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As they pulled out of the parking lot of the company where Madeline's Group worked Marge said to Fred, "How do the photos look?"
"Very good. We have at least two good ones of each woman's face. They are all lovely."
"Yea. I noticed that and I'm a bit envious. I wonder how Evelyn and Chad did."
"Based on the past experience with our dreams, probably just as well as we did."
Arriving at the US Attorney's office building, they saw Evelyn and Chad getting out of their car. Neither group had to ask if the other had seen the other group of women from their dreams; it was evident in their expressions.
The guard recognized them as soon as they entered and called Clarence to inform him that they were there. The guard said, "As often as you all are here you ought to ask Clarence or James for a badge."
Marge laughed and said, "We already have but Clarence thought if he did that, he wouldn't know where to find us."
The guard released the door and said, "Clarence is waiting for you in his office. He said to go on up."
"Thanks," they replied, "Have a nice day."
When Clarence saw them approaching his office, the hair on his neck tickled. "An interesting omen," he thought. After exchanging greetings and before they could say a word he said, "Me thinks, this needs to be recorded, that is of course, if you all are agreeable." Their expressions showed their surprise. "A recording will be very important to all of us, if this is as big as your expressions seem to indicate. It will preserve the details, because as the information is retold, it can change a little at a time. With these twerps, we need to make sure we leave no loose ends, and we may need to refresh our memory on where we started." They all nodded their agreement. "If we get too close without realizing it, we could disappear ourselves. With these recordings on file, someone will be able to follow the trail we were on. Now having said all that, I presumed that this was about the lodge incident."
"Well to be truthful we aren't sure, but we are certain that we need to tell you about it." Each then described their dream and listed the key points they remembered. One of Sarah's Clan eavesdropped on the conversation to be sure none of the critical pieces were missed. They were pleased, as the journalists had not missed any key points and had described them almost perfectly.
"What else?" he asked with a smile. "As well as I know the three of you, it isn't just a dream you are bringing me."
Marge said, "Well, before we came here, we divided up and went to both locations. We saw both groups of women from the dream enter the buildings. It was exactly as our dreams indicated they would. Each building requires an access card to enter. They used their cards, and then talk to the receptionist before going further into the building."
"Photos?"
"Of course, we have still and video. We know how thorough you are," said Evelyn with a smile.
"Okay, let's see if we have enough pieces from your dreams to work out a time line for what you think is going to happen later today." They looked at him questioningly. "Look, I believe what you've told me, however, we need more substantial evidence. This has been the strangest case I have ever worked on. It would have died a long time ago without your talent for noticing odd clues, even if some of those have been strange, but good." Their faces looked a bit happier. "Chad, are you aware of our working arrangement?"
"Yes, I think so, although they didn't say much to me. The ease with which they were admitted to your office says a lot. Even though I work for a different paper, I am willing to work with them and abide by any arrangement they have with you. However, I should talk to my editor before I get too involved."
"Which company has the three pregnant women on the upper floor?"
"The one these women went to," said Marge, as she pointed to the photo of Madeline's group.
While they were working on the time line, an investigator came in and confirmed that the two company presidents had gone to school together. Even though their public face indicated a strong dislike for the other, it was clear from other information that they were quite friendly. He laid a picture of the two homes on the desk. Marge, Evelyn and Fred gasped, as one was the house from their dream. Seeing their reactions, Clarence said, "Which one?" as he picked up the phone.
"James, I hope you haven't made plans for this evening, or, probably, the entire weekend. Our three friends are here with me, plus one. With the leads they brought and what we have, it should be enough to initiate three searches." He paused. "Sure, we can come up there, but do you want the journalists to be seen up there? Okay, we will be in my office."
"Can you all stay with me until this is over? It could be all weekend and even into next week."
"Can we talk to our editors?" asked Marge. "It shouldn't be a problem for us."
"Sure, use this phone. If they want to talk to me, fine."
Chad called his editor, Paul Smith, to check in. As they chatted, he described in general terms the story he was working on with his three friends. He told Paul who the friends were, and, generally, what the story was about. He cautioned him that they didn't think they would have anything until Monday at the earliest. With some reluctance, Paul gave him the go-ahead, but indicated that he had concerns. He was uncomfortable, both with the risk, and the fact two papers would have similar stories.
When Marge, Evelyn and Fred talked to Rob O'Brien, their editor, he pressed them for more details. He was concerned, due to their contributions dropping off since they had become focused on the lodge incident. Finally, he said, "Are you sure enough about this story to risk your jobs here? We really need you to work on other stories. I have to be honest with you, as I really don't want to lose any of you. All of your stories are very good, but I need a continuous flow for our readers."
They took a deep breath and said, "Yes. We are certain the risk is worth it."
"Okay. Please, be careful. The group behind this is apparently very ruthless, and you could become a victim, just like those seen in the videos."
"One more thing, Chad is working with us this time. He talked to his editor, and received his approval to continue. We hope that doesn't cause any problems."
"No. It shouldn't. I'll call Paul later."
"Thank you." They had worried looks on their faces as they hung up the phone.
"What's wrong?" asked Chad.
"Rob just asked us if we were sure enough of this to risk our jobs. We said yes, but now we are a little apprehensive. At the same time, he seemed very concerned about our welfare."
"I don't think you need to worry about being out of work," responded Clarence with a smile. "It is not likely your editor will fire you, since you all do good work. I am certain several news organizations would be very happy to add you to their staff. As to your welfare, we all need to be careful, very careful. Always travel in twos and leave secure notes on where you went and why."
"We do," replied Marge with the others nodding.
Due to the timing of James MacFarland entry to Clarence's office, he heard most of it. He immediately added, "Yes all of you need to be careful or you could disappear as well. Sorry. That is not a good way to greet you all. Good morning."
After replying Marge said, "Mr. MacFarland, do you know Chad?"
"We've met a few times. Chad are you aware of the working arrangement we have with them?"
"Yes, sir. I find it quite acceptable. This case is especially intriguing to me since several of my friends from college have disappeared without a trace."
"What school?" asked Clarence as he sat up further in his chair.
"WMU, the Northeast campus."
Clarence called the IT department on the campus and chatted with the department head for a few moments, before he asked, "Who supplies and supports your database software?" He listened for a few moments, and then thanked the person before hanging up. He grinned, "Looks like we have another piece of circumstantial evidence."
Clarence asked the journalists to repeat what they had told him so James could hear it. After they finished, Marge said, "I just realized something. Remember earlier this week we talked about people disappearing after working for a company. This group went into a building that looks very much like the one we saw when we learned that information."
"Yes," responded Evelyn and Fred immediately.
"Another dream," asked James with a raised eyebrow.
"Well of course," responded Marge, "with these vermin we need all the assistance the spirits can give us."
Her response gave all of them a good laugh. When they quieted down James said, "I hate to say this but for this case, that is absolutely true. We could probably use the assistance of some aliens." Clarence raised an eyebrow as the others chuckled.
On Dóchas Tara said, "You already have it." Her spouses chuckled.
"Someday soon he will know his wish has already been granted," responded Aoife.
Back in Clarence's office, James said, "Considering our experience with their information, we have to check this out. So do what you need to."
Clarence then initiated stakeouts at both companies and presidents homes. In doing so he noted that the buildings exit into the enclosed parking lots needed to be monitored. Then on a whim, he asked one of his staff to see if they could locate plans for both buildings, and if possible the homes.
With that set in motion, together they reviewed all the information regarding the locations, and what was their dreams indicated would take place. Clarence expressed concern about having sufficient officers that they could trust, as he was nearly certain he had at least one leak. Another concern was being able execute simultaneous searches at three locations. Asking for assistance from other law enforcement agencies would be difficult because of the lack of hard evidence, but to a larger extent because of the time constraints. Although not said, asking for assistance also increased the risk of tipping off the suspects. Based upon what happened at the lodge, they felt that it would be very important to remove all potential evidence as quickly as possible.
"Clarence, James, we have a couple of friends in the local guard unit," said Evelyn, "is that help you could use? It is a military police unit. My friends are always complaining about not have enough real-world training. Besides, I think they have drill this weekend."
"Yes, that just might provide the manpower we need to get the records out of the two buildings, and, possibly, the estate."
James called the local guard commander to inquire whether was a drill weekend, and whether they would be interested in assisting in an evidence recovery operation. Captain Dole told him that they would be very interested. James advised him that the participants would need to wear body armor and carry loaded sidearms. Captain Dole told James that from his perspective he saw no reason why they could not do that, but he needed clearance from his commander. Even so he did not think his commander would object and he thought he could have an answer within the hour.
While waiting for the call back, Clarence initiated checks on the companies and management employees. With Marge, Fred, Evelyn and Chad looking on, Clarence met with his two key assistants as they planned the raids. It was decided that Marge and Fred would go with the group going to the location where they thought the pregnant women were. Chad would be with the group going to the other company, and Evelyn to the estate. Half the guard unit would go with three of Clarence's investigator's to each company. Clarence, along with the rest of his team, would go to the estate. James would go to the estate after he had secured the search warrants. The warrants would be obtained, after-hours, at the judge's home.
Captain Dole called James and said, "We have approval to assist. How are we going to do this?"
"We think it is best to use your location as an assembly point," replied James. "That way we can brief everyone at one time. Can we start assembling at 4 PM?"
"That will work just fine."
After the journalists left, Clarence continued his theme of keeping as low a profile. A couple of hours after the journalist left, he called his investigators in one at a time. Supposedly, these were normally scheduled meeting to go over progress on cases. They were except select investigators were told that a raid was being conducted that evening. Their assistance was needed, provided it didn't cause any issues with prior commitments. All were asked not to say, or allude to, the potential raid. To those who were available, they were to be at the armory by 1600 hours.
Meanwhile James went to draw up search warrants, using the two bot paralegals, focusing on this being an extension of the lodge incident. Paperwork was also prepared so that the guard members would be deputized, as this would give them a stronger legal basis to assist.
When Clarence arrived at the armory, he was met by the journalists along with the Unit Commander. Captain Dole said, "Since I talked to James, our Division Commander has given us approval to assist." Clarence gave him a puzzled look. "The Battalion Commander decided after giving his approval that he should talk to Division. They expressed concerns about our legal status, especially if we had to detain anyone."
"We don't expect to find anyone to detain in the company buildings. However, we plan on deputizing everyone, so I don't think that will be a problem."
"Do you have the plans for the building?"
"We had some earlier but there is supposed to be a better set delivered here very soon."
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Sarah said, "What is the status with O'Toole and MacFarland?"
"They are at the armory, going over the plans for the raids on the two companies," responded Muireann in Dóchas Intelligence. "All the investigators arrived well before the requested time. No one seems to be surprised by how easily the detailed floor plans were found. They are on the third pass of walking through the sequence of expected events at each location."
"Good. How about the women?"
"They are all doing as well as can be expected, from what we can see with the drones."
"Okay. Do you have enough resources?"
"Yes. Two shuttles are over each location, with 12 Security team members on each. Their suits are configured to look like those of either Clarence's group or the National Guard unit they will support."
"Good."
Adam, Todd, Sal, Leo and Kurt spent most of the day with the women they had met the previous evening. Both groups had quickly become very comfortable with each other, and found that they had many of the same interests. Quite often they all thought about those in their group who were on Security teams. While they had a great time, each group was surprised to occasionally feel like they were missing someone.
It was late afternoon, and they were relaxing with Nancy and Bob in the recreation room. "Mom," said Adam, "Todd and I would like to link with Briana and Cathan, but we're not sure what to do. We can sense they are quite stressed at the moment, which worries us as we have felt it, on and off, all day."
Nancy appeared to hesitate, when in fact she sought an answer to his request. "Alison, Sally, who is monitoring the Security teams? Adam and Todd want to mind-link with Briana and Cathan."
"Just a minute Nancy, while we get their permission," said Sally. After a few moments passed, "It is fine with them. They will ask the guys to respect some limits as to what they look at, for now."
"Okay, I'll tell them. Will they need help?"
"Most likely, Aoife will be there in a moment."
"The deal is this," said Nancy. "Briana and Cathan are fine with establishing a mind-link with each of you. However, they want you to limit the link to just their current activity, for the present. Aoife will be here in a moment, to assist you with establishing the link." Before she finished speaking, Aoife appeared, standing next to them and startling all of them.
Seeing Aoife, Todd commented, "In a moment? An interesting concept of time and way to arrive." Todd chuckled and Adam laughed.
"This shouldn't take very long," said Aoife with a grin but ignoring his comment. "Both of you can see objects in your mind for each of the women, right?" They nodded. "Okay, Adam I will help you join with Briana, and then I'll help Todd. An analogy to establishing this kind of link is that it is like opening a door to a dwelling, only, in this case, it is into their mind. Each of you need to realize that, once inside, the whole house is open to you. For tonight, Briana and Cathan ask you to just enter the first room, or living room in concept, while in their dwelling. Most of their attention will be focused on the activity surrounding them. You will also see the mind-link they have with their tactical suit AI." Both looked concerned.
"Don't worry, I am sure this will work, or we wouldn't let you do it. Safe achievement of our tactical goals is our prime concern tonight. Okay?" Both nodded. Aoife formed a mind-link with Adam, and showed him how to unlock the door so they could link, as she had already unlocked her side. Adam was immediately awed by what saw going on around her.
"Adam, let's wait until this is over before we explore a deeper link," said Briana.
"Not a problem, I will wait for you to tell me. On my side, feel free to draw on any of my training or experience, if you think it will help. Todd is going to mind-link with Cathan in a moment."
"Yes, she told me. My friends are in this link, as well."
"Now go back to what you need to do. I think I will find a seat, so I am not a distraction."
"Good. Don't forget to eat dinner. This link is dynamic so, you can leave the link and come back without bothering me. We will begin the operation just as soon as everyone is out of the buildings."
Aoife slipped out of her link with Adam and Briana to mind-link with Todd. She showed him how to unlock the door they could link, since she had already unlocked her side. Todd was immediately awed by what was going on around her, and surprised that he could see her surroundings as well.
"Hi Todd. Will you wait until this is over before we explore a more extensive link?" asked Cathan. "I would like to do that with you, but I want to be physically with you when we do."
"Not a problem, I will wait for you to tell me. Now go back to what you need to do. From my side of the link, draw on any of my experience or training you think will help you. I suspect Adam has said the same thing to Briana."
"Yes. Now don't forget to eat dinner, since you'll need your strength, as, with this link, I think I will draw some energy from you. Our part of the operation won't start until everyone is out of the building. You can leave the link and come back without bothering me. I think you can also put it in the background, while you do something else."
"Okay. I like this. Earlier, I felt very comfortable and close to you, now I understand why. Meeting you was a wonderful thing."
"Thanks, and I have the same feeling. By the way, my friends are in this link too."
Todd looked around the room at the Enclave. Aoife was gone, but Nancy was sitting there, watching the two of them. Adam had sat down. He nudged Adam, to get his attention. "Hey, bud we need to eat now, since I think we won't be interested later."
"You got that right. Come on Mom, why don't you join us? Besides, I think you want to be close to us while this is happening."
"It would be a pleasure to join you two for dinner. Yes, I would like to monitor the two of you. Mostly because I am your mother, and your link is a new sensation."
When they reached the dining room, Adam was joined by Cass, Abaigeal and Charlotte. He immediately sensed why they were there with him, as he now saw the tight bond between them and Briana. He hugged each of them as they came up to him.
"Ellie, Anita, and Cindy would also be here, but they have other duties this evening," said Cass. Adam was at a loss for words, but watched as four women joined Todd as they went through the buffet line with his mother.
"Yes," said Cass, "the four women joining Todd have a special relationship with Cathan, similar to what we have with Briana."
"Can we talk this way without disturbing Briana?"
"Yes, just focus on us."
"Okay."
Bob, Susan and Alice joined them as they ate. Adam had always enjoyed discussing current events with his family at meal time. They quickly resumed that activity, with Todd and the women joining in the conversation with them. During this Adam indicated that he thought they would be going to Afghanistan in the near future, but they had not had any formal notification of the assignment.
They had hardly finished dinner, when Adam said, "I am going back to the lounge, as I think it will be more comfortable there." As he rose to clear his dishes from the table, the others did as well. Little was said, as they returned to the lounge.
The stakeouts at the company buildings radioed Clarence that the two groups of women were boarding vans at their respective locations. This was followed by continuous update on their progress. It wasn't long until it was reported that Larry had left and there were three cars still on the lot. Shortly after that it was reported that Dale had also left and there were now only two cars on the lot.
As he listened to the updates, Clarence thought it was interesting, the effort the two were making to avoid public contact with the women. Even their routes to Dale's estate were different.
The van containing Kim, Lace and those in Ursula's group arrived at the estate first and pulled under a portico, partially obscuring the view of them. It wasn't enough to keep the women from being identified before they entered the building. Once the van was empty, it was moved to a parking area near the garage. The van with Elsa and Madeline's group arrived and the women promptly went inside. Two people came out and removed a large trunk from the van before moving the van to the parking area. The other person pulled the trunk inside the house.
In neither case were the surveillance crews able to identify who moved the vans. The arrival of the trunk was a puzzle, until someone remembered it was similar to those at the lodge. Larry's car arrived first and its lone occupant went into the house. Dale's car did not arrive until a few minutes later. In both cases, the surveillance crew was able to confirm their identities before they entered the house.
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