shaft would never be found alive.
***
The file on Beaumont’s desk would commence the next stage of
the operation, namely, the Misinformation Stage. He put on his latex gloves
before handling the file as it was likely that the information contained within
it would be handed over to the authorities at some stage. The material inside
was even more explosive than the missile. He extracted the documents and placed
them in an envelope. The envelope would be sent out that night to the head
office of an international media organisation.
He closed the envelope and stopped himself from licking it
closed, avoiding a schoolboy error and instead dabbed it with a damp sponge to
seal it. He smiled as he placed the envelope in his briefcase, he would drop it
in a postbox on his way home. Mr Donald Kennedy was not going to know what hit
him.
Chapter 14
Tom One touched down on the school’s runway just after
midnight local time and the four transferred to a waiting golf cart, the only
method of transport on the school’s island.
The cart dropped Tom and Lela off at their accommodation block
before continuing on to the Special Forces base where Kano and Kisho had been
given accommodation.
The Special Forces base was located at one end of the island
and housed over 200 Special Forces soldiers from around the world. The location
of the base was a well-kept secret and served as an excellent training ground
for those specialist soldiers. They also offered unique and overwhelming
protection to the island’s main inhabitants, the children of the world’s elite.
The base however was not the only protection afforded to the
students. The island also stood within the shadow of a fully operational NATO base
which lay a mere 75 miles away and housed the Air Force, the Navy and the
Marines. There was no doubt that The Academy was in the most highly protected
area in the world.
The Academy in itself was spectacular, no expense had been
spared creating the world’s most elite school. The grounds were perfectly
manicured, the beaches were spectacular, white sand lapped by the crystal clear
waters of the Indian Ocean. The facilities were second to none, Olympic sized
pools, golf course, tennis courts, sports stadiums and a Marina stocked with
every conceivable type of boat.
The classrooms
were full of the latest technology. Desks were replaced by notepads which
recognised students by their fingerprints and allowed them to log on with one
touch. Their virtual desktop opened up a fully computerised curriculum and
coursework. The Academy was the first truly paperless environment.
For entertainment, the students could choose between cinemas,
ten pin bowling, ice skating or playing about in a recording studio, amongst
many other activities. Everything had been thought of and if it hadn’t, it was
added. Following feedback from the previous year, a new skate park had been
added, modelled on the famous Marseille skate park.
The quality of accommodation and food was such that many
students whose parents were amongst the richest in the world, actually
complained that it was all much better than at home.
When it came to protecting Tom and Lela, following the events
of the previous year, Mr Sakamoto had offered to shuffle students around to
enable Kisho and Kano to live in the same block as Tom and Lela. However,
everyone had agreed that this would alienate them from the other students and
in any event, new procedures were in place to prevent an impostor from assuming
another student’s identity and infiltrating the premises. On arrival, students’
identities were checked using DNA samples from their parents. Initially, this
led to some embarrassing discoveries about the parentage of a number of
students when the mothers’ DNA matched but the fathers’ didn’t. In one
instance, the mother’s DNA and father’s DNA matched but unfortunately it was
not the right father, it was another student’s father. Mr
***
The file on Beaumont’s desk would commence the next stage of
the operation, namely, the Misinformation Stage. He put on his latex gloves
before handling the file as it was likely that the information contained within
it would be handed over to the authorities at some stage. The material inside
was even more explosive than the missile. He extracted the documents and placed
them in an envelope. The envelope would be sent out that night to the head
office of an international media organisation.
He closed the envelope and stopped himself from licking it
closed, avoiding a schoolboy error and instead dabbed it with a damp sponge to
seal it. He smiled as he placed the envelope in his briefcase, he would drop it
in a postbox on his way home. Mr Donald Kennedy was not going to know what hit
him.
Chapter 14
Tom One touched down on the school’s runway just after
midnight local time and the four transferred to a waiting golf cart, the only
method of transport on the school’s island.
The cart dropped Tom and Lela off at their accommodation block
before continuing on to the Special Forces base where Kano and Kisho had been
given accommodation.
The Special Forces base was located at one end of the island
and housed over 200 Special Forces soldiers from around the world. The location
of the base was a well-kept secret and served as an excellent training ground
for those specialist soldiers. They also offered unique and overwhelming
protection to the island’s main inhabitants, the children of the world’s elite.
The base however was not the only protection afforded to the
students. The island also stood within the shadow of a fully operational NATO base
which lay a mere 75 miles away and housed the Air Force, the Navy and the
Marines. There was no doubt that The Academy was in the most highly protected
area in the world.
The Academy in itself was spectacular, no expense had been
spared creating the world’s most elite school. The grounds were perfectly
manicured, the beaches were spectacular, white sand lapped by the crystal clear
waters of the Indian Ocean. The facilities were second to none, Olympic sized
pools, golf course, tennis courts, sports stadiums and a Marina stocked with
every conceivable type of boat.
The classrooms
were full of the latest technology. Desks were replaced by notepads which
recognised students by their fingerprints and allowed them to log on with one
touch. Their virtual desktop opened up a fully computerised curriculum and
coursework. The Academy was the first truly paperless environment.
For entertainment, the students could choose between cinemas,
ten pin bowling, ice skating or playing about in a recording studio, amongst
many other activities. Everything had been thought of and if it hadn’t, it was
added. Following feedback from the previous year, a new skate park had been
added, modelled on the famous Marseille skate park.
The quality of accommodation and food was such that many
students whose parents were amongst the richest in the world, actually
complained that it was all much better than at home.
When it came to protecting Tom and Lela, following the events
of the previous year, Mr Sakamoto had offered to shuffle students around to
enable Kisho and Kano to live in the same block as Tom and Lela. However,
everyone had agreed that this would alienate them from the other students and
in any event, new procedures were in place to prevent an impostor from assuming
another student’s identity and infiltrating the premises. On arrival, students’
identities were checked using DNA samples from their parents. Initially, this
led to some embarrassing discoveries about the parentage of a number of
students when the mothers’ DNA matched but the fathers’ didn’t. In one
instance, the mother’s DNA and father’s DNA matched but unfortunately it was
not the right father, it was another student’s father. Mr
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