Chapter 31: Well Then, He You Go!

John looks at Jasmine & replies, "Ok! Well, let's start at the top! What is this 'Psychic MetaPhysical Defense System' that you mentioned? What does it do & how does it work? Who is 'Whisper'? Who is 'Valentino Mccullough' & why is he your boss? What do you & your boss do as your guys' job? Who was that terrorist group that you mentioned back at the airport? What the hell happened at the airport? How did you learn to fight like that? How did you get FBI access to do all of the things you did at the airports & everything else? Why are you trying to take care of both me & Alexia?"

Jasmine sighs & replies, "Well, the 'Psychic MetaPhysical Defense System' that I mentioned is a system that every human has that helps them protect themselves from Psychic-based attacks. Think of it like your 'Fight-or-flight response' system that you use, except instead of protecting you from physical attacks. It protects you from Psychic attacks. It doesn't become active until your first Psychic-based attack, which is when it's finally fully developed. It is more complicated than that, but that's the simplified version of it. Just know that you can now protect yourself from Psychic-based attacks, like those that happened back at the airport. The more it's used, the better it is at protecting you. NOW, to tell you more about Whisper & Valentino. WELL, Whisper is, like Luke found out yesterday, a highly advanced AI. Now, Valentino, on the other hand, is an entirely different story. He is someone you know, or well, you know of him very well. Valentino is my boss because he needed someone to watch after you for the same reason you know him, & he chose me because of that same reason. I am to take care of you because he can't look after you. So he told me my task was to watch after you instead. To this day, I still don't know why he chose me instead of someone else. I have been trying to get him to tell me the answer, but he'll never give me a straight answer. Our job is to watch over the whole world, find specially gifted people called 'Users,' & then monitor them all. These 'Users' are people who have their Psychic abilities activated & actively use them. Whether that's for good or for their benefit doesn't matter to us. We will watch them regardless. The terrorist group that I mentioned back at the airport & that attacked us was 'The Council of Agamotto,' They're a group of Users who use their psychic abilities to try to gain power over everything & everyone. It seems they want to do is try to take over the world, as if they were in a terrible superhero movie."

"How do they plan on taking over the world?" John immediately confusingly asks Jasmine.

Jasmine rolls her eyes, sighs, & says, "They have caused many terrible events in the past. The group has caused some of the worst things in history."

John immediately asks her, "What are some of the events that they have caused?"

Jasmine immediately replies, "They have caused all major international wars, mostly indirectly, but they have directly caused a few of the conflicts themselves. They like to work from the shadows, in the background, be in hiding until they need certain things done. Then, it's at that point where they'll come out of hiding & get involved with whatever they need finished. They prefer not to get their hand dirty & only work on their projects from behind the curtains."

John thinks for a moment, then asks Jasmine, "You said the ones who attacked us at the airport were the group members themselves. So that means that they had to come out of hiding & get their hands dirty. So there must be something important that caused them to come out of hiding to attack us three out in public. Unless they hire 'Users' regularly to do their jobs."

Jasmine immediately replies, "No, they haven't hired 'Users' in the past to do anything. They prefer to keep all the stuff that requires psychic means to be done by themselves. So the chances that some hired thugs attacked us are almost impossible. They like to do the psychic stuff the correct way, which they think can only do it correctly if they, themselves, do it. If the group hired those thugs, then that's a significant change, which is to be feared because they never like to change their tactics. Why change the way of doing something if it always works. So, I highly doubt that they hired some thugs who happen to be Users."

John nods his head, then replies with, "So why are you so willing to tell me all of this stuff? I understand about the terrorist group part but telling us the rest makes no sense. Isn't everything you told me top-secret or something like that? Also, what did you mean when you said 'someone I knew or knew of very well'? Who is he?"

Jasmine lets out a small chuckle while she slowly shakes her head, "Yes, everything is highly classified, & leaking any of the information I told you out into the public, is punishable by death, regardless of the nation that it happened in. However, I AM allowed to tell you certain things, but I can't give you all the answers you want because Alexia & Luke still being in the room. BUT, I'm not allowed to tell you how you know Valentino. Not yet, however! Maybe he'll let me tell you more about that, but for now, he won't."