Creation of Francesca.

Part 22: Aftermath.

SWA Mission Report, 12/7:
More than two weeks of searching had past for the Felix and Francesca. The remains of an automobile bearing the description of Felix's personal mission vehicle: red 1999 Alpha Romero Spyder 2L engine 2 seater; was found at the midway down a cliff from a mountain road being supported by the local area cliff side's vegetation. A body of a male in his 30's, fitting Felix's description was found 100 meters further down from the crash site.

Traces of a second occupant was found, including a decapitated arm of cyborg origin was found with remnants of automobile and tattered bits of clothing, hair, skin and smaller cyborg parts litter a path for another 300 meters down the side of the cliff, but only enough to complete less than 20% of a reconstructed body. No major parts; such as the head/skill or torso was found. Further testing and DNA Matching to be conducted to determine if these remains are that of the Felix/Francesca team.


General Autopsy Report, 12/10:
The first body in question: Male, about late 20's, early 30's; 5ft 10in in height, 134 pounds approximately. The body is in beginning state of decay, and shows signs of Post Mortem Predation by small animals, possibly rats or other scavengers. Outside of blunt force trauma about the body, probably when this individual fell out of the automobile, the body seems to be in healthy condition with toxicology reports showing no signs of medication or illegal drugs being in the system at the time of death.

There is a hole in the back of the head, of the occipital region, measuring approximately 8mm in diameter. Internal skull survey shows that the brain inside had liquefied and disfigured fragments of a 7mm rifle round.

With this finding, I must conclude that death was a result of a gunshot wound to the back of the head and death was instant.

- Dr. Belisario


The second body in question, remains of a cybernetic arm, female in appearance, about 13in in length from the fingertips to there it separated from the elbow joint. Site of disruption shows massive damage at the joint connection end and has the elbow hinge missing. The Cybernetic Bone itself is of a Carbon fiber matrix, internal structures of the arm seem to match that of our agency design as per Dr. Frankenstein's records. Fingers at the end of the cybernetic have faint fingerprints on them. Both findings show that it may have come from the Francesca cyborg, but no conclusion has been made based on preliminary findings.

Other parts seem to be consistent of disintegration of the failed part and bits of clothing she may have been wearing at the time. Bit of hair, skin and clothes found along the way seems to be of impact origin as the individual tumbled down the side of the cliff to her apparent death. The questions remain 'What happened for this part to fail, and what happened to the rest of the individual?'

Though for certain that the evidence shows this to be part of the Francesca cyborg, identity cannot be confirmed until the male body can be identified. Continued search of the area has not provided with further clues.

- Dr. Duvalier


SWA Conference Mission Debriefing, 12/11:

In the conference room attendance was Chief Lorenzo, Ferro Milani, and the rest of the Support and Logistics Staff that was at the Felix/Francesca Mission: Olga, Priscilla, Giorgio, and Nahil. Chief Lorenzo hands out a debriefing folder to all those in attendance as he begins the meeting.

"The Polanco case will be closed until further notice," Chief Lorenzo started to say. "Autopsy is still ongoing, and we must assume Felix and Francesca to be MIA until proven KIA."

No one says a word as they read preliminary reports of the mission findings. The words 'Mission Failed' strikes everyone in the room, but only Priscilla dares makes a statement of it.

"Why is this a failed mission?" Priscilla says, holding back her anger.

Chief Lorenzo looks at her for a moment.

"Was the delivery made? Has the money and weapons been distributed?" Chief Lorenzo asks.
"The trunk of the car is empty. Weapons and money bags were not in it- so it is apparent that they took the bait!" Priscilla almost yells.
"What if, Felix decided to run with the cash and money, and take Francesca with him who is so eager to go where ever he would go? What if Felix turned on us and has become the enemy?" Chief Lorenzo started to say.
"Felix Would Never Do That!" Ferro started to almost yell back. "He Loved This Place!"
"Loved?" Chief Lorenzo stated.
"Yes- Loved. He had no place to go to. All he had was a career here, and he did what he could for us!" Ferro explained.
"According to Jean, before he left for his mission, Felix was working in secret. To what ends or means, we are trying to figure out," Chief Lorenzo stated.
"JEAN NEVER LIKED FELIX!!!" Ferro yells out. "JEAN SAW FELIX AS A DETRIMENT TO HIS OWN AGENDA!!!"
"One more outburst like that from you, and you will be seeing me in private, Ms Milani," Chief Lorenzo stated.
"No! Jean Is Setting Felix Up! I Don't Believe What Jean Has To Say!" Ferro stated.
"Ms Milani- leave the conference room and wait for me in my office," Chief Lorenzo stated.

Ferro gets up and leaves the conference room. The door slams as she walks into the hallway. For a second, everyone stares at the door before returning the attention to Chief Lorenzo.

"As I was saying; until Autopsy proves that the remains we have do belong to Felix and Francesca, we have to assume that there is a possibility that they had went rouge. You know that as a secret running agency, we have to fake evidence to complete missions. This technology is not far from faking one's own death. So anything is possible," Chief Lorenzo states.
"Permission to speak freely, sir," Priscilla blurts out.
"Permission denied," Chief Lorenzo says.
"I don't believe that Felix would go rogue," Priscilla started.
"End your comments now, Miss..." Chief Lorenzo stated.
"Where would he go?" Olga started to say. "We waited for his return for 24 hours from his scheduled before conducting a search for him. The road to the Polanco Villa was the only road in and out of place."
"You too?" Chief Lorenzo asked in anger.
"Begging for your forgiveness, sir. We are all in agreement that Felix would not turn rouge," Nihal stated.
"Despite your opinions of the man, according to what was found in his room by Jean Croche, he had other plans," Chief Lorenzo started to say. "As such there will be some changes to Sections 2's operations."
"What of the bodies in the lab does turn out to be Felix and Francesca?" Olga stated.
"I'll take that into advisement when the DNA evidence returns," Chief Lorenzo says. "Until then, I want everyone's debriefing reports on my desk at the end of the day."

Chief Lorenzo shuts his brief case and leaves the conference room. All wait in silence as he walks out the door.

"Felix would never turn on us!" Priscilla says loudly.
"No he wouldn't," Olga stated. "Working with him, he showed to be an honest man."
"What if Ferro gets fired?" Giorgio asks.
"Then I quit!" Priscilla stated, almost yelling.
"Let's not go there, but let's see what happens," Olga says.
"How about we do the reports and meet up after for lunch," Nihal says.
"That's probably the smartest thing you have said all day," Giorgio says as he packs his folder up, getting ready to leave.

Others get ready to leave as Giorgio left through the door. Nihal was next to follow. Olga stops by the door, turning to face Priscilla.

"What are you waiting for, an invitation?" Olga says.
"I don't like what is going on here," Priscilla answers.
"I don't like what is going on either, but until this investigation is over and we find out what is actually going on, we are to sit, wait and collect a paycheck," Olga explains to Priscilla. "Now, let's wait for Ferro in her office."

Priscilla could only give a 1/2 smile before packing up her files. She gets up and walks over to Olga. Olga holds the door for her as she steps out into the door. Olga closes the door behind her as she leaves.

"You Or Anyone Else In This Agency Has No Right To Undermine My Authority Here!" Chief Lorenzo yells in the confines of his office. "With Felix Apparent Disappearance, The Money And Weapons Missing, The Only Other Person To Put In Charge Of The Fratello Department Is Jean! And With So Little Personnel To Trust Throughout The Various Agencies, We Are To Stay Within Ourselves! Therefore, Jean Has Had Amadeo Look Over The Contents Of Felix's Room As He Had A Mission To Prepare! IT WAS CONCLUDED BY THE BASIS OF THE EVIDENCE OF THE ROOM THAT FELIX WAS UP TO SOMETHING! 1/2 A MILLION EUROS IS ANOTHER DAMN GOOD REASON TO GET UP AND DISAPPEAR!"

"AND WHAT IF THE BODY AT THE LAB IS FELIX'S DEAD BODY?!!" Ferro yells back. "8 MISSIONS- SOME MORE DANGEROUS THAN THIS ONE- COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY BY HIM AND FRANCESCA AS WITHOUT SO MUCH OF AN IOTA OF ISSUES OR PROBLEMS!!!"
"ENOUGH!!!" Chief Lorenzo yells back.
"NO!" Ferro yells back at him. "FELIX AND I WERE PLANNING TO BE ENAGED TO BE MARRIED! THAT'S HOW I KNOW THAT HE WOULD NOT LEAVE!"

Chief Lorenzo leans back against his chair, crossing his arms and legs.

"I see," Chief Lorenzo says.
"You probably don't," Ferro tells him in a more calmed down tone.
"So, the both of you were in Love," Chief Lorenzo comments.
"Perhaps you don't understand what Love is," Ferro tells him.
"I'm a married man of more years then you have been alive, Miss. Don't be confusing an interoffice romance as love," Chief Lorenzo said. "But perhaps, you may have some view of Felix that we do not have. So my orders are for you to take the rest of the week off, and when you return on Monday of next week, you are to inform me on every detail your relationship with him entailed, and how it all adds up. In short, you are going to prove to me why Felix would not run. Because Ferro, half a million Euros in cash, enough weapons to start a personal army, and a multi-million Euro Cyborg that is a killing machine, more than enough reason to run away from a woman's loyalties. Now you have until Monday off. You better return to conduct an internal review of this agency's operatives, and have a non-bias report ready by the end of next week on my desk. Do I make myself clear?"
"Crystal Clear; sir," Ferro replies to him.
"Good. Now leave. I do not want to see you until Monday," Chief Lorenzo almost orders.

Without saying a word, Ferro gets up and leaves the office with her things. She takes her time walking back to her office. Opening the door, she walks to her desk and starts packing her brief case, ignoring that Priscilla and Olga was in the room waiting for her. Only when they call to her does she stop.

"What happened, Ferro?" Priscilla asks.
"I hope you were not fired," Olga stated.

Ferro stops for a moment and turns to them.

"Were you terminated?" Olga asks again.
"No," Ferro answers.
"Then why are you packing?" Priscilla asks.
"Chief Lorenzo thinks I should take a few days off and return on Monday," Ferro explains, as she takes her seat.
"And then what is to happen?" Priscilla asks.
"I am to investigate the evidence Jean and Amadeo had found, which shows that Felix may have ran away," Ferro explains.
"I don't believe it," Olga says.
"If Felix ran away, then who is that on the slab in the lab?" Priscilla asks.
"The chief does not want to hear it. He has already decided that Felix ran with the money, weapons and Francesca," Ferro answers.
"We need to prove that is Felix in the slab then," Priscilla says.
"DNA testing was already done, but it's doing to take 2 to 3 weeks to confirm those results," Ferro explains.
"What about Francesca?" Olga asks.
"That arm in the lab. It's too complex to be a public domain prosthesis," Ferro explains.
"Only Dr. Frankenstein can properly identify that arm," Olga says with a nod.
"That would only work for identifying Francesca and not Felix," Ferro explains.
"But Francesca would not leave his side unless order too. And since that was his car we identified, one can conclude that she was Felix at the time," Priscilla explained.
"Let's save this for the investigation when I return. Now have you two finished your reports for that idiot chief?" Ferro asks.

They both nod.

"Was it handed it?" Ferro asks some more.

They both nod again. Ferro sighs.

"Alright. Let's leave this place. You two will be in charge while I am gone," Ferro tells them as she finishes packing her things. She then takes her brief case with her to the door, waiting for the other two. "Well?"

They both look at each other before getting up and walking over to Ferro.

"So, where are we going?" Olga asks.
"Anywhere but here," Ferro says as they walk out the door.


SWA Internal Investigation and Review- 12/15:

Ferro returns to her office after gathering Priscilla and Olga. They all sit down at their chairs as Ferro puts away her brief case.

"So, what was done during my absence?" Ferro asks.
"Nothing," Olga started to say.
"Nothing at all," Priscilla added.
"Nothing?" Ferro asks. "But what about reports? What about Jean's returning from his mission?"
"Something happened in Jean's mission. It's all being kept very quiet," Olga stated.
"I noticed that Alpha did not return with him," Priscilla added.
"Alpha did not return? And everything is being kept quiet about it? Interesting," Ferro said, almost to herself. "Olga, I..."
"There is nothing to say that he will not return...eventually," Olga stated, visibly holding back her emotions. "I will greave when I have reason to."

For a moment, they sit quietly as they think to themselves. Ferro then goes into her pocket, pulling out a set of keys.

"Come on, let's go," Ferro tells then as she gets up.
"Where too?" Priscilla asks.
"Felix's room. We got an investigation to conduct," Ferro stated as she handed them note pads as she walked to the door.

The three of them walk to the Handlers Dormitory Section, heading over to Felix's room. Ferro hands Olga a pair of folded cardboard boxes before she takes her keys to open his room. She steps into the room, turning on the lights. Priscilla and Olga follows, Ferro closes the doors. Ferro walks to the bed and sits on it, pointing to the chairs by the table not far away. Olga puts the folded boxes on the table.

"You have keys to his room?" Priscilla asks.
"As a staff supervisor, I'm supposed have keys," Ferro stated at first defensively.
"Oh..." Priscilla replies.

"Wait. I lie," Ferro started as she bows her head, taking a pillow to hold on to. "I have his keys because we were dating, and..." Ferro continued. She wipes her face with the pillow on those tiny tears what got away from her. "And... we were planning on getting engaged, and then marriage." She begins to cry softly into the pillow. Priscilla got up out of the chair and sits down next to her, holding her. Olga sits next to Priscilla on the bed. For a while there was only silence other than Ferro's soft crying. She then stops and recomposes herself.

"The chief wants me to go over this room and find evidence contrary to what Amadeo found for Jean, saying that what they found was plans for him to run when he had an opportunity.", Ferro begins to explain.
"We understand," Olga says.
"We all know that Felix would not run away, more so now that you two were dating," Priscilla stated.

Ferro gives Priscilla a stern look.

"What?" Priscilla asks.

"I can't let my emotions deal with this investigation. Therefore, you have his desk and computer files to look over. Olga, go over his personal affects," Ferro explains. "Write down everything you find."

"Way ahead of you," Olga says as she got up. She walks over to the dresser and starts looking over the items on it before opening a drawer. Ferro points to the desk as a reminder to Priscilla to start working. Priscilla starts.

After a 1/2 hour of searching, Ferro gets up from the bed and walks to the door. "You two continue. I am going to talk with Dr. Frankenstein... if I can find him," Ferro stated to them. They both nod at her as they continued with their work. Ferro leaves the room and takes a rear exit out of the building to walk over to the medical ward.

She walks into the medical facility, needing to inform and remind the guards at the gate that she is an agency supervisor, and she was conducting an agency investigational review of its operations; where terminations would follow to those who interfered with the investigation. Consulting with a couple of floor maps, she works her way to Dr. Frankenstein's lab.

Dr. Frankenstein was at his work desk, looking over several files on his workbench computer screen, as Ferro entered the room. She looks about the lab as she walks towards his direction and stops at the middle of his room.

"Dr. Frankenstein. We need to talk," Ferro says.

The old doctor turns about on his chair to face her.

"About what?" Dr. Frankenstein asks.
"About Francesca," Ferro answers.
"What about her?" Dr. Frankenstein asks.
"Alright. What do you know about her whereabouts?" Ferro asks.
"She is on mission with her care giver, what that Spanish guy's name...?" Dr. Frankenstein started to answer, falling into a question.
"Felix," Ferro answers. "Look, Dr. Frankenstein. I don't know how to say this. It is obvious that you were deliberately left out of the loop."
"What are you talking about, my dear?" Dr. Frankenstein replies in question.
"It seems that Felix and Francesca were in an auto accident. There were no survivors," Ferro started to explain.

Dr. Frankenstein bows his head for a moment. Hidden was that he clenched his teeth in anger.

"I'm conducting an investigation for the agency. I need you to identify an artifact that may belong to Francesca," Ferro began to explain.
"What would this artifact be?" Dr. Frankenstein asks, interrupting her.
"An arm. To tell you the truth, Dr. Frankenstein. I don't know where this arm would be," Ferro continued to explain.
"If it's here in this facility, then I should be able to find it," Dr. Frankenstein says as he rummages through a desk drawer. "Now tell me, what happened."

Ferro explains the mission case to Dr. Frankenstein as they walked the medical facility in search for the arm. They walk in on Dr. Gilliani, Dr. Belgonchi and Dr. Belisario having their own private conference.

"We will destroy the arm once we have dissected it components," Dr. Gilliani say as Ferro and Dr. Frankenstein walks in on them.
"What was that you just said?" Ferro says out loud.
"This is a private medical conference," Dr. Gilliani says out loud.
"And it's now part of an Internal Agency Review Investigation," Ferro stated. "Now, where is Francesca's arm?"
"It's..." Dr. Belgonchi started to say.
"Don't fuck with me- all of yous. Heads are going to roll if there is a cover up, positions terminated and reputations ruined. I can assure you that you will not be able to cut pizza at Luigi's Pizza Shop if you would dare to interfere or cover up anything against this internal investigation," Ferro explains.
"Now, hand over my arm," Dr. Frankenstein tells them as he shows off a tiny black box with a red button on it. "There is a radio activated explosive device in it which I will deploy if it mysteriously disappears."

The three doctors look at each other dumbfounded for the moment. Knowing Dr. Frankenstein's reputation, they were not going to push their luck. Dr. Gilliani puts on gloves as he walks over to a drawer on the wall, one of several. As it opens, smog of cold air floats down to the floor. He reaches inside and pulls an arm out from within the drawer, putting it on a nearby rolling cart. He pushes the cart to Ferro and Dr. Frankenstein. They both look at it.

"That's Francesca's arm alright," Dr. Frankenstein stated.
"Are you absolutely sure on that?" Ferro asks.
"I made this arm. Designed it to the last detail, including the palm and finger prints. I know my own work when I see it," Dr. Frankenstein explains.

Ferro just sighs before making her next statement.

"Alright. Autopsy the arm, and write me a report as to why it seemed to fail and detach from Francesca. Speculate Francesca's possibility of surviving the loss of the arm and a possible 300 meter fall down a steep cliff," Ferro explains.
"Francesca is dead," Dr. Gilliani stated out loud to be heard. "This kind of catastrophic failure can be reflected on other systems failing similarly. She would break apart going down that cliff like her arm did."
"I can tell you that she would survive without the arm and the fall if it was not a straight down drop, but if she was rolling down a steep incline. Now what if you say is true, where is the rest of her? It did not happen as you say it did because this is all you have of her," Dr. Frankenstein explains.
"I need details, explained in both technical and layman's terms," Ferro stated. "When can you return with that report?"
"Later this afternoon," Dr. Frankenstein answered as he looked at other medical staff. "I'll get my staff on it. They are more in tune with Francesca's abilities than these poor excuses for medical school drop outs. They obviously do not know what they are talking about."
"Then I will see you later this afternoon," Ferro says before she leaves.

As Ferro leaves, she can hear the doctors break into a very heated discussion. Along the way back to Felix's room, Ferro thinks. 'The old doctor identified the arm as being Francesca's. That would put her in Felix's car, which would mean the driver would have to be Felix... At least that much can be stated in the preliminary part of the report.'

In a couple of minutes she was entering Felix's room again. Olga had placed a few items on the table from her search, and Priscilla already had a thick pile of papers already printed from Felix's computer. They all looked at each other as Ferro stood by the doorway.

"Found anything?" Olga asked.
"Yeah, conspiracies," Ferro stated as she walked to the bed.
"Conspiracies?" Priscilla asks.
"Dr. Frankenstein created Francesca from his own technologies. Technologies he was willing to share if he was given the respect he deserves. Frankly, The man is a genius, but the other formed a clique against him and want to steal his ideas..." Ferro started to explain, as she sat down on the bed and took the pillow to hold.
"To make it their own," Olga added.
"Yes. They had Francesca's arm hidden so Dr. Frankenstein would not get it. He had to threaten that he had an explosive device in the arm and was willing to detonate it in order to get the arm back," Ferro finishes explaining.
"And the results?" Priscilla asks.
"Dr. Frankenstein identified the arm as his creation," Ferro stated. "But I told him to autopsy it as to why it failed and write up a report on it. So..."
"So that places Francesca in the car. She would not leave anywhere without Felix," Priscilla stated.
"I know that. You know that. The rest of the world knows that, but that stupid chief does not see it that way and is willing to believe anything Jean tells him!", Ferro said loudly as she punched the pillow with each sentence.

Olga goes over to the table and picks up a tiny booklet, taking it over to Ferro, showing it to her. Ferro looks at it.

"What is this?" Ferro asks.
"Its Felix's Spanish passport," Olga stated.

Ferro looks up at Olga and smiles. Then the smile quickly fades away.

"At least he did not cross the border. He would not be able to without it," Ferro says to herself.
"Stop thinking so negatively," Olga stated. "At least you know that he did not run away."
"I know... he's dead..." Ferro says out loud but to herself.

They remain silent for a moment before Priscilla decided to add a few words of her own.

"At least I found nothing about plans of him wanting to run away," Priscilla stated.
"What did you find?" Olga asked for Ferro, who was tightly holding on to his pillow.
"There are plans, but they seem like mission scenario plans. Look," Priscilla pats on the pile of paper on the printer.

Olga walks over to the pile of paper, taking a few, giving them a quick once over.

"I'll be damned. He is good," Olga stated.
"What?" Ferro asks as the words catch her attention.
"Maps, diagrams, drawings, instructions... These are mission scenarios. Each one for different possibilities," Olga explains. "Nyromi did the same thing... plan out how missions should go when given the proper intell."
"Nyromi? You mean..." Ferro started to ask.

Priscilla pulls out a folder from an open desk drawer, with the label 'Fratellos' written in large letters on it. She hands the folder to Ferro.

"It was Omega, according to this folder," Priscilla stated. "But why would Felix have a file on her, and on Jean?"
"Felix was Handler Supervisor, which Chief Lorenzo called 'Fratellos'. No doubt these are Fratello Team Dossiers," Ferro explained as she looks inside the folder. "Found anything else?"
"Nothing," Priscilla says,
"No maps, no plans... what was he talking about?" Ferro says to herself.
"What are you talking about?" Olga asks.
"No, uhm, Chief Lorenzo said that Jean had Amedao search the room and he found plans of escaping and running with Francesca. Now it seems to me that it was all a farce to make Jean look good."
"If Jean had Amadeo look for things to make Felix look bad- that is what Amadeo is going to find. Even if it means misinterpreting the facts to make them look like something else," Olga says. "Typical Jean..."
"You're right," Ferro says. She hesitates for a moment, "Alright, clean up, take all this evidence with you to my office, and write up a preliminary report on these findings. I will gather the information from everyone and make my decisions based on the facts."

Olga and Priscilla nod before taking their order into action. In 10 minutes they were leaving the room and heading into Ferro's office. They fill the boxes with the evidence found and takes it to Ferro's office, where she locks it in one of her wall file cabinets. They quickly go to their cubical and begin their preliminary reports.

At the end of the day, Ferro collects the reports from Priscilla, Olga and Dr. Frankenstein's staff, condensing them into a report of her own with their reports backing up the findings. She takes a couple of days to organize her thoughts, and finally compiles a 30 page report, consisting of the staff's preliminary reports and evidence findings.

"With autopsy data from the found arm identified as belonging to Francesca, and the evidence found in Felix's room showing that he left his traveling papers behind, there is no way to conclude that Felix could have ran to cross the border into France. Furthering this is Francesca's programmed conditioning what forces her to be with Felix; since her arm was found near the Felix's automobile, there is no doubt in my mind that the driver at the time of the accident could have not been anyone else but Felix himself. Therefore, I conclude that Felix did not run, was killed en route home at mission's end, and his body is in the Agency Morgue."


SWA Supervisor's Conference, 12/17

Chief Lorenzo skims over Ferro's report and reads the conclusionary paragraph with care. He puts down the report.

"Is that your conclusion?" Chief Lorenzo asks.
"Yes," Ferro answers.
"And the evidence?" Chief Lorenzo asks further.
"All stated in the report, all gathered by other staff members and reported in their parts in the report," Ferro answers more thoroughly.
"I'll take this report into advisement until the corpse's DNA can be identified. Until then, since you were the closest to Felix, I want you to empty his room and put his personal effects into storage. As I remember, he has no living relatives..." Chief Lorenzo started to explain.
"He had me," Ferro stated firmly but shaky at the same time.
"You?" Chief Lorenzo asks.
"If he would have lived, we would be engaged by now, and planning for a marriage. So, if he had no family, he did have friends here," Ferro started to say.
"You can arrange the funeral, but after the DNA report comes in and that is Felix's body in the morgue," Chief Lorenzo says.
"Why the doubt?" Ferro asks in frustration.

Chief Lorenzo goes into his desk and pulls out a wooden box, opens it and hands it to Ferro. Inside on separate mounts are medals from both Spain and Italy, including Italy's highest awards for a non-citizen. Ferro looks at them.

"He had a very distinguished career. And in this game of secret operatives running about as other identities, it can be very easily done to infiltrate organizations. This is why I am being careful with the body in question. I can assure that everything tells me that this is Felix's body in the morgue, but it has to be made official before we can take the next step- a funeral for a fallen agency member.", Chief explains.
"What about Francesca?" Ferro asks.
"Her too, though Dr. Frankenstein's report doubt that she could have been killed in the incident, I would heavily doubt that one could survive in the mountains of Northern Italy in the middle of Winter alone, without food or water. Have a casket set for her too and put her arm in it, alongside Felix's.", Chief Lorenzo answers.

Ferro bows her head and nods.

"I'll have Frankenstein do a facial reconstruction on Felix, and our new medical resident, Dr. Duvalier, to construct a shell resembling Francesca to be buried. They say he's good. Let's see how good," Chief Lorenzo explains.
"But..." Ferro tried to put her words together. "Why?"
"How do you bury a hero, Ferro?" Chief Lorenzo said.


SWA Mission Report, 12/30:
DNA matching to the body found does match with those recorded for Felix. With this news, Ferro goes forth with preparing a private service for him and Francesca. It seems that both Dr. Frankenstein and Dr. Duvalier did more than just an excellent work on reconstructing the bodies of Felix and Francesca. Ferro had Felix in his best suit, which she placed his medals on the lapel of the jacket. Francesca was laid to rest in a former dress she had for special occasions.

Though the staff of Section 2 was there for a private ceremony, the Prime Minister shows up with a media entourage. Not approving of the circus atmosphere he had brought in, Ferro and her two entrusted colleagues leave until the Prime Minister finished with his show, which included a lengthy speech of how "Italian Citizenry should act as this visitor had done for this fair nation has had."

Felix and the Francesca shell would be buried in a small cemetery south of Rome, though plans of a hero's monument in Italy's Cemetery of Heroes was planned. Years had passed and the plans of the monument were never realized, which Ferro preferred it to be that way.

In the following year, a new member of Section 2's Cyborg Corps would join. The subject's name: Angelina.