Is this destiny?

While Sarah was busy with the jammers, Aiden was looking at the outputs of Eve\'s analysis.

"Here we have information on the bases of the Shadow Ravens and their agents as well as other operatives in Europe and Africa.", Aiden told Sarah. "They are in Europe, expanding toward East and in North Africa, spreading toward South… What should we do with this information?"

Sarah looked at him like he asked something obvious. "We are the Army of Chaos. We take what we can use, and we destroy the rest."

Aiden saw the data and Shadow Ravens are a massive organization. He is not keen on starting a war with them. "We took care of everyone and everything here. If we leave, no one will know that it was us."

Sarah scrutinized Aiden before asking: "You are willing to let them off for what they did to Michael and Oni?"

"They didn\'t know that Michael and Oni are associated with us.", Aiden reminded Sarah.

"That does not diminish the heaviness of their crimes. When you put your hand into flames, you get burned, regardless if you are aware of the concept of heat or not. And that is how you learn to be cautious and not play with fire."

Aiden can see that Sarah is angry and determined. And he also wants this despicable organization to disappear, but they need to face the reality… "This is too much for us to handle."

Sarah nodded in agreement. "That is why we have allies."

"You want to collaborate with Mathew?", Aiden guessed.

Sarah confirmed and added: "And Angelo."

Aiden was surprised that Sarah is willing to share. She always liked to collect things and people and animals. The fact that she is considering to include others in the war with Shadow Ravens tells him that she is changing.

Sarah saw that Aiden is giving her a strange look and she decided to ignore it. She continued explaining her idea: "Out of all the bases of the Shadow Ravens, Mathew can take care of the North, Angelo will get the South and we will take the area between them."

Aiden agreed with this plan. With signal jammers, their drones are not of any use and it is important that they attack all the locations swiftly and to catch them unprepared. He assumed that only the more important locations will have jammers in place, but they are not willing to take the risk and rely on drones for taking down Shadow Ravens.

Sarah and Aiden divided work: Aiden will get in touch with Noah and Aaron to organize their troops for attacks while Sarah will coordinate with Mathew and Angelo.

Noah was in a state of shock when Aiden told him to leave only necessary units in existing locations of North America, and everyone else to come to Europe, as soon as possible. Noah calmed down when Aiden told him that it will be a massive raid operation, hitting various locations and that majority of the army will be back to their home bases within forty-eight hours.

Aaron was anxious because this is his first big mission. Actually, it\'s a lot of missions and he needs to determine how many people will be assigned to each target. Too much stress. He told himself to calm down and to give his best because this is his chance to prove to Sarah that she didn\'t make a mistake to put her trust in him. And also, if Noah can do it, so can Aaron.

Mathew was surprised to get a call from Sarah. "You want me to attack Shadow Ravens? Now? Which location?"

"I will send you the information on targets.", Sarah responded.

Mathew didn\'t hide his displeasure. "More than one location?"

Sarah confirmed. "Correct. I\'m calling you to attack twelve bases, seven hideouts, and nineteen warehouses as well as forty-one agents who are currently on missions elsewhere. Target locations are in Northern Europe within your area of influence or close to it."

Sarah sensed that Mathew is reluctant. "Boss Young, this will happen with or without you. It is up to you if you want to take part in this. When you receive the data, you will see that most of their operatives are trained in infiltration and they don\'t have many fighters or experts in weapons. And with you knowing where they are, it will be easy to take them down. For any location you attack, you get to decide if you want to keep it, take the equipment or you will burn everything to the ground. For whatever you want to keep, we will ensure that you get property deeds on your name."

Mathew exhaled. "That is a good deal. What is the catch?"

"I ask you to share any data you find. Shadow Ravens specialize in espionage and stealing information that can be of value from businesses to governments. We want everything they have in electronic or paper form."

Mathew understood. That information is more valuable than locations. "Do you want me to send you hard drives?"

"No need. Just upload the data to the storage I will share with you. As for the papers, make electronic copies and send me those, we don\'t need originals."

Mathew was amused that Sarah is doing this lightly. "You don\'t think that I will keep something for myself?"

Sarah rolled her eyes. Didn\'t he figure out so far that they trust him? "I can say the same. If I don\'t tell you about every hideout they have in your area or about an operative which specializes in the bombing, you might be ambushed later. Boss Young, we need to trust each other if we are going to make this work."

Mathew cleared his throat awkwardly. "I was just saying it. I will keep my side of the deal."

"I know. Any more questions?"

Mathew had many questions, so he picked one which bugged him the most. "Why are we doing this? In the past, you asked me to get you some data on them, and to check on a few bases, but this is a major. We are declaring a war."

Sarah can understand his concern but… "I apologize if I was not clear, Boss Young. This is not a war. This is annihilation. And our two organizations are not the only ones participating. You are facing an opportunity to get a piece of the cake, and it\'s up to you if you will take it. Regardless if you are participating or not, by tomorrow this time, Shadow Ravens will be wiped out as an organization because they touched something they shouldn\'t."

"What did they touch?", Mathew had to ask.

"My children.", Sarah responded.

Mathew understood. He saw Sarah\'s and Aiden\'s kids at Ellie\'s wedding. "They got their hands on your kids and you will destroy the whole organization for that?"

"Boss Young, I don\'t like to fight. But when someone provokes me, I don\'t fight fair, I don\'t quit and there is nothing that I wouldn\'t do to protect what I hold dear."

Mathew was silent for about five seconds before responding. "OK. Send me that data."

Sarah was happy that Mathew agreed. "We plan to start attacking in twelve hours. I will inform you about our movements. Have your men ready…"

The talk with Angelo went more-less the same. He ended the call with a remark that this is a good deal because he gave up one base in Milan and in return he got many.

"You still need to fight for them, Capo.", Sarah reminded him.

"Yes. But when they are not aware that I am coming and I know where they are and how many people are there, it\'s like shooting at sitting ducks.", Angelo said gleefully. "It\'s a pleasure doing business with you…"

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