Requiem: Chapter 17
“I want you to find me an unscrupulous person. A cold-blooded killer for which I have an important assignment!That would have been the first question of the senator who started the project. At that time there was no question of the project that was given the name 'Michael'. Jack Sterlington remembered it as if it were yesterday. Jack was a man of few words, yet he raised his eyebrows for a moment when the influential woman asked him that question.
“Just a murderer... or someone with special skills?'was his brief reply. When he was summoned for a new mission, there was always something dubious about it. Amazing was for idiots, for people who didn't know the world. A world of violence, hatred and, above all, a world where it was about power and money. The senator had the power to give orders to certain individuals who couldn't get through. Not by the support of the legislative power of the United States of the Western Community. A world whose senator in question was a respectable and democratically elected representative.
She had looked at him silently for a moment, from above her half-glasses with those cat eyes of her. “A serial killer, Jack! One whose screws are well loose, but one that we can bend to our will. How we'll do that, I'll let you know. Find me and bring me the right man and I'll let you know how we'll proceed and what the goal is. Oh, yes, you're gonna need three men to carry out this mission.. So I suppose in the meantime, you can bring this team together, too.. Let them know that this command will not excite them if you bring it to a successful conclusion. The fixed advance is deposited as usual into accounts of your choice. A matter to keep the motivation in!’
She had pushed her glasses back up and grabbed another file. The sign that Jack could possess. It was a woman who said the necessary words to be said, no more, no less. He appreciated that in her. Professionals preferred to work with like-minded.
