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Atticus - Part 1

DaoistTO1iU9 · แฟนตาซี
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At District 5

Sergey and Alex reach the headquarters of District 5. A permanent frown remained on the face of Alex. At this point he had assumed the whole investigation is all a distraction. Although he was surprised with the concentration and dedication that Sergey operated with. Even while knowing this was a meaningless affair. The two of them made their way to the 75th floor of the building. The whole floor was the office of the biss . A boss who gave the impression that he was looking up at the skies all the while keeping his eyes firmly planted on the ground.
Alex wondered, was this genius or pure deception. Such was the way these humans operated, he thought so.
"Not a word of what I mentioned to you, You understand?" said Sergey in a very thick accent.
"If you do so, you know what I have to do with you," Sergey said in a threatening manner.
Alex nodded 
"Good," Said Sergey.
The lift went directly to the reception of the bosses office.
A receptionist was seated there.
She looked at the both of them. Seeing Sergey she immediately let them in.
The receptionist gave a suspicious look at Alex. Alex did not seem to be too worried about that. After all he was a police officer. Most of the times Alex assumed people gave a suspicious look. That was part of his job.
He looked closer at her. Her ears were stitched closed to her head.
The two of them entered the office room, a huge penthouse was allocated as the office of the boss. The whole office was covered by glass, that hung from top to bottom, a good 20 feet!
"Such a large ceiling for a office," thought Alex.
In the middle of the office was an Atrium, a huge glass ceiling to look above at the skies.
Again, an illusion, thought Alex.
As they entered a office, an even larger man than Sergey loomed large at the door.
"Guns," he said. In a voice you would surely think was Sergey's, if the room was covered in darkness.
Alex handed his gun to the large man without hesitation.
Sergey had a couple of guns on his holster which he handed over and another one in his ankle.
Sergey Showed it to the large man. "This I keep with me," he said of the gun in his ankle.
The large man did not utter a word, he then let the both men in.
The boss was seated at the opposite end of the door, which was a good 50 feet away. The office somehow gave an impression that it was circular. While it actually was not. It was closest to a rectangle.
The two men approached the large desk where the boss was seated.
"Sir," Greeted Sergey.
"Sergey," welcomed the Boss.
"Please sit down," he said to the both men.
The two of them sat down.
"Sergey,"said the Boss getting straight to the matter. 
"What is going on with the fleets? They seem to be disappearing all over. Not only here, in other districts as well," the boss said.
"And there was a crash killing a fellow boss . Things seem to be getting out of head, Sergey," Said the boss.
"Yes sir, it is becoming a matter of concern," replied Sergey.
"Are there any leads, is there any new information that I need to know?" asked the boss.
"We are still investigating the matters Sir," Said Alex.
Right now we are in a circle, rather than a maze," said Sergey.
This must be one of the idiosyncrasy the humans use, thought Alex.
"And sir, this is Alex. He is the one who was leading the investigation regarding the fleets" Sergey introduced Alex.
The Boss looked at Sergey with a straight face.
"Leading the investigation up until now," Sergey corrected himself.
"Do we have anyone of interest who we are looking at?" The boss asked Sergey.
"No one sir, we are again as I repeat in a,"
Before Sergey could complete his sentence
"I know, in a circle," the boss completed the sentence.
"Precisely sir," replied Sergey.
"Actually Sir," stammered Alex.
The bosses gaze shifted to Alex.
"Actually sir," continued Alex. "There is a person of Interest, I have his files at he office . it can be sent over to you at once," he said.
"Elaborate," said the boss. 
"His name is Atticus sir," said Alex. "I have known him for a very long time," he said.
"Are you suspecting someone you have known for a very long time?" asked the boss questioning the character of Alex.
"Lately his attitude feels a bit strange to me. A bit suspicious. And he was there at the scene of the death of the officer Chris, where the first set of fleets went disappearing," said Alex.
The Boss looked over at Sergey.
"You do not know about this?0 the boss asked Sergey.
"Sir, this man tells a lot of things, He also thinks that there is something supernatural involved," replied Sergey.
"The supernatural? What do they have to do with us?" asked the boss.
"Precisely sir,"'said Sergey again in a deep tone. This man speaks a lot of things.
"Sergey," said the boss. "I want you to look at these matters seriously"
"And I will look at the files as well," said the boss to Alex.
"You may leave," said the boss.
"Thank you," said the both and walked over to the door.
The large man who earlier took the guns from the both of them handed it over. 
"Thank you," said Alex to the large man.
Sergey took the guns and walked past to the elevator, ignoring the receptionist as well.
The two men got into the elevator. Sergey pressed the G button so hard that he almost broke it.
Alex was not too bothered by the anger thrown by Sergey.
As the doors closed and the shaft made its way down.
"What was that Alex!" asked Sergey in a very angry tone.
"What was what?" Alex asked back nonchalantly. 
"That thing, that man Atticus, is that his name? You never ran that by me," asked Sergey once again furiously.
"You look at the ground, the people look at the skies. I look out for myself," replied Alex.
"That is how it is?" asked Sergey.
"I guess that's how it always was," replied Alex.
The elevators doors opened to the ground floor of the headquarters.
Sergey walked out the elevator, alone!