Part 86 (1/2)

”You enerate all this?”

Scott pointed at several boxes next to the disorganized shelves

”dauess and say that there are quite a few running around One blew up, or uys have the pieces”

”Not any more,” Ty said ”They were taken away by CISaid it was national securityI was told to stay away from it Told you about us Feds”

”Whatever,” Scott waved away the sidebar ”The point is that if a whole bunch of these vans were used, that's not cheap They held a lot of very expensive equipment Why not look for the vans? They can't be that hard to find Maybe you'll find your”

”Holy Christ, Mother Mary and Joseph, why didn't I think of that” Tyrone stood up and aist Scott's junk heaps ”We've been looking in one direction only The van ceased to exist in our minds since CI took it The Government can be a royal pain in the ass The van, of course”

Just as Scott was going to describe how to find villains without wasting hundreds of hours scouring data banks, his computer beeped three times Scott was shaken from his comfort ”What the?” He looked at the clock It was just otten toto Ty

”Great! It's Kirk I wanted you to e, Tyrone looked quizzically at him

”Who's Kirk?”

”This hacker, souy Hope to meet him someday” Scott pushed a few keys

The screen came alive

WTFO

”Hey,” said Tyrone, ”that's e used to say in the Reserves”

Gotta Spook here

SPOOK? YOU KNOW SPOOK?

Who's Spook?

YOU SAID HE'S WITH YOU

Not Spook, a spook FBI guy

FBI? YOU PROMISED

Don't worry Tell him yourself Who is Spook, anyway?

SPOOK IS A HACKER, ONE OF THE BEST BEEN ON THE SCENE FOR YEARS

A FEW PEOPLE CLAIM TO HAVE MET HIM, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF A FRIEND HE KEEPS A LOW PROFILE THE WORD IS SPOOK IS PLAYING SOME GOOD GAMES RECENTLY THE FBI?

He's a friend He doesn't know

Tyrone had coe