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Chapter Twenty-Six

Lilith

“Okay, let’s go over this again,” Leon asked as we all sat in the chill room discussing the news that AJ had found about the Raven.

“First of all, let’s just call him Emanuel, please. I get messed up when we call him both Emanuel and the Raven. Emanuel pisses him off more so let’s keep it,” AJ said, rubbing his temples, and I felt bad for the kid. He’d been working so much, and not really taking any days off. He was like a machine, running on coffee and pizza. Hopefully I could still talk Mina into helping out, to give the poor boy some relief soon. They could share their unhealthy food habits and the workload.

“Good idea,” Draco agreed, and then went back to stroking Rose’s back lovingly. Those two were adorable, really.

They were sitting on the reading chair together, all snuggled up, Phillip in the chair across from them, then AJ, Leon, and I were sitting on the couch. Charles was absent for this meeting, working on something secret for the military tonight, but he would be up to date by the morning.

That had been a pleasant surprise, to find out Charles joined our little club. He did a great job with the communicators, so I couldn’t wait to see what else he was going to do. Leon was happy he was around, and that was a nice change.

“Back to what we’ve found. AJ and I had some suspicions that Emanuel had taken his new base to water. Lilith also confirmed what we were thinking. It’s taken some time, but we think we’ve found where it is.”  Phillip leaned forward and the table that I thought was just a normal shiny table came to life as a screen. Handy. Maybe it had a cool fire pit screensaver. I really like those.

He pulled up a map of the bay by the mainland, to the east of Seahill.

“Lion Island.” He pointed to a map where a tiny island was. Interesting, I didn’t know any of the islands were habitable.

“There was an old fort there back when Seahill natives and the English tried to take it over. He’s camped up there. As far as we know, his end game is still the same: create a society to rule over everyone, recruit for his army and steal the powers of those who don’t sign up for his leadership. I haven’t seen anything with him using whoever he has to attack us or anyone yet, but things can always change.”  Phillip pulled up a blueprint of a boat. Leon leaned in a little closer, interested in anything having to deal with boats and water.

“This is his main transportation back and forth.”

Rose said what we were all thinking.

“It looks like a tour boat.”

It really did. Very stealthy, I guess, and you could move people without anyone asking questions except where do I sign up. Yikes. Boat trip from hell.

“So what’s the plan?” I asked and looked around. Weren’t we going to storm the fort and get rid of them?

“It’s not easy. He can see any attack coming from the island. He’s taken lots of precautions this time. There is a fence underwater to prevent any entrance from there; he’s got guards, and a fully-functioning security system that lets him know if someone steps one foot on the beach. Laser grids, you name it. He’s taking no chances this time.” Phillip looked at the map of the island he brought back up so he could show us where all this booby trap stuff was.

I looked it over, studied it for a good five minutes while the rest of them talked about what they could do.

“We can do this.” I nodded, my plan solidifying as I lifted my head to look at everyone. Did they not see what I did?

“Retired Spy Goddess Divine, please enlighten us.” Phillip smiled, and I grinned right back at his use of my fun name. I was a spy, and this was nothing compared to some of the situations I’d been in.

“Leon and I sail out there a few times this week to get used to the area, and they get used to the boat. They won’t think anything of it as the week goes on. Climbing over the fence is no biggie; we just have to get there unseen. Leon can swim very fast.” I turned to wink at him then went back to my plan.

“He gets me there with a cool gadget that will disrupt the signal from the lasers to the security system for just a few seconds, long enough for me to slip in and let you guys in. His fence will have a door somewhere, obviously, so he can get his boat in. We will come in that way. As far as once we are inside, kinda seems like we should be as stealthy as possible, but I’m also open to loud bangs and explosions. Quick and easy way to go.”   I clapped my hands together, ready to get this plan into motion, but they were all just looking at me with a stumped look on their faces.

“It’s all sound; trust me. I’ve done this kind of stuff before.”  I nodded like it was going to help them believe me.

“It’s the only plan we’ve got, and it really doesn’t sound too bad.” Phillip sat back in his chair, thinking over all his future knowledge.

“I think her plan has the best shot of succeeding,” he announced after deliberating a few moments.

“Okay, so once we are in, it’s pretty much just an as-we-go type of deal?” Rose looked a little uncomfortable with the plan, but she trusted her brother.

“I can pull up a layout of the fort, and if Lilith can get me tapped into their system, I can do more.” AJ held out his hand for a high five, and I gave him an epic one.  He was so cute, with his little skater-boy outfit. I probably would have been into him back in the days of old.

“We can try to iron out more while they go sailing.” Sweet, I had Draco’s approval. My plan was a go!

Leon hadn’t really said anything, and I took that as he didn’t have issues. He would have opened up about them if he did.