Gina, who was about to go to bed after a long day was interrupted by a call. A sinister smile curved her face as soon as she recognized the caller.
“Hello, Damien” she greeted with a tone that depicted interest in his reason for calling at late hours. “Shouldn’t you be asleep”
“I know, Gina” Damien on the other side of the call replied with a yawning tone to show how bored he was. “I’ve been thinking of something…..”
“Something like what?” Gina interjected. She wasn’t in the mood for suspense. “Spill it out, Damien. I’m stressed and I need to go to sleep”
“What!!!… Did you say stressed?” Damien asked with a teasing tone in his voice. “I don’t think you need sleep, I think you need to work out. Do you mind if I come over?
“Stop it, Damien” Gina’s face was flushed red from his teasing. “just tell me your reason for calling”
“I just feel bored”Damien revealed with a distant tone in his voice. “There has been no hot topic or something in play that could tip Liam off. I need to spice things up.. someone to keep home distracted”
“Distracted from what?” Gina asked with an ignorant expression that Damien couldn’t see. “What are you distracting Liam from?… What is he up to again?”
“Well, my source tells me he intends on creating a new project in replacement of the project phoenix” Damien revealed, his tone turned solemn. He felt threatened by Liam’s new take of action.” we can’t let him do that, we need to stop him”
“A new project?” Gina was skeptical about it. “He spent his whole life working on the project Phoenix, how the hell does he want to create another one similar to it? Are you sure about this, Damien?
“Are you doubting me?” Damien’s tone sounds hurt by her words. He needed to clarify some certain things. “The source I got this information from is the same source that has fed Rachael and me with the ones we’ve used to be one step of Liam”
“Why are you bringing Rachael into this?” Rachael almost yelled and snapped at him. “If you need her, you could just go to her”
“I’m sorry, Gina” Damien apologized as soon as he realized his mistake. His mind has been occupied with the thoughts of Rachael’s present situation but his guilt would not allow him to call her. “It was a slip of the tongue. I didn’t mean to spite you, I was only trying to prove the reliability Reddit of as our source”
“It’s fine”Gina snorted and gave him the go-ahead to continue.” Can we just steal the new project from him again?”
“What! Liam cannot be fooled with the same trick twice”Damien stated with laughter. “The security surrounding it will be tighter and stronger than ever. I can’t take that risk. All we need is a distraction”
“That’s right. I almost forgot how unpredictable he can be” Rachael acknowledged and thought of the best possible action for a distraction. ” So what do you suggest we do?”
“Do you remember our last spy?” Damien’s voice was laced with a sinister tone.”I heard Liam has invested a lot in her medical care to revive her from a coma”
“Are you referring to Penelope?” Gina asked with a surprised tone in her voice. “I thought you were still against my decision to get her out of the picture?”
“Yes, I was but not anymore”Damien uttered nervously. He knew he had reprimanded her for causing the death of their confidant and now he wants to use it to his advantage. “I want us to interfere with her treatment”
“Interfere with her treatment?” Gina questioned with suspicion in her tone. “How do you intend to do that?”
“I’ve made plans. All we have to do is to follow through with it” Damien assured her.
“But I need the plan in detail* Gina asked with a defiant tone.” if I don’t get one then count me out of your game”
“Exercise patience, Gina” Damien uttered with a cautious yet soothing tone. “Let me explain”
Damien gave her a detailed explanation of his plans and how far he had gone with it. It was like killing two birds with one stone. Getting Penelope out of the picture for good and also dealing Liam a fatal blow that would disrupt his present goal.
***
At Xavier’s general hospital, Sabrina lay down beside her mother in a deep slumber, oblivious to the evil doings that surrounded the world. She was woken up by the clicking of the doorknob.
“Hello, my dear” a woman dressed in a nursing uniform walked towards Sabrina with a perfunctory smile on her face yet her tone had an underlying meaning in it.
Sabrina was a smart breed so questions about the nurse’s presence popped up in her head.” What do you want?”
“Calm down little girl. You don’t need to be so tensed” the female nurse approached with a soothing and assuring tone in her voice. “I just need to examine your mother’s condition for a moment”
“But why?” Sabrina arched an eyebrow at the nurse’s words. “The doctor already came to do that. Why does my mother have to go through another round of checks?”
The nurse was startled by the girl’s claims as she was unaware that the doctor had been to the room. She instantly regained her composure to avoid scaring the young girl. “Well, the doctor told me that he forgot to administer a drug she urgently required and asked to come do that for him”
“Really?….” Sabrina was a little skeptical but still young. She couldn’t comprehend the situation more maturely. She had to give way to the nurse. “Alright. You can do your job, I won’t stop you”
“Thanks, my dear” the nurse patted her head.”I would be done as soon as possible. Why don’t you go out for a moment?”
“Is that necessary?” Sabrina asked in surprise
“Yes, I can’t concentrate if there is another party in the room” the nurse explained with a serious expression on her face which made Sabrina walk out of the room.
The nurse swiftly placed the tray she was carrying on the table and readied the syringe. A mysterious glint appeared in her eyes as she injected the substance into Penelope’s wrist and left without a trace. A few minutes later, there was a red alert blaring across the hospital, an alarm that informs all workers about the danger a patient’s life was currently in.