The debrief went well. It was interesting stuff, what they were saying. Basically, Sultan and Ramah were working in Asia (well they still are) and were looking into a spike in the radiation levels in this one spot. They followed it, and found the spike coming from within one of the old secret Uranium mines. By secret, I mean - almost all the governments and the general public didn't know about it, and it was all completely underground to hide it. We had many, still do, not all Uranium of course.
Anyway, they tracked the signature to one of the large storage chambers. Monitoring it for a few days, they noticed an exponential increase in radiation released, meaning a gathering of a clump of the material was getting larger. They rushed down to it, in their protective suits, to stop the mass of the Uranium reaching critical (at the rate of expansion, supercritical explosion would have happened within the hour). But once they got there, there was a large bang - some minor explosion, Ramah said most likely a tnt like substance, caused the structure to fail. The tank fell apart ontop of them, and that was when Ramah's leg was severed - a large panel of the outer casing landed on him (luckily the edge, if anything about it was lucky). Sultan dragged him out to safety, and the leg, before the mine itself collapsed.
The strangest thing was that the signature disappeared. That's left me wondering - was it real? Were the readings just faked in order for them to go down there and check it out, thus giving opportunity to kill them both? Or possibly more concerning, how and why was the Uranium collecting itself in the tank? And where did it go?
I have thought about it a little, but I've had to file it away for later since something else has just recently popped up. Much bigger than I thought. I got a call from our contact in the British Government about a murder that we should go check out. It's not uncommon, but usually they have nothing to do with us: just a seriously whacked up person being still out on the loose that they want caught. But this time - this time it's something more.
It's him. Methias.
Not the victim (unfortunately), but Methias is involved. Will update about it upon further developments. For now, I have to get my team in here together before we take the body. Arthur's keeping the police at bay while we wait.
This has not become a pleasant day.
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