"Reinforcements from Sorna!" Corporal Chapuy shouted from the barracks' roof when he saw the lights of a transport helicopter beginning to descend towards the valley.
When Brunet arrived on the roof, the aircraft, an AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin bearing the five stars and the dragon of the Grey Guard, had already landed and its passengers, around thirty fully equipped guards, were disembarking.
The individual at the head of this platoon, a tall middle-aged Chinese man, Lieutenant Zhuge Yu, headed to Brunet.
The latter hailed him over the noise of engines and rotating blades:
"Zhuge."
"Gilbert."
The two men greeted each other by grasping firmly the right forearm of the other with their right hand.
Brunet watched the helicopter take off immediately once all its passengers had landed.
He had expected more reinforcements.
Yu saw his concern in his eyes.
"Be assured, Helm does not intend to only send my platoon to help you. A larger expeditionary force is being assembled at Caer Draig but as the ash cloud is about to cover the entire island, our transport helicopters won't be able to fly over it."
The winds that had pushed the ash cloud eastward had lost in strength and ash was now falling also on the employee village and the barracks.
"They then embark on the Sleipnir," Brunet concluded. "They will only be here at daybreak."
"I'm afraid so. Tell me, where is Mei?"
Brunet asked his colleague to follow him and on the way, he revealed Tian's fate and the circumstances of her death.
Once they arrived at the gymnasium, he let Yu alone for a moment with the body of his niece.
When he returned, he saw him kneeling in silence with his hands on his knees, motionless like a statue while his helmet was resting on the floor next to him.
As Brunet came behind him, passing between rows of body bags, Yu closed Tian's.
"Do you have a lead about the killers?" He asked calmly.
"We have one, yes. The nephews of the park director."
"Those who got lost in the jungle?"
"Yes. During their journey, they witnessed the execution of Mei, Patience and Turner. The eldest has reported to Hoskins what they saw," Brunet told him.
Yu stood up and turned to him.
Brunet saw that his eyes were not fogged but he knew that his colleague had his own way of grieving, all in restraint.
However, he saw in his eyes that he greatly wanted to know the truth.
"Zhuge. I swear you that I will not let these kids leave the island without telling us everything they know. If we found the culprits, justice will be done," he promised.
"Thank you, Gilbert. Where are they now?"
"They are at Owen Grady's place with their aunt. I sent someone to keep an eye on them, in order to not lose them but also to make sure that nothing happens to them."
Yu raised an eyebrow.
"You suspect the presence of a mole?" He asked his colleague in a low voice.
"The spy drone, the gas, the murders ... All this is connected. Those who pull the strings knew exactly what we were doing and were following our moves."
"So the mole is either an InGen employee, either someone within our own ranks?"
"These are the only two possibilities that I see. Let Dearing's nephews rest for the moment, but at the first opportunity, we'll go talk to them."
A/N:
Hypothetical casting:
Qianyuan Wang as Zhuge Yu
