<strong>Jake Prior<br/>Tagged:</strong>Lily, Anne, Nathaniel, Steven, Monica, Anna, Lucy<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Wolves Den - Nate's Cabin<br/><div class="floatright">(http://www.superheroprofiles.com/files/2008/10/heroes-sylar-zachary-quinto.jpg)</div><hr/><br/>Hearing the door open, Jake glanced towards it and did some what of a double take when he saw Anna.<br/>She had left him somewhat moody and it confused him all to hell.<br/>Now she was back with different clothes on.<br/>He was happy she returned, yes...<br/>Happy that she supported him.<br/>But after this conversation, how will she look at him then?<br/>How would they all look at him?<br/><br/>While Lily spoke one could visibly see what Jake agreed with and didn't.<br/>He nodded when she spoke of the paper trail.<br/>Although it had been a two years since using his military contacts, they remembered him immediately when he called in for a favor.<br/>That is, the infrared imaging from the NSA satellite.<br/><br/>Then he shook his head.<br/>Now, she was speaking of the Church wanting to keep the war under the radar.<br/>No explosions, tanks, aircraft, etc.<br/>Oh how wrong she was.<br/>The Church had an entire Battalion, within the most powerful military in the world, under their control for their cause.<br/>Jake should knew because that's where he went after the Rangers.<br/>And he saw first hand what they could do, using the war as a cover to deploy troops in the Middle East and take down the Packs in those regions.<br/>If they had a unit for the sole purpose of finding Wolves in regions their not allowed in, how many other militaries in the world have they infiltrated?<br/>This he would voice after Little Miss Sunshine spoke her piece.<br/><br/>Then of the experimentations.<br/>Jake was a little surprised that someone like her could get away.<br/>He had seen, first hand, what they did to traitors from that particular department.<br/>He had seen, first hand, on how far they would go to recover the traitor.<br/>A memory came back to him and he glanced about at his surroundings.<br/>As a newly dubbed Elite Hunter, the Research Guard Unit gave him the honor of taking the shot.<br/>From 500 meters away, with no wind and a silencer, his target didn't see it coming. But it was quick.<br/><br/>When Lily was done, Jake crossed his arms and shook his head.<br/><strong>"You're still thinking on the Researchers level."</strong><br/>He began.<br/>Normally there would be a bit of taunting in his voice, but that was gone now.<br/>Everything was being laid out on the table for the Wolves.<br/>As serious discussions go, and as much as he'd like to try to haggle Lily some more, now wasn't the time.<br/>His voice only contained a seriousness found in Hardened Soldiers.<br/><strong>"What the Egg-heads say they want to do, and what actually happens are two different realities."</strong>He looked at Lily with nothing but a serious look, though his features were somewhat softer as if not to insult her with only the half knowledge that she knows.<strong>"All decisions go through the Vatican. I've been to one of these facilities, and I've heard the empty promises the science teams, the Guard unit, and the S&amp;D Troopers say. Three years ago they were talking about how they've perfected a drug that could cure the Lycanthropy, yet they're still killing Werewolves instead of just turning them back."</strong><br/><br/>His gaze turned back to Nate, glancing at Lucy and not paying her any mind.<br/>Obviously Monica thought differently when she suddenly left the deformed circle the four had made in the room.<br/><strong>"Look, the Elites are still alive. All of them. Some would've allowed the testings to a point, but the others would've gone as far as destroying the facilities if they had been bothered with it anymore than they wanted to be. Why would the Vatican allow their strongest warriors be tested and experimented on with something that could kill them when they have hundreds of thousands of lesser warriors for that purpose?"</strong><br/>As Jake Prior spoke he reached into one of his cargo pockets and pulled out a folded up map of the area.<br/>He carefully cleared a table and laid the map down.<br/>When electronics failed, it was always best to have a backup.<br/>The map was of the area they were currently in.<br/>Spots & trails that were marked on his Custom tablets GPS system, were marked on the map.<br/><strong>"We're in what's called a "Protected Zone". An area where Hikers, Campers, and some Hunters are allowed into. No military personnel or exercises, which is good. Airspace is cleared for anyone, however."</strong>He briefly looked up to Lily.<strong>"You claim the church wants to keep things under the radar. You're half correct. They have a unit, a Battalion, within the United States Army, and a smaller unit within the United States Marine Corps. Their sole purpose is to eradicate any Wolves and Wolf Packs they find under the guise of the current wars and conflicts, wherever they may be. Both units are Armored units, meaning Tanks."</strong><br/><br/>Jake pulled out another map and put it over the first one he laid out.<br/>This one was much older and frayed.<br/>There were holes in the corners create by the creases and also had tobacco, coffee, dirt, and sand stains.<br/>On the map were red X's all over the place as well as troop movement arrows, push patterns, dotted lines, circles, comments, remarks, etc.<br/>The location of the map?<br/>The Middle East.<br/>Jake licked his lips, not knowing what the Wolves' reactions were going to be.<br/>He could be dead in a few minutes.<strong>"This is a map I used back when I was an active Hunter and member of said Church unit in the Army. These red X's? Locations of every Wolf Pack we eradicated. Circles were confirmed, and the arrows were how we would go about taking them down. Dotted lines represented the general direction of Air Support if we needed it."</strong><br/>He had been leaning against the table while he spoke, but when he was done he stood up straight and looked at Nate, expecting punishment, even death.<br/><strong>"If you need outside help. International help. Don't look to the Middle East. Some may still be out there, but for the most part I think we got them all."</strong>