“Yes, sir,” an agent back at headquarters said. “Relaying you hislocationnow.”
It only took a few moments, but during that time, the rest of Delta Team and Gamma Team scattered. There were still Sons of Adam fighters in the crowd and on the street, to say nothing of Declan’s people if they were around. It was one thing to fight against a radicalized civilian who played at being a soldier than someone who’dactuallybeenone.
And Jamie couldn’t ignore that this entire mess could be exactly what Stanislavwanted.
A secondary blue dot appeared on his HUD, situated not far from Jamie’s tagged location on theBostonmap.
“I want eyes on the route the senator is taking. Every side street, every building, needs to be watched. Be prepared foranything,” Jamie stressed as he changed course and headed back toward TremontStreet.
Donovan jogged over to Jamie’s position a few seconds later. “Do you needbackup?”
Jamie couldn’t justify removing his entire team from the field just to save his family. Too much was at stake to do what hewantedto do instead of what needed to be done. Jamie knew the inevitable investigation into this mess—who knew what when before all the dying happened—would run up perilously close to the MDF’s covert operations. The entirety of Alpha Team couldn’t be seen favoring one small group of people over everyone else even when that’s exactly what Jamie wanted toorder.
But hedidn’t.
“Stay here and keep searching for those bombs. We need to clear this area first. That’s priority number one for the teams,”Jamiesaid.
Donovan nodded. “Willdo.”
Jamie ran for Tremont Street and the handful of police vehicles and campaign SUVs still parked there. The MRAP hadn’t made it down to Jamie’s position, so most of the cars didn’t have any stray bullet holes in them and the tires were intact. The riot police gathered at the south edge of the park was a big enough group that Jamie figured they would soon start forming a police kettle around the barricaded rally area to keep people contained. They saw him coming and several moved aside, unhooking the metal barriers to give him room to runthrough.
“Icarus, I need a pickup,” Jamie said as he got clear of Boston Commonproper.
“On my way,” Annabellereplied.
Katie’s mental voice slipped smoothly into his mind, pulling everyone on the field into a wide mental link.Apollo.
Did you get Cillian?Jamieasked.
Reaper is dealing with him. Base won’t be happy with theresults.
Jamie smiled viciously behind his mask, glad no one could seehim.Good.
What isn’t good is what Cillian has planned. There are three suicide bombers in the vicinity. I don’t know who they are because he told his people not to tell him who thevolunteerswere.
So far I’m not seeing anyone carrying suicide vests,Donovansaid.
Because they’re carrying Splice and micro-explosives in their stomachs like drugmules.
Oh, that’s disgusting,Madison said.Andmessy.
Easier to get the stuff through security. Won’t be found in a pat down and scanners can’t legally penetrate the body without a warrant first,Trevoradded.
Viper, I want you to start scanning every last person in the vicinity of Boston Common. I want those suicide bombers found,Jamieordered.
With no Telepathy Warrant in place, they would be breaking the law by doing that, but Jamie didn’t see how they had any other choice. This was a matter of life or death, and Jamie didn’t care what the courts would say about their decision to invade everyone’s mentalprivacy.
Reaper is just about finished. I’ll update you as soon as I can,Katiesaid.
The mental link faded away, and with it, everyone else’sminds.
Annabelle dropped down out of the sky beside him, hovering a few feet off the ground as he turned his backtoher.
“Ain’t goin’ to be pretty if those people blow,” Annabelle said as she wrapped her hands around the straps on his tactical vest at theshoulders.
Micro-explosives were engineered to be just as devastating as a larger bomb. They were strictly for military use, which meant Declan was definitely supplying the Sons of Adam with weapons they would otherwise be unable to easily get without paying a small fortune on the blackmarket.
“I know. Which is why we need to hurry up and find them,” Jamie said, trying not to let his frustration at the situation gettohim.
