Just vanished. I turn to Seamus. “Can you get the K9’s to see if anything else was flying? A missile, something notidentified?”
He looks at me and smiles. “Yeah, they’re chipped out of ABSZ.”
I scan the map Raid had someone put up. Last seen was about forty miles west of Bravo. “Hey, engineer, can you get Bravo Ops up.”
“It’s not up yet. I can get you the phone for Pres Falcon or VP Jack.”
“Whatever, get someone for me to ask questions.”
“Decker.”
That was fast. “Jack, it’s Hud Girard. Last flight tag you got was forty miles from you. Did you see it before the satellite went down?”
“I expected to but it never showed here. We had choppers up and someone had a near miss but it was a good ten miles east of us. That chopper didn’t have a flight plan for us but it was close so I figured it was transport.”
“What’s east of you?”
“Desert and canyon.”
Just vanished. “The chopper that’s down is Asa’s transport. Why would it be east of the ABSZ?”
“Good question, Brother. That’s a good seventy miles from us. Asa’s transport wasn’t logged to the ABSZ from what Amal said. Phoenix is a mess right now. Protectors thatcanare flying everywhere right now.” He’s building a head of steam.
“Brother, focus. Snag a Protector that’s not flying and ask them to follow the flight. I need what else was flying up there.”
“Jesus on a stick. Yeah, I’ll call Mucimi or Lucas.”
“Hey, call Logan Done from the new Club. He’s magic and probably free. Ask him what else was flying.”
“Thanks, Brother.” He’s gone.
I pocket my phone. “Havoc, can you see if drones were up?”
Just vanished means something, it keeps coming back to me. Desert and canyon.
The bark makes me jump. It’s weird in a chopper. Shadow and Havoc have boards up. “The drones?”
I move behind them and watch. “Son of a Bitch. The chopper went past the ABSZ. Elon, Champion and Bravo all have the new drones?”
Shadow barks once. “Okay, so the drones followed or went to a programmed spot and are with them. We need to find them; they’re not with the chopper and weren’t near it when it went down. Can anyone track where the drones were from each Club before the satellite went dark?”
Havoc barks. He’s not a barker so it’s weird.
Seamus laughs. “He’s got Elan just about at the center of the ABSZ.”
I pull a map up and draw a line to ten miles past Bravo. “Where were Champion drones?”
“Five miles north of the end of your line there. How did you know?”
“Just vanished. Alder said he’d send the drones for a kidnapping. They have the chameleon drones that would hide or whatever they do, they aren’t seen and they’d need a shit ton of them.”
“They pulled the other Club drones. That’s fuckin’ genius.” The engineer has us all nodding.
“Get Hay-bale to start S&R in that area. The search is too far north.”
I look for his chat and send LP a message. ‘Your drones camouflaged the crew and passengers.’
My phone rings. “Where?” LP talks less than me.
