Find the Stars (The Nano Empire Book 1) by Scott James

Author:Scott, James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

At 9:00 am EST, the screen in front of Alex and Shannon lit up. It showed all the Joint Chiefs but one already sitting. Admiral Janelle Fitz stomped into the room and sat down, obviously angry about something. The chairman was looking at her as he called the meeting to order.

“This meeting has been requested by the Admiral, so the floor is hers.”

“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The reason for this meeting has changed since I requested it. At approximately 0830 this morning a fleet I had tasked to sail west in to the Gulf of Mexico intercepted a mega-yacht doing a pleasure cruise thru the gulf. This was done to extract SEAL team 9 with a high value target. However, neither the team, nor the target was on board.”

“SEAL team 9 deals with the cartels, right?” asked the chairmen. “Do you know what happened? I am assuming a cartel team got to them before they could board.”

“A burst transmission was sent at 1700 yesterday. It confirmed they had the target and were safely on the boat.”

“Does she have a phone on her? Or any of them, I guess. I want some deniability when we break in.” Alex asked the two AI’s.

“She does,” responded Two. “However, it is on silent.”

“Good. When I signal, force it to ring out loud. With Conner Technologies showing on the caller id. As soon as she gets it out, auto answer and then throw us up on the big screen in front of the group. “Alex wanted to make this woman look bad in front of her peers, as well as provide a reason their war room could be hacked.

“Around 1830, according to the yacht captain, a group of six to ten armed and armored commandos boarded the boat and subdued all of my men. Then they left by blowing a hole in the room my men had rented and jumping into the ocean, 20 ft below.”

“No one was killed, though several were unconscious for approximately 20 minutes. I assume some type of non-lethal weapon due to a lack of bruising on the crew.

“Only the SEAL team was taken. No crew. So, they knew exactly who to take along with target.” She concluded.

“Damn, this doesn’t sound like a cartel hit at all. They leave bodies everywhere.” One of the men in green said.

The chairmen had an alarmed look on his face. “Who was the damned target, Janelle? And why didn’t we hear about a high value target before now?” He demanded to know.

Alex signaled. “Now.”

Before she could answer, her phone rang, loudly. Her face paled when she seen the caller id. She reached for the phone to shut it off, but it answered as soon as she touched it.

A screen, six feet by six feet, lit up. On it was a man and woman sitting side by side, looking rather angry.

The chairman jumped to his feet. “Who the hell are you? This shouldn’t be possible.” he yelled. “When I find out who you are I will have you arre— “

“My name is Alex Conner” the angry man interrupted the chairmen.

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