It took a minute for the truth to sink into Athena’s information processing brain cells.
And when it did, her face underwent varied transformations—from eyes widening partly in shock to jaws slackening in disbelief; then to eyes shutting as rage swallowed her up, to jaws firming, to furrows marring her forehead, which informed the observant group that she was thinking on how this matter had occurred.
Who had done it? And when? How could she be ignorant of a machine inside her body?
Her fists balled, nostrils flared next, and teeth grinding followed the cue.
Who? When? She asked again and again, her mind wheels spinning at an exponential rate. Who would dare to...
She stopped when an answer clocked into her mind. And when she opened her eyes, rage far from being distilled out, the people knew that they were about to get the second piece of the puzzle—that the second phase of the mission was about to begin.
"Who are the tyrants?" Ewan gritted out, voice heavy and gruff.
"The twins," Athena replied simply, astonished at the simplicity of it, at her carelessness again.
She didn’t trust the twins, and yet she hadn’t thought to check her body after they had operated on her. But that was only because Finn had assured her that the surgery had been done under strict supervision.
However, Finn was Heron.
Athena chuckled. Then laughed. Again and again, until it became a boisterous one, one that had her holding her belly.
"Now it all makes sense. Those idiots..."
The people were confused all the more. What was she talking about? Which twins was she referring to?
"Athena..." Ewan couldn’t bear the tension any more. "When you say twins and idiots..."
Athena turned to him with a genuine smile, anger seemingly abated. "Mary and Matthew. The doctors you had rushed down to the country to take care of me after the accident that had almost claimed my life."
Ewan felt his world turn over, to think he had played an indirect role in this. He opened his mouth to explain himself, past the budding headaches that pested his brain, and the pain assaulting his back, but Athena raised her hand, cutting him short, still smiling.
"I trust you, Ewan. I know you made them come solely to make me live. And I appreciate that. But it seemed their eagerness to arrive had an ulterior motive... as usual..."
A pause.
"And to think they manipulated Herbert to let them stay and continue to perpetrate their crimes."
She laughed again. "Men and brethren, we have found the producers of the Grey virus. If we can nab them, I am sure we can locate the main perpetrator of this crime."
She chuckled, shook her head at the simplicity of it all. "I have to say they are very smart. It explains why they had us back at the hideout, how they seemed to tow head to head with us. How..." She paused, and cursed, rushing toward one of the vans.
"Athena wait! What is the matter? What did you remember?" Ewan called out, hurrying after her in the company of the others.
Athena stopped, remembering that all these people were for her. She needed their help now more than ever.
"The lab. My lab..." She cried out, frantic. "They would know the location. We have been there recently, yesterday as a matter of fact. If my hunch is right..."
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