11. JTF Alpha

The Masters

Aug 12 2023 • 36 mins

Previously—In episode 10, Sepulveda walks with Spillers in the Grass Cutting Area compound, only to wake up below the canopy of the enormous ceiba tree. Unable to speak or move his legs, things quickly take a turn for the bizarre when Garcia shows up. This is the Spaniard Santiago’s father killed over 400 years earlier while protecting his family. During the melee, Spillers disappears from view and tells Captain Sepulveda he must get up and fight or die at the hands of the Spaniard. There’s a struggle during which Sepulveda is convinced he will die. In what he believes are his last moments, he finds a macana and uses it to get the better of Garcia. When he rises to his feet, the there is only Santiago. The old man, who appears to be able to change his appearance at will, explains that he has brought Sepulveda here despite his physical body remaining in building one—that the two are now entangled in what he describes as shared intent. He ends by warning him that something ominous is coming. Back at building one, we learn from Spillers and Ramler that JTF Alpha is inbound to Puerto Rico, and will be jumping in in less than 45 minutes.