We drove around a couple of corners until we were sure no one was following us. It was about an hour before Victor pulled to take a quick break from driving. We had been driving at the speed of 70 mph for an hour, so I was far from home.
“Don’t you have some explaining to do Victor?” I really didn’t care why people were after us, as long as I heard the information about my brother.
“So, is this a good time to talk?”
“Ms. Delan, I sorry you got caught in the middle of this. I’ll try to explain what I can, about your brother and the men after us.”
“You don’t have to be so formal with me now, Victor. Just call me Mira. Now what do you know of my brother?” I asked calmly.
“Ok Mira, I’ll start from the beginning. When you first came to me a few years back to find your brother, I came across a couple of firewalls that prevented me from researching him. Until recently, it seemed impossible to gather any information about him. When I thought all hope was lost, I came across a case regarding a man who was facing charges on financial fraud. I decided to take the case and defend this man the best I could. I won the case and got paid a large sum of money from this man, along with a job offer. He offered me a job as a paralegal for the T-REX Corporation. When I asked him what T-REX stood for, he told me it was a Trinity research corporation with three CEOs at the top: Reves Linus, Edmond Grant, and Xavier Delan. When I heard the name, the name I’ve been trying to track to years, I quickly accepted to job. When I first joined the corporation I didn’t know much about it. All I did was make sure legal documents were legitimate and took care of employee legal documents. They paid me well; I was paid at the rate of $164,000 a year plus medical benefits. I of course never forgot your case and I inquired about Xavier from senior staff members. His description fit your profile so I figured I got the right guy.”
Victor paused a moment to catch his breath. I was quite shocked that Xavier was a CEO of a research corporation. I guess I didn’t know him as well as I thought.
“Please continue.”
“Where was I? Oh yes, I found out your brother was a part of T-REX. To continue, I became curious about the research this company conducted. One night I stayed late at work to see if I could take a peek at some old files regarding the company. Through an old file I found out that the T-REX Corporation was once called Spirex. Spirex was known as a biological research foundation that conducted experiments using human DNA. Some senior employees said that when the government became involved with the Spirex Company, all the old research files became classified information. The information was so classified that it was never added to the computer database, but it remained on file. There was no way a newbie like me could get my hands on such information. On Friday night, the day before I called you, I broke into main headquarters, where old information was kept. I went through hundreds of files until I found one that caught my eye. I was called Project Lilith. Knowing that was your mother’s middle name, I wanted to see if it had any connection to you.”
The air in the car suddenly seemed dense. There was an awkward moment of silence shared between us. “Go on Victor! Tell about the project!”
“What I’m about to say may not be a pleasant thing to hear. As far as I read, what you are to Xavier is more than just a blood relation. Your father, the head of the Spirex Corporation, conducted heavy research using DNA coding techniques. When the company started to become known, he received many grants from the government for unknown reasons. It was assumed that the government made requests of the company to conduct private experiments. The only file I found of a government requested experiment was project Lilith. All other files must have been destroyed.”
“You still haven’t told me what this project has to do with me or my mother Victor!”
“I was getting to that. Sarah Lilith Vansign was a woman who volunteered to go through what she thought was a government survey. It was far from that. Mr. Delan and his crew of scientist were asked by the government to conduct a biological experiment which would allow the DNA of a human to be altered and used as a defense mechanism in the human body; to build immunity to all known living diseases and viruses found in our world. The company needed a fresh test subject, one who had this DNA alteration from birth. So, Mr. Delan volunteered to infuse his young son’s genetically altered DNA into an embryonic egg of Sarah. What resulted was a test tube baby that Sarah was forced to carry. You, Mira, carry the super gene to combat all human ailments. This probably means you’re close to being an immortal…”
“What kind of trouble were you referring to Victor? Why are those people trying to kill us?!”
“Don’t worry; the last thing they want is for you to die. They just want to kill me.”
“Why Victor?” I asked in suspiciously.
“What I’m about to tell you is something worth dying for. Just trust me until I get us to safety.”
Within the next 2 minutes, gun shots shattered all the glass in the back of the car. Victor pulled out a small hand gun from his glove compartment and handed it to me.
“It’s fully loaded Ms. Delan. You can shoot, right? You’re going to have to shoot their tires to slow them down.”
“Umm, I’ll try Victor.” I said nervously. Since all the glass was shattered in the back window, I just lowered my seat and aimed for the closest car behind us. The first shoot I took missed, but I got it the second time. As soon as the bullet hit the tire, the car spun so out of control that it collided with the car behind it.
“Very good Ms. Delan! You hit two birds with one stone…”
