I don’t know all of the specifics, but apparently it can wipe hard drives and fry a system so bad that it can never be used again. Well, not exactly stone, but close enough. When connected, it’s capable of turning any technological device into stone much like the Medusa it’s named after. The Medusa Eye is a portable computer virus a little bigger than a common usb. We need you on the case.” There had been whispers about the Medusa Eye resurfacing before I’d went on vacation and I assumed it would stay just a whisper. “I am not about to lose sleep trying to clean up his mess when things inevitably go sideways because they always do if he’s on lead. Brian!” She repeats his name to punctuate her shock. “Some genius in admin assigned Brian Singer to the Medusa Eye case. Octavia continues speaking as if I haven’t said anything. “Is a little rest and relaxation once in a while too much to ask for?” “Isn’t the phrase, ‘There’s no rest for the weary’?” I interrupt her. “There’s no rest for the wicked,” she says, by way of a reply. “I’m on vacation,” I say, as if that’ll make a difference. She’s using her sweet tone which no doubt means she needs a favor. “Patching you in.”Ī moment later, “Benjamin, darling! How’s my favorite agent?” Octavia Grey’s voice comes to life on the other end. “Beta Echo Niner 5736,” I reply with my verification code. “Verification?” A robot voice on the other line asks. I stretch out on my beach towel just as my phone rings. As I step out of the water, every noise comforts me as it means I’m on my first vacation in a very long time and not on some mission in a classified corner of the world. Above water, I’m greeted by the sounds of seagulls shrieking and children playing at the beach with their families. But my lungs need oxygen and it isn’t long before I swim up to the surface and breathe in sweet, fresh air. I wish I could stay down here forever where the hardest problems I have is telling the difference between the fish that swim near me and pruny skin. Beneath the sea’s surface, I am at peace and everything is quiet.
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