✓ | 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐎𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐞 ♡ Tej Parker

FORTY-THREE

COVERT OPERATIONS BASE
EL SEGUNDO, CA

Mr Nobody held up a glass, "Belgian Ale." Reyna scrunched up her nose in disgust as she shared a look with Dom as Mr Nobody took a drink of it. "Oh, man, those monks got it right. I mean, I don't know about the whole celibacy thing, but when it comes to beer... Would you like one?" Mr Nobody offered the two who shook their heads as Reyna spoke, "I'm more of a Corona woman myself." Mr Nobody nods before grabbing a bucket of ice filled with Corona's causing Rey and Dom to look at him shocked and confused. "Your files not only detailed, it's uh, extremely entertaining."

Mr Nobody holds a Corona out to Reyna and Dom who looked at him skeptically before the two take the drinks from him. "Look, Shaw's power is that he is a shadow. He's really good at getting in and out of places without being seen and leaving nothing but a body count in his wake. I mean, he's a legitmate English badass. But to be honest with you, Rey, I don't give two shits about Deckard Shaw. It's you I want. Because you and I can help each other get what we both need." Reyna spared a glance at Dom before looking back at the older man, "I'm listening."

Mr Nobody lead the two lead racers into a room full of computers, "Just recently, a private military company led by a wanted terrorist named Mose Jakande kidnapped a hacker known only by the name "Ramsey". Now, Lady Liberty's got her panties in a bunch over this, but rightfully so, because this Ramsey has created something interesting." The information spanned across the screen as he explained it before ordering a soldier to bring something else up.

"Say hello to God's Eye," Mr Nobody says as he stands below the screens, "Now, this little bastard hacks into anything that's on the digital network. That means every cell phone, satellite, ATM machine, and computer. Simultaneously. If it's got a microphone or a lens, God's Eye can use it to find you." Reyna looked from the screens to Mr Nobody after having a mouthful of her drink, "So you invited us here to show us a tracking device?" Dom nodded in agreement with Reyna. "On steroids. Lot's of them," Mr Nobody adds as he walks in front of Rey and Dom.

Mr Nobody sighed, "Let me put it to you this way. It took us nearly a decade to find Osama Bin Laden. With this, we'd have located him anywhere on the planet in a couple of hours. Now, that's a serious piece of machinery that could be catastrophic in the wrong hands. But for some very nauseating political reasons, any rescue plans involving any US government forces or entity has been strictly ruled out. And that's why I need you." Reyna took in his words before shrugging, "But why do we need you? I mean, we could go back outside, enjoy the rest of the Corona's and let Shaw come to us." Dom nodded in agreement.

Mr Nobody smirked, "You could do that. How's that working out so far? You got one friend in the ground, another one in the hospital." Reyna frowned at those comments while he continued, "And then, of course, there's that little issue of the bomb that destroyed your home." Reyna sighed as she leaned into Dom looking down. "Shaw lives in a world that doesn't play by your rules. Like it or not, you both live in that world now too. You wanna know how to kill a shadow? You just shine a little light on it. If you get the God's Eye for me, I've already got authorization for you to use it until you get Shaw." Reyna thought deeply about this as she stood up straight.

Dom looked down at Reyna knowing she was already thinking this through as Mr Nobody clasped his hands together, "You go from the hunted to the hunter. And there's no place on Earth where Shaw can hide from you. More importantly, you and your family don't go to anymore funerals. You get Ramsey, you get the God's Eye, you get Shaw." He shrugged, "Well, that's the wind-up and the pitch. Now that I've given you this incredibly sensitive and highly classified information, what do you think, Roshani?" He stood silent as Reyna took a deep breath.