Section Twenty-Six

Moments later, in the Office of the Comerlegno, a Swiss Guard paged Olivetti and told him that they had recieved a bomb threat from a phone call. He explained that the person on the other end mentioned something about antimatter, and asked if they had seen it there yet. At this Olivetti was very thankful for the Guard letting him know, and demanded that if he call back he pages him. The Guard told Olivetti that the person on the other end of the phone was still on the line, but they were not able to trace him. At this, the Comerlegno grabbed the walkie talkie and told the Swiss Guard to transfer the line up to his office.

Everyone in the room listened as the caller spoke. He told them that he was the messenger from the Illuminati. He told them not to speak, and that they will all be better off if they just listen to him. He said that they have planted the bomb (antimatter) inside of the city, and that at midnight, the whole city will be demolished. He said that they have somebody on the inside walls of the Vatican to make all of this possible. He also told them that he had the preferiti, the "chosen" four Cardinals. The man on the line said that he was a descendant of the Hassassin, which explained what his plans were for the four missing Cardinals. The Hassassin said that he planned to kill the men in public in churches, and that he would do to them what the churches had done to four scientists long ago. The churches killed the men in public and branded their chests with the symbol of the cross on their chests. The Hassassin planned to brand the four missing Cardinals on the chest with symbols of the Illuminati, and kill them in the churches of Rome. This would be considered payback for what the church had done to the four scientists years ago. He said he would kill one an hour, every hour from 8PM until 11PM then at 12 midnight, the final act would occur, the destroying of Vatican City.

When the Hassassin mentioned something about Leonardo Vetra, Vittoria suddenly became outraged. She snapped at him, saying "I swear on my life, before this night is over, I will find you. And when I do..." the killer laughed and replied with, "A woman of spirit. I am aroused. Perhaps before this night is over, I will find you. And when I do..." And then he was gone.