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best poison makers in all of Orion. The Arachnid said this poison
was one of a kind, but still in development. My brother, Brendon,
was his experiment."
"How did it work?" Giustino looked down to his paper, pen ready to
write.
    "He dropped a grey liquid on Brendon's skin.
Slowly, his skin started to bubble and he began screaming," Anlon
began to tear up. "Then he screams subsided and all of his movement
stopped. That's when the Arachnid began laughing and said it had
worked perfectly. It punctured my brother's voice box and first
made his muscles useless, then completely paralyzed him so all he
could do was stare motionless in agonizing pain."
    Horror filled Kanti's eyes. "We don't need to
hear anymore of how your family was killed."
    "Yes we do," Giustino shot her a glare.
"Please continue."
    "Brendon just slumped over and died after a
couple of minutes," Anlon looked down to the table. "My father was
shot the same as me. You guys came in and rushed them. You're the
only reason that I'm alive right now."
    Kanti looked at Anlon silent, pen on the
table and tears in her eyes. Giustino finished writing on his paper
and looked back up to Anlon.
    "Do you know what your father did for a
living?" he asked.
    "Of course," Anlon nodded. "He worked at
Weapcon to create new weapons. You don't think the weapons that
were used were created by him, do you?"
    "They weren't," Giustino replied. "Your
father didn't work at Weapcon. It was a cover job."
    "What are you talking about?" Anlon asked.
"He told me all the time about the different weapons he
created."
    "Your father worked on the Queen's Galactic
Special Operations Unit, otherwise known as the GSOU. I'm sure he
was familiar with all of the newest weapons and that's how he was
able to tell you all of those things."
    Anlon looked to both officers in complete
shock. "There's no way. I would know if he was a part of something
like that."
    "The Queen makes sure to cover all of her
men's true identities. Your father was the leader of her unit. I
have reason to believe that he was specifically targeted because of
his position within the GSOU."
    "I don't understand," Anlon said. "If his
identity was covered, how did they find him?"
    "A database," Kanti said aloud. "They had to
have access to a database and tracked him down that way."
    "I was thinking the same thing," Giustino
nodded. "With the level of sophistication used in the murder of
your family, I have strong reason to believe this was revenge. It
was your father's job to eliminate group's that wanted to
assassinate the Queen or other high ranking officials. This is
without a doubt a group of assassins who wanted to get back at your
father."
    "Then we can find them!" Anlon replied. "We
have races, so if they're known assassins, we can locate them."
    "There's a chance that we can," Giustino
nodded. "But you have to understand that these are assassins. It's
their job to stay hidden, otherwise the GSOU wouldn't be
needed."
    "We still have to try," Kanti spoke up. "If
there's even the slightest chance that these assassins can be found
it must be done."
    Giustino held in his anger. "We can try
later, not with Anlon."
    "What do you mean without me?" Anlon asked.
"My family was just murdered because someone leaked information to
a group of assassins!"
    Giustino let out a deep sigh. "Follow
me."
    Giustino and Kanti led Anlon back down the
way they had come, sealing the metal door behind them, leaving the
cells and interrogation room behind them. Giustino called the
elevator and waited for it to open before leading them on. He
pulled out a special key and inserted into a slot on the elevator
pad, prompting a light blue holopad to come up. He entered 030194
and the elevator lurched downwards into the darkness below.
    Anlon knew they had almost reached the bottom
when Giustino took a step forward, ready to get off as quickly as
he could. When the elevator came to a stop and Giustino led them
both into a dimly lit room filled with computers.