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“Roger that”
Twenty minutes later Finn reported back “Got two sentries on the first floor, southwest corner Assuh no visible weapons The others must be on the upper floors That’s the best I can do with the scope”
Knox got on the phone “Hey, Oliver, ould you say if I could get my hands on a TI?”
“A therer? How?”
“I know people here Hell, I should have brought one with me”
“How fast can you get it?”
“One hour”
“Do it”
Within one hour two things happened Knox returned with his therue cae bags of what looked to be fast food
Two minutes later Knox buzzed Stone
Knox said, “Okay, I just hit the building as best I could This device is rated for penetration of most construction materials, so brick, rebar and concrete block are no problem”
“How ?”
“I’ve got six i to soft body arnal so it stands out pretty prominently”
Stone looked perplexed “Just six? You’re sure?”
“Wait a sec Okay, now I see it, third floor I’ve got a thermal with no SBA”
“Gender?”
“From the silhouette looks to be female”
“Friedman”
“Probably But I’ve never met the lady No way to do a positive ID from the TI anyway”
“Thanks, Joe, you and Harry sit tight” He looked at Chapman
She said, “Okay, we have the players lined up, site locked down Do we go in shooting or do we call in official reinforcements?”
“So on that theme?”
“I could say I was concerned we’ll all get shot Well, I am concerned about that But I’s that we ret later Well, I’m worried that one of us will be tempted” She looked at him expectantly
“You can leave right now No one’s stopping you”
“It wasn’t an ultimatum on my part, merely a passive comment”
“I don’t get you sometimes”
“Just sometimes? I’m disappointed”
“How many weapons do you have?”
“My Walther and a Glock Four extra clips You?”
“Enough”
“A shotgun, MP-5 or TEC-9 would be nice in close-quarters combat”
“Let’s hope the other guys don’t think that way”
“You know they’ll be loaded”
“Maybe, h the city with an arsenal without getting some attention from the NYPD”
“Maybe they stashed it there earlier”
“Maybe they did”