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questions?”
    Alex glanced at him to see
if he was angry. He seemed amused. Patrick raised his eyebrows in
challenge.
    “ Well?” he
asked.
    “ We had ten questions
before we started our workout,” Alex said. “Our protocol is to wait
to see if anything comes up during workout.”
    Patrick nodded.
    “ The General would like to
know your questions,” Alex said to the team. “Just shout them
out.”
    “ Why does this action seem
to happen in the fall?” Raz yelled and punched at Royce. “We’ve
thought it was the Fey’s birthday or intended to trigger her PTSD.
As the years pass, and we continue to have an action in the fall,
we’re wondering if there’s another reason for that.”
    “ You’re right,” Patrick
nodded. “That’s a better question.”
    “ Why take Steve Pershing?”
Matthew asked. “Sure, he’s the head of a black ops unit, but with
the mind controls activated, it seems more personal.”
    “ If it’s personal, why not
take one of us?” Margaret asked. She grunted and flipped Matthew
onto his back. “Or you, sir?”
    “ You think Steve was taken
because of something he was working on or involved with,” Patrick
said.
    “ We don’t know,” Alex
said. “We’re just asking questions.”
    “ Most obvious question:
Does he expect any of the mind control subjects to fulfill their
mission?” Joseph asked.
    “ From those we’ve talked
to so far, it seems unlikely,” Patrick said. “As you noted, it’s
been too long since induction.”
    “ But what if there’s one
or two?” Joseph asked. Vince pointed, and Joseph stepped into the
next form.
    “ In the middle of the
thousands, one or two of these guys fulfill the mission objective?”
Patrick nodded.
    “ Look at the damage and
chaos Kaczynski caused. If his brother hadn’t turned him in, he’d
still be out there,” Alex said. “A man with a plan, and the
wherewithal to pull it off, can inflict a lot of pain.”
    “ What’s your assessment?”
Patrick asked.
    “ Just questions, sir,”
Alex said.
    “ Any others?”
    “ If the MK-Ultra and
MK-Search documents are phony, who in the agency is involved in the
cover-up?” Leena asked.
    “ How so?” Patrick
asked.
    “ The documents were
redacted in 2001,” Alex said. “Who released them? Who redacted
them? Who certified them as MK-Ultra files? Who told everyone the
files were stored in the wrong place? A lot of this happened a long
time ago, but some of this puzzle unfolded recently.”
    Patrick nodded.
    “ Any ideas?” Alex
asked.
    “ You?” Patrick
asked.
    “ You’re hilarious,” Alex
said. “I wasn’t involved nor was Ben. Carlos was too stupid and Raz
wasn’t in intelligence at that time. But someone was involved.
Who?”
    “ I have some ideas,”
Patrick said.
    “ Good,” Alex
said.
    “ Anything else?” Patrick
asked.
    “ We have a few questions
related to Robert Ludlum and his characters,” Alex said. “White
Boy?”
    “ Robert Ludlum was burned
alive in his recliner in March, 2001,” White Boy said. “The
MK-Ultra files were declassified in July, 2001. Was he killed
because he’d know the documents were fakes?”
    “ Was there ever anything
like Treadstone71?” Trece asked.
    “ Yes,” Patrick
said.
    “ Those guys would be at
the center of this whole thing,” Trece said. “Where are
they?”
    “ Dead,” Patrick gave Trece
a grim look. “And before you ask, they were killed by the
agency.”
    Trece stopped moving, and
Troy gave him an open hand to the face. Trece stumbled and fell.
When Troy leaned over to help him up, Trece pulled him down. They
grappled on the floor.
    “ What about the movies?”
Vince asked. “There’s such an interest in the Bourne movies. Is it
a coincidence that the men were activated now? Do the movies relate
to the program?”
    “ How so?” Patrick
asked.
    “ Is there a large action
coming that they want to be able to explain via MK-Ultra or
whatever?” Alex said. “Are they using the movies to get to