Act 7.
The door to Konrad's cell was locked and Rebecca, April and Mark signalled to the camera that they were ready to leave the cell block. It was now 6.00pm the interrogation had been over an hour and they now had some information to work with.
The door was unlocked and they were met the other side by First Lieutenant Henderson.
"Ladies, gentleman, I have been assigned to you for your time with us. I have a vehicle at your disposal and have instructions to take you wherever you need to go."
He started to walk down the corridor.
"If you would like to follow me, I will take you to your rooms."
The lieutenant took the out of the building and walked across to another building opposite.
"This is the mess room, you are welcome to have your meals in here, breakfast is 08.00 to 09.30, lunch is 12.30 to 13.30 and dinner is 17.30 to 19.00. Tea and coffee is available at all hours and can be found here."
"We have managed to allocate you all accommodation in the same block, away from the base personnel , else it would have meant that you would have been accommodated separately as we don't allow mixed sex accommodation."
"Ok, that's understandable, thank you Lieutenant." Said Rebecca.
"Please call me Cody, Ma'am. I'll leave you with a walkie-talkie, that way you can contact me whenever you need me."
"Thank you Cody, if you're assigned to us, then, please, call me Rebecca and this is April and Mark. We don't stand on formality here."
The lieutenant showed them their accommodation and then left. They found their hold-all's already in their rooms which were sparsely furnished, there was a cot along one wall, with a wardrobe, a desk and chair on the opposite wall.
"Well, we've been in worse!" joked April "and I'll bet those blankets will be as scratchy as hell, I feel a rash coming on already!"
Rebecca and Mark laughed at the face April was pulling.
"Well, first things first" Rebecca said "I think it's time for something to eat, then we'll come back here and discuss what we have found out so far and what we will do tomorrow."
The other two agents agreed and they made their way back to the mess hall. The hall was noisy with the chatter of dozens of base personnel, they made their way to the serving counter along the far wall, a few heads turned and regarded them as they walked by and some of the airman wolf whistled at the women, both of whom bristled slightly, but kept their looks of annoyance hidden.
The food didn't look that appetising, but they were hungry enough that they would eat just about anything, and as April had commented earlier about their accommodation, they had had worse!
They went back and sat in Rebecca's room, April and Mark making notes of what they had found out so far. Konrad had confirmed that he had been sent by THRUSH to retrieve some plans for an experimental aircraft from the Lockheed Skunkworks site.
He didn't know exactly which aircraft they were for as he was supposed to make a pick up containing the information that would tell him where to find them. He didn't know who the contact was; just that he was told he would find the information needed to retrieve the plans at a pre-arranged time and location, all he had was a codename: XJ23-S. He had arrived a day early and was checking out the Skunkworks site when he was caught and then brought to Edwards.
April was thoughtful "Hmm, that could be a good clue XJ23-S, maybe a trip to the Skunkworks tomorrow is in order, someone there should know what this XJ23-S is."
"Yes, I was thinking along the same lines, we'll go after breakfast, we'll ask our shadow to take us over there. As I see it we have two things to find out: What this prototype aircraft is and why THRUSH is so interested in it and who the inside person is."
"Rebecca, I think you're right, hopefully Lockheed will co-operate with us. Come on April, let's turn in, we're going to have to be up early tomorrow."
"Good night, you two, see you in the morning." Rebecca said as April and Mark left her room.
Rebecca changed into her pyjamas and lay on her bed thinking about the day's events so far. The biggest clue they had to what they were looking for so far was the codename XJ23-S. She wondered if the letters and numbers actually meant anything or would give a clue as to what type of aircraft they were looking for. As for who was the mole, she didn't have a clue and wasn't sure how to find out. Sighing she turned over and fell asleep.