Looking at Bren, Teagen says, “Come here, you!” Bren unbuckles and settles between Mikl and Teagen like she’s been there all her life.
“Ah, this feels so good. Let’s make a pact to never be apart again.”
“Trois Mousquetaires!”
Bren puts her right hand out which is quickly followed and covered by Mikl and Teagen’s.
“One for all!”
Bren’s phone rings.
“Hold that thought. This may be important.”
Bren moves back to the rear facing seat. “Hello?” After a pause, “No Name. FireFox. Confirm… Yes, but it didn’t matter, did it? Good job getting Mikl and Teagen out of Homeland, though. You guys rock! Oh, OK… Yes. In my opinion, that’s something we have to do. Knowing where it goes might have a big impact on the incoming members of Congress. Hey, did we have anything to do with the destruction of The CEO’s home? No. Not even a little bit? OK. No… I wouldn’t have, but there’s a lot of hate out there… I agree. OK, well, keep me posted when you find out… Not sure, yet… Bye. Verification. No Name. Firefox.”
Met with questioning stares, Bren starts to explain, “I probably should have told you earlier. I’m a member of FAFO—“
“You’re a member? It actually exists?” Mikl had heard rumors.
“Yeah and yeah.”
“Well, it’s good you didn’t tell me because that’s one of the questions they asked me at Homeland Security.”
Teagen is like most with regard to the super secret group. “OK, I’m really out of this loop. I thought FAFO was Fuck Around and Find Out.”
Bren enlightens, “That’s one meaning, but it’s also a group against the uber rich dominating everything. It also stands for Free America From Oligarchs.” Proudly, “I have the t-shirt!”
Bren continues, “They sent out a fake message from The CEO to get you guys out of Homeland. But they’re not sure it made it through, as a lot of other stuff was happening at the time. So your release, may, or may not, have been from what they did. Anyway, their latest mission is they’re going to be tracking the gold re-location to see if it’s something that can be used against The CEO in the next Congress.”
Teagen agrees, “That is definitely a good idea.”
“And they said they had no involvement in destroying The CEO’s home in New York today.”
Mikl reasons, “It’s got to be Melon Pesos, don’t you think? He’ll never forgive The CEO for trashing Bitcoin.”