Rainie didn't look to be acting, but if she'd been playing Nathan from the start an expected radio transmission would hardly break her game. At least the other group seemed to be having more trouble picking up Rainie than Rainie was having picking up them. The handheld's weak transmitter would be the cause of that. Nathan did some quick calculations in his head based on the amperage listed on the device. Depending on, well, countless factors, but mostly the other group's receiver, they were probably on the other side of the bridge somewhere. Or just as far in another direction, but then how could they expect to reach their rally point in the time they were giving?<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">And what does that mean for me?</span>the scientist grilled himself. It lent a little credibility to his two new friends. Why would these other men be searching for them on the wrong side of the bridge, after all? But that would hardly hold up in a courtroom and it wasn't holding up in Nathan's head.<span style="font-style: italic">Something else! There has to be more to work with here!</span>his mind screamed as he scrambled for more clues. Just one more impossible coincidence, but the timing of the transmission was the only thing out of place. Was that enough to condemn these two?<br/><br/>When Rainie asked about the other radio, Nathan paused for a second, but couldn't think of anything he had here to use as an antenna and shook his head. He was about to tell her to use it anyways, because it had a much better transmitter: probably able to broadcast to most of the island from here during the day and all of it at night, but stopped when another transmission came through. One that really shook her up. Nathan looked to AJ to see if he reacted the same way, but the boy only looked at his sister in confusion, maybe tinted with a bit of worry.<span style="font-style: italic">This</span>at least, couldn't be part of their act.<span style="font-style: italic">Could it?</span>but of course not, it was far too dramatic. The girl in front of Nathan was turned the other way, but he half betted she was foaming at the mouth as she snarled curses into the radio. Her fury echoed from the other radio behind them.<br/><br/>Finally, after a few long moments of the two boys awkwardly staring at Rainie, not knowing what to doâ€”as was often the case when there is an emotional woman aroundâ€”AJ stepped forward and took the radio. Nathan could have hugged him, but his sister just pounded hard on the windowsill and continued cursing.<br/><br/>And suddenly Nathan was the odd one out. He raised his hands as if to do something other than sit there like an idiot, but didn't know what. Butting in while she was in this mood didn't seem a wise move. At least it was helping to convince him of their innocence. Unless he just happened to come across a dangerous group of professional actors with guns.<span style="font-style: italic">So now your suspicions are focused only on the two voices on the radio?</span>Well, at least one of them, everyone in the room would agree was dangerous.<span style="font-style: italic">Then you have something to do, now, don't you?</span><br/><br/>More than glad to stop staring, Nathan flipped the laptop back open and pulled the USB drive he had in it out; reaching for his bag he switched it for another one. Before the internet crash, Nathan had downloaded everything he thought he could possibly use and, later, put it all on a few massive 256 GB USB drives. And why not? Information is weightless. This one, among other things, held Google Earth's entire downloadable database, and in a few moments the tech-savy engineer was looking at a satellite image of the Brooklyn Bridge area. He listened to siblings talk too, and the more he heard the more he wanted to stay away from this guy. Checking out the area like this was just a precaution before he ran in the opposite direction.<span style="font-style: italic">With the girl?....</span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">No! Not with the girl! She can do whatever the hell she wants! Why did you even just think that!? It's your job to LIVE, not chase women, you stupid lonely bastard!</span><br/><br/>He looked back at her then.<span style="font-style: italic">God, she's ex-FBI? She looks so young.</span><br/><br/>â€œThese guys arenâ€™t friends of yours, are they?â€ Nathan nearly choked. She was being serious!<br/><br/>â€œAre you kidding me!? I'm going the other way!<span style="font-style: italic">You two</span>can go make friends if you want; I don't like guns, soldiers<span style="font-style: italic">or</span>criminals!<span style="font-style: italic">Especially</span>all mixed together!â€