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Chapter 17- We're Out
"Anna?" Sydney croaked loudly in surprise soliciting another chorus of groans from her sleeping companions. "I mean, why are you calling?" Sydney interrogated quietly as she made her way out of the living room and into the kitchen to start making some much needed coffee and to hunt down some pain killers.
"We need to talk." Anna stated calmly.
"If this is the sphere Anna, do not bother. We no longer have it in our possession." Sydney explained pouring out four large cups of steaming coffee.
"We know who stole it from you." Anna countered." Meet Will and I at the café on the corner of Treeline Drive and Fourth Street in two hours and we'll tell you what you want to know."
Before Sydney could respond Anna hung up. "This ought to be interesting." Sydney commented as she walked back into the living room carrying a tray with the coffee and Advil. She set the tray on the coffee table before attempting to wake everyone up. She woke up Vaughn and Sark with relative ease and a minimal amount of curses before she turned to Lauren. As Sydney turned to shake Lauren awake she was met with a gun.
"Make me get up and I will kill you," Lauren growled.
"I wouldn't suggest killing me," Sydney finished. "I don't know if Anna will disclose the location of the sphere without me," she explained. Lauren gave one last moan and sat up, her hair a tangled mess.
An hour and a half, and eight cups of coffee later the four pulled into the café parking lot closely and closely followed Weiss and Nadia. The group made their way slowly into the café. As they entered the café the waiter greeted them kindly and ushered them towards a room in the back.
"Ah you made it," Anna said standing up from where she sat comfortably on the leather couch.
"Yes we did now what is it you want to discuss with us?" Sydney asked as she sat down in an overstuffed chair.
"Sloane. Sloane stole the sphere from the back of your van. He has it in a warehouse in Puerto Rico." Anna explained in a casual whisper.
"Why are you telling us this?" Sydney questioned in earnest as she looked between Anna and Will.
"He's going too far. He wants to bring Milo himself back to life to open the sphere. We don't like it, and we don't trust it. He wants to give the world Milo's endgame."
"What is Milo's endgame? Does Sloane even know?"
"No, Sloane doesn't know, he assumes that if we bring Rambaldi back from the dead that he will trust us and make us a part of his endgame." Will explained to the group.
"We need to go to Puerto Rico and steal the sphere from Sloane before he has the chance to open the sphere or bring Milo Rambaldi back to life." Anna answered her voice a mere whisper so that no one in the café could here.
"Where in Puerto Rico? What is our time frame? How long do we have?" Sydney questioned.
"We leave immediately. Will and I purchased tickets to Puerto Rico using three separate airports. We will all meet in Puerto Rico in fifteen hundred hours."
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Puerto Rico
Fifteen Hundred Hours
Anna, Will, Weiss, and Nadia suited up and hopped into one van while Sydney, Vaughn, Sark, and Lauren piled into a second van.
"Syd no matter what happens I love you ok?" Vaughn said taking her hand in his and kissing it softly.
"Vaughn I love you too," Sydney replied back softly.
"Let's get a move on it guys," Weiss said as they pulled up to the digging site. As soon as they were parked they left out of the car and formed a circle on the outside of the cave.
"Alright we need to take him out, no matter what they cost," Anna said sternly.
"And if we don't get to him in time and he opens the sphere?" Sydney questioned.
"We're screwed." Anna replied her dark eyes held no playfulness in them.
"Let's move out then." Lauren said as she loaded her gun and began to walk toward the entrance, everyone followed behind her.
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Sloane grinned as he put the sphere in the indent which was formed on the stone alter, and it locked into place with a click.
"It is time…it is time for Milo to arise…" he said softly, and inserted the vile into the side of the sphere and let it drain to the bottom of it. Bright lights began to flash from the inside.
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"What is that?" Sark asked as he pointed down the cave entrance where there were lights emanating from it.
"Oh god he's done it, he's opened the sphere…" Anna said her eyes widened.