The next morning, Alex woke up still lying next to Camryn. She was curled up against his side with her head on his shoulder and her arm draped across his chest.
"Cam, are you awake?" Alex murmured.
"Yeah. Hey, there's something I forgot to tell you last night."
"Yeah?"
"Do you know an Edward Pleasure?"
"Yeah. He's Sabina's father. Why?"
"He's in charge of the lab I'm working at."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. I met him."
"That's strange. I know him pretty well. He doesn't seem the kind of person to get involved with drugs."
"Well, it's him."
"I'm sorry, Cam, but I find this extremely hard to believe. It may be another Edward Pleasure-"
"With a British accent?"
"Maybe."
Camryn chuckled. "Why don't you help us out today? You can find out if Mr. Pleasure is the man you know or not."
"Okay."
Alex and Camryn got out of bed, changed, and waited in the hotel lobby for Kawasaki. Akira picked them up in his Hummer at 10:30 and headed off to the lab. Alex sat in the back with the rest of the gang (except for Tai – he wasn't there).
"We didn't find any audio bugs in the building," Hikaru said. "We can edit the feeds of the security cameras and optic fibers. It would be too suspicious if we just shut down the entire mainframe."
"Since there's no audio bug, we're giving you a wire so you can talk to us," Mahiro said.
"Won't I be searched for transmitters again?"
"Yes, but this is a special device." Mahiro handed Camryn a pair of silver wrap-around earrings and a silver bracelet to match. "When you work in a lab, you'll have to take off your rings and bracelets, right?"
"Yeah."
"These transmitting devices activate only when the clasp of the bracelet is undone."
"You're a genius!" Camryn exclaimed.
"So once you take that bracelet off, you can hear us and we can hear you."
Camryn turned around in her seat. "Awesome. Is there anything else I need to know?"
"I found another lab where the deadly stuff is made and then put into the morphine," Bakura reported. "It's on the fourth floor. We have the building schematics with labeled heat sources. We can tell you how many people are around you. We can get you into that lab."
"You guys are amazing."
Daisuke spoke up. "The two guards in the basement are armed with two Glochs, a stun gun, and a switchblade. When you arrive, they'll be there at the lab together. After that, they guard in shifts. You can take out one guard, disarm him, and go from there."
"When you're searching the lab, look for poisons or viruses. Whatever the thing is that is killing people acts fast," Yahiko said.
"Alright, thanks."
Akira stopped the Hummer in front of the building where the lab was.
"Hey, Cam, you better come out of this alive," Alex said. "If you don't, I'm going to have a very boring plane ride back to London."
Camryn smiled. "Alright. Thank you guys so much." She got out of the car and disappeared into the building. Alex had a really bad feeling in his gut. He just knew that something was going to go wrong.
"Okay, everyone," Daisuke said. "Listen up. We're going to help Camryn in everyway that we can so she can find this mystery killer. But our first priority is Camryn's safety.
"Let's get to work," Alex said as Akira drove off.
Alex and Kawasaki set up the equipment they needed to help Camryn. They each put on a headset and prepared themselves for when Camryn called. A few minutes were all they had to wait.
"Hey, I'm in the lab in the basement," Camryn said. Everybody heard her through his headsets. Akira parked the Hummer behind a near-by restaurant.
"One of the guards is leaving," Hikaru said into his mouthpiece. "Wait until we give you the okay to go."
Bakura tapped into the building's mainframe and edited all the video feeds so Camryn wouldn't be seen. He sent the real feeds from the building to Alex's laptop. Hikaru nodded to Alex.
"Cam, go ahead," Alex said.
Camryn opened the door of the lab. The guard outside turned around.
"I was wondering which way the restroom is," Camryn said.
The guard raised his arm and pointed down the hallway. Before he could give any directions, Camryn grabbed his arm and jabbed him hard in the ribcage with her elbow. She struck the side of his neck, knocking him unconscious.
"That knock-out spray would be really useful right now," Camryn muttered.
"Yeah, it would be," Alex's voice said in Camryn's ears.
Camryn shrugged off her lab coat. She took the guard's weapons and handcuffed him to a pole in the lobby. She ran to the stairs and began ascending.
"Disable all the elevators," Camryn said. She heard furious typing for a few seconds.
"Done," Yahiko said.
Camryn reached the first floor. She strapped one gun to her leg and tucked the stun gun and knife into her pockets. With the other gun in her hand, Camryn continued up to the fourth floor. When she reached the second floor, Alex gave her a warning.
"Someone's entering the staircase from the third floor. I don't know if he's going up or down. Hold your position."
Camryn stayed still and waited for orders.
"Get out of there, now! He's coming down!" Mahiro ordered.
Camryn opened the door and slipped into the second floor of the building. She heard two voices coming down the hall. One was Mr. Pleasure's. The other was a young girl's – probably Camryn's age.
"Are you sure?" Mr. Pleasure asked.
"Yes! Tai told me everything," the girl said. "She's really an MI6 spy."
"She's too young. She's only a bit older than you."
"What about Alex? He's my age."
Mr. Pleasure sighed. "I don't know, Sabina."
"Daddy, let me help you, please!"
"This is too dangerous for you."
"I'll be careful. I promise."
"I don't know. I'd better go down to the lab then."
"I'll go with you, Daddy."
Camryn slipped back into the stairwell. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. No wonder Tai never came into the field with the team – he was a double agent.
"Guys, did you get all that?" Camryn asked.
"Yeah," came everyone's gloomy reply. They were all just as upset as she was.
"That's Edward Pleasure and his daughter, Sabina," Alex said sounding upset.
"I'm sorry, Alex."
"No, don't be."
"Is the stairwell clear?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, enable the elevators. Once Mr. Pleasure and Sabina get down to the basement, disable the elevators and put the basement on lockdown. I don't want them to be able to get out or contact anyone outside."
Camryn ran up to the fourth floor and opened the door. "I'm on the fourth floor now. Where's the lab?"
"Go to the end of the hall," Mahiro said. "Then go left, left again, and then right."
"Halls are clear for a little bit," Hikaru reported. "You have to move fast."
"Okay. I'm going to disappear for a while. If I'm not back on the radar in ten minutes, call LAPD, shut down the mainframe, and storm the place." Camryn took the bracelet from her pocket and clasped it around her wrist.
