The room felt very odd, for lack of a better word. Tense. The tension was normal, but there was definitely something more… Something sour.<br/><br/>The three men in the room stared at each other for a long time, contemplating their next move.<br/><br/>There was a phone call made, an argument, harsh words were exchanged with several people over the past two hours. From the start, it was not expected that things would play out smoothly. Nothing ever played out exactly as expected no matter how simple. But when nothing was heard, then everything seemed to come crashing down harder than anyone anticipated. This was what was so displeasing about the whole thing, why so many were upset. This was not what was supposed to happen…<br/><br/>Or was it? The man in question was someone who was clever, very clever. His skills were admirable and he has served them well putting his abilities to good use. Surely he would have picked up that there was something different about the assignment given to him. It was their hope that his loyalty would prevent him from abandoning his task; he has never abandoned anything given to him before. But since they have yet to hear from him, and could no longer see where he was, they were wrong.<br/><br/>When the call ended, silence fell upon the group.<br/><br/>“Contact him,” a stern voice said suddenly, breaking the silence. “If his service is confirmed to be reliable and not some child pulling our leg, then offer him the second highest price he has listed and tell him we will pay everything up front. As long as he is willing to keep his end of the deal. Send him details, but keep him in the dark.” There was a pause, the one speaking was gauging the looks everyone wore, to see if they were all in agreement. So far it seemed like everyone was on the same page, which was good.<br/><br/>There were several nods, but only one person turned to a laptop. Everything so far had not gone as planned, if they didn’t have this then they would have to move to a different plan.<br/><br/>Hopefully it would not come down to that.<br/><br/>In the meantime, they had an idea of where their rogue agent might have gone. It was best to start there and see if they could track him down, get a location on him. Nobody could run forever.