"Like Alphon Quince said a few days ago, the Basel bankers have facilitated the destruction of the world's climate because there was profit to be made from it. Well, that ends--."
The screen suddenly went black. An instant later another face loomed out of it, a hard face with a look of steely determination. Cinquetta was about to ask what happened, when both Ferd and Alphon exclained, "Joe!?"
"You two didn't think you were safe there, did you?"
She looked at Alphon, and mouthed a question.
"Your reporting career is over, Ms. Mills."
While Cinquetta glanced frantically around, looking for hidden cameras, Ferd dropped his phone on the floor and smashed it with his foot. "sh*t. We've been compromised. That's the drone commander who demanded Meg's contraband IP. This isn't a government operation. He's from Basel, and it's a sure bet he's closing on us right now."
"Drones again?" she asked.
He shook his head. "No; in person. Clean-up operation. They're out for blood this time." He glanced at their military escort. "What's the plan, Marc?"
"Those guys have no chain of command, sir. They're autonomous strike teams, and they don't play by anyone's rules. As far as they're concerned, everyone and everything is expendable."
Alphon seethed. "Yeah. Like the rescue op at Cold Comfort."
"If they backed off last time," Marc added, "it was because they were playing you. We'd best be ready for them."
Ferd opened a cabinet and pulled out a home-built weapon. "Meg and I fabbed this drone-killer, but it's the only one we've got. I'll watch your back."
"Don't forget the stinger," Alphon warned him. "The one Meg shot got her with a neuroleptic laser."
Cinquetta watched as Marc and Jason turned and started towards the door, with Ferd close behind. Then she turned back to Alphon. "What are you going to do?"
"Joe came here for me," he said. "I'm going to talk to him."
She was aghast. "Talk to him? You'll be lucky if you get two words out."
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