A henchman of Pulvis walked down the corridors and out of the organisation. Walking down the London streets, he came up to a dull, grey building which had hundreds of frosted windows, hiding what was happening inside from the public. He entered through the front doors, flashing an ID and made his way down numerous corridors. He came up to a door and knocked on it.

  “Enter.” A muffled voice from inside called out. The henchman opened the door and stepped into the large and lavish office, closing the door behind himself. The chief of MI5 looked up at him from his desk. “You bring news of Ellis Silver?”

  “Indeed I do.” The double agent replied. “We may have gotten more than we bargained for.”

  “Explain.”

  “She may be on our most wanted list, but now we have to deal with much more than that. Yes, she is wanted for numerous counts of murder and robbery, but now we can add conspiracy to that list.”

  “How so?”

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  “Ellis Silver is not just some petty criminal, she is an assassin. She is in control of a secret organisation. Pulvis. Well, not really in control, she is the right-hand woman and bodyguard of Artificis Proditor.”

  The chief frowned. “What kind of a name is that? And why does it sound familiar?”

  “It's Latin and it literally translates to a traitor to the artist. If someone tries to trick him in an elaborate way, he finds a way to take revenge or escape from the situation that he is in. The man’s a genius and he is in control of the entire organisation. We kill him, we bring down Pulvis. As for the foggy memory? It has been 25 years since the incident – the one that we do not talk about.”

  “Of course. How dangerous is Ellis?”

  “On a scale of one to ten? Eleven.”

  “So we have our hands full?”

  “Quite. She leaves no survivors and has most likely years of experience. There is a reason why Artificis’ chose her. God knows how many people she’s killed.”

  “There's only one thing for it. We have to destroy Pulvis. Bring down the entire thing. Go. Gather as much intel as you can. We are going to need every sliver of information if we are even going to have a chance of bringing them down.”

  The double agent nodded and then left the office.