<div align="center"><strong>Anne Laughton</strong></div><br/>Anne nodded thoughtfully at the question. "There's two parts to that question. The second part I will deal with in detail in the second half of the briefing. The first part of your question, though is a very good one. Why you? Why do I need five highly experienced professionals to kidnap one girl?<br/><br/>"The answer is, I don't". Anne smirked at the expressions on their faces. "Not for this job. This job should be a milk run. I should be able to accomplish it with myself, Niki, Oni and Fran. So why are you here?" She shrugged. "I need a team I can rely on. I need people whom I've worked with, who trust me to get it right and whom I can trust to get it right. This job should be easy. It might not be, but that's the risk you take in this business. But the next job, ah, that might be one that requires each of you to head up a small team of specialists. Or it might be one that requires each of you to extend your skills to cover each other, or it might simply require only two of you." Anne ticked these options off on her fingers.<br/><br/>"If you want out, say so now and Ms Stack will see you off the premises. If you are in, then stick with it, see the job through and you<em>will </em>be paid in<em>real </em>money. And next time I have need of your talents I will call on you. Survive three missions and you get invited to dinner at Chez Laughton."<br/><br/>Ann chuckled softly at her joke, then raised an eyebrow. "Does that answer the why, Kacy? As for the châteaux's defences, as I said, I will come to that." She nodded and looked to Kacy to see if she was satisfied with the answer.