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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 5017759" data-attributes="member: 3285">No Pain No Gain: PrologueA news feed flashed across the agents' cistrons. Nina Juarez appeared in a smart-looking suit and skirt with a serious expression that conveyed the grave importance of her subject."This is Nina Juarez with a special report.  Tonight, we're investigating Dawn Biozyme. You may recall that Dawn Biozyme, a subsidiary of MegaCosmos, is currently under investigation by the government on a variety of federal and state charges. After the charges were filed, one of MegaCosmos' board members, 58-year-old David Melton, was found dead of his own hand. His suicide note confessed guilt in the funding and covert manipulation of Dawn Biozyme, and records accompanying the note contained information implicating Melton and CEO Matthew Lewis in a plot to fleece millions from Dawn Biozyme, Tiger Transit, and MegaCosmos. The state of California is prosecuting Lewis now. We caught up with Lewis at his luxurious townhouse."Lewis, looking haggard and worried, shoved a palm at the camera.  "No comment!"The screen returned to Juarez. "There's more to this story than just corruption. Dawn Biozyme was established in the late 1980s to market new strains of genetically engineered agricultural products. Its founder, majority stockholder and CEO Matthew Lewis, is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and eldest son of a family long connected to Washington politics. By 1994 Dawn Biozyme was in dour financial straits. That's when GNN learned that Lewis met Cynthia Dexter."A picture of a woman in her forties appeared to the left of Juarez's talking head. She wore her brown hair long with a natural cut that showed off the hair's thickness without looking like it was the product of an expensive salon. Her face was long, her lips full, and her piercing eyes a dark green, fading to brown. It looked like a glamour shot. "Our sources have learned that Cynthia Dexter was a "Big Sister" for a new age self-actualization and self-realization group called the Sisterhood of New Potential. As a Big Sister, it was her job to recruit new members into the group and help guide them on their journey of development and liberation as they learn to unlock hidden strengths and full potential." "GNN has discovered that the Sisterhood of New Potential actually has its roots in the True Love Study Group, founded in 1965. They operated as a commune on a large forested plot on the heart of California's northern Sierra Mountains. In 1977, three of the Group's leaders—Joshua Freese, Chester Marsh, and Richard Waugh—were indicted for first-degree murder. They were all judged not guilty by reason of insanity. Freese is still in a mental institution, Marsh was released but later convinced for rape, and Waugh died under mysterious circumstances.  After these incidents the Group disbanded…until recently. Fourteen members of the former Group formed the Sisterhood of New Potential in 1989. The Sisterhood relocated the commune to a Wilderness Retreat Center, the whereabouts of which are currently unknown.""Did the illegal operations funded by MegaCosmos take root in the cult activities of Dexter and Lewis? What precisely was going on in the basements of Dawn Biozyme's labs? When we return, we take a look at possible theories…"Hammer's feed was interrupted by a call.  He picked it up.A woman's voice answered. "Agent Hammer?"Hammer blinked . He recognized her voice. "Fiona?""Listen, I just saw the news report about the Sisterhood of New Potential.  Are you working on that case?""Yes, why?""I think I have some information you'll want to hear about.  Can you visit me at the Ecotopian offices?""We'll be right over."</blockquote>

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