Jin and Sandra walked inside the Dickson Intelligence, strolling up to the receptionist as they did in Carlnitus Industries. The layout of the building was a lot different from what Jin expected.

He didn't know why, but he assumed the place would look similar to Carlnitus's building, with the doors that looked like walls and a super high-tech, fancy aesthetic. But nope, it looked pretty normal. It was still very impressive, but normal.

"Hello, how may I help you two?" The man asked

"We're looking for a man named Roby Grayson." Jin placed a picture of what Roby looked like on the receptionist's desk.

"Hmm, let me look and see if this person is in our data bank." It didn't take long for the man to look him up. Having his first and last name, plus a picture, made things a lot easier.

Within ten seconds, the receptionist pulled up Roby's file.

"Ahh, here we are. Yes, Roby Grayson is in today. In fact, he's been in all week. Is there a reason why you wish to speak with him right now?"

"Yes!" Sandra said with anger, slamming her hands on the desk.

"He hasn't contacted me in a week! What's going on?! Have you done something to him?!"

It was safe to say that she spooked the receptionist slightly, but he kept his composure. Gulping down hard, he asked her a question.

"I-If I may ask, do you know the terms and conditions of his contract he signed with us?"

"No, why?"

'Hmm?' Jin pulled out a picture from his phone. In his messages with Jin, Roby had sent him a picture holding his signed contract. Zooming in and reading through it, Jin saw something that would have made this situation a lot more understandable.

"Well, his contract states that he has to go through a month of training. We need to make sure all of our employees are able to defend themselves in case something happens. Even our janitors are taking this training."

"What? That's stupid!" Sandra shouted.

"Actually, that's pretty smart. This Foundation is supposed to be a stand-in for the Aegis Corps, so it makes sense that their employees need to be trained this way." What Jin didn't understand was why they weren't allowed to contact their friends or family here and there.

This wasn't the military, nor was it the Aegis Corps. This Foundation was even smaller than the police force, only having more resources.

"Nnnghh! Can I at least see him? Like a video or something?" Sandra felt so empty with Roby being gone. She never expected to feel this way, and now that she is feeling like this, she doesn't wanna let it go.

"I have to ask my superior." The man rang up his superior and told him the situation.

"Yes. Okay. I understand. Thank you. Yes. I'll let them know. Okay. Bye." He hung up.

"Okay, let me just pull out the live feed for you two." After pulling up the live feed of the training the employees were going through, the receptionist transferred the footage to a tablet and gave it to Sandra.

"My little Roby! Look, Jin! He's right there!"

There were around thirty people in a dojo-like room, going over fighting moves as they learned how to defend themselves. Sandra felt a lot better, and Jin started chuckling as he saw how uncoordinated Roby was.

"Cool. Thanks for letting us know. I'm happy now. Bye!" Sandra walked out of the building with a huge smile on her face, with Jin following behind her.

Once they stepped outside, they went their separate ways.

"Phew, that was close. They're gone, sir." The receptionist said to his superior.

"Good. Inform me if this happens again."

"Yes, sir."

In the dojo-like room, everyone stopped working out, then their bodies morphed into one looking person before combining into one woman.

"Heh, I love my ability. Cloning and shapeshifting, so fucking amazing!" The woman walked out of the room and into a lab where all of the people who signed up for the Foundation were strapped to tables with gags over their mouths and tons of sharp and pointy scientific equipment dangling over their heads from the ceiling.

In this room, only men were present, as the women would go to the other room to get their powers taken from them.

"Don't worry, you lot. This procedure will make you 100 times better than your current self. Now, time to get Project Omega underway!" She pulled a lever, activating the devices, and metallic needles stabbed the men in various parts of their bodies, injecting nanites into their bloodstream.

Hundreds of screams cried out, begging the woman to stop. Their cries fell on deaf ears as she smirked like a mad scientist, watching as the nanites flowed through their bodies. She monitored their vitals to make sure none of them would die.

In this room, there were 100 people. There were others in other rooms, but this was the one she was assigned to.

"Tsk, 40 already died out. Fucking weak bastards!" She stopped the operation on those 40 men and continued on the others.

'It hurts! It hurts so bad! P-Please! Stop! Make it stop!' Roby was in this crowd, feeling all of the needles still pressed inside his body as the nanites went to work, bonding with his DNA, which caused him more pain as it broke down parts of his body just to build it back up.

But just as Roby was in pain, 20 more people died, leaving only 20 left.

This was a great loss for the project, but the results were the real winners in this situation, and the remaining twenty survived the nanite injection process.

"Yes! Haha! A success! Time for the next phase!" The woman pulled another lever, and an orange liquid flowed through the tubes that connected to the needles, injecting it into the men.

"Mmmmnnngghh!!!!"

"NNNgghhhhhhh!!!"

More muffled screams escaped the mouths of the remaining men, but they didn't last as long. Once they stopped screaming, they all passed out; however, the second phase was also a success.

"Phoenix core injection a success. I have to alert the Speaker."

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