Missions of the Retrieval Team - The Girl with the Silvery Smile

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A private jet en route to Denver


We were making our preparations for the mission en route to Denver.

“Ms. Swan, do you have our tickets for the benefit?” I asked.

“Yes, nine tickets for the Concerned and Helpful Associates Resolved to Increase Thoughtfulness Year-round.”

“Great, Ms. Wren, what have you found out?”

“The Concerned and Helpful Associates Resolved to Increase Thoughtfulness Year-round, or C.H.A.R.I.T.Y., is a benevolent organization that uses its funds to contribute to many different charities, especially those who deal with hunger and disaster relief. It is very popular among celebrities, who like Miss Ritchgarl, sponsor benefits and use them to give away their product lines. That way they get some advertising while writing it off as a charitable contribution. I have found out one very interesting fact. Globo-Fashion is a major corporate donor.”

“So, is it a front for Globo-Fashion operations?”

“I don’t believe so. It’s a completely legitimate charity and millions of dollars are channeled to different causes every year. Instead, I think that Globo-Fashion picked this charity because it was established and covertly uses it for some of its operations.”

“So, we have to be careful not to disrupt the benefit so that we don’t damage the charity. Nothing like complicating things. Okay, what about the production facility for the perfume?”

“We have located the facility just across the Mexican border,” answered Ms. Starling. “Apparently, Globo-Fashion is using the cheap labor to keep costs down. Also, by being outside the United States, there is no danger of the authorities looking into their production techniques.”

“Ms. Hawk, do we have a plan for that?”

“Yes, we have a diagram of the plant and a plan to enter, neutralize the hypnotin, and get out. Jaime has offered the use of the League’s Security Team for backup.”

“Great, Miss Raven, Miss Hawk, and Miss Falcon, when we get to Denver, your task will be to access the perfume supplies and use the neutralizing agent. What’s our timeline on that?”

Miss Raven answered, “The perfume is scheduled to be delivered to the convention center the night before the benefit. It will be stored in a locked room until one hour before the doors open to the ticketed guests. Between the time it's locked in the room until it's opened again the next day, we will have approximately twelve hours to break into the room and place the neutralizing agent into two thousand individual bottles.”

“Do you have enough time?”

“Sure, it will only take me a few seconds to get into the storage area. I estimate approximately eight hours for the three of us to do the job. That leaves almost four hours to spare.”

“Great, the day of the benefit we will work the crowd. Ms. Thrush, you will come with me. I want us to be early enough in line so that you will be one of the first one hundred. That way, you will get a choker and Miss Ritchgarl should visit us personally. Everyone, David has provided us with a set of filters to keep us from being affected by the hypnotin. Wear them at all times while at the benefit. We can’t risk being affected.”

“What about Grant?” asked Ms. Starling.

“If anyone sees him, let everyone else know. We still don’t know that he is involved with this. One other thing, if anyone sees Ivana Rulital, notify me immediately. We have special instructions to apprehend her and take her back to the Great Hall. Understood?”

All the team nodded their heads.

“Great, okay let’s get ready to do this.”