4 TWENTY-ONE When I return to IIC’s headquarters, the gang is waiting in my room. Except for Paula and John, they have all come: Matt, Umara, Seymour, and Shanti. Brutran is with them but I ask her to leave. She stands but holds her ground. “I need to know what happened to the three Source members at the Century Plaza Towers,” she demands. “I chased them into the south tower and killed them.” “Our people haven’t recovered their bodies. The Telar still have a presence in the north tower.” “It doesn’t matter. The Telar we were after are dead.” “A Telar helicopter landed on the roof of the south tower minutes after you left. What do you know about that?” “It was probably looking for survivors.” “Our people say you were talking to a man before you left.” “I spoke to him before I killed him.” “You should have returned with the bodies.” “For confirmation? What physical confirmation do we have that the Marherrs in Geneva are dead?” “The Cradle gave a unified report on the Marherrs.
