Metal Tidings.



Friday Nov 21st 2069.
It is 2:30 am at Threshold headquarters in Langley Virginia. She has been sitting in a de brief room for 35 minutes waiting patiently for the board of reviews to come and hear what she has to say about the latest in a long line of successful field operations performed by the Alpha team. The ten member review board begins to slowly fall into assembly, as Samantha Bliss confidently awaits their questions. The chief of reviews takes his place at the chairman’s seat.
“Good Morning Agent Bliss. So good to see you again, we have read your reports on the Battery Park operations, is there anything that you would care to add to those reports at this time?”
“No Master Chief. Everything is there and in proper order.”
“Excellent Agent Bliss. You may now proceed with the oral part of your report. Begin at your Leisure.”
“Yes Master chief.”
They sit in silence as she carefully relates to them in detail the events that took place little more than twenty four hours previous, beginning with the ambush on the Broad street bridge, how they had forced the retreat of the remaining reds, how they trailed them on foot almost Three miles to the bunker in battery park, but the most important event that she related is what occurred after the members of Alpha had successfully recovered Jessica Bradley. She told them how she came into possession of a metal cylinder, that she’d found inside of the reds bunker. It looked to be of considerable importance so she had the portable lab guys scan it for booby traps on the way back to Langley though they couldn’t with any degree of certainly say exactly what was in it, they did assure her that there were no volatile components within its contents.
“And where is the cylinder now? Agent Bliss.”
“The Threshold lab guys are trying to open it to reveal its content sir, The preliminary reports are that they believe it contains documents belonging to the reds.”
“Agent Bliss it is the opinion of this board that you have performed your duties during the Battery park operation admirably, however, we are requesting that until the contents of this cylinder are revealed that you and the members of team Alpha remain here at the Threshold compound under closed quarters until further notice. You are dismissed agent Bliss.”

Bonding



After she tells the team about being under lock down they all retire to the underground Dormitory to await word on the cylinders contents, it is now 3:55 am in the open walled unisexual dormitory, though the respect level is high within the tightly knit group, Milo Tripper is somewhat amazed at the comfort level of the men and two women. He is awaken by the stirrings of Samantha Bliss and he silently watches her half naked body arise from her bed, and glide effortlessly past him to the shower room seven feet past his bunk. Captivated by her, he slowly follows her down the dark corridor and stops just shy of the door and watches her undress and step under the shower. He draws a nervous deep breath and steps back into the dark corridor and puts his back against the cold wall, within seconds he find’s himself violently slammed to the floor with a knife to his throat, and a very Naked and agitated Samantha Bliss straddling him.
“You shouldn’t spy on people in the bath Mr. Tripper, it could get you seriously injured in here.”
He inhales and holds his breath..
“Yes Ma’am.. How did you know it was me then?”
She halfway smiles down at him. While slowly lowering her face towards his.
“I didn’t, that’s why you‘re down there and I‘m up here.”
Their eyes slowly look each other up and down, with his eyes moving the slowest of the two.
“You’d best get back to your bunk Mr. Tripper before you get yourself into trouble.”
he returns to his bunk but with the vision of Samantha Bliss’s Naked body burning fresh in his memory, he now found it more difficult than ever to sleep. Morning muster came at 7:30 am and during breakfast someone had entered the dining assembly and placed an envelope at the side of Samantha Bliss, slowly every member of the team begins to eye the unopened letter with growing curiosity. She opens it and studies it for a time before addressing the members of Alpha.
“They have uncovered some documents from the cylinder along with a map and a picture.. Of a female red. The word “Priss” is on the back of the picture, they believe that it could be her name, we don’t know the significance of this female yet.. But it would appear that we are going to Cape Nazareth to find out. Meet in the assignment room in fifteen minutes we leave tonight.”

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