Chapter 26: FDA

'Quickly!' George took out the gun from his pocket.

Snatch!

The gun was quickly taken away from another Russian hiding behind all along before he felt a kick at the back of his knees causing him to fall down.

He tried rolling to get up before he felt a boot on his face putting heavy pressure on it. AH! He felt as if his head was about to explode, but this might work as well.

But the boot was lifted up, leaving his skull slightly cracked but nothing so serious that would end his life. 

Drago walked away from George before turning to look at one of his new team members, "Put them both in the room. Do not in any circumstance let them out, and do not kill them, especially the young one." He talked in Russian before walking out of the factory.

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Thud!

Both George and Ivan were thrown into a room with no window and the only exit was a locked metal door. 

"Shit," George cursed before Ivan got closer to the door and placed his ears on it to make sure that no one was near enough to listen to what they were saying.

"Do you have a plan, sir?" George asked. 

"Yeah, they don't know how your ability works, so if I kill you, you will be able to go back in time right?" 

George was stunned by the question but nodded slowly, "Yeah, but, you know, dying doesn't feel good. But, I think you're right, this is the only way." he whispered.

"If you have any other ideas that don't involve you dying, please do tell me. Because I am not very keen to see you die."

"I don't know any other way, so we will go with it. Give me a painless death."  George replied

"Alright." The Major replied before walking towards George and holding his head firmly.

Before George could even think of a single thing, his vision disappeared as he heard his neck crack.

And although he did feel slight pain, it wasn't as painful as getting shot.

"Ah!" George woke up while holding his head which had been broken previously, glad that he was alive and fine.

He quickly picked up his phone and dialled Major Ivan.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Major Ivan was in his new truck on his way to the factory, before he picked up his phone and answered it, "What's up."

"Forget about going there. It's a trap. And a damn good one at that."

Major Ivan could hear the urgency behind George's tone, "Wait, have we gone there... In the past, or uh, in the future? Oh goddammit, this gift of yours is too complicated.

"Yes sir! And they have a high-ranking hunter on their side!" 

Major Ivan then hit the break before turning around, "Okay then, we will put this matter for another day. We'll meet at the base."

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Drago threw his phone on the floor, "Those American sons of bitches!! How dare they ignore me!! Am I, not their friend?!" He shouted, disappointed that they have not bitten the bait.

They have received news that despite their warnings, the brain chip has received the FDA approval to conduct experiments on humans legally:

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"What??" Both George and Ivan shouted, they couldn't believe what they were hearing.

"It's true. The FDA did approve of the brain chip..." The General replied seating and taking another glass of beer.

"But we gave them the warning! Didn't we? They can't be that stupid!" 

The General nodded, "You're right, they're not stupid. They were just paid off, Brad has near unlimited money to do that."

"So what does this mean?"

"It means, that now Brad Roth can conduct experiments on humans. And the worst part of all, he has also managed to convince the senate that the government and no other entity have any information about the experiments, he claims that if they do, it would be a violation of privacy..." the General continued.

"Damn it!" George facepalmed before he widened his eyes. "Wait, what if we send the evidence that we have to the media, or can't we just leak this information?" 

The general shook his head again, "That's the worst part, we don't have the information and the evidence anymore." 

"That's impossible! The security here is too tight for them to take any of the information that we have! And don't we have a digital copy of it anyways?"

"There is a traitor. A spy who has managed to destroy the physical evidence and also managed to delete the digital copies. And seeing that this spy was able to do this, there are no only two possibilities, is that he is a high-ranking military officer or a very skilled hunter." The General muttered, shaking his head.

"I can get the evidence again, I have done it once, I can do it again," George replied.

Upon hearing this the General shook his head, "You have done it once, and Brad has fortified his tower, increasing the security, last time you took him by surprise but now, he is expecting an army."

"And besides, there is no need for you to rush. He won't be able to conduct any experiments till next week, since that is the time when the FDA approval comes into effect." The General said before taking out a paper that he has been reading. "Instead, I am sending the both of you to Tampa."

"Why Tampa?" Ivan asked.

"We just received a report. There will be a dungeon break out there, and since both of you have experience there, I think that you will be of much help there."

Both Ivan and George nodded, "Sounds good... What is the dungeon rating?"

"The dungeon rating is..."