It was one of those times that Mark was glad he learned interrogation from the organization.
"Tell me! What was the project?!" He jammed the pistol into the ragged, scrawny man's forehead.
"I-I sw-sw-swear I d-d-don't know ab-b-out it!" The man was absolutely terrified, but Mark knew he was still keeping something from him.
"Oh, you don't?" He fired, but at the last second, he turned the pistol so the bullet barely grazed the man. "Is that your final answer?"
At this point, the man totally broke down. "O-o-OK. I-i-I do k-k-k-know a-a-b-b-bout the p-proj-ject! I-i-I'll t-tell you! I-i-I'll t-tell you...e-e-everyth-th-thing!"
Mark smiled. "I'm glad we understand each other." He put down the black briefcase he was holding in his left hand. The pistol in his other hand backed up, but just a little. "Start talking."
"W-well..." the man began. And amid Mark's occasional "Keep talking!", the man began to speak. He talked about the special flash that the organization developed which supposedly was able to supress memories, causing one to enter a state of amnesia. But then he talked about the second half of the project, and at this point reached for a shelf on the wall, then stopped with his hand on the handle. Mark nodded, and the man opened the shelf, and took out a syringe with a clear liquid within it. He explained that the liquid within the syringe was a prototype formula meant to perfect the state of erasing one's memories. It would move into the brain and essentially wipe any "unneccessary" long-term memories within the subject. Mark then gestured with his hand, and the man handed the syringe over with shaking hands. Mark handled it with two gloved fingers tenderly, then placed it within his pocket.
"Is that all?" Mark inquired. "Say it all, or I will kill you."
"O-o-one more thing. The l-l-lead scientist on th-the project was," the man gulped, "Someone named Skye."
Mark pondered over this information carefully. Then he turned around, and started for the door.
The man began to say, "Wait..." but Mark was already out the door before he finished. "You forgot your briefcase!"
Beep.
And from the briefcase, all hell came loose. The explosion tore apart the apartment like the walls were paper.
Meanwhile, Mark was looking over the syringe carefully. He turned it around, and read off the label: "Clear."
Right then, Mark felt something was wrong. He searched his pockets.
"Where's my phone?"