In a bed of white sheets, a person was lying side to side with a blanket barely covering him. The curtains were closed, the air conditioning was at maximum and there were 2 bottles of uncapped water on top of a small refrigerator.
The boy took his cell phone to check the time, it showed 7 in the morning, for some reason he woke up early, only to find a strong hangover that didn't let him continue resting.
While drinking, he tried to remember the events of the previous day.
"…I remember drinking with everyone….while we sang little whale…Heiss was telling me to drink in moderation…what else happened?"
"Clack…"
Suddenly, a metallic sound was heard, it was the door lock that opened slowly.
"I see you're already awake"
It was none other than Emily who brought a tray with a white soup with what seemed like bread crumbs, and 2 eggs halved, accompanied by an orange juice.
"…How did I get here yesterday? ....I don't remember much?"
"Hmph, it's not surprising that you feel like that, yesterday Heiss arrived in a similar state while carrying you"
"¡Did Heiss carry me?!"
An inevitable surprise hit him like a strong wave, then a fear made his legs tremble.
He remembered proposing the plan to integrate and mix with the locals to obtain valuable information about whether there was any danger to travel on the river in the boat journey, they wanted to make sure not to encounter any guerrilla group or district spies.
But everything got out of control, much more than he had anticipated.
"Did he say anything about…yesterday?"
Emily understood part of the fear he had, mainly for having put him in a somewhat problematic situation.
"Jeje, no, he passed out when he arrived with you. Right now they must be bringing him breakfast too, but we would like you to explain what happened, I don't think you got drunk just for the moment of fun, so you must have had your circumstances"
Lucius received the tray that Emily still held in her hands, then proceeded to explain how they got into that situation.
"Mmmh, I see, but what did you find?, any danger to get to Puerto Asís?"
"Not really, the only problem is Puerto Leguizamo, where we pass through that route on the river, but luckily we won't be stopping there. The biggest problem is when we head to Florence... it's best if we talk everything through"
His memories weren't so clear about everything that happened last night, but he managed to prioritize the information at the right time.
Now his only concern was whether Heiss was going to do something to him for losing control with the locals, 'it must have been hard for him to bring me to the hotel'.
"All set, ¡ah! I almost forgot, get ready with light clothes, it's an order that Heiss gave to everyone"
"It's fine", without more, he proceeded to eat the breakfast that had been brought to him.
'Nothing better than a changua for the hangover'
The changua is a typical Colombian dish in which a broth is made and milk is added, you can add potato, calado which is a type of bread and sometimes cheese with almojábana.
On the other hand, guayabo is a way to refer to the hangover that people have after drinking.
"Ugh…", the pain from the headache was killing him.
"I hope today isn't a hectic day"
***
Emily understood part of the fear he had, mainly for having put him in a somewhat problematic situation.
"Jeje, no, he passed out when he arrived with you. Right now they must be bringing him breakfast too, but we would like you to explain what happened, I don't think you got drunk just for the moment of fun, so you must have had your circumstances"
Lucius received the tray that Emily still held in her hands, then proceeded to explain how they got into that situation.
"Mmmh, I see, but what did you find?, any danger to get to Puerto Asís?"
"Not so much, the only problem is Puerto Leguizamo that we passed through that route on the river, but luckily we won't make any stops there, the only problem is when we head to Florencia…..it's better that we talk about it all"
His memories weren't so clear about everything that happened last night, but he managed to prioritize the information at the right time.
Now his only concern was whether Heiss was going to do something to him for losing control with the locals, 'it must have been hard for him to bring me to the hotel'.
"All set, ¡ah! I almost forgot, get ready with light clothes, it's an order that Heiss gave to everyone"
"It's fine", without more, he proceeded to eat the breakfast that had been brought to him.
'Nothing better than a changua for the hangover'
The changua is a typical Colombian dish in which a broth is made and milk is added, you can add potato, calado which is a type of bread and sometimes cheese with almojábana.
On the other hand, guayabo is a way to refer to the hangover that people have after drinking.
"Ugh…", the pain from the headache was killing him.
"I hope today isn't a hectic day"
It was 9 in the morning, and they were gathered in a soccer field that children used to play in the afternoons, currently they would be studying in the town's public school.
They were lined up in a circle and at the top was Heiss looking at the terrain and talking something with Caleb while the rest waited.
Finally, they stopped talking and Caleb returned to his place.
Personality #4: "I brought you here to tell you about what we heard yesterday from the locals and another matter of importance"
For some reason, Lucius tensed up, he well knew that he had saved them to use them, but he was also aware of the words he had said to them about how they themselves could use him.
Rudolf for now has the goal of finding his dead son, it's also likely that since he has nowhere else to go, he will follow Heiss himself, but the 3 of them are different matters, the idea was to return with family, and that could be the end or beginning of everything, since of the 3 only Marcus had a family to return to, and a distant one.
Somehow the 3 of them not only decided to follow him as a way to survive in life, he gave them a way to be useful in a different way than how the narcos had treated them before.
He's a madman yes, but one who saw potential in them, "If you want to know why you and not the others, then discover it at this moment, show me why I'm not wrong and why I should keep you alive", was what he said and what helped inspire them to believe they had a different future.
And for some reason the 3 felt that that path was by his side, or even at his back, in a sense they felt he would guide them down the right path.
Personality #4: "First about yesterday, we managed with Lucius for the people from the tavern to tell us everything about the town, Puerto Leguizamo and Florencia. The good thing is that as we thought this town has very little relationship with any military organization and that therefore we can move with more freedom in these 2 days we have left before we leave"
Everyone listened without interrupting a word, they expected to have all the information to be able to devise an optimal strategy and that no problems would arise when traveling to Medellín.
Personality #4: "We won't have many problems passing through the river route next to Puerto Leguizamo, of course if there are no inspections, in that case we will be prepared, the problem is Florencia. Although it's not in the hands of district #3, it was mentioned that they are under the control of the MRCU guerrilla"
Tension permeated the air, this guerrilla had some international recognition for the strong statements they made abroad about the corruption that was consuming the entire government, besides they insinuated that the government was behind a major conspiracy, however, they didn't give more details.
While the guerrilla doesn't know in depth what the district does or why it was founded, it is aware that the government hides them unilaterally and that it also supports them financially in secret. Although this is not possible to prove, and it's easier to cover it up than to try to make an international scandal about it.
It could also backfire if they tried to warn the outside about this corruption, they knew that they could intervene in the country with the excuse of ending a district, and they could lose the opportunity to take the government and would lose sovereignty.
Personality #4: "All in all, I still have the certainty of getting out well, we just need to plan the route to the airport, although first we must refine certain details about you"
The others looked at each other with strange looks trying to understand what he meant, the only one without a reaction was Caleb, who seemed to know what he meant.
Personality #4: "#1, #2 and #3 will have exclusive training with Ethan, Cloe and Emily, Rudolf will learn from Caleb. Each one must refine a practice to be able to defend themselves, at the same time they will learn about teamwork and how they should move in critical moments"
Everyone was surprised by this training proposal, especially the 3 who would have to learn from Caleb's team, they knew they didn't have formal training, but at least they knew how to use a weapon.
In any case, they immediately understood that this was a way to learn from people expert in combat and tactics beyond the military.
Unexpectedly, #3 raised his hand, causing the others to focus on him.
"Boss, I have a doubt, although we're supposed to learn from them, it's not very short just 2 days to be able to learn something properly, besides, wouldn't it be better if you instructed us?, since you're stronger than them…¡Tap!"
In a blink of an eye, Jesús's mouth was covered by two hands, those of Marcus and Lucius.
Without realizing it, the three under Caleb's command looked at him coldly, the two were already used to this "lack of tact" that Jesús used to have, that's why he had many problems when it came to following orders from superiors.
Personality #4: "…Well, certainly you have a point, but for this training we'll do something special, until before lunch time you will practice with them, after finishing we will come back, and I will instruct you one by one, even Caleb's team"
"You can call us Inquisitors of Elend, Caleb is an inquisitor of second order, I am of third order, Cloe of fourth order and Emily of sixth order", proposed Ethan upon seeing that he didn't know how to refer to them"
"Jeje inquisitors…¡tap!"
Once more, Jesús's mouth was closed before he said something stupid.
Personality #4: "You will train them, so you can call them however you want, in my case I will continue with their names"
"Of course"
Personality #4: "Well, later I'll give you the details, finishing my training we'll have dinner and then plan all the routes to take to get to the airport, any questions?"
"…", no one spoke.
Personality #4: "Good, form pairs and get to work"
Thus began what would be their first 2 hellish days of training.
***
More than 410 km away, on a farm outside the city of Pasto, department of Caquetá.
"We have the damage report supervisor, the MÁSTER assigned managed the elimination of codex #13, but in exchange fell into a self-destructive trap in case of his elimination. According to the report, the crust in which the operation was planted shook violently due to a trap causing the weapons that the traffickers had to recharge; it is suspected that it was a massive electromagnetic recharge caused by the overload of some Railgun weapons that caused all electronics to be lost for kilometers, apart from the explosion from the explosives and ammunition that destabilized the area, fortunately they managed to evacuate in time"
He paused for a moment and then continued, he seemed to be a secretary dressed elegantly for a gala.
"The damages would have been minimal if it weren't for the trap set by the codex, he implanted explosives in his body before the attack. We assumed that the attack was aimed at the MÁSTER with the intention of eliminating him, fortunately for him, it had a countdown and exploded before they could meet, unfortunately who was guarding the body was a squadron led by one of the Fenrir team, more than 50 men dead, the codex Rhaelle who led it came out with minor injuries as did Lykos who accompanied her for her injuries in battle against operatives who supported the codex. Apart from the equipment damaged by the electromagnetic overload and the casualties mentioned that would be all"
The man about 50 years old looked at the extent of his farm, appreciating the landscape.
"Did you verify the authenticity of the body?", without taking his gaze from the landscape, he asked his secretary or butler, you couldn't specify what limits one would have compared to the other compared to the tasks he performed for him.
"Yes sir, when he died the blood test was performed and during transport the chip in his body was identified, then the explosion occurred, and then his parts couldn't be identified, if any remained"
The man nodded and got up, touched a button on the table, several plans appeared, among them there were 2 peculiar names, one called "Operation Shadows of Angkor – Cambodia" and "Operation Nuit Écarlate – Le Vide Rouge Incident".
It was then that he moved one more, in this one was a very general one with a lot of information underlined in black, it only said "Operation Vox Caeli - ¿?", it was the one he took with more determination and strong gaze.
"Well, prepare yourself to receive the guests….it's time to begin"