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Safe house

Stockton lane

Richmond, Virginia

USA

Lat = 37 degrees, 33.2 minutes North

Long = 77 degrees, 30.0 minutes West

Wednesday 20th September 1989(same day)

Zero two twelve hours EST

Max and the two teams had arrived back at the safe house where Chuck Morris and Tracy were waiting for them in the kitchen area.

Max instantly picked up the aroma of fresh coffee as he entered the house along with his men they were still fully kitted up in their pass-get body armour.

He walked over to Tracy and Chuck and said, “Good to see you again Chuck, Major Strayker has given me a heads up of the conversation between the PM and the President also the request for us to continue, welcome aboard. If you could give us half an hour to complete weapons checks and storage, we will get back in our civvies and join you. Keep the coffee hot?”

Tracy replied, “I’ll rustle some food up for the men Max.”

“They will certainly appreciate that Tracy,” replied Max.

Thirty minutes later Max and the teams were tucking into some warm pizza slices that Tracy had placed in the oven along with some sandwiches and the coffee.

Max mustered the men around the table and said, “Firstly well done to each and every one of you on a well exercised mission, sergeant Cray can you confirm where the device is and its status is?”

Sergeant Cray replied, “Sir, presently it is in the garage and it is stable, there was no arming device found with it so I presume that was kept separate somewhere else. I would suggest that it is taken and stored in an appropriate location.”

Chuck Morris chipped in and said, “Leave that with me Max, I know exactly where it can be stored and kept off the radar for the time being.”

Max replied, “Thank you both, Chuck can you tell us what scenario you created regarding the warehouse with the local Police?”

Chuck replied, “Very simple Max, following a tip off that the warehouse was being used for arms smuggling and was raided on the strength of prior surveillance confirming this. All the bodies have been taken to our Police mortuary and will be disposed of with no paperwork or records and the warehouse is as we speak being cleared. The media will be told that weapons were found and several people at the warehouse were killed in the action.”

Max thought for a moment and then said, “That should be plausible enough and it will certainly throw a spanner in the works with the people with the secondary device, hopefully long enough to recover it and bring the people responsible down. Now I suggest we get our heads down until zero eight hundred hours when we can have look at our options to move forward on this operation.