Friday, July 22, 2005

This could complicate matters

Charlene Blalock
Agent on the Scene

Walter Rounds has escaped. The details are still sketchy but preliminary findings are that he managed to overpower one of his guards during transport at the same time as an exterior team arrived to free him.
Two of the guards are dead and one is in critical condition.
The extraction team seems to have been armed with assault rifles, explosives, and knowledge of either the specific route or enough resources to have covered all the available routes. Both possibilities are equally disturbing. A copy of this report as well as my final conclusions will be sent to Department 6.

Sunday, July 17, 2005

The Harold Residence: the sixth mission

Robert Lawson
Regional Director

Individuals have invaded the house of Dr. Marcus Harrold, taking him, his wife, and fifteen guests hostage. Unfortunately for Department 3, Dr. Harrold was hosting a staff lunch at his house as an opportunity for various researchers to meet and talk in a social atmosphere. The perpetrators have asked for money, a helicopter, and the original manuscript for Dante's Inferno; negotiating with terrorists is not an acceptable option, however neither is the death of the Library's leading researchers. As such I have dispatched a team to deal with the individuals.

Analysis of the demands has revealed that the front man is Jason Reynolds, a known member of the Mindwreckers. I have contacted Department 8 to provide support to the team already in the field, unfortunately the nearest unit may arrive too late.
Updates to follow.

Friday, July 01, 2005

One Problem Solved: the fifth mission

Robert Lawson
Regional Director

The agents were able to locate and apprehend the local serial murderer. He appears to be a rogue psion; according to his notes and papers his name is Walter Rounds and he is associated with the Mindwreckers. It is still unclear what, exactly, he was intending to do. The papers he had on him indicated that a stone idol, found at the scene, was an integral part of whatever was occurring and that the murders were part of a ritual meant to "activate" or "empower" the idol. Strangely, he believed this nonsense enough to risk apprehension when our agents found him. As you are aware, such nonsense is used to trick the uninformed and superstitious, yet he acted as if it were true. I suspect that it was essential to whatever "project" he was working on.
The perpetrator was injured during apprehension and hospitalized. Shortly after awakening from surgery we moved him to one of our detention facilities.
The arresting agents were also injured but seem to have come through the experience without any long-term injuries.
Hopefully, with Mr Rounds in custody, the gang tensions will fizzle out as the murder spree ends. Unfortunately, it's just not practical to reveal his arrest and maintain psychic secrecy in this instance.
The idol and all associated paperwork have been transferred for research.