Sunday April 15

Undisclosed location Detroit, MI
4:45 pm

Nikki and Simon has been working most of the day, Nikki liasing with the local office gaining more intel on the gang and Simon working his magic with his own skills. An audible ping had both stopping and looking up. Simon clicked a few keys and Nikki knew from the smirk forming at the side of his mouth that he found something good. Nikki also thought what kissing the smirk would be like….”what is is Simon” she asked trying to keep her mind in the game.

“I found our leak.” he said leaning back. Simon clicked a few keys and a monitor on the wall came to life and Nikki saw the file Simon was looking at. Colonel James Ortez, 41, exemplary service record and also in charge of logistics for the Army. With his clearance, he would have access to the exact routes the transports would have taken. The screen changed and Nikki was trying to figure out what she was looking at, “Those are records of Ortez accessing the satellite data. He’s the leak. I found him through an association with Carmen Lopez, originally of Detroit, sister of Alejandro Lopez, reputed head of the Il Dimenticato gang. I found photos of them together tracking credit card purchases and looking at security footage. They have a personal relationship. The problem is that Colonel Ortez is a “happily” married man of 16 years. His wife’s father is a 5 star general being considered for a Joint Chief position. Do you want to hazard a guess how they got him to cooperate?

Nikki sat back an let out her breath as she took it all in. “Did you expect anything less from someone who exploits children.” she thought for a few seconds, staring at the file on the monitor. “We can’t do anything with Ortez yet, but we cant let him do any more harm to the military.” Nikki dialed Rob while Simon put the information together on the server. Once they updated Rob he said he would speak with his contact in the Army and they would set up security around Ortez without alerting him until the missiles are returned. Simon was going to make contact with Miguel Torres, he is one of the top lieutenants in the gang and certainly the leader of the east coast strike team according to all of their intel. Torres was going to disappear and they would see how the gang reacts as well as whatever intel the Rage is able to extract.

Simon walked over and nealt in front of Nikki and looked up into her eyes while gently holding her hands, “Butterfly, is there any way I can convince you not to come with me tonight? I…I don’t want you to see this part of me…I..” Nikki pulled her hands out from under his and pulled his chin up so he was looking into her eyes,

“I love you Simon, where you go I go.” she lowered her lips to his and proved it. Simon slowly rose and pulled Nikki to her feet in front of him.

“You’re a tough one Butterfly. I love you very much. You drive then because I am too tired for any more projects.” He turned and led her from the room to prepare for a joint night op…

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