Getting A System In A Modern World

San Jose Mineta International Airport.

A sleek, black aircraft with gold plating running around its streamlined body made its way out of a hangar. It taxied along the one of the airport's runway to an extended jet bridge, before coming to a stop.

A young man dressed in a blue crewneck and a black athletic short, and a lady dressed in a light blue short gown made their way through the jet bridge connected to the aircraft. They got into the aircraft and took their seats.

The engines of the aircraft came to life after the two of the had been seated. It detached from the jet bridge and began its take off run.

"Luna, let President Yusmaorobis know that we're on our way. I want everything to be ready beforey arrival," Silas said as he looked out the window of the aircraft.

He watched as the aircraft broke through the clouds and glided through the air. The sun could be seen at a distance, shinning its light upon the Earth.

Even though it's more than tens of millions of kilometers away from the Earth, it shone brightly for all to see.

{I have already passed the message to President Yusmaorobis. He said that everything will be ready before we arrive.} Luna responded.

"Good. Have you connected to the AR & VR Gears I gave to the security guards?" Silas asked as he confirmed looking out the window, and enjoying the view.

{Yes, I have done that. I'm also stealthily using the CCTV cameras around your family to monitor them. I also have planted some Trojans in the devices of Elizabeth and her teams. They will gather information and send it back to me.

Also, I didn't tell you this before because it wasn't important then but now it is. Three days ago, Daniel, David and Elizabeth met with someone at a nightclub in San Francisco. His name is Lucas Vegas.

He's an acquittance of Lucas and an old friend of Silva. He's a Drug Lord of the drug cartel, El Paseo Diablo. He's also an arms dealer and a top information broker in the underworld. To sum it all, he's one of the top guns in the underworld.}

Silas' eyebrow raised in interest and curiosity when he heard what Luna said . The name, Lucas Vegas, rang a bell.

He remembered seeing it when he was going through all of Lucas' contacts. He also didn't pay much attention to it then as the man and Lucas had very little contact with each other. But it seems like he would have to pay attention to this Lucas Vegas person.

"What did they discuss, Luna?" Silas asked.

{I was unable to get the content of their conversation due to the noise in the VIP room he was. The only thing I knew is that they exchanged contact and shook hands.}

"I see..." Silas nodded.

"Was that the reason why you planted Trojans in their devices?" He asked.

{Yes. I also planted it in the devices of Lucas Vegas and his associates.}

"Good. Let's see what they will be able to cook up." Silas smiled in anticipation.

He really hoped that all the steps and preparations that Daniel and the team of Phenomenals from the Bureau are taking isn't for naught.

He knew that everything was futile in the end but it wouldn't be fun if after everything, he gets no action. It would make him feel bad.

Silas really hopes that they would be able to entertain him and give him justifications for him to begin the next phase of his plans.

Even without them giving him a justification, he can still go ahead with his plans but it will be slightly difficult.

{There's also something that I would like to report.} Luna said, bringing Silas out of his thoughts.

"What is it, Luna?" Silas asked curiously.

{The research on cures for the Illnesses have already been completed and their cures are ready.}

Silas' eyes brightened in excitement when he heard this.

"Nice. That was fast. Now, it's the time for those pharmaceutical companies to cry." Silas laughed.

"I would love to see the look on their faces when they hear that the cures are out and their cash cows would soon leave them?"

Silas was feeling very happy with the news that Luna just gave him. It lifted his spirit greatly. The fact that the world's pharmaceutical industry is going to be crying soon is something that brought great joy to him.

You can call him a sadist but he doesn't care. There was no way he would had left that industry out as he would had ventured into it sooner or later.

But he doesn't plan to start releasing the cures yet. He also doesn't plan to release them while his company headquarters is still registered in USA.

He would only release them after he has transferred the company to Venezuela and has put everything in place.

"They should enjoy the time they have while it lasts." Silas smiled.

{Master, that wasn't all.}

"Oh... There's more?" Silas asked with his interest piqued.

{I don't know if you know this but the cure for some of this illness has already been developed. For example, Cancer. And what I mean by cures are the actual cures and not those purported ideas.}

A heavy silence descended in the aircraft's cabin. The news that Silas just heard surprised him. He wouldn't lie about that but...

The next moment, a soft chuckle escaped Silas' mouth. He found the whole thing to be extremely ridiculous and funny.

He initially wanted to ask why but he already knew th answer to his question. Everything and everyone in this world are all about maximizing profits.

The truth is that we don't care about one another. We only care about ourselves. The only time we might feel anything towards someone else is when it will benefit us.

Yes, there are people who really care but they are very few. They are so hard to find.

"I guess that's how it has always been." Silas smiled but his smile held no warmth. It was as cold as the artic ocean.

"Then they shouldn't blame me for what's to come next."

Silas let out a deep breath as he looked out the porthole before standing up and going to the bedroom.

He decided to spend the remaining flight time gaming. He knew that they would soon land in Venezuela and things were going to get very hectic immediately.

"Time to terrorize the COD community again." Silas chuckled as he lay on the bed.

****

Inside an hotel room, Elizabeth and her team gathered round, listening to a report that was brought to them.

"Are you sure that he boarded the plane," She asked Pablo who just finished giving the report.

"Yes, I already said it before. I saw Silas and a very beautiful lady walk into the plane together." Pablo said with exasperation, before taking his seat.

"Were you noticed?" David asked curiously and what he received in response was a glare.

"Why didn't you take up the mission yourself," Pablo asked with a sinister smile on his face.

"I would had done it if I had your superpowers," David shrugged and turned his attention to Elizabeth.

Pablo was feeling very angry that he was the one that was told to trail Silas. Even though he knew that he was the only one that could do it due to his superpower, Camouflage.

He finally let out a deep sigh of relief as he was finally able to relaxed. The truth is that he nearly died of heart attack during the mission.

His heart was in his mouth as his head was filled with thoughts of the possible outcome if he's caught by Silas.

It couldn't be helped as he has been traumatized by Silas. He was the one that took the superpowered punch or Silas when he got serious back at their encounter at the Abyss.

To everyone, that punch was an ordinary punch but he was the only one that knew how many organs that seemingly ordinary punch shifted.

"Guys, let's focus. We have a mission to complete here. Since we have confirmed that Silas has gone on a trip. This is our chance to make sure that we complete the mission of gathering information on his family.

Since everyone was scared of him and avoided wherever he was like a plague when he was around. Now that he's not around, you all have no excuse whatsoever for not wanting to take your missions," Elizabeth said as her eyes fell on everyone in the room.

"Please, can I speak?" a young girl who looks to be his early teens asked with one of her hands raised.

"Yes, Alena. What do you want to say?" Elizabeth asked, giving the girl permission to ask her question.

"From our experience and from the little we know about Silas, we know that he's always ten steps ahead.

For him to make a trip in the first place, we know that he must have made some preparation for his family. We also know that it's impossible for him not to know of our presence.

Now, I want to ask, does any of us know what those preparations could be? Also, how sure are we that we are not actually walking into his trap?" Lena asked before taking her seat.

Elizabeth sighed when she heard Alena's questions. She knew that they were very valid but still, that doesn't mean that it can be used as excuse.

"Alena, I understand your point and your worries but you're also aware of the price we had to pay before we could get this information on Silas. We can't just let it go to waste.

Also, like I said before, NO EXCUSES."