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"Got'im, lads! Second floor, gents restroom by the stairs on the left!"

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"Got'im, lads! Second floor, gents restroom by the stairs on the left!"

Tanya's words sent the whole team running upstairs from wherever they were. Fred got there first and stood before the door, Glock in hand, while Aldana and Hank hurried to join him. They stormed into the restroom and spread out to search the cubicles. Outside, Gillian and Ron watched the closed door, to make sure nobody else came out.

Hank yanked open the door to the last cubicle and snorted. "Found a tablet, but he's gone."

"Don't touch it!" warned Tanya. "I'm on my way!"

"I'm letting them know they can reopen the accesses," said Gillian, holstering her Glock, and headed to the manager's office.

"Get the security feeds, Reg."

"Okay. Who's up for the all-nighter?"

Hank's complain came right away. "What? It's Friday night, Reg! People usually have plans, you know?"

"Thanks, Doctor Schwarz, glad to know I can always count on you."

Hank grunted as the others chuckled.

"Let the good Doctor be," said Fred. "I'll take his place."

"Thanks, Fred, I owe you," said Hank.

"Of course you do. A box of that expensive Malbec you like."

Gillian heard Kurt's laughter among the others. "Kurt, you better reschedule anything you had for tonight, 'cause this is all hands on keyboard."

With Cooper like a soldier not two steps away, it was obvious Kurt wouldn't argue, so the team laughed again when he sheepishly said, "Sure, of course."

Tanya was already in the restroom, inspecting the tablet Hank had found. "Reg, we need to make a call here."

Gillian could tell the joke was over. "What is it, T?"

"This tablet has just started transferring information to a masked IP. If I stop it, we may lose a good chance to find out who set this up. If I let it go on, somebody is about to receive sensitive data from about a thousand people."

"Stop it right now. We'll find another way to catch the blackhat. Anything on the code, Kurt?"

"Nope. What we have is not enough to figure anything out."

"You'll get the full code from my phone in a while."


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