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Oglethorpe continued. \u201cBut we are not talking about a single chemical reaction. We\u2019re talking about several. One to make the mark visible, another to make it explode.\u201d The doctor paused, waiting for the secretary to catch the importance of the statement. It took a moment, but eventually Tommy T got there. \u201cVisible? What do you mean, make it visible?\u201d \u201cHaven\u2019t you figured it out yet? Obviously, in the case of the stadium, the boom tattoos were applied sometime prior to the game.<\/p>\n

In fact, witnesses confirm that one of the victims, a Mr. David Blythe, had no visible marks on his left arm during the first four innings of the game. That tattoo appeared sometime in the fifth inning.\u201d That witness was Taft\u2019s soon-to-be ex-wife Sandy. And she had been absolutely positive. \u201cA woman notices such things,\u201d she had told Taft.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, what does this mean?\u201d the secretary asked, some of the bravado bleeding from his voice. It was Gregory Taft who answered. \u201cIt means that someone has created an explosive that is small, lightweight, and completely undetectable. It means that they have the ability to defeat any and all current FBI or Homeland Security defenses. It means we\u2019re in trouble.\u201d * The world shrank, reduced to the size of a cell-phone screen. Pure terror captured in pixels. The reality of the image\u2014what it meant, what it would do \u2014caused Cassidy Chord\u2019s heart to stumble between beats.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until the image melted, vanishing like all the others, that her paralysis broke. She had to call Taft. Brreepp . . . Brreepp . . . Startled by the ringing cell phone, she almost dropped it. The caller ID read, PRIVATE. Cassidy brought the phone to her ear but didn\u2019t speak. An electronically altered voice said, \u201cHello . . . Dr. Chord.\u201d * Taft\u2019s pronouncement sucked the air from the room. He studied the faces of the men and women who comprised the tattoo task force\u2014the same men and women who had been so gung-ho just twenty-four hours earlier and saw fear, as the immensity of their task and the reality of the stakes, took hold.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do we do, sir?\u201d The question came from Nellie Balcombe. Except for procedural and technical issues, the computer tech was generally quiet in a crowd. But Elliot Proctor had been one of her few friends. \u201cHow do we stop this monster?\u201d It was Thomas T. Walman III who answered. \u201cBy understanding who or what he is.\u201d There was a fresh patina of sweat on the secretary\u2019s now rosy face, and his hands gripped the sides of his personal podium as if it were the last lifeboat on the good ship Titanic.<\/p>\n

Despite his surprise at Taft\u2019s assessment, Tommy T was determined to reassert his control of the meeting. He nodded and one of his toadies began distributing a multipage handout. Taft recognized it. He locked his arms across his chest.<\/p>\n

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