I turned to one of the guards "What's the problem here?" I asked, the guard shot a look to Lindsey who nodded. Lathain and Wizbit stared at me, Lathain barely containing his surprise.

"Err well Miss, um ma'am these err men here tried to enter the facility"

"On what grounds?" I asked, again a shifted glance to Lindsey before starting

"They said they were here to collect something" I smiled at the guard and turned to Lathain

"Indeed he is" I said "Sorry I'm late boys, shall we be moving now?" I moved off, Wizbit gave me a questioning look, I shot him a wink hoping he'd take the lead, thankfully he followed, shooting off a sloppy salute before dragging a very confused Lathain with him, their coffee coloured friend close behind. The guards watched us go, rifles at the ready just in case.

The stranger with them moved to the side of his truck, a huge black monster of a machine, opening the door for me with a slight smile, his black hair fell slightly in his dark brown eyes which were wide and questioning, he looked as confused as Lathain

"Ma'am" he nodded as I got aboard. Lathain climbed in beside me, a million questions on his face, Wizbit got in the back as the driver got in behind the wheel "Convoy" he said putting out a hand.

"I wouldn't touch her" Wizbit warned before I had a chance to, Convoy withdrew his hand looking confused and concerned.

"Don't mind him" I said "I'm just electrically charged, kind of like an eel, happened by accident, but it's just best not to touch me just in case." Convoy nodded as thought this explanation was good enough for him. Once the engine roared to life and we were backing out Lathain exploded on me.

"What the HELL are you doing here?!" he yelled, his face furious "What was that?!" I shifted in my seat so I could face him.

"THAT was me saving your ass from being shot" I told him "Now tell me about this device you've been asked to steal" His face fell, not much of a poker player this one.

"How do you know about that?" Now it was Wizbit's turn to ask the questions.

"Because I've been hired to stop you" I said easily "Something about this stinks to me, so what's your deal in all this?"

"Why should we trust you?" Lathain asked, my anger flared and I raised a hand to slap him, stopping myself just in time, with the charge I had building I would need to vent soon and I couldn't risk electrocuting him.

"You're a real bastard" I whispered

"Woah, woah there" Convoy said, he looked down the road to a resting place and started pulling over "I gather you guys have history but what the fuck is going on?"

"Lathain and Ghost have worked together before" Wizbit supplied "We all have, now it seems that Ghost has been hired to stop our secondary objective, we'll deal with that in a minute" he turned to me "Ghost, what do you know about the facility"

"Just that it's owned by two companies" I told him "One is military the other is privately owned but are slowly being bought out, one level at a time" I glared at Lathain "Oh and there are rumours about experimentations" I said "In the lower levels, but that's about it, there's some kind of device they're working on that I need to steal before it goes to auction" Wizbit took all this in and nodded

"We're also looking into rumours of a weapon and if there is one to get hold of it, but our first priority is the lower levels, there ARE experiments running down there and we've been approached by some of the families of some missing people to investigate"

"Missing people? So who's asked you about the weapon?" I asked; concerned family didn't seem the type to hire a set of runners to steal a weapon.

"Turns out news got out that the families were looking to hire someone, this got to our secondary employer who asked us to check it out" I frowned, something about that didn't seem quite right . . .

"So do we have plans of the facility?" I asked, I wondered if their information was more up to date than mine but Wizbit shook his head and looked at Lathain who could only glare back at Wizbit who smirked

"Well we would have done if someone hadn't cocked up and set off the alarm" he laughed, Lathain's death glare continued, odd he'd normally have quipped back by now . . .

"Err Wizbit, did you freeze Lathain?" I asked

"Yup" he grinned, a full out grin, I was suddenly very worried about Wizbit, he'd not seemed the type to grin before, maybe Lathain's attitude was catching. Wizbit dropped the spell on the warning that he needed to keep his trap shut.

"So what's the plan?" Convoy asked.

"Get in, investigate, get out" Wizbit said flatly

"But how are we going to get in if they won't let us through the door?" Convoy seemed worried

"What about the cave systems at the base of the facility?" I asked, Wizbit nodded approvingly. "Bases as large as this need to circulate air to keep people inside from suffocating, which means there has to be a ventilation area, another opening" I explained to Lathain's confused face

"I noticed something about areas needed for ventilation, I can't see anything top side so I guess they vent into the caves, worth a shot" said Convoy. Lathain shuddered and muttered something about dark cold places that smelled funny. Guess he didn't like being underground much.

"So we check out the facility's air con system, see if we can get in that way, take a look around and get out as quick as we can" I said, Convoy slid me a sideways look then back to Wizbit. "I saw a likely spot on my way here" I told him.

"Forgive me for speaking out of turn and I know it seems like Wizbit and Lathain have your back but I have to ask. If your mission is to stop us, then why are you even here? And why would you help us look around, we're here to get people out first and foremost, families, with children too, no offense but I don't want to risk their lives so that you can complete your objective" he shrugged and turned back to the wheel "Just saying" he said.

"You don't know me" I told him "So I'll tell you this only once, I would never risk an innocent life to complete one of my missions, I'll help you get the people out then we'll deal with the device" Convoy turned to Wizbit.

"Is she for real?" He asked, Wizbit and Lathain both nodded, Convoy shrugged again "Fair enough, she's in"