Simon’s warehouse
5:55 pm
Nikki wiped the corner of her mouth and set her napkin onto the table and leaned back, her hand going to her full belly. Simon, or the Rage, not sure which of the 2 is the chef but knowing it was one of them, had just cooked and served her one of the best meals of her life. And they hadn’t even gotten to desert yet she thought with a smile. Simon was straightening up the kitchen and saw her smile. Grinning back at her,
“What are you smiling about Butterfly?” Nikki’s cheeks flooded with heat as she took in Simon in all his splendor moving through the kitchen with a practiced ease,
“I just really enjoyed dinner, you are a great cook” she knew better than to encourage the Rage with her desert thoughts, she was too full to play right now. “I really appreciate you cooking for me, it was a real treat.” Simon came around the island to where she was sitting and planted a steamy kiss on Nikki that was good enough to have been considered a dessert in and of itself.
“It was my pleasure as is every minute I get to spend with you.” Ok, Nikki thought, that just isn’t playing fair. She had better get this conversation moving to a cooler climate.
“You are so sweet, thank you. I hate to ruin the moment, but we got a new case today.” Simon’s brow raised in anticipation as she continued, “There have been 2 mobile Army transports hijacked in the last week. Both were carrying a new experimental handheld missile launcher being developed for use by our land troops. It is very small and lightweight, but extremely accurate with some new guidance system. These missiles can take out an armoured vehicle or even a low flying airplane or helicopter. There were 6 missiles in each transport. They were coming from a defense contractor located in the middle of the country, location undisclosed, and were heading to 2 bases, one on each coast, for testing. We have been given the coordinates of the attack sites to start from as well as access to the vehicles for forensics.” She took a breath while studying Simon’s reaction. He was focused on her and she could see the wheels turning already. She looked into Simon’s eyes and continued,
“We ran a search on the internet and the dark web and we can’t find anyone looking to buy….or sell these weapons…” Simon’s brow raised slightly and his eyes grew a little larger,
“Someone stole these weapons to use them for something specific.” Simon said while heading to his work station.