The Jovian Manifesto (The Formist Series Book 2) by Matthew S Williams

Author:Matthew S Williams [Williams, Matthew S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Castrum Press
Published: 2018-08-22T22:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-THREE

HENRISSANT APPROACHED Saana. With an outstretched hand, he offered her the hijacked video acquired by the UAV. On top of its grainy footage, he had applied filters that subjected the two faces it had captured to facial recognition. Simultaneously, Saana pulled up the image file in her mind and noted how the woman standing on the right was identical.

Veronika Gallego.

The one on the left wasn’t immediately identifiable. Saana captured her image and stored it for later. Their patron would know who she was, and she would make it a point to request an ID in her next communique. In the meantime, Saana looked them over, noted the expressions on their faces and what these made painfully apparent.

They were most unnerved by the presence of the drone. Their faces had the look of trepidation and anxiety, and they stood closely together. Even without knowing who the other woman was, Saana could tell that she was responsible for Gallego’s safety. The Solar Council wouldn’t entrust their investigator’s safety to just anyone.

[Keep a close eye on this one] she instructed her team. [We must assume that she’s armed and has at least some degree of training.]

[Just one?] observed Konsou. [Are we to assume that she’s qualified then? Or that the Cytherean’s life matters so little to them?]

[Either way, they’ll be no match for us. We should strike as soon as we can.]

[Patience,] Saana cautioned. [Dispatching them will be the easy part. But we must be discreet. No public displays this time around.]

Saana received acknowledgments from every member of her team. As much as she needed to advise caution in these situations, she was pleased with how high her team’s moral was right now. She also shared their optimistic appraisal of their chances. They could only assume that Councilor Elenko and her people weren’t taking Saana and her team too seriously. Or perhaps she simply trusted that her people would be able to go about their business on Ganymede without being noticed. She and the other Councilors would see the error in that soon enough.

Before they started to move again, Saana congratulated Henrissant on his intel gathering.

[Good job acquiring the UAV again, Bastion.]

Henrissant’s reply was predictably modest. [It was no problem. Their infrastructure is still easy to hack. I would have thought they’d learned their lesson from last time.]

Once again, Saana felt like urging caution. Instead, she simply ordered them to move out.

[Begin tracking the targets. Don’t let them leave your sight for a moment, but don’t engage until we’re cleared to do so. The opportunity will come soon enough, let’s not waste it.]

They replied, as one, in the affirmative.

With that, Saana and her team stalked the streets of Selket once again, invisible to everyone around them. Keeping to the edges of the honeycomb, they moved without disturbing anyone or anything. Between the constables, the limited sensors, and the civilians - all of whom were eager to stay out of harm’s way - absolutely no one was aware of their presence.

The thought made her smile to herself.

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