Monday January 21, 2019

8:35 pm

Sons of Liberty compound, Northern Pa

Dante had just returned to the small trailer they had parked in the hills above the compound after doing some reconnaissance. Simon was finishing up a video conference with Nikki on his laptop and turned to Dante as he sat down next to him.

“Good job with the cameras, the placement is perfect and the signal is excellent. What kind of perimeter defenses do they have?” Dante was rubbing his hands together trying to warm them up when he said,

“The fence is electrified and they have 4 separate guard stations at each corner of the main building facing toward the fence in each direction. Security cameras are set up on all the buildings and along the fence at regular intervals to blanket the area. I saw 2 roving patrols on foot with dogs, and they have a Jeep that roves as well. All the men were carrying fully automatic weapons and all of them were wearing headsets.” He finished as he started removing his camouflage covering. Simon turned around and keyed several things into the laptop and then turned around to face Dante again.

“It’s pretty much as I suspected. We have to take out their leader, Marcus Tolliver, without anyone knowing it was anything other than natural causes or he will just become a martyr and a catalyst for others to join this or other militias.” He paused and Dante just stared at him, wondering how that was going to be possible. Simon continued,

“I have some chemicals that are not detectable, but they will have to be applied in a way that doesn’t leave a trace, up close and personal. I’m going to have to go undercover.” He finished as Dante sat there wide eyed staring at him. Finally, Dante spoke up,

“No, you can’t do that. You have Nikki and Eva now and they need you. I will go and I….” He hesitated, trying to find the right way to say it. He looked back up into Simon’s eyes and continued,

“I didn’t know how to ask this, but I’m you know that I have been spending some time with Eve.” Simon nodded as Dante continued,

“She knows who you are, who we are, it didn’t take her long to figure it out. She wants to be part of the team and I think she and I can get in there and use the chemical on Tolliver. The problem is how do we get out once we do?” Simon sat there unmoving, studying the young man. He took several slow, deep breaths and then without a word, turned back to his computer and brought up a new video conference with Nikki. When she finally answered, Simon asked her to look into the profiles of the known followers of the militia and find out if any of them had any family members that were looking for them, trying to get them out of the complex. Once Nikki understood what they were looking for, Simon finished,

“Nikki, I need you to get Eve out to the farm and install a comm package on her and then make arrangements to get her to us as soon as possible.” He finished and Dante could see the turmoil in Nikki’s eyes on the screen and then Simon nodded to her and she did the same and hung up. Dante scratched at the bandage behind his right ear, wondering if bringing Eve into this situation was a good decision or not. He knew she was capable and he couldn’t let Simon risk himself going in there. Still, these feelings he had for her keep growing and the thought that something might happen to her was almost overwhelming. It was time for him to put his training to the test.

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