Chapter 1
Asset
Asset was looking at the water.
Its been a week in this mission now. Asset is borded on a luxury ship that transports tourists.
He is in the most expensive suit of the ship which is booked as Mr. And Mrs Richards. That's actually the handler and a tech posing as a couple. Asset was brought in to the ship hidden in a suitcase so his presence is a secret. Therefore he is confined to the bedroom until his dispatch.
So he is sitting and staring at the thick glass window of the bedroom that shows underwater.
Its at 13.58 he noticed some movement outside the window. Definitely a fish. There were a lot of fish swimming around the window since the departure.
But this one is strange. Asset almost thought it was a man. It had a human like head with long golden hair. Torso and limbs were very muscular. It was pressing palms with webbed fingers to the glass. But the waist down it had a fish like tail and the whole creature was about 8 feet long.
Asset has never seen this kind of fish alive or dead. He has certainly seen some drawings and sculptures with enough resemblance somewhere.
It was staring through the window looking at the asset, if it was intelligent enough to look. Maybe just drawn to the light. Asset isn't even sure if the glass is see through from the other side.
Even if it saw assets face it isn't important. Animals are not witnesses unless they are dogs trained for sniffing. No need to eliminate them unless they affect the mission.
Therefore asset did not take any action. The fish lingered some more with the hair floating and the tail cutting through water then swam away.
No significant incident occurred today.