Jean was at her apartment watching the local NBC 29 News on WVIR, when it was suddenly interrupted by the Emergency Alert System.

"Oh, how I hate that sound!" she screamed.

A message then marqueed across the screen: "THE UNITED STATES IS NOW IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY: A RUMORED TERRORIST AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN INTO HOFFMAN AIR FORCE BASE IN NEVADA, DESTROYING VALUABLE MILITARY AIRCRAFT AND RESEARCH AT AROUND 4:30 PACIFIC TIME THIS AFTERNOON. THE BUILDINGS ATTACKED WERE PART OF A CLASSIFIED AREA KNOWN AS "AREA 51". EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS SHOW THAT THE CRAFT FLEW THROUGH TWO BUILDINGS AND A BOMB EXPLODED, DESTROYING THREE OTHER STRUCTURES. FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED, THREE OTHERS INJURED. PRESIDENT STEVEN BOVERT WILL BE SPEAKING SOON AT THE WHITE HOUSE. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS."

"He killed five people," she repeated. "He killed five people." She knew his plan, but didn't think he would kill anyone. "Couldn't he be a little more careful?" Then she thought to herself that getting the Book of Secrets would have its costs. She wondered if she should continue with the plan or not. She went to her pet cat London. "London," she asked. "What should I do? Should I trust Chris or not? He's trying to help people, but he just killed five. But if he does get the Book, then he'll help seven billion people…minus five. Oh, but I told him to. It's partly my fault, isn't it, London? Are we the bad guys or the good guys? Well, just because we killed people doesn't make us bad, does it? Or does it? Then again, it was hopefully just an accident. Well, if it was an accident…oh, who am I kidding? I'm responsible for five deaths, and so is Chris. Gwen, too. And what if he doesn't find the Book?"

The EAS sound stopped, some news music started, and the Attack on America logo appeared with the date, June 13, 2008, and an announcer read, "This is an NBC News Special Report. Here is Brian Williams."

"Let's watch," she said.

Brian Williams started. "We've just received word from the White House that the military base known only as Area 51 has been attacked at just 4:30 this afternoon. The President has arrived at the Press Room of the White House to discuss it, and here he is now."

The President then gave a speech about the attack. He believed it was not a terrorist attack but rather a spy plane or a random act of violence. He announced he was going to Baltimore to comfort the Langman family who lost their son John in the crash. Jean noticed that the President didn't seem to show any worrisome or depressed facial expressions, and she wondered why a Baltimore person would get a job at Area 51.

The next part of Chris's plan was for Jean to find out where the President was going. She questioned whether she should or not, but convinced herself that it was an accident, and continued with the plan. She went to Google to do some research. She found out the following information:

1) From Google News, she found that the President would be touring Baltimore, and this trip would include trips to the U.S.S. Constellation, Fort McHenry, Fell's Point, and the Langmans' household, where he would talk privately with the family.

2) From Intelius and Wikipedia, she found that John Langman had no relatives in Baltimore, but the President nevertheless insisted.

3) The entire trip would only take one day, and he would then fly to Hoffman AFB to help out.

Chris had told Jean earlier to follow the President so that she might get an idea on where the Book of Secrets is, since the steel plate was supposed to raise suspicion. If the President had seen the plate, he would probably be compelled to search the Book of Secrets to see what the attack had to do with the end of the world. Jean thought that since the President would be in private at the Langhams' house, that it could be a possible location of the Book. She decided that Chris and Gwen must have got away, since there was no report of any suspects on the news, but that minute, more news emerged.

Brian Williams interrupted Duncan McNabb to report that an anonymous Area 51 guard had reported the license plate of the car of the skydiver: An Arizona plate, GHT7326. It was reported to be from a rental car, and citizens were asked to look for it. The finder would receive a reward of 1,000,000.

"Hey, there's my treasure," Jean thought. She laughed. "No, this is not the time to be selfish, stay focused."

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Meanwhile, Chris and Gwen were listening to the news on the radio. They heard, "We now have more news that the license plate number of…" Chris immediately pulled over and turned the car 180°.

"Gwen!," yelled Chris. "Run to the trunk and cover the license plate with your legs! I'll be right out."

Gwen ran out of the car and did just that. He got the trunk of the car open. Chris then came out with a hammer and tore off the license plate. He then threw it over the barbed wire and they both got back in the car. Chris turned the car around and got back southbound on the Extraterrestrial Highway.