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Rafe shrugs as we take our drinks to the table and sit down, “Yeah, I couldn’t sleep. I’m worried about them, and I’m worried about what sort of condition Quinn could be in after all of this time. I mean, he was there for years.”
“I know what you mean, and if Hunt was willing to cut off his finger, fuck knows what else has been done to him. That finger had to have belonged to him as well because Mr R would’ve tested it extensively.” I reply it’s something that’s been bugging me.
“Jonah and the guys will be aware of that though, and they’ll be able to help him. Not only that, but Mr R employs some of the best-trained therapists in the world, so he’s going to have all the support that he needs,” Rafe adds.
“Yeah, that makes me feel a bit better,” I reply.
“He’s also got to get his head around the changes that have happened since he’s been gone. I mean, Lyric’s pregnant,” Trick says, clearly having overheard our conversation as he takes a seat next to me.
“Fuck, yeah. That’s going to be an adjustment. Do you want me to get you a coffee?” I ask him since he can’t carry it while on his crutches.
He smiles, “No, it's okay. Jensen is doing it.”
The room quickly fills up with the other guys, and Rafe and Rage get back up to pull everything out of the oven as we all help him lay the table. We’ve just finished, and I’m on my second cup when we hear the front door open, and all of the others stride in together. I check my watch, and sure enough, it's seven on the dot.
Everyone looks ready to go as they help themselves to coffee and food and sit down at the table while Pete and Ace sit next to each other and pull out their laptops as they both start to work and eat at the same time.
Their dedication and readiness to get to work immediately impresses me and makes me proud at the same time. This is why we work so well as a team.
“Noel and the guys are all on standby,” Elijah says, and then adds, “I can get them to come up now if you want them in on the debrief.”
“We could really do with them here, but I don’t want to waste any more time, so could you just fill them in later?” Trick replies.
“Yeah, of course.”
Chapter Twenty-Seven
“Itake it that you two are already trying to get the satellite imagery up?” Trick asks Pete and Ace, who just hum and nod in agreement, making the rest of us smile, even Lyric and her men, who all look worried sick.
I know if I were them, I wouldn’t be able to stop my worry until I knew that he was safe. I am worried about the effect it's going to have on Lyric though, and judging from the way that all of her men are watching her so closely, they’re also worrying about it. I’m really glad that they aren’t all coming with us. Not only am I not sure it would be a good idea for Lyric, but also because we don’t know what we’re going to find, and that really fucking worries me.
“Okay, so what’s the plan bossman?” Atty asks Trick.
“It’s reasonably straightforward. We’re going to wait for Ace and Pete to find the imagery, which will hopefully show us if the place is occupied and give us a heads-up as to what we’re dealing with. Once we’ve established that, then we need to inform everyone who’s helping us and get them set up where they need to be, and we can head straight out. I want to do at least a small amount of surveillance in person before we head in so that we know the best entrances and exits and all of that.” Trick starts.
“So you want to head out this evening?” Jynx asks, her phone in her hand.
“Ideally, yes, depending on what the guys can find out from the satellite imagery. It’s going to take us a while to fly there, so if we aim to leave this evening after dinner, then we should get there at about three in the morning. That will give us enough time to coordinate with the other teams and get them in place as well as set up so that we can keep an eye on them to find the exits. We’re going to have to move fairly quickly because we don’t want to risk them realising we’re there and putting any security measures in place.” Trick replies while everyone listens intently.
“I think it’s also worth noting that this guy was able to procure an incredibly rare poison,” Mason adds, pointing out something that hadn’t actually occurred to me. “If he can get a hold of something like that, and a lot of it too, then we need to be extremely careful.”
“Mase is right. I think I’d even suggest wearing some sort of breathing apparatus to make sure we didn’t inhale anything nasty,” Jynx adds thoughtfully.
“I can talk to Mr R about getting some breathing gear. I know the tech team has some pretty advanced stuff where they’ve streamlined the design so that it won’t affect our view or anything like that and still keep us protected,” Trick replies, looking to Pete for clarification since he’s the only one of us that spends a considerable amount of time with the tech team.
“Pete?” Elijah nudges him since he’s still engrossed in his laptop.
“What?” Pete asks, glancing up, “Sorry.”
“Jynx suggested that we use a breathing apparatus when we go in since Hunt has proven to be a very well-connected adversary,” I explain.
Pete nods, “Yeah, that’s a good idea. The tech team has some awesome equipment that’s just finished going through all the checks and is ready to go. We should be able to take it with us, and the design is fucking awesome. It's not heavy or restricting at all, and it tells you if there’s anything harmful in the air around you and what it is.”
“Wow, that is really fucking cool,” Mal replies, looking thoroughly impressed.
“The tech team are some of the best in the world,” Dominic points out. “I’m glad they’ve decided to use their skills for good.”
“Me too,” Pete agrees and then immediately goes back to what he’s doing.
