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"The presence of the bacteria in the water was not an accident," said Doctor Renhald. "Someone is trying to kill us."
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"Thank you, Corporal," said Commander Marion Mars. "You may leave now." A 15-year-old boy stood up and left the room. Ben watched as the boy opened the door, exited, and closed it again. Mars moved her head to the microphone.
"Private Thomas Rainer, please report to Interrogation Chamber 12 for questioning," she said in her distinctively Londoner accent. A few minutes later, Tom entered the room and saluted before taking a seat.
"Thank you for coming, Private," Mars said, looking Tom straight in the eye.
"At your command, ma'am," Tom replied.
Ben announced Tom's details. "Rainer, Thomas. Age: 12 years 8 months. Service rank: Private. Position: Firing officer. Current assignment: 5th Artillery Squadron."
"As a member of the 5th Artillery Squadron, you regularly train near the camp's water tank, am I correct?" asked Mars.
"Yes, ma'am," Tom nodded.
"And if I'm not mistaken, from your training ground you have a clear line of sight to the water tank?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Have you recently, by any chance, seen any shady-looking figures moving near the water tank?"
There was a short silence while Tom thought over the question.
"No, ma'am," he said finally.
"Are you absolutely sure?"
Tom lay back in his chair slightly, putting his hand over his mouth in contemplation.
"Take all the time you need to think," Mars said. Ben looked at the boy as the gears clicked in his mind.
After a period of silence, he then said, "Yes, now I remember," he said. "I was off-duty, and I was going to the bathroom. The only way to the closest one at the time was passing by the water tank."
"Go on."
"Then I saw another soldier squatting and…doing…I don't know what," Tom said. "I asked him what he was doing, and he said that he was…making repairs to the tank."
"I think we should get some senior officers in here," Mars finally said. She moved to the microphone. "Lieutenant-General Daniel Geraldton, Major-General Miami Hodgson, General Harry Miller, please report to Interrogation Chamber 12 for questioning."
She turned back to Tom. "Did you, by chance, happen to get this person's name?"
Tom thought over the question again. He raised his head to look at Mars. "I looked at his identification card."
"His name?"
"Philip--"
Tom never finished his sentence. His forehead burst with blood and his body fell back with force. His chair collapsed with him. His eyes rolled up and blood began to pool on the floor.
Mars rushed to the microphone. "MEDIC!" she screamed. "MEDIC!" After composing herself, she spoke again. "Red alert! Red alert! I want this whole camp on lockdown immediately! We have a killer on the loose!" Most of the lights in the room began to flash red, and a klaxon began bleeping away. Daniel, Miami and Harry entered the room, followed quickly by members of the medical team. Miami put her hands over her mouth in shock. Some medics pushed in and someone removed a scanner and examined Tom's body.
A unending, monotonous beep.
"Brain activity: None. Pulse: None. Heartbeat: None," the medic said. He shook his head. "There's a bullet lodged in his cerebral cortex. I'm afraid brain death occurred instantly after he was shot."
Miami broke down completely, sobbing uncontrollably. Ben rushed to her aid. He put her arms around her.
"Calm down, shhh," he whispered gently in an effort to console his friend. "Shhh."
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