Chapter 7
Asset
The point of assets dispatch arrived after another day back into the ocean. He was lowered into the water with the help of ropes in the cover of darkness. He swam a safe distance before activating jet thrusters and set on the direction of the target miles away.
Reaching it is the difficult part. Upon arrival all he has to do is set up explosives and set timers. No worries about witnesses or collateral damage.
Everything seems to be going according to the predicted time frame. Asset will finish this, will stay in a safe distance till explosion happens, will go get picked up and then back to the storage. Another successful mission.
Asset has been noticing some movement in his 4 and 7 alternatively since the dispatch for hours now. Of course the fish is following him. 'That's what happens when you feed and pet them' his mind supplied. But the creature wasn't shown to be a threat so far. Therefore asset wasn't alarmed. Only kept track.
It stayed closer as asset moved around the various levels of the building, hovering over the shoulder. Maybe it's intelligent enough to pay attention and watch. It wasn't causing any disturbance to the mission.
Of course if it tries to attack asset is well equipped with weapons meant for even bigger sea creatures. All pre tested and trained with. This one could put on a good fight if it understands how to wrestle or throw a punch. Even so a 7 inch knife is more than enough to neutralise it.
Anyway it's safe to keep it close by. What if it goes and pulls at already set up explosives.
So asset patted its head again and continued the work.