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“It’s Locsin’s fault, not yours And we’ll all work together to get her back”

“How?”

“We have a lead in the search for Locsin” He told her about the previous night’s operation and the discovery that the Magellan Sun had visited Corregidor several times

“You think that’s where he’s digging to find ?”

“It iven Ocaidor was thethe war If the Japanese wanted a place to develop the drug, they couldn’t have picked a more isolated location”

Raven nodded “If I remember my West Point history lessons correctly,the final American assault to retake the island”

“Corregidor is riddled with tunnels and caves,” Juan said “Go ready to do an aerial survey of the island and look for any unusual recent activity”

“I want to be there when you get Locsin If you try to stop me, I’ll—”

Juan put up his hands in surrender “I thought you ear and weapons for you As far as I’m concerned, you’re part of this operation now “

When they got to the Oregon, where it was anchored south of Corregidor, Juan went straight to the unused cleaning supply closet and led her into the secret bowels of the ship Even soly jaded as Raven had to stop for a , and stunning paintings inside the outwardly decrepit cargo hauler

“It gets better,” Juan said with a smile “Come on”

A full tour of the ship would have to wait He took her directly to the op center, where Go the drone that was circuidor Juan took his seat while Raven wandered around the high-tech coape Max, Linda, and the rest of the bridge crew each nodded to her as she passed, a their own a the same room for the first time

“Welcoon,” Juan said

Raven recovered quickly fro screen relaying the drone feed

“You people are full of surprises,” she said “Does Beth know about all this?”