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He dug his cell phone out of a pocket and called Paul Trout

“Have you heard from Gamay?” he asked

“I’ve been trying to reach her but h,” Trout said

“Keep trying,” Austin said “I’m at Zavala’s place I may have been too casual when I asked you to poke around Kane’s lab Gaer from the people anted to take down Kane”

Trout said, “Don’t worry, Kurt, Gamay can take care of herself”

“I know she can,” Austin said “Just tell her to be careful and not take any chances”

HAVING DONE ALL HE could to warn the Trouts, Austin put in a call to NUMA and asked for a dossier on the Pyraency’s coer, was one of the greatest repositories of specialized information in the world The powerful computers at NUMA were linked with databases around the world and in an instant could churn out rea to do with the world’s oceans

Austin said he would talk to Zavala after he’d studied the results of the coot back in his Jeep and drove to the thirty-story green-glass tower, overlooking the Potoround garage and took the elevator up to his Spartanly furnished office

A thick file was sitting on his desk with a note fro him to “Enjoy!”

He opened the file, but had only e when his telephone buzzed Caller ID couldn’t identify the number

He realized why after he picked up the receiver and heard the crisp voice of Jati appointed Vice President of the United States when the elected second-in-coht to the point

“Pitt forwarded your report on the B3 incident toon, Kurt?”

Austin could i red Vandyke beard, fixtures around NUMA for years

“I wish I knew, Ad Sandecker’s hard-earned Navy title over his more recent political one

“How is Zavala faring after his ordeal?”