"Well don't you smell nice" Sonny says as he sits down next to Jason. "Can't say I'm not jealous of the thought of a proper shower with actual water pressure… what is that?" Sonny sniffs around Jason "Rose?"
Jason laughs "Sonny man i am not gonna lie it was a good shower… and hotel toiletries"
"Mmm Sonny's not wrong you do smell really good. Or maybe this place just smells so bad of feet that you smell good in comparison " Davis says as she walks past
"Well, thanks Davis" Jason says sarcastically
"How's our girl?" She asks
"She's good. Holding her own" Jason replies "Got some intel to fill you in on"
"The others are on their way back now" says Sonny as he stands up "I'm suddenly feeling very ripe in comparison to Rosebud One here so I'm gonna make the most of our five star facilities before Blondie uses all the hot water"
Sonny leaves and Davis sits herself at the head of the table in front of her laptop next to Jason. "Is she really OK?" Davis asks once they are alone "you OK?"
Jason turns to look her in the eye "I'm fine. She's fine… " he pauses "and we're fine" he adds answering the question that Davis was really asking.
Lisa smiles at his understanding her really meaning "good" she says simply as she pulls up some information on the laptop and opens a file.
Jason smiles. This is why he likes Davis, she knows when to push and when not to.
When all the guys were back and sat around the table Davis starts to fills them all in on Mandy's information.
"So last night Mandy slipped some info in a hidden USB drive to me in the ladies room. As we expected, her intel is a hella lot better than what we've got access to. From what I've worked out from the files and from what Jason's told me from talking to her last night this is an arms dealing situation on a massive scale, across multiple countries."
"So what's Mrs Spook's role in this?" Sonny asks brushing his beard with his fingers
Davis looks towards Jason
"Mandy has slipped back into an old CIA role that they gave permission to be used for these circumstances. Eva Volcak. It's a role she used many times over the years, well developed and well connected." Jason says
"Well connected to who exactly?" Ray asks what everyone is thinking
"The who's who of the people most people wouldn't want to know. International arms dealers, drug dealers, counterfeiters. She's a fixer. She introduces people- a matchmaker between shitty people" Jason continues
Ray whistles "wow. That's some deep shit. And they're not tipped off by where she's been all these years?"
"Her cover is that she married a super wealthy European, retired to enjoy the good life on a yacht all over the world but came back to this after he was arrested for fraud and their assets frozen… she used Ruiz as a way to ask for a "favour" and a way back in. Apparently there's no better way to get someone on your side than to ask them for a favour, especially when you're a woman in need, asking a man…" says Jason
"The white knight to a damsel in distress" Clay comments
Jason nodded "It's also hard to turn down a woman with the contacts that Ruiz needed. He needed introductions in Europe and doesn't mix in the high society criminal circles that Eva could introduce him to. Ruiz is a self made street dog who worked his way up with violence and some smarts but one of the vulnerabilities Mandy knows to exploit is his need to be respected by others, to be seen as someone important"
"So they already had a… relationship?" Brock asks carefully
"Yes" Jason says simply "There's trust there already, Eva helped him out of a mess a few years back using her connections now he sees her as a confidant."
"They looked pretty chummy at the club" Sonny adds "Wouldn't let his own men in on some of their conversations"
Jason keeps his facial expression blank but his fists were tense by his sides
"Who's she making the connections with?" Asks Ray
"A guy named Manny" replies Davis "An Italian connection who deals with import export. He tends to keep his hands very clean, getting his minions to do the dirty work so getting him involved directly would be a real coup for us and the CIA, could open up access to his entire list of contacts"
"So Manny is the real HVT?" Ray asks
"Yeah, Ruiz is the way to get to Many but stopping what he's up to would also kill two or three birds with one stone, shutting down a network of drugs, human trafficking and drug trafficking…." Jason answers
"Is our girl protected Jase?" asks Sonny looking concerned "This is some bad shit and she seems to be in deep without much back-up… I know technically we are on two separate missions but do we have the authorisation to look out for her in all this?"
"Well, what was it they said - no ranks, no oversight? So I say we make our own rules" Jason says confidently smiling
The other team members nod in agreement "My thoughts exactly boss, officially or not she's one of us, no man or woman left behind" says Davis
"That's right" says Ray
The other guys nod and make sounds of agreement.
Jason smiles and nods back. He knew that they would all have his back, Mandy's back but it was a relief to hear it.
