Chapter 3
Asset
Asset is on the private deck of the suit with the handler and techs. They are reviewing the mission. It has a lot of technical details. It's a highly stealthy and difficult even in assets standards.
There is a research facility situated underwater with best kind of surveillance equipment. Assets mission is to blow it up making it look like an accident. The facility is situated several hundred metres deep that normal divers can not reach it. Any ship or submarine being used to reach will be detected and traced back following the attack.
This commercial ship route is the only way to get closer to it without raising an alarm. They had to use some kind of a transport medium to get closer as all the simulations carrying the necessary amount of explosives beyond 50 miles were proven to be failures.
Asset is going to go about 20 miles with the help of jet thrusters and set up explosives to the facility. After that he will be going another several more miles in a different direction to be picked up by a crew disguised as a fishing boat.
Though it's only about setting up explosives without worrying about casualties it's a highly dangerous mission. Handlers are vary as there is no back up plan. But asset doesn't doubt his skills.
People on the deck has moved on to talking about personal topics but asset is still not dismissed. Then he heard a not so fish like splash. Very subtle one.
It's the same fish that keeps following the ship like a dolphin. Asset has already seen it twice though the window.
Now it's popping part of head out of the water and looking at the deck. It's blue eyes looks like they are focused on asset. Maybe it's looking at food. There must be a reason for it to follow the ship. Fish always gather when food is given.
And it is allowed to give treats to animals as a distraction right? Better than having to deal with dead animals later.
So asset picked up a piece of bread from the table in front of him and threw it to the water. The creature didn't immediately run away or run towards it. But it disappeared into the water a few beats later.
May be it caught the piece of bread.