Baker," Hank said. "I want both of you to participate in an evaluation today. This will take a while." Aren't you busy?" Mrs. Baker asked as she took ... seat on the other side of the fox."Project Goldfish Bowl next door to your store is wrapping up," Hank replied as he hand-fed a piece of meat to Copper. "You haven't heard of Operation Bandaid, but it was an emergency investigation into the murder of several Capitallian politicians. At first it was four senators, then one in Las Vegas last week.. If you wanted to get drunk you went somewhere else. If you wanted to get laid... The receptionist recognized Troy, or more likely she’d had advance notice. “Hello Lieutenant. Natalie will be with you in a few minutes. Mateo can take you both through.” She beckoned one of the big doormen over. Something about him was tickling the back of Claire’s brain, but she couldn’t quite pin it down. He led them through a discreet door to a row of offices and showed them into the second one on the. Sirens and red, flashing lights pulsate across the cargo hauler. The commander flies from the bridge and begins to return fire upon the smaller vessel below. His efforts are weak and useless, proving ineffective. From behind him a silhouette steps from the shadows. A hand bursts through the commander’s chest with his heart pulled free and still beating in the hand that holds it. He looks down unbelieving. The hand turns and drops the heart letting it fall with a splat to the deck. The hand. “Now if you two will quietly surrender yourselves, it will be most helpful.”“And if we refuse?” Raven asks with a sneer.Pierson smiles. “Then you surrender by force, my dear. Grines has informed me about your, how shall I put it, feistiness.”“Son of a bitch,” Sage mutters. “I knew something felt wrong in this whole damn thing.”“Then I guess we have no choice now,” Raven says.Sage looks at her and nods and then turns and steps into the closest soldiers throwing his forearm into the man’s throat,.