Reyes
Agent Reyes had a problem. A serious lack of manpower she needed agents but she lacked the needed number of personnel she put out a quick message to her subordinates, meta and not.
Urgent:
Need assets for FBI search of suspects. Prefer non-military but willing to work with them. Send me information on possible assets.
Reyes.
Alexandria, VA
At his home outside of DC Davis Lawton sat with an older gentleman.
"Sir, I am flattered you came to my house but why are you here?" the White House gatekeeper queried the old man.
The old man smiled, "As Vice President I cannot be in a bunker all the time. right now my job is to ensure the president is ready for whatever action he must do."
"Which is?"
"Why destroying Avalon." The VP smiled.
Lawton looked horrified. "Why!?"
"To show these people, and Mister Taylor we mean business."
Davis was flushed with anger, "We cannot use the THOR or that! Hell I am not happy it was put over LA to begin with but you swayed the President to that decision. This will lead to all out war."
"Which is what we need all out war. They started it and now we finish it. Just like Vietnam."
Davis shot up. "Do not mention Vietnam to me you shit! Nuking Nam would have solved nothing! IT was our mistake to help the French on their fucking colonial ambitions! Then we try to prop up a pro-US government and we get rampant corruption and we kill the Diems. The enemy takes advantage of the weak government and launches the Tet offensive! We pull out and it crumbles. The lesson of Vietnam is don't get into wars you cannot win."
The Vice President looked red in the face.
"Agent Reyes will have her people find those that blew up the base in LA. Claremont is pissed but the military in LA has restored consumer confidence in the stock market. Also looks good, our enemy will be unpopular with a lot of people if they kill soldiers."
"You think these things care about law and order. All these things get is brute force and as a former Senator, I know a thing or two. Dave, the President is making a mistake by not attacking Avalon. We kill a large gathering of metas we can show the revolting ones the lengths we will go." Lawton glared as the Vice President finished what he was saying.
"Sir, with all due respect, pull you goddamned head out of your ass and think about how hated we will become if we do that." Lawton began to head upstairs. "That will be all Mister Vice President."
Reyes
Agent Reyes stood on the balcony the nicotine gum bits no longer did it for. She had just lit up a cigarette ad took a drag on it.
"Oh god what a day." She said as she exhaled smoke. God maybe her life would be easier if she had powers, but she knew it would mean no longer being an agent. and she loved the job, she cared for her subordinates and thought of them as family. The recent events hurt her family.
Who could she trust?