The Futile Escape

Level Q1 agent Barret burst into the private quarters of supreme commander Codrian. Up until then, he had so much been consumed by the importance of his message, that only now, he stopped and realized that he might very well be signing his own death warrant one second from now. "Yes?" The SC was standing with his back to him, pouring himself a drink. There was no way back. "Sir, the package has escaped! Her cell door just sprang open one minute ago! She must have had help from outside, hackers from ASIDE perhaps, or..." Codrian raised his hand, silencing him, and turned around.
"Actually, that door sprung open over three hours ago, agent Barret. Their hackers have been cloaking that information for as long as they could, and it has taken our intelligence until now to break through..." He paused for a moment, and Barret was sure what this calm demeanor meant: he was dead!

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