Chapter 10
The next day, Tamsin and Bo got up just after the dawn. They headed to the facility marked on the map.
It took them almost a whole day to get there. Luckily there were no patrols on the way. The only thing they saw were ruined old buildings, looked like this island was once occupied by some colonists several hundred years ago. But most of them were abandoned now. They saw few were used as the living places by the patrol guards. They stayed away from them, so no one knew they were on the island.
Finally they had arrived at the facility. Unlike other abandoned buildings they saw on the island on the way here, the facility actually looked like it was newly built.
Tamsin and Bo camped at a place not too far away from the facility so they could observe it first.
" It looks to me like a chemical factory or something." Bo was watching it with her binoculars, " Look at those people in white and green lab coats walking around."
" Well looks to me like it's a military base." Tamsin said, " So many guards and patrols. There's got to be some serious shit in there."
" We'll need to find out. So how are we gonna do this?"
" We observe them first, create a distraction or something and get in. Getting in is not the hard part." Tamsin said, " The hard part is after we get in. We need to know where to look for what first."
" Well, that's probably why they assigned you a succubus." Bo laid a kiss on her cheek, " If we get in, I can charm someone and let him take us to whatever the important room in there."
" Then we'll need a plan to separate someone from the guards and patrols." Tamsin bit her lips, "The patrol is easy, they circled around the facility one round for ten minutes, we can dodge them if we go in at the right time. We could take down the guards on the side door, but if the patrol comes back, they'll know something is wrong. I doubt we can go really far."
" I can charm those two if those patrols are not around."
" I don't think it's a good idea. They'll notice the weird behavior, for example, two guys sitting on the ground mumbling you are so beautiful..."
" Hmmm...Wait a minute..." Bo stopped her and said, " This is the second time I see a blue van driving out from the facility to the west."
" I've noticed that too." Tamsin said, " Last time they came back about half an hour later. Let's see if this one comes back half an hour later."
" If they do, it's probably some sort of routine. If we can figure out where they went and try to get in the van, we can go into the facility without anyone noticing."
" Sounds like a plan." Tamsin said, " I guess I'll call Dyson and let him know."
" Anything from him about the bodies they dumped in the ocean, or anything else?"
" Let's find out." Tamsin called Dyson on the satellite phone. A while later, she hung up and said:" Good news is they were able to pull out a body to do autopsy, bad news is the fake cruise ship doesn't have proper equipments so they had to send the samples and stuff back to Lauren's lab. It may take some time before they figure out anything. Dyson told me that it looked like some sort of feeding kill though. There were no wounds, but they haven't figured out what kind of fae feeding yet."
" Well, at leas they got something to run." Bo said, " Look, the van is back."
" 26 minutes this time." Tamsin checked her watch, " The van was probably driving at 40-50 miles per hour, so... for about 15 minutes one way distance of radius and their direction..." She marked on the map, " Let's go."
Since they knew the approximate direction of where the van went , and the trails left behind by the van, it didn't take them too long to figure out where the van had gone.
It was a lake not far from the facility. At first they didn't know why the van would come to a lake. But then they smelt a very strong chemical waste scent, so they figured out the van probably came here to dump some waste.
" Ok. Let's find somewhere to hide." Tamsin said, " Hopefully they would send another van here again tonight. Otherwise we'll have to stay here till tomorrow."
They hid behind some rocks on the side of the lake. They waited for a while. Then they heard something. It was the sound of the engine of the car. They could see the beam light from the lights far away. Then they saw a blue van stopped in front of them.
Two guards got off the van first. Then two guys in green lab suits got off the car. They carried containers down and poured the content in the lake. A pungent smell exploded in the air. Bo almost coughed.
After few minutes, two guys in lab suits carried the empty containers back to the van. Then they got in the car.
" Now!" Tamsin told Bo quietly. They jumped out and attacked the two guards. The two guards were caught off guard. They were knocked out before they could even aim with their guns.
Two guys in the van were shocked. One of them almost cried. They were shaking and the look on their face was similar to traveler who was facing a hungry bear.
" Relax, we are not going to hurt you, if you cooperate. " Bo laid her hands on their arms and sent out her charm. They both calmed down.
Bo and Tamsin then quickly put on the guard uniforms. They tied the two guards together. They gagged them and stuffed them in the long grass. Then they got in the car.
" Ok, drive." Bo told one of the guys.
Both guys were totally under her charm now, they did exactly what she said and started to drive back.
" Well, having a succubus around is convenient." Tamsin held her hand and kissed her palm. Bo smiled at her.
Ten minutes later they were back to the facility. Tamsin and Bo sat on the back seat wondering if the guards would smell something wrong. But the guards didn't notice anything. They saw the van and waved their hands to let them in without even checking who was in the van.
When the van stopped in the parking area, Tamsin and Bo got off. The two guys were so obsessed with Bo that Tamsin had to kick them so they can let off Bo's hand.
Tamsin and Bo pretended to be the patrol guards and walked around.
" So, where next?" Bo asked.
" We got to find someone who knows this facility and charm him." Bo said.
Tamsin wanted to say something. But before she could say anything, a voice came from behind.
" You two. Which division are you from?"
They turned around and realized that it was a man who was talking. He looked like an office of some kind. He stared at them, as if they were very suspicious.
Neither Tamsin nor Bo had said anything. Tamsin reached her fingers out to her waist and gripped the hilt of her sword secretly.
The man approached them, with his two guards. He looked at numbers on their uniform, then said:" Why are you two outside? You are supposed to be guarding those lab people in there." He pointed at a building on the corner side of the facility.
" Yeah, we're just...getting some air." Bo said, with her head down so the man wouldn't recognize them.
" Getting air my ass, get the fuck back to where you should be, or I'm going to find someone else to do your fucking job."
" Yes sir." Tamsin and Bo both replied. Then they turned around and walked towards the building which the man said they were supposed to be in.
" Shit, how are we going to get in." Tamsin whispered to Bo when she saw the code lock on the door. She could still feel the stare on her back.
" I have no idea. " Bo whispered back.
They could hear the officer walked towards them slowly. They couldn't turn back, nor could they move.
Right when they thought they were gonna get busted, someone opened the door from inside. It was a guy with the same green lab suit. He was a little startled to see two guards outside the door, but he didn't say anything, then he walked out.
" Shit we are so lucky." Tamsin whispered to Bo. They both got in before the officer noticed anything was wrong.