“What about us?” asked Quinn.
“You go nowhere,” said Gator. “The three of you are too identical. Someone might mistake you for one another. Which might be why you were sent home. Maybe someone knew that if they were going after River, they’d only follow the two of them. You don’t leave.”
“And the rest of us?” asked U-Jin.
“How do you feel about shock jocks and conspiracy theorists?” smirked Ham. U-Jin stared at him, unfamiliar with the word.
“You want us to find Leopold,” said Moose. He looked down at his brother-in-law and smiled. “This is going to be fun”
“You’re not going alone,” said Gator. “Moose, U-Jin, Leif, Sebastian, and Forrest.”
“Forrest can’t go,” said Major. “The quads have the flu and if he leaves Maddie alone with them, he’ll be a dead man. Send Mike.” Everyone chuckled and Priscilla stared at River.
“What? What’s wrong?” he asked.
“Quads? You talked about all the twins and triplets here but you never mentioned quads, River!” Patrick and Christopher laughed, nodding at the woman.
“Don’t worry,” he said hugging her, “I’ll do my best to keep it to three or less.”
“We’ll be feeding U-Jin the information on the feeds to follow the transmission locales. You’ll need to move fast because he’s going to be on the move non-stop. Whatever he was doing in that coffee shop is somehow connected to all of this.”
“Let’s go,” nodded Moose.
“Hey, Moose? Try not break anything or anyone,” smirked Gator.
“How the hell is that fun?” He left the room with his squad as they all laughed at the big man.
“What do I do?” asked Priscilla.
“For now, the rest of us will wait for information from the tech team as to what’s on that disc and from Moose and his team,” said Gator. “The waiting is the worst part, Priscilla. Just know that you’re safe here and we’re going to get to the bottom of this.”
Priscilla left the room, leaving even River behind. He started to follow and Patrick shook his head, gripping his son’s arm.
“She needs time to process all of this. Let her be for now,” he said staring at his son.
He watched out the window, following Priscilla’s steps as she moved toward the gardens. What he saw made him feel more at ease. A ghostly line of emotional support headed her way.
Priscilla took a seat on the cold stone bench, wishing she’d brought a blanket to sit on. She was wrapped in a warm winter coat, scarf, and even gloves, blocking the wind from attacking her body. But her ass was cold.
“Here,” said the soft voice. “You could probably use this.”
She turned to see one of the many friendly ghosts and smiled. Taking the blanket, she stood, setting it on the bench and then sat back down again.
“Oh, wow. Did you warm that before you came?” she smiled.
“It’s a gift,” nodded Nathan.
“Are you alright, honey?” asked Ruby.
“Yes. No. I think so,” she said smiling as she shook her head. “I honestly am very confused right now. I love that my father thought enough of me to keep that information, whatever it is, in safekeeping but I’m also pissed at him that he gave it to me and risked my life.”
“I’m not sure he knew it would risk your life when he gave it to you,” said Archie.
“Sorry. You’re the former soldier, Archie, right?” she asked.
“Yes,” he smiled. “Nathan gave you the blanket. That’s Ruby, Irene, and Matthew over there. Then we have Martha, Franklin, Claudette, Sven, Teddy, Charity, Genevieve, Grip, Eagle Feather, Tony, and Yori. Our newest ghostly brother is Hezekiah but he’s a doctor and spends his days at the clinic.”
“I hope I remember all that,” she smirked. “Do you know anything about this man, Lincoln Morris?”
