Is this destiny?

"We need to find Oni…", Michael said pleadingly to Sarah and Aiden.

"Do you know where she is?", Sarah asked.

Sarah and Aiden were crawling through the ventilation shafts while peeking down the openings into rooms they passed by, when they heard Jesse's rambling how she wants to kill Michael because she was called from Kenya three months ago. That is how they found Michael.

Michael shook his head, indicating that he does not know about Oni's location, and then he looked at Jesse. "She moves between the rooms in less than a minute, so it's in this building."

Sarah reached for her side pocket and injected Jesse with the truth potion. They strapped her to the chair where Michael was, and they asked how to reach Oni. Jesse told them that it's on the same floor, five doors away, and she revealed the information about the guards in the hallway.

"Stay here.", Sarah told Michael while preventing him from going up the ventilation shaft after Aiden. "In your condition, you can't help us much."

Michael wanted to go, but his right hand is useless. All his fingers are broken. And he can move around only thanks to the anesthetic.

He thought there must be something he can do… "Her phone is working.", Michael said.

Sarah got Jesse's phone and dialed a number before giving it to Michael. "This is Elliot, he is in charge of our team outside. Tell him about your condition, so that medic can be ready. When you see that we have Oni, let him know that they can attack."

Michael nodded and as soon as Sarah disappeared inside the ventilation shaft, his gaze moved to the television where he saw Oni passed out in the chair. Oni's hair is a mess, and her lips are bleeding. He remembered that Jesse hit Oni with the bolt cutter, two times in the stomach and once in the face.

"So, you are with the Army of Chaos? You must be important if Nyx and Erebus came to rescue you personally. Or is the girl the important one?", Jesse asked. While Sarah and Aiden were here, she didn't dare make a sound and she didn't want to answer their questions either, however, she was unable to stop herself. "The word is that the Army of Chaos is expanding to Europe. Are they after Shadow Ravens? Is that why you were in front of this location? I knew it, this can't be so simple as you looking for answers. Only a fool would try on his own to go against a massive organization like…"

"Shut up!", Michael squeezed through his teeth.

He realized that Jesse is under the influence of the truth serum and that this is his chance to get his answers, but he didn't care about any of it.

Michael exhaled in relief when he saw on the screen that Sarah and Aiden are releasing Oni from her restraints and when Aiden showed a thumbs up at the camera, Michael told Elliot that they can start the attack.

Michael didn't know what kind of attack, and the only thing on his mind was to get to Oni and to hold her and to tell her how sorry he is. But he knew that he needs to wait until they take care of the Shadow Ravens in the building. He needs to be patient and to follow the plan or he will only cause more problems. Just how he caused this mess by recklessly rushing in.

He held his breath while watching Sarah give an anesthetic to Oni, and then Aiden carried Oni outside of the view.

The noise from the outside drifted in the room and a second later, the door was slammed open.

Two heads with masks covering their faces peeked in before giving a slight nod to Michael. They retreated and another man with a mask on his face got inside with a medical bag in his hand, followed by Sarah and Aiden who carried Oni.

The medic swiftly applied medicinal cream on Michael's wrists to stop the bleeding and secured the fingers of his right hand with splints before giving him to hold onto an ice pack to reduce the swelling.

Sarah applied medicinal cream on the stump of Oni's left ring finger to stop the bleeding. 

"Can it be reattached?", Michael asked while showing Oni's severed finger to the medic.

Medic nodded. "I have everything needed to preserve it. It should be done as soon as possible." The medic looked at Sarah and Aiden. "If it's separated for more than twelve hours, the success of replantation is close to zero."

When Sarah heard that Oni will need surgery as soon as possible, she looked at Aiden gratefully. Her man thinks about everything. "Call the pilot to expect Oni. Jet needs to have enough fuel for a flight to Los Angeles. I will call Anna."

The medic didn't say anything about the probability of Oni having full function of that finger. That will depend on the amount of damage and the skill of the surgeon who will reconnect the finger and the man didn't want to make the current atmosphere heavier than it already is. He did his part: wrapped the finger in a gauze which was moistened by saline solution, put it in a sterile container, and then surrounded with ice.

Michael held onto the ring which Medic removed from Oni's severed finger.

Sarah took few photos with her phone of Oni's finger, to send them to JoAnna so that JoAnna knows what to expect.

"I'm going with Oni.", Michael said.

Sarah didn't object. She glanced at Jesse. "What about her?"

Michael shook his head. "I don't care about her. I don't care about any of this."

"You don't care now but once Oni is out of danger and you cool off, you will regret that you missed your chance.", Aiden told him. "Take this woman with you. She will be imprisoned until you feel ready to face her. And I am confident that Oni would like a chance for payback for what happened here."

At the mention on Oni, Michael agreed.

"Leave this place to us and focus on yourself and Oni." Sarah told Michael before instructing the medic to go with them. "The helicopter is on the roof of the building, take it to reach the jet…"

People got busy getting Michael and Oni out of there and Sarah instructed the medic to knock out Jesse as soon as they board the plane. "That woman is dangerous. Don't take any chances."

By the time helicopter departed, Elliot and other army members located the signal jammers and removed them, and they found the room full of servers.

With jammers out of the way, Eve got full access and within minutes, Sarah and Aiden had a summary of the data which was stored in this location.

"They have similar jammers as we do.", Sarah mused while inspecting the device. "They allow several frequencies while blocking all other traffic. The only difference is that these have a smaller range than ours.", she concluded victoriously. A second later, her face fell. "But they can partially block electromagnetic radiation. That is why x-ray and heat signatures don't work on with Eve-lens. I will send these to Felix to investigate…"

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