46. The battle of persuasion

Nico and Francois stowed their equipment and they evaded the task team because their first priority is now in tandem with the rest of their new group. The rescue operation must be arranged and everyone must gather at the meeting this evening. They know Morrison will demand answers and luckily the task team was absent when they emerged from the fort. They are probably still at the neighboring smallholding to which the wrong set of stairs and tunnel led them astray. The other people departed with Jack’s car while Nico and Francois walked to their car hidden amongst bushes on an adjacent piece of land. They were gone before the task team could track them. Now every one of the group has organized what they could and the task team probably followed them and is surely watching them unobtrusively. All the guests have met the others and took their seats. The conference room is designed as an amphitheater and Emilie stands with Nico at the microphone ready to address all of them. They delibera