In the security bureau, cases were classified based on a five-point system. It was the job of the first responder to roughly evaluate a case based on the details they observe before reporting as there was an initial a short window to register the details of the case during which all available short jacket officers in the area would be notified and depending on the severity of the case a long coat officer could also be notified. For context, a level 1 case generally fell into crimes like petty theft, public dispute, larceny and other such small crimes. Usually these crimes affected unawakened individuals the most and were mostly handled by red badge officers of the security bureau. Level 2 cases is when things began to escalate a little, necessitating the presence of a short jacket officer to handle without the need for a long coat officer to intervene. These cases included grand theft, arson, homicide and other such cases. The people involved in this case can include awakened indi

The silence only lasted for a few moments before officer Woniel finally said, “Since we now have a clear lead we should investigate the fight club to see if we can get any clues.” “Indeed,” Conrad agreed. “See if we can find out the identities of the ones that appeared in that alley last night and find out if they saw anything that can help us locate the culprit. I’ll let you handle this on your own. Just notify me if something crops up.” “Alright. And what will you be doing in the meantime?” Woniel asked. Conrad answered, “I’m going back to the crime scene. I want to get a closer look just in case we missed anything.” Hearing this, Officer Woniel appeared contemplative as he remembered their conversation earlier in the day. “Is this about the speculation you made this morning?” Woniel asked, referring to the hunch Conrad had about the case involving something else. “Do you still think an exotic beast could be behind this?” Conrad replied, “I’m not sure and in any case, I won’

A new day approached, and Cale remained in captivity, unable to witness the rising dawn over the morning horizon.The first thing that greeted Cale upon waking was the glaring lights of the laboratory, where he had slept chained to the same bed he had awoken in. Next, a few people wearing long white coats entered, carrying various utensils in their arms.Three men entered Cale’s room in total. One of them, a drooping sort of man of extremely average height, walked ahead of the other two with a few vials on a tray, while the other two each carried a device in their hands.Still groggy from the abrupt awakening, Cale blinked as he watched the newcomers approach his bed. Upon reaching him, the three dropped their baggage before the drooping man reached for a button on the underside of Cale’s bed. After pressing it, the bed began to elevate, inclining Cale’s body upwards.Hiss!The mechanical sound of air suspension hissed quietly as Cale’s body was placed upright, bringing him face-to-fa

When Cale touched the portly researcher’s hand, on the other side of the room where the one-way mirror was located, Selene smiled imperceptibly knowing that the plan was a success. That was one person down, with this the rest should be much easier.“Ma’am, there's a sudden spike in the subject's heart rate.”Just then, a voice came from behind Selene from one of the researchers monitoring his vitals notifying her about a change in Cale’s stats.Selene looked at the readings knowing fully well that it was caused by Cale being unable to contain his excitement from succeeding in controlling one of the researchers.Normally, anybody that was paying attention would notice something strange with the timing of when Cale touched the portly researcher to the sudden spike in his heart rate and they might connect it together to speculate that Cale was up to something which could jeopardize the plan. But that was why Selene was here.Not dwelling on the readings much, Selene immediately dismissed

Hobbs and Jenkins, both were under Cale’s control, leaving just the last researcher left for Cale to control. “Is there a problem over there?” Selene’s voice sounded once more from the speakers, asking a question that was directed at both Hobbs and Jenkins. Jenkins quickly replied, “No ma’am. Theres just be slight mistake in the drugs dosages that might affect the readings of the machine. We’re trying to fix it now.” “Then hurry it up and don't waste any more time,” Selene ordered coldly. “Yes ma’am,” Jenkins replied then hurriedly called to the last researcher in the room. “Hey, Fazz, come and help me verify these settings to make sure there's no problems later. Fazz who was the last remaining researcher in the room looked over at the other two with a slightly apprehensive glance. He was very reluctant to go over because he didn’t want to add any more work to his load. Normally, Fazz would’ve found a way to brush off the request but with Selene’s earlier command to hurry up, h