Of the goddess could a pendentive have to do with anything?” Now grant looked confused.

“I don’t even know what a pendentive is.” “That much I do know,” said Merrill. “I learned
them about during a class on the Renaissance. It’s architectural term for the spherical
triangle that creates the transition between the rectangular or square building and the
round dome. It’s kind of like fitting a square peg in a round hole. But I can’t think of what
that could have to do with any of this.” “ I’m not sure,” Jan said, shaking her hand. “I think it
is a-name of some kind. But I will tell you one thing. When I was connected I could feel this
guy building some kind of energy even with Merrill shielding. So, I suggest we do a virtual
and try to do something stronger.” “no,” said grant. “that might be the prudent thing to do
but right now we don’t have time. We have to get down and find where those things are
being produced. Besides, they have him now and believe me, this is not a place he is going
to get out of or have a chance to talk to anyone.” “I personally don’t think they can handle
him” Merrill adamant . “Have him kept sedative or just kill him but don’t let them try to
keep him like any other prisoner. It just isn’t going to work.” Jan was nodding in agreement
with Merrill. “I don’t believe in killing of any kind, grant. You know that. But this guy isn’t
even human anymore. He said I don’t even have a classification for what he is but he can’t
be allowed to escape.” “I understand,” grant responded patiently. “but you and I both know
that the agency doesn’t work like that. You can task them to just kill the man and they aren’t
ever going to fully believe in magic, not even rusty. I had a hard enough time convincing him
to let us do our part of the interrogation.” Merrill join looked at each other and realised that
this was going to get them nowhere. Besides grant was right said, they had to stop
production of the canisters and traveller was the agency’s problem now. “jan,” grant said.
“nice work, I’ll get this map over to rusty so he can have teams retrieve the other canisters
and we’ll meet up with Sarah at the cdc. They should have the room set up for you to look
at it when we get there.” “actually,” Jan cut in. She looked a little distant. “I don’t think we
have to.” She closed her eyes and stood there still for a moment then put in the earphone to
her watch and pressed the third button. “Hello?” Sarah’s voice was as clear as if she were
standing there. “hi, this is Jan. There isn’t time to explain right now but you’re standing in
the isolation room aren’t you?” “yes, I’m taking some samples using the gloves.” “do you
know the orientation of the room as far as east west?” “ pretty sure,” Sarah replied. “in
which direction are you seated?” “almost due south.” Sarah’s voice sounded strange like she
was distracted. “is there anything removable from the canister like a nut or bolt, just
anything that could be decontaminated and taken?” “actually there is ascrew lying on the
table that they took out when they removed one of the hatches. Will that work?” “perfect,
how soon can you get that ready to go?” “about twenty,” Sarah said. Her voice had returned
to its normal vibrant self.” “that should work. I’ll have grant call you back. It looks like we’re
about set to move on.” “I ve scheduled the tests I wanted done so I’ll be ready as soon as I
get that sample for you.” “thanks Sarah, that’s should do it. See you in a little bit.” Merrill
looked at Jan. From his side it seemed like an odd conversation until Jan asked for the first
map and marked a line that went from Washington dc and crossed through Tacoma,
Washington. “How did you do that?” “Im really not sure,” Jan replied. “when grant
mentioned joining Sarah, I had a wave of sensation as if she was standing right next to me
and somehow I knew I could sense in my normal way through her.” Grant looked at her
incredulously. “ you could sense her presence?” “ actually, I felt more as if we have joined in
some way. I can’t really explain it better than that. That’s something I need to talk to her
about.” “well, you’ll get your chance real soon,” grant said. “that just saved us at least an
hour.” He pressed the first button on his watch and spoke. “hi, how soon can you
wrap things up there?” he paused as if listening. “Good , when you’re done head over to the
airport, we’re going to be to Seattle as soon as we can... ok, I’ll see you there... I love you
too.” Grant had that faraway look he always got when he had just talked to Sarah. Jan
thought it was cute. Grant and Sarah shared that closeness that created warmth even in the
middle of a crisis. She looked up at Merrill reminded that they shared that closeness as well.
“déjà vu,” Merrill said as he climbed in the back seat of the rental car at Seattle Tacoma
international airport. “Seems like we have done this before somehow doesn’t it?” He was
referring to the first time he and Jan had been swept on a mission with grant and Sarah. In a
way the circumstances were similar. They were getting in to a rental car at the same airport
going out in to the area with nothing but an item belonging to someone and Jan’s unique
ability to have that item guide them somewhere. That time had resulted in their being
ambushed. Grant laughed. “don’t worry Merrill; We re headed south this time. I thought
we’d head down to the Tacoma done district and start from there. I don’t see any need to
head up to right now.” Grant drove the luxury ford out of the harsh cement parking garge
and entered the parkway. Jan was relieved to find the rear seating in the crown victoria
warm and comfortable and curdled up to Merrill. They had departed from Washington dc
fairly early. Even going through security they were in the air by 5:30 pm and with the time
change they have arrived by 7:30 and now a half an hour later the hours were starting to
catch up with her. She looked out of the drizzle coated window at the dark shadow of the
hillside half hypnotised by the light posts they passed. The wetness created a starry collage
of colour strained her eyes. She was beginning to fade out when grants voice sounded out
from the front seat. “Does it seem like we’re headed in the right direction Jan?” Jan slowly
sat up rubbing her eyes and then reached in to her purse and took out the half inch bolt that
Sarah had given earlier. Holding the metal in her left hand she closed her eyes and focused
on the energy and the secrets it contained. “yes, this is the right direction; the place seems
almost directly in front of us.” When Jan looked at the signs overhung the highway , she
could see that they had turned south on interstate. She glanced to her left and could see
that they were passing a large shopping Sarah said. Her voice had returned to its normal
vibrant self.” “that should work. I’ll have grant call you back. It looks like we’re about set to
move on.” “I ve scheduled the tests I wanted done so I’ll be ready as soon as I get that
sample for you.” “thanks Sarah, that’s should do it. See you in a little bit.” Merrill looked at
Jan. From his side it seemed like an odd conversation until Jan asked for the first map and
marked a line that went from Washington dc and crossed through Tacoma, Washington.
“How did you do that?” “Im really not sure,” Jan replied. “when grant mentioned joining
Sarah, I had a wave of sensation as if she was standing right next to me and somehow I
knew I could sense in my normal way through her.” Grant looked at her incredulously. “ you
could sense her presence?” “ actually, I felt more as if we have joined in some way. I can’t
really explain it better than that. That’s something I need to talk to her about.” “well, you’ll
get your chance real soon,” grant said. “that just saved us at least an hour.” He pressed the
first button on his watch and spoke. “hi, how soon can you