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“Why didn’t he mention it?” Atlas asks, “He already told us the locations he knew, and he was being listened to. Why didn’t he carry it on and save himself?”
“It could have been for a number of reasons. He’d just learned his family was safe, and always had been, but that he was never going to see any of them again, that he’d betrayed his country and everyone at the agency for nothing. Maybe he felt he deserved his fate,” Rafe replies.
“That’s very true. We also don’t know whether it had any contingency in place for if it was triggered, that would have been worse than the quick death that he got,” Luc adds.
“I will get him to the autopsy as soon as possible, and I will let you know as soon as we find anything,” Mr R replies firmly, his voice full of determination.
“If you can recover the bug, or as much of it as possible, and get it to the tech team, then they should be able to develop something that will detect them, even while dormant, so they aren’t a threat in the future. I am happy to help with that.” Peter explains, and his knowledge and skill in this area always surprises me.
“They’re going to need your help. If you weren’t so adamant about staying where you are, and I didn’t think Ever would kill me, I would have had you working with the tech team from when you first arrived. I assume you know that we were watching you before Alaric and Atlas and all of that?”
Even though Mr R can't see, Peter nods and replies, “Yes, I was made aware of that, Sir.”
“That’s where we were going to put you. We were simply waiting for you to finish school, and if we hadn’t, who knows what would have happened.”
“Well, no offense, but I’m incredibly glad it worked out how it did. I found my family and was reunited with the love of my life, not to mention that I've gained some skills that I would never have if I were in the tech room permanently.”
Peter’s response makes me incredibly proud, and I blow him a kiss.
“Oh, I have no doubt that you are exactly where you belong, Pete,” Mr R replies fondly and then switches back to work mode, “so far, all of Gauld’s teammates' families are safe. I’m just waiting for one more, and I imagine that it will be the same. I will keep you updated on everything, and I trust that you will do the same.”
“We will, Sir,” Trick replies and then promptly hangs up.
“I like him,” Rip says.
“He’s a good man and good to work for,” I reply with a smile.
“This bug possibility complicates things a little bit more,” Riot says, what we’re all thinking.
“Yes, but it might also give us more answers; only three or four people are making these kinds of prototypes, so if we can identify who made it, we can get one step closer to finding Hunt,” Ace explains.
“He is so insanely well connected,” Jynx mutters, “first with the poison, and now with this rare tech, he’s got more money than fucking god. None of these things are cheap, and these are just the things that we know about. Fuck knows what else he could have up his sleeves. It makes him incredibly dangerous on so many levels.”
“You’re right. We need to approach this with so much caution. I will not lose anyone to this man, and he needs to be taken down so that he is no longer able to hurt or manipulate anyone else.” Rage replies.
“The thing is, the organisation is top secret. Only a few high-ups in the government know that it exists, so there is a chance that he’s manipulated someone incredibly high up to spill secrets, which means there is a lot more at risk than just the organisation and its members.” Rome gives us another view of the situation.
“Fucking hell,” I curse as the severity of the potential situation starts to unravel.
“We need to take this fucker out as quickly and efficiently as possible. I think that needs to become our number one priority,” Atlas says, his eyes on me, watching how I’ll react.
“I agree, but we still do everything in our power to save Rylie and bring her home in one piece,” I reply firmly.
“Of course,” Trick replies while everyone else nods.
We’re all silent for a moment before springing back into action.
“Right, I’m going to head home and see if I can work on this,” Peter says, standing up.
“Yeah, I want to get home and get started as well. The sooner we can find that second location, the better.” Ace adds.
“I guess that’s our cue to get going,” Jynx smiles, coming over to me as I stand up and giving me a tight hug.
“Let us know how it goes tomorrow and when we plan to leave the next day,” Rome says.
“We will. Thanks, guys,” Trick replies as we say goodbye to them. "Jonah got back to me, and as we thought, they're going to sit this one out."
Jynx nods, not looking surprised at all as she replies, "Thought so, see you guys."
