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Operations Center 3, CIA Headquarters
Langley, Virginia

 

“Any indication where he’s heading?”

Tong shook her head. “Just the general direction, which is toward the church M. Giasson identified as that of Father Amanuel.”

Leroux stepped closer to the displays curving across the front of the operations center, his hands on his hips as he monitored the drone footage. “Okay, get that church’s location to Delta along with any intel we have on it. Pictures of the area, etcetera. I want them going in with as much intel as we can give them.”

Child blasted some air through his lips. “We don’t even know if that’s where he’s going. We came up with nada on Father Amanuel’s arrival and the professors, so we have no idea if they’re actually there.”

Leroux glanced at him. “It’s an educated guess. They’re at least in the area, so if we can put our people close to where they need to be, they can act quickly when we know for sure.” He stared at the footage, telling them nothing useful. They needed to know where the Ark was hidden. Right now, Ganno was probably heading for the vicinity, but that just meant more hostiles Delta might have to deal with. And Tesfay had reported that additional foreign elements were arriving in the area already, which meant more guns, which meant more risk to their people.

“We need better intel. Get someone in a room with Mr. Fida. He must have a contact number. Maybe it’s something we can ping and triangulate like a satphone.”

Tong nodded. “I’m on it.”

He turned to Child. “What about those photos Tesfay sent us? Any luck IDing the people?”

Child shook his head. “We haven’t received them yet.”

“What? Do we have a drone still there?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Show me his last known position.”

Child brought up the footage, the drone repositioning over Aksum before focusing on the road in front of the airport.

“Holy shit!”