Chapter 25

Nate stopped the car outside the building and then exited the car to be met by Agent Milligan. He was ushered into a non-descript black SUV along with three other agents and then they drove away.

"Ok Nate we are right behind you." Eliot's voice come through the coms.

"So Agent Milligan where exactly are we going?" He asked not acknowledging Eliot in any way.

"You wanted a meeting, you have one. John there is going to make sure you have no wires, bugs or weapons on you, please do not resist." He said over his shoulder and the man sitting beside him turned towards him.

He smiled at the man named John and lifted his hands in the air allowing the man to search him. His pockets were emptied, and every inch searched, including his ears but nothing was found. Then John told Milligan he was clean and turned back towards the front while Nate straitened his shirt and then sat back again.

"So…?" Nate asked.

"Did you doubt me…did you?" Hardison said smiling at Sophie who had let out a deep breath when nothing was found on Nate and they could still hear him and track him. Nate repressed a smile at the words, he never doubted him, even though he was not happy with the solution it seemed to be working.

"Never…" Parker said smiling at him and then leaning in for a small kiss on the cheek.

"Yeah girl…" He said and then they fell silent as they listened in on the conversation Nate was having with the Agent.

"We going out of town?" Nate asked watching the signs as they drove, and they were headed towards the airport.

"My employer does not reside in Portland Mr Ford." Milligan said.

"I see, so we are going to…?" Nate asked and then heart Eliot over the coms.

"Hardison we need a plane." Eliot hissed out as they listened and noted they were headed towards the airport, and the Hacker nodded getting onto his phone to organise a charter. "Nate we can't follow until we know where you are going, you need to get us a destination."

"Agent Milligan?"

"Just sit back and relax Nate…I can call you Nate right?" Milligan said over his shoulder. "Enjoy the flight."

"So not coach then…" Nate said as they dove into the private section of the airport. "Nice jet." He said as the car pulled up. "Never flown on one of these before, very nice indeed."

"Get out." Milligan instructed as he exited the SUV. They walked to the jet and then climbed aboard with Nate noting the planes number. He was not sure how he was going to communicate that to the team, but it was the only way they would know where they were going was by them going by a filed flight plan.

"A Bombardier Global 7000, well at least I will be traveling in style, your boss has good taste." Nate said as he took a seat on one of the comfortable seats looking around the lavish cabin, this was not an FBI plane that was for sure, this belonged to somebody who liked their luxury. The door was closed, and he was told to buckle up as the plane started to taxi.

"Ok Nate we got the plane…we will be right behind you." Eliot said as he read out the numbers on the flight that was taxiing to the runway.

"Flight plan says you headed for Nevada." Hardison said as he hacked into the flight plan for the aircraft.

"Nevada, what the hell is in Nevada?" Eliot asked almost to himself.

Nate's eyebrows furrowed at hearing their destination. There could only be one possible person they could be going to see in Nevada, at least as far as he knew. The man was powerful, enormously rich and was listed on the most powerful men in the world and if it was him they were dealing with they were in a world of trouble.

"Something wrong?" Milligan asked watching his passenger carefully and seeing the frown on his face.

"No." Nate smiled at him. "Now that we are in the air maybe some whiskey?"

"OK plane is registered to a Geoffrey Addelton." Hardison said. "He's a business mogul, he's like a gazillionaire, rumoured to be connected, interests in Politics, close to a lot of the Republican leaders, donated millions to the cause as it were, rated as one of the most influential men in America."

"Oh boy…" Nate said under his breath. He sat back and sipped on his whiskey contemplating what this meant and trying to figure out how he was going to approach this if it was indeed Addelton they were dealing with.

"Nate, be careful." Sophie said softly through the coms.

"Nate he ain't on that box man, I mean his friends might be but he ain't." Hardison said, he had gone through the names and this one was defiantly not there.

The flight took just over an hour and once they landed Nate was once again ushered into a dark SUV and then they set off. Nothing was said to him as they drove and after an hour they pulled up to some gates. A few words were spoken and then the gates opened, and they drove in. The house they arrived in front of was large and elegant. The Mastermind took a second to admire the architecture of the place as well as studying the layout before being ushered into the house by his FBI keeper. He was taken to a large, lavishly furnished room where he was told to wait. He did not have to wait long before a young, very pretty woman entered the room and offered him some coffee or other refreshment. He declined and took a seat facing the door and waited.

"We're here." Eliot's voice came through the coms a half hour later letting him know that his team was probably somewhere just outside the gates and ready to move when necessary.

Finally the door opened, and Agent Milligan entered followed by a young man maybe twenty-five or so walked in behind him. He smiled an oily lopsided smile, that did not reach his eyes as he took a seat opposite the Mastermind. Nate had not risen and had not said a word in greeting as the man had entered but kept his eyes focused on him.

"Leave us." He instructed and Milligan like a dutiful dog nodded and retreated out the room closing the door behind him.

"So you come here wanting to talk to me, to threaten me…ME…you don't know who you are dealing with." The boy almost spat at Nate his contempt for him clear.

"Well from the looks of it I am dealing with a boy trying to play at being a man." Nate said and he saw the boys' face contort with anger as he pulled a gun out and aimed it at him cocking it.

"Goddammit Nate…" Eliot hissed out the damn man was pushing from the get-go and he was going to get himself killed.

"I'll kill you right here."

"Well then daddy won't be too pleased with you will he…not when what is on that hard drive gets out." Nate said, he had to revise his plan. This was something completely different and the game had changed once more. "Now you want to use them and so do I, maybe we can come to some agreement."