Ethan paced up and down, a random Rubik's cube in hand which he was absent mindedly trying to solve while he was lost in thoughts.
The reason for his pacing?
----A few minutes earlier----
Ethan stepped into his temporary office, ready to finally put his plans in action.
He wanted to get this over with soon and go back to his plans, the more time he wasted, the lesser his chances of preparing for their future visitors from the stars.
But the moment the turned on the PC, he was greeted by Athena's avatar who had a small frown on her face.
"What's wrong?" He asked and her reply soon came, {he's gone.}
"Who?" Ethan asked, a bit confused.
{Jian Long,} Athena said, {I was keeping an eye on him last night, but I was suddenly ejected from their systems around 7 PM and I couldn't get access to it again.}
"I see," Ethan muttered before asking, "what about madam Xu?"
{Dead} Athena replied.
