She sat back in her chair, heart pounding beneath her rib cage. She pulled her hair back and leaned toward the screen. In the FBI command trailer, the drone operators finished his tests.
“Tomography and plasmon sensing complete,” the FBI agent said.
Another FBI agent was sitting next to him, interpreting the results.
“Air quality…uh…negative on DNT. Negative on ammonium nitrate, nitrobenzene, PETN. Zero on radiation, nothing on the sensors, negative on heat,” he said.
Director Masaki video-called Director Hughes, who was sitting with Ray Kelly, the director of Homeland Security, forty-five years old, ex-military.
“Is that a model or what?” Hughes said.
“Unknown, sir,” Masaki said. “I’ve not seen anything like this before.”
“And no radiation detected?” Kelly said.
“None. All tests a
