinda Gates opened the conference room door and saw six women at a meeting table in a dimly lighted room. Gates switched on the bright lights and called out to them...

"All of you, out of here except for you, Dr Morris — this meeting is over — come on, move it, go now for your chai-break!"

Dr Jane Morris removed her eyeglasses, seeing the confused Indian visitors exiting the door.

"Ms Gates, what is going on?"

Gates took a photo out of her file and slid it on the table towards Dr Morris — it was a mug shot of Marlin in a police precinct.

What happened to him?" the anxious doctor inquired.

"He claims to be your son."

"Yes, the boy is my adopted son — this looks like a mug shot, is he in any trouble?" the puzzled doctor replied instantly.

Her mind was now finding ways to protect the identity of the progeny on the photo. The boy was in propinquity to a member from the covert medical research team who had been secretly working in finding for the Medusa virus cure.

"Yes Dr Morris, it is a very severe one too. That shemale brat that you adopted has just attacked the son of the Japanese Ambassador with a samurai sword. Do you know what the consequences would have been if that Ambassador's son had died?