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“What about how we’re communicating through this?” Trick asks, frowning slightly.
“Well, you, Cash, and Jensen will be running the proper surveillance of the house, hence the van that you’ve got. Everyone will be wearing bodycams, and you will be able to switch through all of the feeds so you know exactly what is going on. Everyone will also have earpieces that you can use to contact people. However, I am the only one who will be on the same frequency as you guys because I’m in charge of the perimeter team. That way, we can communicate, and you can let me know when we need to head in. Trick, you guys will be responsible for that because I imagine that we’re not going to want to risk the others talking.” Alaric starts to explain.
“Yeah, we can do that,” Cash replies.
I can see the tension in all three of them that they’re going to be watching instead of participating, but there’s no denying that we need this help to keep everything running smoothly and keep everyone in the loop. There are so many of us that it's vital.
“There will be seconds between when we send the teams into the house and when we tell you to make your approach,” Trick replies, “the teams entering the house are going to do so as quietly as possible. As soon as we see the first people being alerted to their presence, I want you guys to come in fast and hard unless the teams inside state otherwise.”
“Got it,” Alaric replies, respecting who Trick is as a leader, “Everyone needs to be on the lookout for Hunt, its inevitable that he’s going to try to escape, he’s been free and getting away with this sort of shit for a long fucking time and he’s not going to give it up without a fight. Not only that, but he has been in this position before and managed to escape.”
“Understood,” several of us reply together. We all know that he’s elusive and difficult to catch. Otherwise, we would’ve caught him by now, and he wouldn’t be the massive threat that he is.
“Our main focus is getting Rylie and Quinn out, but one of them may know where in the house that Hunt is, and if they’re able to tell us, then we’ll use that to our advantage.” Jynx comments.
“Of course,” Alaric replies, a smile in his voice.
“Right, we’ll send Elijah and his team your way, and we’ll get to the location now. As soon as we’re in the vans, we’ll put the earpieces in and then let you know when we’re going to head in. We want to observe for a while first to make sure that we don’t get surprised by anything,” Trick explains.
“That sounds good. That’s definitely how I would play it,” Alaric replies, making Trick smile, and then he adds, “We’ll talk soon.”
Once Alaric has hung up, Trick looks around at everyone and says, “Elijah, you and your team take one of the vans. You’ll be on our frequency, so you’ll know what’s going on before the others. Jynx, you and your team, along with Ezra and Creed, take the second van and go to the agreed place to keep an eye on the main entrance road but close to the house. We’ll get as close to the gate as we can. We’re going to have to climb over in order to get in.”
“Got it,” Jynx replies.
“I should be able to get us through the gate and keep them open without alerting anyone inside that there’s anything wrong with it,” Ace says. "I just need to get close enough to the gate."
“I can help,” Pete offers.
“Great, we’ll have you two do that, and then we’ll head in, and Cash, Jensen, and I will keep an eye on things from out here,” Trick replies.
“Sounds good,” Rome replies.
Everyone splits off to their own vans, and it's not until I’m in ours, sitting between Cash and Jensen, surrounded by screens and equipment, that I quietly ask, “Are you two okay?”
I would ask Trick too, but he’s sitting up front with Atlas and Luc, and I know that they are both checking in on him to make sure that he’s okay.
Jensen nods, but although he smiles, the skin around his eyes is tight with tension. When I just raise my eyebrow at him, he sighs and rubs his thumb over the back of my hand.
“I’m struggling with not going with you guys. There’s a small voice in my head telling me that I’m well enough to do it, even though I know it would be a big risk, and that isn’t necessarily true.” He replies honestly.
“I know it's hard. We all know I wouldn’t be coping very well if the situation was reversed, but that voice is wrong, and you wouldn’t be able to forgive yourself if something happened to one of us because you couldn’t do something as quickly as you usually do.” I tell him, being relatively blunt because that’s what he needs right now.
“She’s right,” Cash replies, “as much as I hate to admit it, and as much as I want to be out there with them, we’d be more of a hindrance than we would be a help, and I know that neither of us wants to risk that.”
“You’re right. I just haven’t been in this position before, not when there’s such a big case to do. It’s a steep learning curve,” Jensen replies.
“You’re going to be able to talk to us whenever through the earpieces and you’re going to be able to see things and warn us of them before we may be able to see them, and that’s fucking invaluable, especially in a situation like this one when Hunt poses such a big and unknown threat because of the reach that he has,” I reply.
“You’ll also be able to communicate with all the other teams too and see what they’re up to and the progress that they’ve made, you’re technically going to have more information than we do,” Riot points out having easily overheard our conversation in the small confines of the van.
“Yeah, that’s true. At least we aren’t just sitting doing nothing with no information while you guys are in danger,” Jensen replies thoughtfully, looking slightly less tense.
“Exactly,” Peter replies, “we need you to help keep everyone safe. Like usual, it's just in a slightly different capacity than it is normally.”
“That helps,” Cash replies.
“Good.”
