What She Thought She Knew (Rachel Moore Mystery Book 1), стр. 74

My eyes softened. "She just wants to follow in her big brother's footsteps." I replied.

Fear sighed, and smiled softly. "Yeah, she does. She always was that way."

I smiled in agreement, and turned to face the window.

We spent a good while after that just looking out the window in a comfortable silence. Various memories reintroduced themselves in my head, and for once, I welcomed them with open arms.

For the first time since this damned war started, I felt at peace and had a sense that things would work out for the best. Someday, this would all be just a distant memory…

Chapter 35: And He Went Out with a Bang!

Fear and I made our way back to the main area. The others will still there.

I assumed that they went over a briefing of sorts as they were huddled over a blue print of what must have been Seeker HQ.

Pete was the first one to acknowledge our return. "Welcome back agents. Is your mother alright?" Pete asked as he looked at me.

I nodded. "She's doing fine." I replied.

Out of respect, Pete didn't inquire further about the conversation with my mother.

Instead, he turned his attention back to the blue print. "Now that you're both here, we can continue with the planning."

Fear and I walked over to the group, and observed the blue print. The others were focused on the schematics that divided into the sewage system, the main level, and the rooftop.

I looked up at Pete for some clarification.

He got the hint, and spoke. "While you were gone, we've been discussing the best strategy for our operation. As you can see, we've focused our attention on three main areas; our plan is to split into three teams to divert the Phantoms' attention to various locations, keeping them off balance. The infiltration team will go through the sewage system, and get into the interrogation rooms. If we're lucky, that's where they'll be keeping Agent Moore and any other survivors."

I swallowed hard as I took in the information.

Pete then looked at me. "You, along with agents Claire, Fear, and Arrow will make up the infiltration team; Agent Arrow will be in charge."

Said person nodded in understanding.

"The next team will be in charge of setting up explosives; they'll be coming in from the roof and will make their way to the rooftops, and set up explosives along the way. We'll have to find more volunteers for that. As for the last team, it'll be for distraction on the main level. The team will consist of me, Agent Cian, and any other capable Seeker agents we find. Are there any questions?"

Agent Claire spoke out. "Sir, if the Phantoms have taken control of HQ, then wouldn't that mean that they have full access to our security measures and will easily detect us?"

A hint of a smile tugged on the Head Warrior's face. "That is a good reason for concern, however, the Phantoms don't know all of our secrets. Agent Gizmo left us a schematic of all of the accessible circuit breakers in the building that will temporarily disable the measures that the Seeker systems have in place. There is a time limit though; we'll only have an hour before the back-up generator goes out, and the Phantoms realize that something is up."

Silence filled the room as each of us was absorbed in our own thoughts.

Abruptly, an alert pinged from Olsen's phone, and he took it out.

His eyes widened in disbelief. "Pete, I'm getting an incoming transmission from surviving Seeker agents. They'll holding out in an abandoned storage warehouse, however, it seems like they're being attacked by Phantom forces. I'm sending all of you the coordinates."

Pete automatically turned to me, Fear, and Agent Cian. "You three, go over and assist them. We need as many survivors as we can get. The rest of you, secure this location. I don't want us getting ambushed by the Phantoms."

All of us nodded our heads. Fear, Agent Cian and I then ran out of the room. We got into the van from earlier, and sped away.

According to the coordinates, the surviving Seeker agents were just south of the Linmat River that spread through the city.

Agent Cian was a mean driver as he scared the other drivers with his insane skills. What normally would have been a half hour drive took just over ten minutes.

We arrived at the abandoned warehouse, however it was suspiciously quiet. There was no sound at all; no evidence to suggest that there was a struggle.

Suddenly, a lone figure came running out of the warehouse and as soon as he saw our small group, he booked it towards us. "Get down!" He yelled.

Just as he finished speaking, the whole warehouse exploded as glass shards and other materials flew everywhere.

The man got caught in the explosion, and was thrown several feet forward. As he landed, a nasty sounding crunch resonated from his spot and he went absolutely still.

Fear, Agent Cian and I took cover behind the van as some of the materials flew past us.

Once the rumbling passed, I exposed myself from the safety of the van, and ran towards the still body.

I ran to his body, and flipped him on his back. Blood dripped down his forehead, and his eyes stared blankly at the sky.

To be certain, I pressed a finger on his neck and counted up to ten seconds. When no heartbeat made itself present, I dropped my hand to the side and sighed heavily. Dammit, I thought.

My other partners ran over to my position. I glanced up at them, and shook my head. They looked back at me, and nodded their understanding.

Agent Cian went towards the debris, while Fear stayed behind with me.

The rough and distinguishable voice of Agent Cian then broke through the thick smoke. "I found