Tom raised his hand, signaling the squad to advance.
The crew approached the villa at a measured pace.
Vivienne and Percival lagged behind, letting the first wave take point before ambushing, quickly followed by the second. It wasn't long before the villa was surrounded.
Inside the villa.
Samantha's eyes snapped open, her hand instinctively touching her face. Sensing something amiss, she bolted up and strode to the mirror. Her eyebrows knitted tightly together at her reflection. Her face was etched with wrinkles. Her skin was aging rapidly.
"Damn it!" she cursed, slamming her palm down on the wooden desk, which splintered under the force. "Another failure."
She had slept all day, yet the lines on her face hadn't softened. ST-1 couldn't stave off her aging.
At this rate, she would die before getting what she wanted.
Samantha composed herself, then dialed a number on her phone.
"Didn't I say no calls unless it's urgent?" a gruff voice snapped from the other end, clearly irked.
Ignoring his tone, Samantha went straight to the point. "Time to develop a new drug. ST-1 isn't cutting it. I think we can start by..."
She stopped mid-sentence, bolting to the window. Seeing the siege outside, her expression darkened.
"What's going on?" the man demanded.
"I've been made."
"Idiot!" he barked.
a cold edge to her voice. "Save your insults. Better hurry if you want to save
useless," the man scolded, but Samantha cut
research direction. If you don't save
this time. She had evaded capture before, using her tech savvy, but if Vivienne was so prepared that she could not even notice the
on the other side of the call remained silent as if he were contemplating whether it was worth it
there!" After quite some time, the
exhaled with relief silently, turning back to the
the villa's front, and someone was
to blow up the
clearly underestimated
chosen this location for its strategic advantage, using high-tech to cloak the area behind an illusionary barrier. But
she grabbed an object from the drawer, her last
contemplated her next
Percival stood there,
expect you to be first. Thought your
in her pockets, looked down at Samantha, her eyes gleaming with a hint of mischief. Probably because of her running earlier, a few
not needed to
you can take me?"
smile
rattled by Vivienne's confidence and beauty, recovered quickly. "Let's
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