Monday 10 March 2008

Short: Acquisition

"You may enter Mr. Reid.." sparked the ruffled, middle-aged man sat behind a large desk..

His name was Mr Aglar Black; an executive manager of the finance division of OrionBeck-Industries, one of the largest commercial entities in the field of semiconductors & advanced technologies. Aglar was responsible for managing corporate earnings & his biggest undertaking yet was coordinating the acquisition of PyramCorp by his company. OB-I were interested in some of the experimental work PyramCorp had been doing on intrinsic field weapons using sourced materials bought from an excavation company out in the Solace desert. The excavation site was wholly owned by PyramCorp & thus the company had exclusive access to the rare materials & relics recovered, of which all were kept secure in several guarded repositories at undisclosed locations. OB-I had been trying to get into the market of energy field weapons for quite sometime & it was only now with the prospect of a takeover bid that an opportunity had finally presented itself.

The door to Mr Black's office opened & a man dressed in similar attire entered with a handful of documents under his arm. He closed the door behind himself & moved in to take a seat in front of Aglar's desk.
"Good evening sir.." responded the man who at this point had already begun sorting through the documents in search of something specific.
"I've just heard back from our solicitors & they've informed us that the majority of PyramCorp shareholders have agreed to the proposed bid & are willing to settle on the figures offered in return for their family's safety. They seem to believe that we we're somehow connected to the numerous death threats & vandalism of property they'd received in recent weeks..."
Aglar smirked... "Hmph! Sounds like someone's been making one too many enemies if you ask me..." he remarked before taking off his glasses, folding them & placing them down on the desk.
"In any case I'm glad everything is going to plan. Soon we'll have control of the excavation site & we can move our men in to see what they can find. There must be at least one Unit down there. & I know Micheals has been hiding something. I can smell it..."
"I agree Mr Black" responded the man who pulled a white sheet of paper out of the stack he was carrying & placed it down onto the desk. "Also here's the report you requested on the missing Unit our partners lost four months ago. It's believed to be in the hands of an ex ID officer..."
With those words Aglar's attention snapped. A shiver crept down his spine as he lunged for the document & pulled it up against his face to get a closer look... "ID Officer you say!? Hmmm..."
He carefully scanned the report as Mr Reid waited anxiously for his response... "It looks like our fortunes are beginning to raise a little further..." he remarked.. "Why Mr Black..? Who is he..?" replied Mr Reid who seemed confused by Aglar's comment..
"This man is the key to our continued partnership with JUDGE.. & I have some personal business with him myself.."
"You sir?" replied Mr Reid.. "But how is that possible..?"

"Well Mr Reid that is because I believe this is the man who's responsible for the assassination of my brother..."

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