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She paused to pick up her tablet, making a few taps, only for the tablet in front of me to come to life. I focused down at it, picking it up to look at the massive wall of text displayed on the screen.
She continued. âNow, Mr. Archer, media censorship and classifying your information are inconsequential, so if you would, please sign at the bottom and weâll move on to discussing your other requests.â
I scoffed. âYou canât really expect me to just sign this without reading it first.â
Surprisingly, she gave me an understanding and patient look. âYes, well none of these documents will be fully valid until you sign the actual CDS Hire Contract. However, weâll have you sign what you can as we go over the topics, mostly just to indicate an agreement has been reached, and youâll be supplied with the final documentation once negotiations have been finalized, prior to your confirmation signature.â She paused. âYou may also write âcontingent upon hireâ next to your signature, if you so desire. Is that acceptable?â
I nodded with a sigh, still trying to quickly skim the information before me, prior to signing it.
However, it appeared to be just as she said. The displayed document, as well as the following one, were entirely regarding the media censorship and classification of my personal information. I still signed both with âcontingent upon hire,â as she recommended, but it didnât appear they were trying to scam me into signing something I didnât truly want to agree to.
âPerfect,â she said, making a few taps on her tablet, before setting it down. She then interlaced her fingers and rested her chin on them. âNow, Mr. Archer, you requested the capacity to reject missions as desired. Weâd like to know the reason.â
I nodded, glancing at the other people in the room, all eyes on me. âYes, well, I donât actually plan on rejecting missions. However, if an emergency came up, especially one that involved the immediate safety of my family, then Iâd like the ability to attend to that first.â
Moulton and Burnham both immediately scoffed on my left, with the General speaking up first.
âSo you want to prioritize the wellbeing of a handful of people over possibly millions of innocents,â he grumbled in a harsh tone, brushing off the shoulder of his immaculate military uniform with a look of disgust. âThatâs no hero. And in war, that kind of narcissistic behavior is a felony.â
Moulton didnât miss a beat, his dark skin heavily furrowed at the brow, his eyes narrowed. âNaĂŻve and reckless,â he agreed. âWe need soldiers on the battlefield, not an unreliable POG who lacks commitment.â
Okay, I didnât like the way this was going at all. They needed me more than I needed them, and that fact needed to be crystal clear.
My tone was hard. âLet me rephrase. I donât care about being a hero. I didnât come to you guys because I wanted to be a hero. You came to me, offering me a job, and Iâm telling you right now that the safety and wellbeing of my family will always come first. Whether you decide to accept my request or not.â
âSo then, itâs an ultimatum,â Connolly sneered, her pink eyes narrow, her arms crossed.
My tone was sarcastic, my comment poised as a question. âThat Iâll do my job, but in the rare instance when my familyâs life might be in immediate danger, Iâll prioritize that? Yeah, itâs going to happen. And if you canât deal with that, then feel free to retract your offer.â
The room was completely silent.
Jackie finally cleared her throat, picking up her tablet again. âWe can offer a security team to be assigned whenever youâre deployed on a mission. However, the risk of you leaving in the middle of an operation is highly problematic.â She met my gaze. âWhen strategizing for an undertaking, each super fills an essential role in the plan. Eliminating even one piece last-minute can jeopardize the safety of everyone involved, and we canât risk losing our personnel because one of our incumbents lacks commitment.â
I took a deep breath, interlacing my fingers on the table. âLook, Iâm not going to just leave because I feel like it. And Iâm not even talking about leaving in the middle of a mission to begin with. Iâm asking for the ability to reject a mission in the event that I have personal concerns about my familyâs safety â ones in which a typical security force might be unqualified to handle.â
I got a round of scoffs from everyone at that, but no one spoke up this time.
Jackie looked around the room for a moment, as if searching for opposition, before tapping on her tablet again. âWeâll include a rider to the original hire contract that allows for you to opt-out of non-apocalyptic level missions. HoweverâŠâ She paused to look up at me again. âIf we are dealing with a threat of that magnitude then rejecting the mission is going to put your family in danger either way.â She glanced down to make a few more taps, causing my tablet to light up again. âThat is our offer. You can either sign, and we will move on, or you can choose to refuse, and our meeting ends here.â
Damn, she wasnât playing around. But I supposed I was fine with that compromise. Not to mention, I intended to have a lawyer go over the final contract before I signed anyway, so worrying about further details at this point didnât seem as
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