5:15pm
The Church

“I take it you fired the rifle.” Lucien was now leaning against a wall, the jammer well and truly destroyed, and was examining the doorway into the next room. It was only the distinctive sound of the weapon being fired, and then the sound of approaching footsteps, that had made him look up from trying to get the door open. He wasn’t surprised that the group had all met up- typical, too, just as communications went back on-line now that their signals were active.

The agents had begun to greet each other properly and so the Captain turned back to the doorway, cocking his head to one side as he ran a hand down the smooth wall- the door itself was all but invisible, perfectly camouflaged against the stonework. “There’s always a way of doing this that’s a lot easier than it looks.” He muttered softly to himself, aware that the others had finished their brief welcome to each other and were watching him now. His hand continued to slide across the stones.

“Electronic doors. Do you know how much I hate technology?” His question wasn’t directed at anyone and, in fact, he went on to answer it himself. “It’s pointless. Everything electronic has to have a manual back-up… imagine the power was shut off to this place one day- you wouldn’t be able to get through this door.” Then suddenly his hand found what it had been looking for, a tiny mark in a piece of the stone just to the top right of the door. “In doors like this, the electronic lock often works as a hinge to the manual bolt.” He grinned, reaching to the inside of his lower leg for his knife which, unsheathed, the Captain slid down the crack of the frame. “So…” He grinned and stepped back as the door swung forwards suddenly, barely missing his chest. “… you can get in.”

“Don’t tell your techno geeks that I just did that.” Flashing a quick grin at the others again, Lucien drew his weapon once more and crossed through the newly opened doorway. The room inside, if he was any judge, was the last bit of space on the church grounds- Ri had to be in here.