
Zukov floated high in the atmosphere considering the situation, invoking the machines cloaking capabilities and what ever technology he could to hide himself from the union, he descended back to the earth, landing in the barren polluted wasteland near the neutralised cairn. Searching the area and running scan revealed nothing no trace of the Monastery that he knew existed here a thousand years ago. Melding with the earth he found an invisible barrier blocking his descent, draining the field revealed its source a small statuette buried near the cliff face. Destroying the trinket allowed his descent down into a half buried chamber once a bedroom long ago. Amidst the rotting furniture and dead tree roots an large pristine leather bound book was lying on a crumbling alter. Taking the book which appeared to contain esoteric and undecipherable imagery Zukov left the monastery and ascended high into the Urals finding a small sheltered cave he hid the book and the piece of the machine asking it to do a intricate mind edit upon his next landing. With the items hidden safely he returned to the UMC headquarters to turn himself into the authorities as he landed his memories of the device, the book, the ghostly figure, the "KnossSolution" file, Autochthonia and any other incriminating evidence faded. He was quickly taken in to custody and after a brief questioning by Conrad, he was taken away for conditioning.

Hurst stood on the low rolling hill, the English summer evening buzzing around soothingly, in the distance the towers of Oxford University rose above the city reflecting the pink and orange light. Umbridge appearing next to him looked saddened and drained by recent events. The two discuss the recent progression of events, Umbridge convinced that certain members of the symposium where just waiting for any opportunity to bring in the amalgam for conditioning and how it is lucky that no one suspects the secret movement outside the symposiums tight control. Umbridge hesitates as to weather to let Hurst keep his memories but decides having someone in the field on his side is worth the risk. Telling him to act the part of a heavily conditioned agent loyal to the symposium and to the chain of command, Umbridge and the scene fades from Hursts mind.

Krenyenko awakened alone in a medical bay, feeling better than he had in sometime not pain or shakes and no evidence of any injury. Rising he realises that 36hrs have past, that last thing he could remember was setting up a cover for the operation against Sultan Engineering. Feeling a need to report to Conrad, he left the medical room and comes face to face with Hurst and Zukov as they two arise from another medical bay. The group report to Conrad and Markel (who seemed unusually happy) and after its explained how something seems to have effected them in the previous time travel incident most likely deviant magics encountered during the time anomaly and after they all collapsed during their duties a day and a half ago Yankovich has worked around the clock to revive them and restore them to health.

Having reported in the amalgam returns to its assigned operation to investigate Sultan Engineering, using the telecomms cover set up by Krenyenko the team sets up surveillance near the main offices of the company. After disrupting all the phone lines into the building and surrounding area Krenyenko goes in under the guise of a phone engineer and finds his way down to the server room and the switch board. Once there he set up a tap and began monitoring all communications. Meanwhile Hurst was co-ordinating operations from the van whilst gathering all information on the company. Zukov sneaked in through a fire exit finding his way to the CEO's office. Cloaked he waited for the man to leave before searching the room taking all relevant files digital and hard copy. The agents then regrouped at the van in time to see the CEO driving his executive Audi away from the building.

The amalgam decided to follow him but discover he is not heading home instead they follow him to a remote farmstead out side the city. After watching him leave his car carrying a package the group follow him into a barn only to find it deserted. As the amalgam conducted various scans the sound of the Audis engines interrupted them. The amalgam gave chase and the CEO (Mr Whistler) abandons his car and disappears into a nearby field. As the amalgam caught up there is no sign of the CEO just his abandoned car.
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