Chapter Forty-Four
Sophia walked directly toward the two pairs of Blue Berets at the end of the corridor. The Berets were covering the east side of the BlueGene lab and this narrow, under-lit corridor was their chokepoint. She had Benito beside her. Like her, he was dressed in black fatigues, helmets, goggles and was carrying the standard-issue MP5SD submachine gun. Since there were no female Berets, Sophia had taken the liberty of wearing a gas mask to conceal her gender. Still, she would look noticeably slender. This was why she’d concealed Nasira and Lucia behind them. Nasira and Lucia had their weapons c****d and safeties off, but Sophia had kept hers and Benito’s uncocked. Nasira and Lucia would fire on her signal.
As they approached the Berets, Benito said in his best gravelly voic
