The Traveler by David L. Golemon

Author:David L. Golemon
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781466861435
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

BROOKLYN NAVY YARD

Collins, Mendenhall, and Ryan were the last to be seated in the overcrowded upstairs office. The space had been cleared of the window-dressing mess that had camouflaged the true intent of building 114. The main addition to the room was the large eighty-eight-inch monitor against the far wall. Xavier Morales was on the screen and all but Mendelsohn knew Europa was there also.

Niles Compton sat at the table’s head and Alice Hamilton was on his right as was customary with Virginia next to Alice. Jack was directly across from Sarah, Charlie Ellenshaw, and Anya. The rest of the various departments that had something to add to the meeting were present. Jenks was in a hurry to get back to the newly discovered PIT to reverse-engineer as much as he could as he still wasn’t that trusting of Madam Mendelsohn. Jack looked at Sarah and let her know with his eyes that he didn’t like the fact that she and Anya, with Alice Hamilton’s help, had tried to sidestep his mission parameters and insert themselves into the field team. Sarah knew Jack wasn’t happy.

“Okay, Colonel, are our two adventurers unharmed?” Niles asked as he looked over the wire-rimmed glasses that covered not only his good, but also his patched eye.

“Aside from needing a refresher course on covert egress of an enclosed facility, they’re fine. Although two DNA-coded cell phones will be coming out of their pay,” Collins joked without a smile at Ryan and Mendenhall.

They would both thank Collins later for the public shout-out.

“Commander, you reported that the men who accosted you and Captain Mendenhall were Russian speaking?” Niles asked as he continued to look at the two men at the end of the table. His good eye kept wandering to Ryan’s facial anomaly that was unavoidable, thus it was hard not to smile at the young naval officer’s discomfort.

“Well, I wouldn’t say we were accosted exactly,” Jason started to protest.

Niles waited patiently even though time was short—but even the director couldn’t waste an opportunity jabbing a teasing blow at Jason and Will.

“Yes, sir, definitely Russian. From the sounds of it, maybe organized crime, not sure.”

“Yes, sir, it seemed the Italian gentlemen who assisted us”—he looked at Collins—“in our egress from that particular enclosed facility”—he then looked back at the director—“didn’t seem too fond of them. It seemed those gentlemen might have been organized types also.” Ryan shot Collins a look.

Jack smiled, knowing he had angered both of his men and knew they deserved the return strike. He shook his head and then looked at Henri.

“Okay, we don’t have the luxury of time to go out and hit these bastards first, and we’ve used our monthly quota of FBI assistance to find out exactly what they want and how they fit in here. You turn this thing over to our organized crime fighters, Will and Jason.” He faced both Mendenhall and Ryan. “Get a Europa link and get as much as you can on this Russian outfit.”

Will and Jason knew Jack was forgiving their small failure by not berating them further.

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