Chasing Fire by Brandt Legg

Author:Brandt Legg [Legg, Brandt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781935070405
Publisher: Laughing Rain
Published: 2019-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

Forty

Although a typical, sticky summer evening in Washington DC, Tess’ Pentagon contact had been to a meeting at the White House, and often, on his way home, he liked to stop at the Lincoln Memorial and walk along the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, always taking a few minutes to stop at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. That’s where his phone rang.

He checked the caller-ID and then looked around to make sure no one could hear the call. A man in a suit, about ten feet away, bothered him. In Washington, someone can always be a problem—a reporter, foreign agent, FBI, CIA, a hundred different agencies, a congressional aide, a thousand other possibilities. “Trust no one in Washington,” was a mantra often repeated in the nation’s capital, and rarely heeded.

“Tess,” he said, answering the call once he was a safe enough distance from anyone, including the suited man, who might be listening. “Where are you? I hope you have good news.”

“Same place I always am . . . on a damned plane!”

“Where to?”

“Doesn’t matter,” Tess said. “We have a problem to solve.”

“I’ll say.” Suddenly he was aware of the heat and humidity that hadn’t bothered him until now.

“I’m not talking about the Fire Bomber. At least not directly. It’s the victims.”

“That can only be good. Obviously not for the families of the deceased, but now that we finally have some casualties, public sentiment will shift and pressure will build,” he said, looking up at the Washington Monument. “We’ll reach a tipping point.”

“The FBI is closing in on the origin of Doomsday, and I’m told they have identified the remains of the Fire Bomber from India. He was an American, and they’re working on linking him to anti-government groups.”

“Damn,” the Pentagon man said. “We need that information.” His eyes darted around, scoping the area. He moved slowly.

“I’m all over it.”

“The President has authorized the steps we discussed should the FBI find the Bombers first.”

Tess knew that meant using a special team to make sure the Bomber(s) and any key people who organized the attacks were killed “resisting arrest” or while “attempting to escape.” The President of the United States had implicitly ordered a cover-up. Not the first time, she thought.

“The FBI is only part of the problem,” Tess said. “One of the people killed in Austin wasn’t an employee of MatterTech.”

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