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Bane growled.“That would include the river system.If they shut that down and they'll cause a panic that will set this world into a shit storm we won’t recover from.Our river system goes from state to state but the biggest river here is the Mississippi.He would have to taint the water with something that would poison it.The Mississippi travels north and south but it also feeds into many river systems going east to west as well.”
Bastian shook his head.“If we allow this, then hundreds of thousands of people will die.”
“And that, gentleman, is their goal,” Rainey spoke from the doorway.
They turned to her and saw her standing there looking pale.
“When people start dying,” she explained.“It will throw the nation into a panic and they will sit back and let everything fall apart.Only when everything is in turmoil, will they step up to be the saviors of the day, but only for the ultimate power they will demand.”
“And how do you know this?”Bastian asked.
“I dug deeper into the manifest,” she explained while closing her eyes.“These men are truly insane.They need to be stopped at all costs.”A lone tear slid down her cheek.“We need to stop this from happening before anyone dies because of this plot.But I’m not sure that’s gonna happen.With Mr.White gone, the others are going to step up their plans and people are going to die.”
The room went silent.
Bane growled and slammed his fist into the wall.
James ducked his head and swiftly stepped away.“Whoa, Mr.Punch-First-Ask-Questions-Never.Two inches to the right and I would have a hole in my face, dude!”
Bane shook his head and replied, “If I wanted a new hole in your face you’d already have one.”He turned his glare to Bastian.“We need to find those men and we need help to stop them.Perhaps call in some markers.Maybe all the ones we have this time but we are going to stop these bastards and bring their crazy horseshit empire down.”
Bastian nodded.“I’ll start calling in some markers.”
“Shay should be one call you make,” James suggested.“He can intercept the boat and try to find the weapons.”
Bastian nodded.“He is on the list as well as Sergi.Maybe his Ghosts can get into places we can’t, but we need to know who they are and where they are first.”
Chapter Three
It was early afternoonbefore they found the third man, Mr.Black.In real life, his name was Joshua Warrington from Dallas, Texas.
Damon found him and then dug into his position.He looked up at Bastian and Bane.“I think I found the fool.Joshua Warrington and he’s the main man of Agri-Foods.That’s the main reserve for seeds and stuff the farmers need to plant their fields.His company ships the seeds out for the nation.It would be very easy to limit the supplies and or poison the seeds that they send out.”Shaking his head he went on, “His headquarters may be in Dallas but he’s got warehouses all over the nation.It might be a problem finding the warehouses with the poison seeds in them.”He looked down at his screen and said, “But planting time is getting close and most farmers have already bought their grains and corn seeds for this year’s planting.”
“So any way you slice this, their plan couldn’t happen overnight.Is that what you’re saying?”Bane narrowed his eyes at him.
“No, not overnight,” Damon pointed out.“But no one knows their food production might be tainted and that’s a problem.Or will be when the crops are ready to harvest.Even if you get confirmation after the seeds are planted and destroy the field you still have the contaminated soil to deal with which puts the planting off for a year at the least.That’s going to hurt the people depending on the cash crops and in the grocery stores when there is nothing on the shelves to buy.”
