armor and firepower, so once we meet them, we’ll get changed.”
“Do we have any idea of how to get into
the facility?”
“We think that we do. Dan and I have
had someone spying on the place since yesterday, and I don’t believe that this
facility has an elevator that acts as a transport to the underground like the
other one. My guy has noticed several people going in and out of the back of the
place. I think that there’s either a large lift, or more likely, a simple set
of stairs somewhere in the back.”
With his questions answered, Michael
sat back in his seat. He was worried about what was going to happen. Lately, he
felt like he was in better shape mentally. He had even been able to make an
escape plan back when they were all imprisoned, but he hadn’t fired a weapon
since he was in the army. He didn’t know if he could shoot a rifle without
losing it. I should have just gone into witness protection. I’m going to get
everyone killed with all of my second guessing, Michael thought.
* * * * *
The next morning, Lee was still feeling
a bit under the weather, but he shook the feeling off and started getting ready
as fast as he possibly could. For the first time in his life, he couldn’t wait
to get back to work. He burst into the bathroom where he saw something
extremely unexpected. There stood Trish. She was just stepping out of the
shower, and she was only wearing a towel.
“What . . . what are you doing?” Trish
asked in an angry and very surprised sort of way.
“I’m sorry!” Lee exclaimed as he ran
out of the bathroom.
Why in the world was I ever jealous of
what that pervert thought, Trish wondered.
Trish would have normally beat Lee half
to death for doing such a thing, but he was already beaten up badly enough from
back in Tampa. Oh God, she is going to kill me, Lee thought as he shut the door
to his room. Eventually, the three of them got ready and were on their way to
work. The drive wasn’t as odd as Lee expected it to be. Trish only shot him
some hard looks, but otherwise, she didn’t maim him in the way that he expected
her to. Once Lee arrived at his work floor, he was met by Megan.
“We’re going to have you listen to a
little chatter today,” Megan said.
“Chatter?” Lee asked in confusion.
“Yeah. You listen to people’s
conversations on phones that we have tapped. If they say anything suspicious,
you write down who they are and what they said. Then you can come tell me.”
Lee got to work on his task, but his
enthusiasm quickly faded. For thirty minutes he listened to a man argue with
his wife, and then for an hour he heard a man talking to a tech support person
about his wireless internet. The task he had been given was not only boring,
but as far as he could tell, it was meaningless. Lunch rolled around, and a
thought occurred to Lee. He got up from his chair and walked straight into
Megan’s office.
“Hey, would you like to grab some lunch
with me?” Lee asked Megan as he poked his head into her doorway.
Megan looked a little torn by his
question, but eventually she gave him a smile.
“Sure, why not,” Megan said.
The two of them walked downstairs to
the lunch area where they both sat and ordered.
“So I have to ask. What happened to
you? It looks like you went through quite an ordeal,” Megan said while
motioning toward the bruises on his face.
Lee explained how he had been captured
while leaving out all of the details that he wasn’t sure if she should know or
not.
“Oh, you poor thing,” she said as she
reached across the table and gently touched his bruised jaw.
“What about you? What’s your story?”
Lee asked.
“Well, let’s see. I went to Harvard,
and I was at the top of my class. I was recruited because I can work with
anything or anyone.”
“I wasn’t asking about how qualified you
are. I meant on a more personal level.”
Megan could sense that Lee wanted a
little more from her and that this lunch was obviously an, I’m
“Do we have any idea of how to get into
the facility?”
“We think that we do. Dan and I have
had someone spying on the place since yesterday, and I don’t believe that this
facility has an elevator that acts as a transport to the underground like the
other one. My guy has noticed several people going in and out of the back of the
place. I think that there’s either a large lift, or more likely, a simple set
of stairs somewhere in the back.”
With his questions answered, Michael
sat back in his seat. He was worried about what was going to happen. Lately, he
felt like he was in better shape mentally. He had even been able to make an
escape plan back when they were all imprisoned, but he hadn’t fired a weapon
since he was in the army. He didn’t know if he could shoot a rifle without
losing it. I should have just gone into witness protection. I’m going to get
everyone killed with all of my second guessing, Michael thought.
* * * * *
The next morning, Lee was still feeling
a bit under the weather, but he shook the feeling off and started getting ready
as fast as he possibly could. For the first time in his life, he couldn’t wait
to get back to work. He burst into the bathroom where he saw something
extremely unexpected. There stood Trish. She was just stepping out of the
shower, and she was only wearing a towel.
“What . . . what are you doing?” Trish
asked in an angry and very surprised sort of way.
“I’m sorry!” Lee exclaimed as he ran
out of the bathroom.
Why in the world was I ever jealous of
what that pervert thought, Trish wondered.
Trish would have normally beat Lee half
to death for doing such a thing, but he was already beaten up badly enough from
back in Tampa. Oh God, she is going to kill me, Lee thought as he shut the door
to his room. Eventually, the three of them got ready and were on their way to
work. The drive wasn’t as odd as Lee expected it to be. Trish only shot him
some hard looks, but otherwise, she didn’t maim him in the way that he expected
her to. Once Lee arrived at his work floor, he was met by Megan.
“We’re going to have you listen to a
little chatter today,” Megan said.
“Chatter?” Lee asked in confusion.
“Yeah. You listen to people’s
conversations on phones that we have tapped. If they say anything suspicious,
you write down who they are and what they said. Then you can come tell me.”
Lee got to work on his task, but his
enthusiasm quickly faded. For thirty minutes he listened to a man argue with
his wife, and then for an hour he heard a man talking to a tech support person
about his wireless internet. The task he had been given was not only boring,
but as far as he could tell, it was meaningless. Lunch rolled around, and a
thought occurred to Lee. He got up from his chair and walked straight into
Megan’s office.
“Hey, would you like to grab some lunch
with me?” Lee asked Megan as he poked his head into her doorway.
Megan looked a little torn by his
question, but eventually she gave him a smile.
“Sure, why not,” Megan said.
The two of them walked downstairs to
the lunch area where they both sat and ordered.
“So I have to ask. What happened to
you? It looks like you went through quite an ordeal,” Megan said while
motioning toward the bruises on his face.
Lee explained how he had been captured
while leaving out all of the details that he wasn’t sure if she should know or
not.
“Oh, you poor thing,” she said as she
reached across the table and gently touched his bruised jaw.
“What about you? What’s your story?”
Lee asked.
“Well, let’s see. I went to Harvard,
and I was at the top of my class. I was recruited because I can work with
anything or anyone.”
“I wasn’t asking about how qualified you
are. I meant on a more personal level.”
Megan could sense that Lee wanted a
little more from her and that this lunch was obviously an, I’m
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