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they
might not find him again.
    Viggo Ingram, who owned Ingram
Properties and lived in CentralWest , knew people who
specialized in covert operatio ns . Rob and his wife were going to a
wedding in SouthCentral , and the plan was to make it
look like a burglary at their home in NorthCentral while they were away. They didn’t want anyone hurt, but they needed Rob’s
laptop.
      “The
plan will take place one week from today, next Saturday .”
    “ I wish I could wait for the results,” said Addison,
“but I can’t.”
    “ I know. I’ll email you. Let’s hope they’re successful
and we get the info we’re looking for.”
    Addison
hoped so, too. They’d been underground now for seven years and had a list of
possible names. That was it. It would be wonderful to finally have one name, or
as they all hoped they’d find on Rob’s laptop, all the names, plus the code they’d used to send The Madeline
Project on a rogue course. One could hope.
    ****
    Nadine’s
head swam with so many rules and particulars to remember, that she began to
seriously doubt her sanity in calling Addison and telling him she was coming
along on this mission. Gina was a patient and thorough instructor, but clearly
she was comfortable with being in danger all the time. A true adrenaline
junkie, she lived to go up there. Nadine had never done anything risky in her
life, but this was her father. She had to help them find him. She’d lose her
mind if all she could do was sit here and wait.
    Sunday
morning, she woke up sore from all the fitness testing that Gina had put her
through the evening before. Nadine had thought she was in great shape from the
workouts she did at home. She’d been wrong. Gina told her she’d be fine, but
Nadine now realized this was far more than guts and glory. It was physically
demanding, as well as work that required complete and total focus.
    She
was up to the challenge. She had to do this, as much for herself as for her
father. She had already called Brenda Washington, the principal at NorthWest high school, and explained what had happened.
When she told Brenda she wanted to go with the team, Brenda had told her to
take as much time off as she needed. Now, there was nothing left to do except
pack.
    Gina
had advised her to pack mostly clothes and travel size personal items, but also
told her the likelihood of being able to shower or even wash her hair regularly
would be slim. She told her not to bother with a laptop because even inside the
shelters there was limited space to charge them, and having to run to escape a
storm with one in a backpack usually resulted in damage to the computer, as
well as slowing down the runner.
    Nadine
planned to pack her phone and charger, but made sure they were well-insulated.
She emailed the management company for her apartment complex and asked them to
keep an eye on her apartment and hold her mail at the office.
    She
hadn’t heard back from her mother, but then she hadn’t expected to. Still, she
sent an email letting her know she was joining a team on the surface to look
for her father. If anything would elicit a response that would.
    Nadine
had trouble sleeping Sunday night. She vacillated between excitement at this
incredible adventure and fear that they’d find her father dead. Addison had
called her before she went to bed to let her know they were first heading for a
bunker that Merrill and other Storm Troopers had built during the past three
years. It was located under what used to be downtown Seattle, so it wouldn’t
take them too long to reach it once they were on the surface.
    He’d
explained they were going to wait there for George Markus to arrive, who was
traveling from what used to be Tennessee. When Nadine asked why he was coming
from that far away to join their team, Addison told her that her father had a
lot of friends across the country who wanted him found.
    Now,
lying in bed trying to sleep, she wiped away tears as she recalled that
conversation. There were so