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They made their way across the roof, choosing their steps carefully behind Locke, until they came to the edge of the building that faced theTangier.
Max looked down at it — at the glittering dome that was its trademark, the tower that held thousands of people who didn’t know who and what Jason was, the top floor where right now Jason thought his money and power kept him safe — and felt a surge of purehatred.
The casino was an altar to Jason’s ego. Nothingmore.
An altar to his corrupted, twistedsoul.
Locke removed his pack and bent down to unzip it. When he straightened he was holding a smalldrone.
“You sure this is going to work?” Farrellasked.
“I’msure.”
“I don’t trust anything I can’t control with my ownhands.”
“You mean anything you can’t beat to a pulp with your own hands,” Lockesaid.
“Thattoo.”
“You can control this with your hands.” Locke removed the remote, complete with a small screen. “It just takes a little practice, a littlefinesse.”
“Finesse isn’t my strong suit,” Farrellsaid.
“You don’tsay.”
Locke set the drone on the edge of the roof and straightened as he turned on the remote. They waited while he synched the drone with the remote, and a moment later, the drone fluttered to life, lifting upward with hardly asound.
“Go get it baby,” Locke murmured, working theremote.
The drone disappeared into the darkness over theirheads.
Max edged closer to Locke, watching on the screen as the city’s light pulsed below. It took less than a minute for the roof of the Tangier to come intoview.
“Easy now…” Locke worked the joystick on the remote, moving the drone into a position only heunderstood.
“You sure you’ll be able to get close enough?” Carlosasked.
Locke’s eyes were glued to the screen as he maneuvered the drone. “I outfitted the drone with a pretty strong magnet. As long as I can get it within a foot of the carabiner, it should grabhold.”
Max had no idea how Locke had managed to get the zip-line connected to the Tangier, but according to him, it was there, one end securely attached to the roof, the other waiting to be ferried across the empty space between the twobuildings.
“There you are, beautiful,” Locke said when the dangling carabiner came into sight on thescreen.
Max watched as the metal piece became bigger, the drone growing closer to it as Locke slowed it down, taking advantage of its ability to hover as he moved it intoplace.
“Almost… there…” He exhaled. "There itis.”
Max had to look closely at the grainy image on the remote to see that Locke was right, the drone was pulling the line across the space between the two buildings, proof that the carabiner had locked onto itsmagnet.
Max saw the Drew’s roof come into view on the screen before he spotted the drone itself. He was almost surprised when it hovered above them, then dropped to a gentle landing on the roof next to Locke’sfeet.
The end of the cable was attached, the magnet holding onto thecarabiner.
“Jackpot,” Locke said, bending to pick up the drone. He disconnected the cable and set down the drone. “I’ll connect the cable and we’ll be good togo.”
He walked a few feet to the corner of the roof, then flattened himself onto his stomach, his head hanging over the side. Max wasn’t afraid of heights, but he was still taken aback by the casualness with which Locke dangled his head sixty-eight stories over the asphaltbelow.
How he’d gotten the connector in place on the Drew’s side was less of a mystery than the connection on the roof of the Tangier. Max assumed he’d planted it sometime in the last couple days using the same path to the roof they’d justtraversed.
