[You already said that. And you don't have to like it. But, it's the only plan with the least amount of risk and the highest chance of success. I know it'll work, but I'm going to need you to agree before we move forward, captain.]
Mark looked at Jeanne who was still standing in front of him, and he could see the confusion on her face as she waited for him to finish his call with her brother. Mark could almost see Pat's expectant face overlapping on top of her own, and he finally nodded and told Pat to go ahead.
"In and out, nothing else. We don't know what's in there, so don't send in anyone that can't protect themselves. Keep me updated on the mission no matter what happens. Do you understand?"
[You got it, captain.]
Pat cut off the phone once he was done talking, and Mark turned back to Jeanne and thanked her for her help.
"I have to get back to class."
Jeanne raised a surprised brow as she looked from Mark over to the blob of mutilated bodies before glancing back at Mark. He was just going to ignore that thing?
"Aren't you going to do something about that?"
"Your brother is working on it."
Jeanne's eyes widened.
"Pat? He volunteered to do something about this!? Don't tell me he's thinking of putting himself in danger! I'll smack that idiot if he tries anything stupid!"
Jeanne knew that Pat was a reliable person, but this was not something that she wanted him to have any part in. The world of superhumans did not care about how smart you were. The only thing that mattered here was raw power. Pat did not have enough strength to do anything substantial here by himself.
"Yeah, he volunteered, but I don't think he's going to get into any trouble. He's smarter than that. I have to lay low for now since all eyes are on me. It'll be hard for us to find out what happened with the humans that were mutilated if I put the ones responsible for it on high alert. You work in the NSA building, don't you?"
Jeanne nodded.
"Yeah, why?"
"For now, you should be careful around that building, especially a man named Salazar. We have a very short list of the possible culprits responsible for this, and Salazar is really high up on that list. If possible, take an extended leave or something. Just try to stay away until we're sure of what Salazar is up to."
Talia huffed as she entered the class and she immediately exclaimed in annoyance as she saw someone touching her teddy.
"What do you think you are doing to Teddy, you idiot!"
James immediately recoiled like he had been burned and turned around in shock, but once he saw that it was only Talia at the door, he sighed and frowned.
"Why are you screaming so loud? I was only touching it."
"You don't touch Teddy no matter what!"
Talia immediately stormed over to him and grabbed her teddy away from the wall. She hugged the enormous teddy close to her chest and glared at James in annoyance. James could not understand why Talia was so angry. It was just a teddy bear.
James had no idea that the teddy bear was the last thing that Talia's grandfather James gave to her, so she loved that teddy bear more than anything in this world!
Well, the teddy bear and her big brother.
Talia finally huffed and turned away from James. She went to her seat and sat down alone while facing the board. The other kids in class had all gone out for recess, so Talia was the only one in the class right now. She would have gone out with them as well, but after the fight that she had with those bullies before, she decided that it was best if she didn't interact much with the others.
They would only annoy her.
Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!
Talia's brow twitched.
Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!
"Will you stop doing that! Why are you even here!? Go away!"
James recoiled in surprise at Talia's sudden outburst and he finally stopped tapping his finger on the desk. James frowned and told her that it was none of her business what he was doing there and Talia glared at him for another moment before turning away again and facing the board. The both of them stayed like that for a few moments before James finally spoke up.
"So uh..."