The Phoenix Series: Books 1-3 (The Phoenix Series Box Set) by Ted Tayler

Author:Ted Tayler [Tayler, Ted]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-12T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

The snowy weather persisted and things at Larcombe, akin to the whole of the UK, struggled to move at a snail’s pace.

Athena chaired the morning meetings while Erebus arranged his wife’s funeral. The government lifted the news blackout on the fallout from operation ‘Big Break’ and as predicted, they had a rough ride in Parliament and the media.

A nationwide search for the twelve terrorists and the men who engineered their escape began. All sea and airports became subject to a massive increase in security. Police examined thousands of hours of CCTV footage, and various public appeals were broadcast for information.

There were reported sightings from Ascot to Aberdeen, but the police found nothing. Behind closed doors, they admitted they didn’t know where to look. A few weeks later, the frantic manhunt lost impetus and stuttered to a turgid trickle. No one noticed when it stopped altogether. It became plain that by the spring, the approach of London 2012 was uppermost in everyone’s mind.

Erebus returned to Larcombe Manor in time. He took a brief holiday to Ibiza after his wife had been laid to rest beside their daughter Helen in the family crypt of the nearby church. He wanted to revisit the places he and Elizabeth stayed at during their honeymoon. Colin noticed his boss appeared to have aged in the past weeks.

The whole nation had been galvanised for a time in the search for the terrorists and every odd occurrence up and down the country received a zealous level of inspection. It didn’t last. The Olympus agents bided their time. The truck was disposed of near Builth Wells after delivery there on a low loader overnight.

Agents who interrogated them in the remote safe houses around the country extracted every piece of information possible from the ‘escaped’ prisoners. They were veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. They gave the men as much time to prepare for their demise as their late colleagues received in Basra or Helmand. Their end was swift.

Athena decided the bringing of the bodies to Larcombe an unnecessary risk. It’s possible if you go walking with your dog in remote corners of dense forests in Hertfordshire or Northamptonshire, your pooch will earth up the odd bone. So be warned.

The pattern of the morning meetings at Larcombe throughout the rest of February and March followed a similar routine. Athena questioned ‘Head’ Case at length about the Milton Keynes cell. Did the intelligence boys have a handle of what they plotted? Do we have any other cells or groups coming up on their radar? Is it possible that despite the extra security that ‘Big Break’ generated, we still remained vulnerable to a terrorist attack?

Henry Case fielded every question in his inimitable style. Day after day, he reported that they were on top of the situation. Henry suggested that it was possible that the MK cell could launch an attack. They still had the ability. But, he stressed, time and time again, no matter what level of security the authorities invested in, a lone terrorist could infiltrate an Olympic venue and cause havoc.

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