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midnight rising Chapter 3 blast from the past

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It was a quiet day at the headquarters and Janie and Spencer where in front of their braille computers sorting out paperwork and putting the latest security camera photos from the night Cassandra got shot through the system.

They have been there for hours, trying to work though all the paperwork from the night of the ambush, so much information they both thought their heads where going to explode.

The room was quiet, Eric who was with them stepped out to get Spencer and Janie some supplies. The room was quite large. There was Edwardian features in the room the ornate wood carvings in the cornices and all the amazing photographs that Cassandra had collected over the years .

The house is double story and the top story is home to Cassandra and Jane while the first floor belongs to the illicit information bureau, which is were Spencer spends most of his time with his wife Janie making sure all the technology which is at the their collective disposal is working well and running smoothly they also run the surveillance operations and security systems as well.

They are always busy which they both didn't mind even if it meant if there was a big operation they would usually live at the bureau and crash up stairs which Jaine didn't enjoy as she likes her own bed.

The computer screens that are on a wall near Janie's desk are stacked 3 screens high and 15 screens across a wall, they are processing all sorts off information, from facial identification to interpol and all points in between. The room is full of tables and computers and there is even a few lab tables for Tristan and his chemical experiments and research

" I have been here since 1am when i got the call from Jennifer, I am tired and i've run out of red bull" yawns Spencer, as he stretchers his arms wanting to grab a red bull from the fridge beside him but realizing there is none, Hoping Eric has found some for him at the local milk bar

"How do you think I feel, I have been trying to figure out who the rest of Cassandra and David's attackers are, and I have come up with zip, nada nothing at all. These guys are like enigmas" Janie says forlornly at Spencer as she puts the pictures though another database.


Betsie and Freddy their Labrador guide dogs come bounding inside from there usual resting place in the hallway near the front door barking near their computer tables as they heard the door bell before Spencer did

"Whats up you two, heard something" said Spencer as he pats the dogs ears and and gave them a treat. He hears the door bell again and realizes that someone is at the door

Spencer grabs his white cane. and walks towards the front door; the hallway is rather long but he manages to get to the door without bumping into the cabinets that are located along the hallway like he usually does. He doesn't wear sunglasses, but since his injuries during the first gulf war he's been confined to desk duties which he doesn't mind but he longs to return to active duty

"Yo Spencer, got you some Red bull thought you might need it" Eric says with a big smile as he places Spencer's hands on the six pack he brought from the milk bar.

"Oh you are brilliant, did you get some chocolate for Janie or did you forget as per usual" Spencer says with a giggle, as he knows unless Eric writes a list he forgets

"Got her two blocks" Eric says as he helps Spencer along the hallway again back to the large room with bags in tow…

"Good timing Eric, I finally got a hit one of them" them as Spencer walked in with Eric

" Oh really? Who, What and Where?" Eric Asks smiling evil as he loves nothing more than a hunt, He's been a member of the Illicit information Bureau for years and Jennifer trusts him with her life when it comes to surveillance .

"He's name is Eirron Jennings. He's an associate of Pucky Jenkins, He too has a wrap sheet a mil…

She was interrupted mid sentence by a voice

"a mile long" Jane says with a giggle

"Morning Jane, sleep well?" Eric says as he passes her a cup of coffee, Unlike her mother with her earl grey tea; she preferred the strong taste of instant.

"I did, like a log. I couldn't believe how fast a Ghoul can run let alone jump from building to building. I got thumped from pillar to post " Jane explains as she shows Eric the large and butt ugly black and blue bruises on her arms and back. She takes a sip from her coffee, and grimaces as she lifts her arm up as she gets a sharp pain in her elbow.

" Ouch, Well we have found out who two of the people who ambushed your mum and David are, Pucky Jenkins and Eirron Jennings" Eric says with a tone of certainty in his voice.

"I know those two rather well, I have had many a scrap with them which caused the scars on top of my knees, as they blew out both knees with a bullet in each." Jane winces as she remembers that night in vivid technicolor.

"So do you know what time David and Gothica are coming" Jane says smiling as she takes a can of Redbull and opens it for Spencer not before taking a swig

"I don't know when about hmm 11:00am, its 9:30am now and can i have my can now please Jane?" Spencer asks after he hears her open his can and her rather loud slurping noise

"No Problems, it's on the left hand side of your computer table" Jane says as she walks passed she puts the can down and Spencer picks it up and takes another swig out of his Redbull

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It was 10:45am and A blue sedan pulled up in front of the large bluestone walls which surround that house that Cassandra and Jane call home and also houses the Illicit information bureau. It was an overcast day and it started to spit rain onto the ground

Cassandra gets out of the car first from the back seat and closes the door, David and Jennifer follow behind. Cassandra scans her identification Card though the card scanner which they use during the day to get into the house and they all walk up the cobble stone steps all the while admiring the garden that Jane and Cassandra have cultivated as they go until they get to the large wooden door and knock on the door

"You want to surprise jane?" David asks with a smile..

"Of course, why not? " Cassandra says.

Micah and Tristan are inside with Jane.

Tristan is the resident chemical weapons maker and while he's the youngest out of the three Mulhauser boys, he's the most experienced with his chose specialty as he's spend many a time with their father, not only training as an assassin like his brothers but learning the finer points of making poisons and chemicals from plants and food stuffs.
He always seem to have something important going on and his corner of the large room was covered in Plant chemical tables, laptops and beakers.

Tristan hears the door bell ring… Just….

"Can someone get the door I am busy and my brother needed this yesterday" screams Tristan as he runs from one laptop to another working out a chemical formula he's trying to compile for Micah for a special tincture he's developing.

"I will Tristan, please don't stress" Jane says, she is wearing a nice black satin blouse and a work appropriate black skirt and black high heels which is a change from the pajamas she was wearing.

She walks towards the door, she opens the door. She is in shock when she sees who is standing before her

"Hi darling, boy you look nice today, who you trying to court? " Cassandra says as she waits for Jane to pick her jaw up off the floor

"Mum, You … are … alive, I thought you where dead?" Jane says, as she picks up her jaw off the floor

" So did we, but she is here" says the voices hiding behind Cassandra. Cassandra moves so Jane can see David and Jennifer standing behind her..

"How did this happen?" Jane asks as she has a million thoughts

"I don't know Jane, I got a phone call from John, your uncle to say she spontaneously revived and could you pick her up. She has basic recollections about the ambush and her wounds have healed quite well… She's here to debrief everyone about the situation and to sleep in her own bed as she stayed with us at our apartment last night " David said as he smiled at Jane.

Jane runs up and gives Cassandra a massive big bear hug, tears start to stream down as she realizes this is her mum, the mum that she thought was dead over 24hrs ago only to find her standing here in front of her.

"lets go inside shall we…" Jane, says to the three of them as she wipes away her tears and regains her composure. They walk through the door, David shutting the door behind him as he was the last one to walk in.

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"I am here to debrief you all on the situation, as you can see I should not be here but i am here and breathing" Cassandra says as she starts the debrief…

" How did you do it?" Ask Michael with a surprised tone of voice.

Michael was Cassandra's ex-husband Matthew's Brother, he's been in the spy game for years and has helped Cassandra and Jane get though the divorce, what started as an amicable split turned into all out war when Cassandra found out he was working as a double agent for the midnight project.

He's been working in the Bureau for a few years; Jane as well as Jennifer trusted him with any espionage missions as he worked as a covert operative for MI6 then later on in his Career at MI5

" I have no idea, but i am determined to find out, but for the moment we have more pressing issues, as you know David and I got ambushed by a group of thugs. Gothica told me that the thugs where hired by Maryann Warrickson, Do we have any leads as to the identify of who these thugs are? "

" Yes we do, we have two names so far they are Pucky Jenkins and Eirron Jennings, they where the nasty pieces of work that shot me in both knees" Jane says perturbed as she thinks about what happened.

"Hadron, Check out there usual haunts when you find him, squeeze them for information. I don't care how you do it, I don't like the idea that the midnight project is getting back in business; You know what to do if they don't cooperate."

"Of course Cassandra, no problem I'll get on that right away" David says as a matter of course.

"And in other news…" Jane says abruptly cutting short the debrief

"Whats wrong…Jane" Asks Cassandra worryingly

"I got this parcel today that might help Hadron find Pucky and Eirron, it has a bunch of photos and papers full of details of there movements and a note" Jane says as she passes the note to Cassandra

"And you will be able to recognize the writing, it's someone we both know" Jane says shocked at who sent it

Cassandra reads the note, she sighs as she realizes who it is just by the handwriting.

Dear Cassie,

I know we have been apart due to my own stupid decisions, but i want to make amends. enclosed is photos and detailed movement traces for both Pucky and Eirron this should help you start to shut down Maryann and the Midnight Project. This should also help Hadron and my brother Michael track them two and put them to bed as god they only knows whats going to happen if they are still out in the wide world any longer.

The reason you where shot down, was because I found out Maryann was double crossing me and I left. I been a mercenary for hire for Maryann but I had enough, but I want to come back to the resistance and work to build the trust again between you and Jane, I want to belong and to be honest with you I hate being alone

You know what Maryann is like and she got her revenge by shooting you. Little does she know about your ability, You are an immortal you have the same abilities as an archangel but you don't ever die, don't ever age and you won't feel pain. You can use that to your advantage, you can use that to stop her and the project from making any other mutant suffer.

If you want to know more Come to the Dahomey bar at 6pm

You know I want to help but I can understand if you don't trust me.

Matthew


"Jane, we have a date tonight, your dad wants to have a chat. Bring a tazer just in case" Cassandra said to Jane as she puts some bullets in her Walther PPK 9mm short pistol and placed it in her handbag

" Are you thinking this could get ugly?" Jane asks as she tries to to find her portable tazer.

"No, I am afraid of what i might do to your dad when I see him again" Cassandra says with a sigh.. remembering the time during the divorce when she beat him to within an inch of his life after he made a snide remark after finding out he was a double agent and he had to stay in the hospital for a month with a broken jaw.


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It's 6pm and Jane and Cassandra have been sitting at the bar for about five mins, looking around trying to see if Matthew was in yet.

Ever since Jane got the parcel from him today; Cassandra was intrigued and upset, why would he want to come out of the woodwork now? it had been a decade since the divorce and subsequent custody battle where taxing for both of them emotionally

"Where he is? he is always fashionably late" Cassandra says with a sigh, she was the one who was always on time for appointments.

"Don't worry he'll come, he wouldn't of sent us the letter and information if he didn't want to make amends Jane pointed out to her mother, who was getting more frustrated with each second passing.

"And what if he doesn't show…"

"And what if i don't what" says a voice that was all too familiar, that deep gravely growl which sent shivers down her spine ever time she heard it ..

Cassandra turns around and in front of her stood Matthew dressed as she remembered him to dress, smart casual, with a black shirt, grey leather jacket , black jeans and nice smart dress shoes polished to a high shine, as he always did as he hated scuff marks on his nice and expensive shoes.

" Dad" Jane said, nodding at him with a look which screams out puzzlement

"Sit down, we need to talk. Why in the hell did you come out of the shadows now?" asked Cassandra, Heat and anger coming off each and very word that came out of her mouth.

Matthew understood this anger and then realized she might be carrying a gun.

"You carrying your Walther PPK 9 mm Short Cassandra? Matthew asked with a glare that would have made the devil turn in the gates of hell

"Yes, why?" questioned Cassandra in puzzlement

" Well, I can't talk to you if I know your carrying a gun, you know how jumpy my trigger finger gets on my Beretta you know" Matthew says as he points his gun at her stomach which he took out of his jacket pocket without her knowing

"We wouldn't want a repeat of when you sent me into the hospital now do we? Now be a good girl and put your gun on the bar, and Jane would you be so kind as to put your tazer on the bar too… I knew you would be carrying that to keep just in case your mother got a tad nuts on my arse" Matthew said as if he could read their minds.

" You know us too well, Dad" Jane says with a sigh as she put the tazer on the bar she prompts her mother with a nudge

"Take the gun out of the bag mum, you will never get answers if you two are going to shoot each other up and this bar" Jane says

She relents and takes the Walther PPK out of her bag and places it on the table, The bartender looks at the three of them with eyes wide as she sees the weapons placed in front of her on the bar.

"Bartender, make one Jim Beam and coke for the young lady, single malt whiskey on the rocks for the lady and a vodka on the rocks for me" Matthew says with a wicked smile as if he enjoyed freaking out the masses with guns

"That will be fifteen dollars, thanks" says the bartender as she places a glass in front of each of them, Matthew pays the lady then takes a sip of his vodka.

"In answer to your question before I came out of the wood work to help you. But instead you came looking for a fight" Matthew said annoyed

"Well why do you think I am like that, Eh? You broke my trust by siding with the Midnight Project first, now you come with details and movement traces … why? whats your agenda? Cassandra screams at the top of her lungs

"I have no agenda, I want revenge. I found out you where on Pucky's hit list I was angry, more so than I am now as I couldn't protect you as I knew you would blow my brains out first before letting me near Jane personally. I knew you needed help taking Maryann down, you know you can't do it by yourself you know she's too politically connected within the US government." Matthew explains, in a cold clinical and logical manner

"I guess your right, But how can I can trust you? How can Jane trust you?" Cassandra asks at almost inaudible level

" You'll have to take a chance again, Like you did when you first met me … Matthew said quietly

"Well, the good news for you is I had Hadron check out the movement traces you gave us, the all checked out. Which will make our life easier but you rejoining the resistance is a totally different suitation totally as many them don't trust you at all" Cassandra says as a matter of fact not lies

"Well, I know I will have to rebuild the trust I lost" Matthew pointed out.

"And your brother, my uncle is there and we know he will give you hell if you ever came back too dad" Jane chimed in after listening quietly for five min.

" I can deal with Michael.. he's easy , now when do I start? Matthew says with a smile as he finishes his drink.

End
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This is Chapter 3 :)
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