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“OK, Kate. Get your friends ready!”

Kate hands you an earbud. “So you can hear us. You won’t be able to talk to us though,” she explains. Kate leaves to call her friends.

Thirty minutes later, a van pulls up. You recognise Mike and Jack in the front of the van. Kate slides the side panel of the van open and you see a few more men and women, weapons clearly visible.

“Good luck!” Kate shouts as the side door slides shut. The van pulls off with a squeal.

You and Emily get into a new rental car, the costs are adding up but he Climate Peace is paying, so hey! You drive towards the set of coordinates, too nervous to talk. Your GPS leads you through the city, into an industrial area.  

Kate’s voice sounds in your ear. “We are taking up position on a warehouse roof next to where you are heading. We can see their vehicle. There are two men and the Professor is there as well.”

The coordinates lead to a construction site in the middle of an industrial area. The site is abandoned, the workers have gone to their homes and families for the evening.  A black car is parked next to a giant crane, its headlights shining brightly, blinding you.

Silhouetted in the light are three men, their features obscured in the bright light. You assume the shortest of the three black shapes is the professor.

You approach the men.

“Hand me the disc!” a voice in a thick accent commands.

You take the memory stick out of your pocket, close the gap between you and hand him the memory stick.

He smiles, “We warned you to come alone! Now you and your friends will pay for your mistake,”

Loud static erupts from your earbud. The pop of gunfire files the air, coming from the warehouse where Kate and her team is covering you.

You look towards the roof of the warehouse alarmed but cannot see anything. You look back to the man in front of you. He has his pistol aimed at your head.

The end.