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.With the work assignments set, Jack added one more duty to their list:“I guess we need to inform the two goons of what’s coming,” he said.“I’m curious to see the extent of their actions,” Javi said in suspicious tone.“Why’s that?” Roger asked curiously.“We’re assuming they have the power to follow through with their threats on our families.If we inform them of the extent of the search they’ll need to orchestrate and they take a weak response toward it or none at all, we’ll know right then if they were bluffing with us.”“And if they organize a massive search?” Fred asked.Javi’s eyes grew large with warning.“Then I’d say these guys will indeed, make good on their promise.”----- ----- ----- -----For the next two days, four men huddled around the screens of the holograms, analyzing hundreds of pages of data each day while a fifth man researched every mile of coastline from Greenland to the tip of Africa, pouring over charts depicting ocean depths, looking for the elusive ‘deep water trench’.Every four hours, Agent’s Price and Hammond appeared in the doorway of the spacecraft and demanded an update.With new information streaming in, they rushed off to their utility trailer and relayed the data to the parties involved in the ever-expanding search operations.Armed with advanced and highly secretive radar platforms, ranging from satellite imagery to ground penetrating radar, the CIA’s search teams were able to cover vast areas of coastline as their fleet of Hercules C-130 reconnaissance aircraft crisscrossed over land and sea.By the end of the second day, with the list of targets growing far greater than the two agents anticipated, they realized they needed to pay the team of five an uncomfortable visit.As the two entered the spacecraft doorway, they stood statuesque and pointed to Javi, their blunt gesture leaving no doubt about their intentions.“Outside,” Price demanded.Both agents turned abruptly and waited just outside the spacecraft for Javi to appear.Javi glanced to the others nervously, their sympathetic stares barely softening his fears.As he exited the craft, he stepped toward the two waiting men.“Our men have been flying hundreds of targets every day and each day you add twice as many as the day before it.At the rate you guys are defining new targets, it might be months before we finish.Let’s make sure we understand each other: the amount of targets you guys propose doesn’t relieve you of your deadline.By the end of this week, we better have some kind of concrete evidence of where that lab is located,” Price said sternly.Staring coldly at Javi, he continued, “By the way, we’ve decided that your family will be the first the IRS will contact about ‘irregularities’ in their taxes.If another week goes by without results, they’ll be paying a visit to Jack’s parents next.Is any of this unclear?”“You guys are monsters,” Javi spat angrily.“We’re doing our best.We’re working sixteen hours a day.What else do you think we can do?” he pleaded.“I suggest you guys stop wasting our time and fine-tune your analyses.Most of the targets we’ve search could have been eliminated had you made an extra effort to refine your choices,” Price responded.Javi was about to respond but was interrupted by commotion inside the spacecraft.Turning, he saw Roger rushing from the entrance.“Javi! Come quick.You’ve got to see this,” he blared loudly.Price and Hammond brushed past Javi, meeting Roger as he hurried toward them.“Come see what? What did you find?” Price demanded.“This thing has a flight data recorder.We’ve found it!” Roger shouted.Javi stared in stunned silence, then breathed a sighed with relief.“Thank goodness,” he said to himself in a low tone.With Javi and the two agents listening intently, Roger continued:“While I was waiting, I decided to go through some of the menus, reviewing the flight controls and other data.I then stumbled upon a strange icon.I selected it and voila: up pops the graphic image of the spacecraft’s lasts moments in flight.I backed up the time on the recording and it actually showed the thing crashing into the water and sliding up onto the beach… amazing,” he said, barely able to control his enthusiasm [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]