Daniil is woken up and sputters as cold water is thrown at him slides down his face. Standing before him, was an old lady. He notices that he is tied to a strong wooden chair, sitting on a large plastic tarp.

Clair noticed that the man Ayla was awake and looking at her. A smile appears on her face. “Oh, good, you’re awake. Who are you?”

Daniil keeps his mouth shut as he looks at the old woman. He wanted to see what she was going to do to make him talk.

“Well, since you don’t want to talk to me willingly. I guess I have to resort to some nastier methods.” Clair walks over to the bookcase in her office and pulls a particular book on the shelf. She reaches into the cavity the book opens and presses a hidden button.

The bookcase swings open and behind it is a hidden lab. She walks into the lab over to a case and opens it.

“Let’s see, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Catch a liar by the toe. Jack told me to use this drug.” Clair picks up a purple needle filled with a blueish drug.

She turns around and walks out of the hidden lab and over to their intruder. She looks at the man “I hate to say, this is going to hurt and you might mess yourself.”

Clair leans forward towards the man and locates the main artery on his neck. She touches the vein with the needle and slips it under the skin.

“Last chance.” Clair looks at the guy.

Daniil ignores the older woman. She wasn’t scarring him.

“Okay, don’t say I didn’t warn you.” As Clair injects the drug into the man’s vein.

Outside Clair’s Office:
Ayla, Ada, and Jasmine were just outside Clair’s office door trying to hear what was going on inside. The problem was, that they couldn’t hear anything inside the room.

“I can’t believe she soundproofed the room.” Jasmine couldn’t believe Clair’s office was soundproof.

“I can. She is secretive about what she does and when you have four children. You need a place where you can have a place to retreat too.”

After thirty minutes, Clair comes walking out of her office wiping her hands. She inhales the fresh air and clears her lungs and nose of the stench from the man crapping himself. She really needs to refine that truth serum a little more. It was better than when she first created it and refined it more. However, it still caused the person they used it on to crap their pants.

Ayla was standing nearby and because of her enhanced senses, she got a whiff of the smell inside of Clair’s office. She looks at Clair “God, Clair. What did you do to the poor fellow?”

“I used a truth serum I created way back when.” She had several degrees in chemistry and biology.

“What did you find out, grandma?” Jasmine looks at Clair with a concerned look on her face.

Clair takes a deep breath before she answers “I need to call Jack to get reinforcements. While I’m doing that. I need for you and Ada if you don’t mind to clean that person up and drop him about four miles from here.”

“You didn’t kill him, did you Clair?” Ada looks at her.

“No, I didn’t. However, one of the side effects of the drug I used. It causes the person to forget the last twenty-four hours. They won’t be able to recall what happened to them during that time frame.” Clair loved that part of the drug.

“And if we drop him off away from here. No questions will be asked.” Ada could see how that would be an advantage.

“What do you need for me to do, Clair?” Ayla wanted to help.

“I hate to ask this of you, Ayla. But, could you clean the mess up in my office, please?” Clair hated to ask Ayla to do that.

“I’ll trade with you, Ayla.” Jasmine didn’t mind cleaning the office up.

“Thanks.” Ayla didn’t know if her stomach could handle it.

“After all that is done. We’ll have to arm the old perimeter defenses and prepare the house for a battle.”

“Will your house be able to stop people from breaking in?” Ada was curious.

“This house has a lot of surprises in it.” As Clair pats a nearby wall.

“Well, we better get started on our assignments.”

“I agree.” Ayla starts walking towards the stairs to head upstairs to change.