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Security Suite, Great Hall of X Marks the Scot

Panache had made good on his promise to give me an office and then some. My team and I had received an entire wing of the Great Hall, although it was underground.

Each of my team had their own office and workspace. David had even revealed something to us that we were to keep secret. A secret panel in Ms. Starling’s office opened to a hallway that led directly to David’s labs. ‘You’ll probably bug me to use it all the time anyway,’ he had told us. I suspected that this was his way of thanking us for getting him away from General Ricos, but he was too proud to say so.

“How are you settling in?” Jaime asked from the door to my office.

“Quite well, some of my team has some suggestions though.”

“And those are?”

“Well, Ms. Swan says the computer you have provided is quite nice. But she says it’s only state of the art, so she plans to do some upgrades of her own.”

“I wouldn’t expect any less from her. Anything else?”

“Ms. Stork has some suggestions for the library.”

Jaime chuckled. “Just give them to Todd. I’m sure he won’t mind.”

“The others haven’t made any requests yet. Well, Ms. Hawk might have, but once she heard that you already have a firing range she seemed happy. I only have one thing I would like.”

“What’s that?”

“I know we’re underground, so a window is impossible, but I sure would like one of those electronic window displays like David had in his office.”

Jaime laughed. “Already taken care of,” he said. “One will be put in each office by the end of the week.”

“Great!” I said, genuinely pleased.

“Just one more thing.”

“What’s that?” I asked.

He stepped over to me and offered his hand. “Welcome to the team.”