Joe thought about that gun and wanted to say it wasn’t difficult to deconstruct humans too, but resisted. He tried again.
‘You owe him some loyalty. All of you.’ He glared at Xavier. ‘He gave you your freedom.’
Xavier shrugged. He couldn’t fault Joe’s logic but it was obvious he wanted to be gone.
‘The seven we have already dealt with are safely locked in the packing area. If there are only three left, we could manage that,’ said Alain.
‘And if there are more?’ said Hugo.
‘We have no way of knowing their numbers. I saw three vans go past us earlier on, who knows how many were inside?’ Xavier turned to the others. ‘Are they likely to be able to put the lights back on?’
‘No,’ said Hugo. He opened his fist to show a handful of fuses. ‘The darkness helps us in here. Outside in the daylight will be a different matter.’
‘In that case, we have work to do. Change of plan. Joe, you stay here,’ said Alain. ‘We will find the ones holding Jean-Claude and neutralise them.’
‘ I can mask our presence for a short time with the GPS disrupter but only if we stay close together,’ said Xavier.
‘No. We will need to split up to surprise them,’ said Alain. ‘You and Brontë use the cover of the disrupter and Hugo and I will act as decoys. The sooner we get started, the less time they have to find us. Let’s go.’
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