MAN FROM TOMORROW (EPISODE 105)

Martin felt a dagger pierce through the flesh of his left thigh. He collapsed and let out an ear shattering scream. He screamed like he had never screamed before. Anita, hearing the gunshot and seeing the blood spurt from Martin, let out a shudder. She half-fainted, only to be held up straight by the thugs on her side. There was a round hole, oozing blood from the left thigh. Martin could feel his thigh muscles spasm and harden. It took him a few minutes to recover from the shock. The General was as unruffled as ever. He waited. Martin took in short breaths. His forehead beaded with sweat.

"Just some insurance Martin" The General spoke. "You run away a lot, I have noticed."

"You killed Norman!" Martin said.

"No. Not me. Deep and vast run the rabbit holes my boy! Would you like to know who killed Norman?" 

Without waiting for Martin's reply, the man snapped his fingers, and the doors behind him opened. From there came four men dressed in the uniforms of security guards.Each of them held and restrained a Korean man.All of them were handcuffed and shoved down onto their knees when they came up beside the man in the uniform. The guards stood several feet behind the Korean men, their hands clasped in front of them, staring straight ahead.

The General let out a wry smile and continued-"The ones who killed him were a squad of North Koreans in search of Joseph.They wanted him or his body, to study Superhuman biology.They planned to reverse engineer the Superhumans. However, I know they were unsuccessful because we already coaxed their failed mission from them.But am yet to find what I need”.

"Really? How did the Koreans get to know of your project?" The pain had slowly eased now for Martin.

The General let out a chuckle. He suddenly looked sternly at the Koreans and then to Martin-

"Apparently NASA's network was not strong enough to withstand hacking attempts; that too by a very powerful supercomputer. You see, if this project was completely with us from the beginning, it would not have come to this.

But I believe that you're smarter than them and that perhaps you have found what I need" 

The General raised his eyebrows, remembering something-"Let me introduce myself, Martin... I'm General Stanley Richardson from the Pentagon. I guess Norman told you about me, on the way here. Pity that Norman had to be dumped in an alley... eh Martin?

So... The General knows.Martin thought. He wondered at what point of time Martin and Norman fell under the surveillance net of the General tonight.

(To Be Continued Tomorrow...)

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