“Yes, sir,” he replied.“I have one question though, sir,” John said.“What’s that, John?” Stone asked.“How did they buy the tickets? That’s not cheap and it’s obvious from the records that they didn’t use some NSA account, like they did with the bus,” he said.“I have no idea on that. The money’s there, so they didn’t manipulate minds to trick their way on, either. Somehow, they must have gotten a rather large amount of money, maybe from the plant that helped them escape. That’s just a guess, but it’s the best I have right now,” Stone told him.As John was leaving, Stone’s phone rang. “This is Stone,” he said into the phone, as he answered it. After a long pause, he said, “Sir, I’ll recover the girls, as ordered, but I won’t kill them and I’ll do everything in my power to avoid civilian deaths,” he said, his face getting a little flushed, something Rebecca had never seen from him. “No sir, I will not,” he said, after another long pause. “Sir, if that’s your orders, then I resign, ef
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