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“No,” Rome replies sternly before anyone else can tell Ace not to, “we’re not putting Ever and the guys at risk because everyone will know that’s where we got access to the original badge.”
“I know,” Ace replies, sounding somewhat offended, “I wouldn’t really, I was merely pointing out that I could.”
“Back to your original point, though, if that situation ever arises, we can vouch for you. Not only that, but Mr R will make sure that you don’t actually get charged since you’re working with us,” Riot tells them.
“That’s definitely good to know,” Malachi replies, sounding slightly relieved, “I don’t know what I thought would happen in that situation or even if it crossed my mind to be worried about it, but it’s definitely good to know.”
“We probably should’ve mentioned it before,” Cash replies.
“Sorry to interrupt, guys, but I just wanted to make sure that you were all okay with me checking out what’s on this USB stick now?” Pete asks, and then adds, “We’ve got a long drive ahead of us, and the sooner I can find out what’s on it, the better.”
“Have you got a properly secured laptop with you?” Ace asks before any of us can say anything.
“Yes, I always bring one with me on jobs just in case, you never know when you might need one.”
“Too true, dude,” Ace replies, sounding impressed, and I actually love the friendship that they have.
Peter looks at Trick, waiting for him to answer, and Trick smiles, “I don’t see why not. Have at it.”
“Call us if you find anything. I want to listen to my road trip tunes,” Jynx suddenly says from the other car, and we all burst into laughter as we hear her guys groan as she hangs up the phone.
The drive home is a bit more relaxed than the drive here was and we stop a few times for food, road trip snacks, coffee, and then consequently bathroom breaks when the amount of coffee we drink makes us need to pee, the upside of stopping so often is that we get to switch drivers reasonably regularly, so no one gets overly tired or grumpy.
We’re nearly home when Pete suddenly sits up straight and exclaims excitedly, which, to be honest, makes those of us who are sleeping or almost asleep jump out of our skin.
Pete winces as he looks around the car and then says, “I’m into the file.”
“Nice work, man, I’ll call the other car,” Trick replies.
Once we’re connected, Peter starts talking, “Okay, so you know there was only one file?”
“Yeah,” Rage replies curiously.
“Well, it wasn’t as straightforward as I originally thought it would be, and there were a few security measures that I had to break through to get in, pretty sophisticated stuff that I won’t bore you with explaining now,” he explains.
“Fill me in later?” Ace asks.
“Of course.” Pete replies and then carries on, “So, I got in, and we were right before when we walked in. It triggered something that obviously started the countdown on the bomb but also kick-started the cameras as well.”
“So we were being watched like we thought?” Mason asks over the phone.
“Yes, I think I can pretty much guarantee that,” Peter replies.
“So, Hunt now knows that we are the ones looking for him,” Trick adds, not sounding very happy about it at all.
“Not necessarily, for all he knows we could just be tying up loose ends or something,” I say somewhat hopefully.
“We could, but he’s clearly not stupid, so he’s going to know that Gauld talked,” Atty reminds me.
“Good point. I was just trying to put a positive spin on it,” I say with a smile.
“We need to be extra careful now that he knows that we were there,” Rafe adds, sounding worried, and to be honest, I really can’t blame him. It is concerning.
“It could create several issues, but we’re aware of it which he most likely assumed that we wouldn’t be, so we have the advantage here,” Peter adds. “I’m not too concerned, we’d be careful anyway and I don’t think we need to change our approach.”
“Okay, if you’re sure?” Trick asks.
“I am, and I’ll let you know if that changes,” Peter replies.
