[MD1, on the plane]
Once the plane was in the air, Anne settled back in her seat and began a mental review of the facts of the team’s case. The connection between Col. Martini and the English soldiers could make for a sticky situation if jurisdictional questions came up. But they would cross that bridge when and if they came to it. There were more important questions to be dealt with in the meantime.
Anne glanced across the aisle to where Agents Hunt and Hanson were seated. Cody was looking around the plane, seemingly taking an inventory of the passengers. Anne gave him a quizzical look. He shrugged in response.
"Checking for someone I spotted in line at the gate," he told her, modulating his voice so as to minimize the chances that he would be heard by anyone but the team.
Anne nodded, figuring that if it was anything the team needed to be aware of, he would tell them. She had other things on her mind. She pulled the case file out of her briefcase and began leafing through it. "What caused Col. Martini’s condition," she asked, addressing no one in particular, "a medical explanation seems the most plausible. I believe Edwards already suggested the possibility of some kind of bacterial infection." She glanced at Edwards and he nodded.
"That could be," Randa said. "There’s also the possibility of a virus. Or some kind of drug."
Anne located the preliminary autopsy report and pulled it out of the file. She glanced through it quickly. "There’s nothing in this report to support that theory," she said. "But it is just a preliminary report. Some of the tests would take a bit longer to be completed. With a little luck, maybe there’ll be some news waiting for us when we get to New York."
Cody got his own copy of the report out of his bag and started to read it. Emily read over his should and after a moment frowned.
"Cassandra Hollister is the pathologist in this case," she said.
"You know her," Anne asked. There seemed to be more to what Emily said than just a mere statement of fact.
Emily shook her head. "She works out of the New York field office."
"Good. We’ll be checking in with them as soon as we arrive. We can ask her if she’s come up with any new information."
"I wonder," Edwards said. He paused a moment before continuing. "How difficult would it be to get a list of American servicemen who trained with the Anglian guard."
Anne frowned, sensing that the first of the jurisdictional problems had just crept up and slapped her in the face. She forced a smile. "I suppose that would depend on finding someone somewhere who both has the information and is in a cooperative mood."
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