“Now, when you say, ‘we,’ who is the other person who was with you? The one with the EMP weapon?”
“She’s known as Gayle. Not sure what her real name is.”
“Where did she get the weapon?”
“I think from some pissed-off member of the ‘Hexy Nerd’ group.”
“Is she a member of FAFO?”
“What is that? Free America From Oligarchs? Isn’t FAFO like ANTIFA? More like a state of mind than anything? There must be millions of them.”
The agent repeats himself, louder, “Is she a member of the group known as FAFO?”
“No, not that I know of. She’s never mentioned it.”
“Where is she now?”
“Behind you!” Mikl says loudly.
The agent quickly looks behind him.
“Gotcha!”
The agent smacks Mikl across the face. Then, composing himself, “Let’s leave it here for a while, shall we? So you can think about your next questioning period which will not be so cordial, I assure you. Not to mention what’s going to be happening to Teagen.”
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I figured something had gone wonky when the tracers I’d put in Mikl and Teagen showed them heading south on I-695. When they stopped in front of Homeland Security Investigations, it was obvious what had happened.
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