Somewhere inside a hospital, Agent X eyed a doctor stitching Casey's wound while sitting in the chair winching. From the center of the wall, a fresh cool bruise blew through the open window. Agent X received a buzz from his cell phone. He pulled it out of his pocket and saw a message that Read: "Meet me at the Mountain Drive alone."

Agent X formed a puzzled expression from his face as he turned around, observing the hallway of nurses on the floor. He suspected someone had tabs on him.

Hugo walked in with a sullen expression, carrying a styrofoam cup of warm coffee in hand. "She is gonna make it."

Agent X gave Hugo a cold, distant stare. "Yeah, she proved to be a fighter."

Hugo sipped his coffee. "It is sad what happened to Dax."

"Yeah."

"So, what is on the agenda?" Hugo asked.

Agent X turned to face Hugo. "I need to go somewhere. You can look after Casey until I return?"

Hugo studied his expression. "What's going on?"

"Someone sent me a text to meet them."

Hugo scratched the back of his neck."I don't like the feeling of this. It feels like a setup."

"Even so, I can't involve you or her in this matter."

"What do you want me to say to Casey?" Hugo's eyes widened.

Agent X stared at her, formed a half smile and looked at Hugo as it faded. "Never mind. I'm out."

"Right, solo mission it is. Just watch your back out there."

Agent X walked out of the room, his feet hitting the marble white floor of the hallway. He approached the elevator and pressed on the button to open it as the steel door slid open in slow motion. A male nurse exited the elevator when Agent X pressed on the lobby button to head down. The door closed while taking a breath.

Hours later, Agent X arrived at the destination as he pulled up to the curb and parked. He turned off the car. Agent X stepped out of the vehicle with his gun in hand, not knowing what to expect. He continued to walk forward close to a black light pole. A man sat on a black bench.

"Agent X, right on schedule." A man said looking at his black wrist watch.

"Who the hell are you?"

"You can call me Price. The question is who are you?"

Agent X pointed his gun at Price.

"Come, sit, the view is nice."

Agent X narrowed his eyes as he sat next to Mr. Price with his gun aimed at the man.

Mr. Price broke pieces of bread to feed a group of birds hovering the grass to be devoured. "Nice night, isn't it? Have you ever wondered why they made you so good at what you do? It must be equally frustrating not knowing what you were before all this." Price threw more pieces of the bread to the birds.

Agent X gritted his teeth. "What do you want?"

"Always straight to the point." Mr. Price turned to Agent X with a light smirk. "Alright, I want you to help me take down Deshed Harvester."

"Why should I help you?"

Mr. Price pulled a black flash drive from his coat pocket. "This holds the key to your past. If you eliminate him, you can have it."

"What's in it for you?"

"You just focus on the mission. Use that raw talent that was ingrained in that beautiful mind of yours."

A black car arrived. "Looks like my ride's here." Mr. Price got off the bench and walked on the grass. "I'm counting on you."

Mr. Price got in the car as it drove off. Agent X thought about the zip drive as it could answer questions about his past that he longed for. Secrets long forgotten. One thing was certain. Deshed Harvester had to be eliminated.

* * *

Within the confines of the mansion, Deshed Harvester poured himself a glass full of black bourbon in his private room. He was reluctant to believe his plan to manufacture the Zela drug would go well after recent events with Agent X crossing his path at every turn.

Deshed skimmed through papers on his desk containing classified files of earlier subjects of his twisted experiments of creating the ultimate assassin. A knock from the door jolted him back to the present.

Deshed sighed as he walked toward the door and opened it. "Yes."

"Sir, I got some trouble news," One guard said.

Deshed frowned. "What is it?"

"We found Alicia, she's dead."

Deshed's eyebrows raised as his jaws tightened. "Are you certain?"

"We have her body."

Dashed closed his eyes as he held his hand to his forehead.

"Who else knows about this?"

"Just me and two others."

"Very well." Deshed walked up to the guard, patted his shoulder, and took out his knife as he stabbed the guard deep in the chest multiple times. Deshed watched as life faded from the guard's eyes hitting the floor. Deshed took the knife and wiped off the stained blade from the guard's dark shirt. He kicked the guard's body, clenching his teeth. Deshed's face was red like a hornet as he kept on kicking harder and harder at the abs of the deceased guard.

Deshed sighed as he adjusted his collar and tie. "You should have done your job and looked after her."

Three more guards entered the room as Deshed stared at them with a frown. "Get rid of the body."

The two guards lifted and Deshed gestured his hand to the third guard who came forward. "I got a job for you."

"What do you want me to do, sir?"

"I want you to find out the names of the other two people who were with Alicia that night."

"Yes, I can find out that's no problem."

"Oh, one more thing? This stays between us." Deshed gave off a stern look."

"Yes, sir." One guard left the room.

Within minutes, there was gunfire coming from outside. Muffled screams and bodies, hitting the hard floor.

Agent X busted through the door with his gun in hand pointing at Deshed. "Death awaits you."

"You killed her didn't you?"

"Killed who?"

"Alicia."

"I didn't kill her."

Deshed pounded the table."You lie!"

"It's time to put you out of your misery."

Deshed laughed as he flipped the table when Agent X fired five shots. Deshed kicked the table forward with great force. Agent X's eyes bulged as he rolled out of the way.

Deshed walked forward with menacing grain."I'm not going down like that."

Agent X fired five shots at Deshed and he kept on moving forward. Deshed picked up Agent X and threw him hard through the concrete wall. Agent X crawled on the floor spitting out blood from his lips. Deshed ran through the opening.

"I can feel the Zala drug flowing through my veins." Deshed punched through causing more bricks to go forward. Agent X got up with his hands up.

Deshed threw the first blow as Agent X countered with a punch in the stomach and kick to the face. Deshed grabbed Agent X's leg and threw him against the corner. "I'm gonna make you suffer a slow death."

Agent X punched Deshed hard in the face followed by a roundhouse kick to the chest. Agent X rolled forward with his legs locked in Deshed head as he flipped him on the floor. Agent X clenched his teeth as he got on top of Deshed and started whaling on him with hard deep punches, shattering his jaw. He took a cord and wrapped it around Deshed's neck. Deshed gasped for air as he tossed Agent X off of him. Deshed ran and kicked Agent X's ribs.

"You're nothing but a pathetic experiment." Deshed kicked Agent X's face and stepped on his ribs while screaming out in pain.

"You thought you could take my life?" Deshed pulled Agent X's bloody face off the floor. He punched him in the face. "You came here for nothing." Deshed punched Agent X's face again.

Agent X spat blood at Deshed's face when he took a small attached knife to his leg and stabbed him in the jugular with great force, spewing out large amounts of blood as he collapsed on the floor.

"Consider that a going away present." Agent X staggered up to his feet with one hand on ribs. His busted up eye was hard to open.

Mr. Price showed up with an applause. "Bravo, bravo. I can take it from here."

"We had a deal."

"Oh, yes, how can I forget?" Mr. Price gave Agent X the black zip drive. "You are free to go. On behalf of the Raven Agency, we thank you for your service."

Agent X nodded and took the flash drive from Price's hand as he walked out of the room with a limp, passing through a trail of dead bodies at his wake. All Agent X could think about was seeing Casey. He got in the car and drove off, feeling the cool breeze against his bruised face.