The moment Reyes entered the taskforce, she was surprised to be told by the other guys that Micah had arrived early that day.
"So he's in his office, right?"
"Yes he specifically told us to tell you to wait in the conference room. He said he had a long night so he's trying to shed off some of the sleep in him. So when Assistant Commissioner Tavengwa arrives, I'll call him"
Reyes then said, "Tavengwa will be a bit late, he messaged me earlier today. Let Micah sleep. But as soon as Tavengwa arrives, assemble us in the conference room."
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"So, how did it go?" asked Tavengwa just as Micah and Agent Reyes entered the conference room.
"Tardiness Mr Assistant Commissioner. That's one. Also, it wouldn't hurt extending pleasantries to others firstly." said Micah as he sat down on his chair. He was in a bad mood and the way his hair was disheveled, Tavengwa knew than to reply Micah's remarks.
It is Agent Reyes who then said, "Well now that we are here, it would be a great time to share any information we may have."
Micah then said, "Well, the meeting at the pier went well. It was actually just an evaluation to see if I followed orders. I went alone. Now the only thing I retrieved is this." With that Micah retrieved a cellphone from his left inner jacket pocket.
"So you got a cellphone," said Tavengwa
Reyes said, "Guess its a burner phone."
Micah smiled and said, "Bingo, now this little baby right here will be providing us information to take down Bruce. I don't know how much it will be useful but at least it'll cripple him."
"And provide the informants with the territory." said Tavengwa.
"Officially, I'm to help take down Bruce. I was never given a brochure of how I'll take him down. I'll use any methods I can think of. Besides, now that I'll be officially a Zimbabwean, we'll fight these bad guys as they come."
Reyes looked shocked and said, "Wait, you are a Zimbabwean? Since when does Echo hire Zimbabwean and besides why does your file omit that information?"
"Well I'm not yet a Zimbabwean, in four weeks, after Bruce is done, I'll be one then. So shall I make the first call to the Ghost."
"So what do propose we do since you're the one who cultivated this idea?" asked Agent Reyes.
Micah firstly yawned then said partly to himself, " The things I do for fun," then quickly looked at Agent Reyes as he replied, "Well, sorry for my earlier remarks Assistant Commissioner Tavengwa but the truth is whether or not to act on the information we get from Ghost, only you and Agent Reyes can determine that. I cultivated an informant, so I'm not allowed to investigate whether to act or not."
Tavengwa and Reyes exchanged looks and it was Reyes who said, "We're raiding whatever the place they tell us. Now you can call Ghost and remind him that the first piece is always the most important. I'll tell Tiger to assemble the squad."
"And again who is Tiger?" asked Tavengwa.
Micah quickly replied, "Mr Assistant Commissioner, do you realise that besides us three there are many people who work here. I'm sure the only other person you know he is your Judge Brown. Tiger apparently is the appointed leader of those guys outside. He is the leader of the SWAT team," then he added after a moment, "Agent Reyes I'm sure a lady of your calibre wouldn't mind teaching this politician and justice officer how to work with others. To someone like me Tavengwa, by has never had a home and with no relations, I expect the superiors to know us and be kind. We strive on the support of the superiors."
With that Micah yawned again, took the burner phone then left the room for his office leaving Tavengwa and Reyes discussing in hushed tones.
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The door blasted in and the guys flooded inside the warehouse in formation. They all wore the SWAT team uniforms and moved uniformly.
After a successful sweep of the premises, one agent, shouted, "Clear, the premises are clear."
Tger then commanded the guys to open the crates or look for anything worth even a little attention. He came to Micah's side and said, " I think the intel was wrong. This is just but a wild goose chase."
Micah put his revolver in the shoulder holster and commented, "Well firstly let's wait for the final sweep the guys are doing and maybe we may find something."
They continued chatting and in a matter of about two minutes, an agent came and said, " I think you've got to come and see this."
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Later, the same day in the conference room, Micah is was wearing the blue jeans and black leather jacket combo, that which he always wore everyday. He kept pacing right round the room restlessly and the way he kept looking at these two, Tavengwa and Reyes made them not dare break the silence.
"Do you guys even know what we found? Nothing. An empty warehouse. Those are the results of the supposed raid."
Tavengwa quickly said, "So you are saying your intel was wrong?"
"No, I'm saying the guys knew we were coming but they were informed late because they made some mistakes trying to clear up. There just wasn't enough time."
Reyes said softly, "So there was a leak."
Micah said, "Next time I'm limiting ears to us four, Tiger included of course since this black ops team only listens to him." Micah only added the last remark after seeing Reyes frown at the mention of four people.
Tavengwa commented after a minute had lapsed, "If its combating against moles I'm sure noone would argue against that. But I've got a question, you said the clearing up by those guys was sloppy. What did you find?" he added a question lastly.
"Well nothing much, we just managed to find a few elephants tusks that'd been thrown in the bushes to hide them. Seems the packaging material ran short so they opted to throw away some. Also, there were a large number of empty cigarette boxes, the illegal kind."
Agent Reyes smiled and said, " Cigarettes and ivory, classic Bruce's empire. Truly worth of being an Echo Agent, less than a week you've forced Bruce to abandon one warehouse."
"And also I didn't tell you this before because we were leaving but when I was given the adress for the warehouse, I happened to ask a question and answered." At this moment, bothe Tavengwa and Agent Reyes looked at him, "It's been confirmed, Bruce is not just an advisor or the lawyer, he is the king of the empire."
Micah stood up and said, " So you guys let me leave and chat with Ghost and tell him the results of the raid he asked for it, but of course I'll get a new adress that we can bombard tomorrow or the day after."
With that Micah left, then Tavengwa also stood up and left. Only Agent Reyes was left sitting in the conference room.