[Brandon]
Was visiting with Brooklyn, they were merely talking. Unfortunately for him they both had a good cry. He continued to hold her as that was the comfort that they both seemed to need right now. When the phone call came through he frowned at his phone. <> He wasn't sure what to make of it. "I need to go to HQ, you can come by anytime or call or I can come by and see you tomorrow. I would invite you to come with me...but...I wouldn't know how you would feel about that or how long I might be? I feel bad for leaving you right now, but I know Ireland meant as much to you as she did to me. I just didn't want you to think...I wasn't trying to be there for you...still." He said. He was focused on being her friend right now.. they both needed one....he did at least and right now she was as close to Ireland as he was going to get.
He would let her decide on whether she was going to come or stay but he did need to get back...he just didn't know why it was so urgent...he could only hope it wasn't what he thought it was. He was honestly not sure he could handle that and the finality of what that meant.?He choked the bile of those emotions down as he headed back. He texted.
[Macamber]
Back in her office, Macamber noted the reply on her security pad. Good. Brandon was the one she needed most. The will had been found and as expected, he was named as Chord's primary heir, which meant that shortly he would be her new boss. And everyone else's for that matter.
Mia had not responded yet. Hopefully she would by the time Brandon got here.?"To all corporate security manning entrance posts," she texted on her pad. "Mister Brandon and Ms. Mia should be arriving shortly. Please direct them to Secure Room 5 when they get here. And continue security directive 5A: any unexpected arrivals to be considered hostile until vetted by me personally."
That done, she returned to examining the lab report, frowning at the results. The residue Gen had managed to filter and isolate suggested a very sophisticated explosive, difficult to make and even more difficult to keep stable. It would have had to have been planted or delivered within a very short time window. Less than forty minutes. Which meant that the attack was already planned and made ready for the moment when Chord took off in the helicopter. She dismissed the possibility of either Harrison or Ireland being the target. What she could not dismiss was the evidence that Chord's security had somehow been compromised. Which meant that she had missed something.?That she had failed.
[Gen]
Gen was startled when Kites swept her up bodily once they were in the common room, wrapping her legs around his waist and planting her butt on the edge of the table near the window.? Startled, but keen to respond.? The physical closeness and sudden embrace roused her instinctively and she tightened her legs around the winged youth's waist even more, her arms draped around his neck.
The androgyne could feel herself shifting to male-mode even as Kites' hand was slipping up her thigh, her face and body becoming leaner in his embrace.? His heart was racing, making his face flush, particularly at the awareness of how his pants were now uncomfortably tight around the bulge now occupying his groin.?"Selfish sounds good, actually," Gen murmured, pulling Kites' face to his.? His lips sought and found his lovers' and began to devour them with abandon.? "Damn good."
[Kites]
