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."Why don't you rest?""No." Boyd swallowed a painkil er with a swig of warm water from a cup next to him."I want to see how they plan to do this."Before Sin could respond, a buzzing tone filled the room.Boyd and Sin looked up atthe speakers mounted into the wall, while the Guild members snapped to attention.They quickly armed themselves and Livana shut down the program she'd beenworking in."What's happening?" Boyd demanded, reaching for his gun.Sin had already stood,his lean body transitioning to a fighting stance."Unexpected visitor at Éliane's." Bel 's face was set in hard lines as he reached for ashotgun."We have alarms strung across the property and a way for Éliane to adjustit.There are different tones for different reasons.""What does this one mean?""Means we don't know what the hell is going on yet.But we weren't expectinganyone."Boyd stood and aimed at the door.His heart raced as scenarios rushed through hismind, all involving the Agency.Livana looked up from the computer."Should I wipe--"The buzzing tone flipped from a fast staccato to a more leisurely beeping noise.TheGuild members appeared to relax, but a frown still crossed Bell's face."I'll be back soon.Don't let anyone in unless they know the code." He glanced at thetwo women, who nodded.Bell exited the bunker, and Livana closed and locked the door behind him."If it's dangerous, I should go with him," Sin said."If the European division sent moreof their mutated Mods, he's fucked.""It wasn't an emergency code," Genna said with a short shake of her head.Shehadn't looked away from the door."It might not be your agency, and if you go upnow you'll be seen."Appearing unconvinced, Sin remained standing with his body between Boyd and thedoor even when the buzzing ended.Genna and Livana eventually sat back down,remaining tense but otherwise returning to work.Thirty minutes passed before a different alert sounded, followed by a pattern ofknocks on the door.The two women exchanged glances before Genna opened thedoor.When Bel re-entered the room, his expression was tight and he looked atBoyd first and then Sin."I need you two upstairs.Liv and Genna, you can keep working.But be alert.Wedon't know yet which way this will go.""What's going on?" Sin demanded, not moving from his position."There's someone here.As far as we can tell this isn't a threat, but you might beable to gauge it better than us.""I asked what's going on, not for another vague statement."Bell sighed."Vivienne is here.""What?" Boyd said in surprise, moving around Sin to see Bell better."What the hel --Why?""That's what we want you to verify.She gave us a story and says she isn't a threat,and it seems likely it's the truth.But she's with the Agency, so we don't know if wecan trust her until we get a second opinion from you.""She's alone?" Sin demanded."Seems so.She kept asking if you two were here, so she might give you moreinformation than she provided us," Bell said as they headed up to the ground floor.Boyd was a little clumsy on the stairs, so Sin's hand remained at the base of hiselbow steadying him as they followed Bel.They exchanged a glance only once, andBoyd could tell the same questions were running through Sin's mind as his own.They re-entered the house and saw Éliane sitting in the front room with her head inher hands; her expression tainted with worry.When they entered the room that Vivienne was being held in, Boyd saw that Rileyhad been guarding her.He leaned against a wall, arms crossed and a sardonicsneer aimed at Vivienne's stiff back, but the expression fled when Riley saw thementer.He pushed away from the wall and spread his hands."Well, lookit here, it's a whole family reunion.Someone get Éliane to come in here,too."Bel gave the younger man an impatient look."You can go.You'll only confuse thematter.""Yeah, yeah," Riley said, long-suffering, but he followed the directions regardless.With Riley gone, Boyd finally got a good look at his mother.She had been turnedaway, but as soon as the door opened, she swung around to face them.She was amess; rumpled clothing, hair falling out of its constraints, her skin pale and eyesreddened and framed by dark circles.Vivienne barely catalogued their injuries before she strode across the room."Youare being tracked," she said urgently to Boyd."We must disable it and leave.""What?" Boyd said sharply."How? They already checked me twice and I was clean.""It is new technology, recently developed in the labs.I had no knowledge of it untilyesterday.We gained information on it when Breanne downloaded their highclearance data after activating the Red Alert plan.Jae-Hwa deliberately al owed youto flee.They wanted to follow you, and locate anyone that aided you.They had yourlocation," she checked her watch, "fifteen hours ago.We must move." She looked atBell."There is a device in my suitcase.I need it to locate the tracker."Bel looked at Boyd, who nodded.When Bel hurried from the room, Boyd tried todetermine when the Agency would have planted the device in him.The only timethat made sense was after he'd been recovered from the Janus lab in Arizona.He'dbeen sedated more frequently than not when in the medwing.They could have doneanything to him, and apparently, they had.Bel returned to the room a moment later, and Vivienne removed a handheldscanning device from a smal bag.She input a code into the smal screen, andinstructed Boyd to stand up straight and hold out his arms as she moved it slowlyover him.Bel peered over Vivienne's shoulder, a frown making the lines in his face moreapparent."I have hackers whose job it is to keep track of al the latest technologyand they've never mentioned anything like this.""Why was the escape plan put into motion?" Sin demanded, ignoring Bel.Thedevice emitted a loud beep when it hovered over the old scar tissue on the lowerpart of Boyd's stomach, but Sin didn't seem to notice."Who was flagged fortermination? Where are my father and Carhart?"Vivienne went still, her fingers tightening on the scanner."There was a briefing.Jae-Hwa ordered Zachary and others to recover you and toterminate Boyd.The rest of the unit was to be held hostage.Zachary refused, andwas shot, and Emilio was later injured as well.He would not leave with the escapeteam, and they were both left behind.We did not wish to leave them behind, but wedid not have a choice.Their present status is unknown to me.""Why would he--" Sin broke off, and swal owed audibly before speaking again.Hisvoice pitched lower, and there was little intonation as he said, "He stayed because ofCarhart.""Yes."There was another pause."Is Carhart dead?"Vivienne stared at the scanner with hunched shoulders."I do not know."Sin turned away from her as she continued."I wish to believe they escaped, but Zachary was shot multiple times.The compoundbecame havoc.Agents fought agents, guards [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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."Why don't you rest?""No." Boyd swallowed a painkil er with a swig of warm water from a cup next to him."I want to see how they plan to do this."Before Sin could respond, a buzzing tone filled the room.Boyd and Sin looked up atthe speakers mounted into the wall, while the Guild members snapped to attention.They quickly armed themselves and Livana shut down the program she'd beenworking in."What's happening?" Boyd demanded, reaching for his gun.Sin had already stood,his lean body transitioning to a fighting stance."Unexpected visitor at Éliane's." Bel 's face was set in hard lines as he reached for ashotgun."We have alarms strung across the property and a way for Éliane to adjustit.There are different tones for different reasons.""What does this one mean?""Means we don't know what the hell is going on yet.But we weren't expectinganyone."Boyd stood and aimed at the door.His heart raced as scenarios rushed through hismind, all involving the Agency.Livana looked up from the computer."Should I wipe--"The buzzing tone flipped from a fast staccato to a more leisurely beeping noise.TheGuild members appeared to relax, but a frown still crossed Bell's face."I'll be back soon.Don't let anyone in unless they know the code." He glanced at thetwo women, who nodded.Bell exited the bunker, and Livana closed and locked the door behind him."If it's dangerous, I should go with him," Sin said."If the European division sent moreof their mutated Mods, he's fucked.""It wasn't an emergency code," Genna said with a short shake of her head.Shehadn't looked away from the door."It might not be your agency, and if you go upnow you'll be seen."Appearing unconvinced, Sin remained standing with his body between Boyd and thedoor even when the buzzing ended.Genna and Livana eventually sat back down,remaining tense but otherwise returning to work.Thirty minutes passed before a different alert sounded, followed by a pattern ofknocks on the door.The two women exchanged glances before Genna opened thedoor.When Bel re-entered the room, his expression was tight and he looked atBoyd first and then Sin."I need you two upstairs.Liv and Genna, you can keep working.But be alert.Wedon't know yet which way this will go.""What's going on?" Sin demanded, not moving from his position."There's someone here.As far as we can tell this isn't a threat, but you might beable to gauge it better than us.""I asked what's going on, not for another vague statement."Bell sighed."Vivienne is here.""What?" Boyd said in surprise, moving around Sin to see Bell better."What the hel --Why?""That's what we want you to verify.She gave us a story and says she isn't a threat,and it seems likely it's the truth.But she's with the Agency, so we don't know if wecan trust her until we get a second opinion from you.""She's alone?" Sin demanded."Seems so.She kept asking if you two were here, so she might give you moreinformation than she provided us," Bell said as they headed up to the ground floor.Boyd was a little clumsy on the stairs, so Sin's hand remained at the base of hiselbow steadying him as they followed Bel.They exchanged a glance only once, andBoyd could tell the same questions were running through Sin's mind as his own.They re-entered the house and saw Éliane sitting in the front room with her head inher hands; her expression tainted with worry.When they entered the room that Vivienne was being held in, Boyd saw that Rileyhad been guarding her.He leaned against a wall, arms crossed and a sardonicsneer aimed at Vivienne's stiff back, but the expression fled when Riley saw thementer.He pushed away from the wall and spread his hands."Well, lookit here, it's a whole family reunion.Someone get Éliane to come in here,too."Bel gave the younger man an impatient look."You can go.You'll only confuse thematter.""Yeah, yeah," Riley said, long-suffering, but he followed the directions regardless.With Riley gone, Boyd finally got a good look at his mother.She had been turnedaway, but as soon as the door opened, she swung around to face them.She was amess; rumpled clothing, hair falling out of its constraints, her skin pale and eyesreddened and framed by dark circles.Vivienne barely catalogued their injuries before she strode across the room."Youare being tracked," she said urgently to Boyd."We must disable it and leave.""What?" Boyd said sharply."How? They already checked me twice and I was clean.""It is new technology, recently developed in the labs.I had no knowledge of it untilyesterday.We gained information on it when Breanne downloaded their highclearance data after activating the Red Alert plan.Jae-Hwa deliberately al owed youto flee.They wanted to follow you, and locate anyone that aided you.They had yourlocation," she checked her watch, "fifteen hours ago.We must move." She looked atBell."There is a device in my suitcase.I need it to locate the tracker."Bel looked at Boyd, who nodded.When Bel hurried from the room, Boyd tried todetermine when the Agency would have planted the device in him.The only timethat made sense was after he'd been recovered from the Janus lab in Arizona.He'dbeen sedated more frequently than not when in the medwing.They could have doneanything to him, and apparently, they had.Bel returned to the room a moment later, and Vivienne removed a handheldscanning device from a smal bag.She input a code into the smal screen, andinstructed Boyd to stand up straight and hold out his arms as she moved it slowlyover him.Bel peered over Vivienne's shoulder, a frown making the lines in his face moreapparent."I have hackers whose job it is to keep track of al the latest technologyand they've never mentioned anything like this.""Why was the escape plan put into motion?" Sin demanded, ignoring Bel.Thedevice emitted a loud beep when it hovered over the old scar tissue on the lowerpart of Boyd's stomach, but Sin didn't seem to notice."Who was flagged fortermination? Where are my father and Carhart?"Vivienne went still, her fingers tightening on the scanner."There was a briefing.Jae-Hwa ordered Zachary and others to recover you and toterminate Boyd.The rest of the unit was to be held hostage.Zachary refused, andwas shot, and Emilio was later injured as well.He would not leave with the escapeteam, and they were both left behind.We did not wish to leave them behind, but wedid not have a choice.Their present status is unknown to me.""Why would he--" Sin broke off, and swal owed audibly before speaking again.Hisvoice pitched lower, and there was little intonation as he said, "He stayed because ofCarhart.""Yes."There was another pause."Is Carhart dead?"Vivienne stared at the scanner with hunched shoulders."I do not know."Sin turned away from her as she continued."I wish to believe they escaped, but Zachary was shot multiple times.The compoundbecame havoc.Agents fought agents, guards [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]