Chapter 15

Agent Odell was not a happy man. His entire organization was in jeopardy due to the failure of one agent. An agent that was being brought to his office in the Pit right now.

"Agent Odell." Martin Proctor said nervously as Major Grey showed him into Odell's office.

"I hope you're proud of yourself Agent Proctor. In one day, you managed to jeopardize everything this organization has been working towards since it was founded. Under your command, one of our primary bases in Freeland was destroyed, over a dozen of our assets were released and you lost the briefcase. Do you have any idea of the consequences of your actions?" Odell asked.

"Please sir, just give me one more chance." Proctor said, only to stop as Odell shot him.

"You had your chance. Now I have to deal with this personally." Odell said.

"How would you like to proceed sir?" Grey asked.

"Do we know who it was who attacked the base?" Odell asked Grey, who shook her head.

"No sir. In fact, I think you may have killed the only person who knew, since all backups of the security footage were wiped and none of the survivors saw who instigated the attack." Grey said.

"Then we need to secure our assets. Our first order of business is to relocate the pods we currently have in Freeland to avoid the metas inside falling into the wrong hands. Commander Williams will handle that." Odell said.

"What will I be doing sir?" Grey asked.

"I want you to lead your commandos into Freeland and tear the city apart until you find that briefcase. We cannot allow it to remain out of our hands." Odell said.

"Shouldn't we have time, considering how heavily encrypted that briefcase is?" Grey asked.

"Perhaps, but until we know who has the briefcase, we cannot take any chances. Find it, by any means necessary." Odell said and Grey nodded.

"Yes sir." Grey said as she walked out, none of them aware that someone had just listened in to their entire conversation.

"So, it sounds like we are going to be very busy for awhile." Jefferson said as he and Gambi listened into the ASA's chatter, specifically Odell's conversation with Grey.

"Yes, let's hope that Ms. Danvers can get her article up quickly." Gambi said.

"In the meantime, I think it would be best if we waited until the ASA moved the pods to make a move to retrieve them." Jefferson said and Gambi nodded.

"We should probably use that gun to restore Henderson's memories, since we could use his help pulling this off." Gambi said and Jefferson nodded his agreement as he grabbed the gun from it's charger and headed home, since that seemed like the best place to do it.

Shortly after Jefferson arrived home, he heard a knock on the door and when he arrived, he found Henderson waiting for him.

"Henderson, thanks for coming over." Jefferson said.

"No problem man. Is everything okay?" Henderson asked as Jefferson showed him in.

"Yeah, everything's fine for right now. I just need to do this." Jefferson said as he pulled out the gun and before Henderson could react, Jefferson blasted him with it.

"Damn, I thought Black Lightning didn't shoot friends." Henderson said as he gripped his head.

"Yeah, sorry about that, but it was necessary to wake you up to the truth." Jefferson said.

"Yeah. But why?" Henderson asked.

"Because my team just dealt a real blow to the ASA before they could even put up the perimeter and we'll need your help to deal with the fallout, and I also wanted you to know why the ASA might start showing up in Freeland." Jefferson said.

"Okay, why?" Henderson asked.

"They're likely looking for an item we stole from an ASA base. Not that they'd find it, since it's out of the city." Jefferson said.

"And what is it they might be after?" Henderson asked.

"A briefcase that contains all the evidence needed to take down the ASA." Jefferson said.

"Nice work. Let me know when you need my help and how." Henderson said and Jefferson nodded.

"I look forward to working with you, Inspector." Jefferson said as he held out his hand.

"Likewise, Black Lightning." Henderson said with a smile as they shook hands and actually hugged each other.


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