Kat nodded in agreement as she looked over the places Eric had pointed out. She had a feeling Eric was right about needing another code. As he said, the military was good at hiding things they didn’t want anyone to see. Uncovering those secrets has already proved to be a tedious task, now she was sure it was going to become even more work for them. But at the same time, at least they had found out this much. She really didn’t have any reason to complain.<br/><br/>“You might be right, but at least we’re getting closer,” she said, gently placing a finger over the device’s screen. “I’ll start inserting my half of the code.” Maybe she was rushing a little. She could wait to insert the code. It has been so long since she had last used this code, she really had to dig deep in her mind, and she knew it would take a few tries before she even got it right. Who knew how long that would take? It could even be a waste of time, or worse. If she screwed it up after a certain amount of tries, all might be lost.<br/><br/>But that was a risk she was willing to take.<br/><br/>Suddenly, a figure entered the room and shouted, “Hey!”<br/><br/>Kat stopped what she was doing and went straight for them, knife out, pinning them against the wall. “Who are you?” She demanded.<br/><br/>“One of Ryan’s men… I was sent by Ashton. Is Ryan with you?”<br/><br/>“He’s asleep.”<br/><br/>“Not anymore,” Ryan’s voice cut through the slight tension that had built. He didn’t sound very pleased. “What is it?”<br/><br/>“Someone else seems to be fighting for Adam’s territory,” the man replied, rubbing his throat when Kat released him. “I don’t know the details. Apparently some of our men had run into a few men from a rival gang, and then they were all wiped out.”<br/><br/>“When the hell did this happen?”<br/><br/>“I don't know... maybe a little over twenty minutes ago.”<br/><br/>It was amazing how quickly news travelled.<br/><br/>Ryan sighed heavily, “Tell Ashton to send word to everyone in the gang to lay low until I get back. Don’t do anything stupid.” Exhaustion still rang in his tone. The man nodded and was off. Ryan wanted to go with him; Kat could see it in his eyes. It was brief, however, for he turned his attention to Eric and Cat. “I was afraid something like this would happen,” he said once they were all alone again. “It looks like I won’t be able to stick around for much longer.”<br/><br/>-------------------------------<br/><br/>“No kidding, let’s get a move on then,” Tony replied without hesitation. The sooner they got out of here, the better.<br/><br/>She had been quicker than anticipated gathering everything. He couldn’t reach out to everyone he’d wanted to, but he did leave a trail for those he was supposed to. As instructed by Thomas. Following two different sets of instructions was not really his thing, but there was no way out of this now. He would have to ride the waves from here on out. It wouldn’t be easy, but then again when was anything easy?<br/><br/>As soon as they arrived at their next stop, Tony did the same thing and stayed behind. He motioned, as if dismissing her, and went to fiddling with a device. “Make it quick,” was all he said.