Maria nodded slightly taking the rebuff from the older woman surprisingly well.
"Then it's settled we'll go full scale with Maria's concept." Chantry said.
I doubted if there was anyone left in the room that didn't think her plan had been Chantry's all along, but what was important though was that she, like Chantry had thought of the best plan, which helped establish in all the agents the belief that Maria could hopefully one day be as adept as Chantry was in the management of the Agency for Good. It certainly wasn't a job I wanted.
Chantry was speaking again, "Let's begin to plan our little war then. Maria you mentioned a diversion. What did you have in mind?"
"Me." I said interrupting.
Everyone looked at me. "I'm the diversion."
"What do you plan on doing Tyre?" Asked the big American who went by the codename Bendigo Shafter.
"I'm going to walk right into the rave hall and start taking them out. They'll think I'm on a personal vendetta once it looks like I'm alone and they won't ship the boy out. While I'm in the rave hall causing a ruckus, Flint and some others will get the boy."
I could see that Chantry didn't like it, but he was keeping silent. Flint didn't hold back though, "That would be suicide Tyre for whoever tried it! The place is crawling with not only their people, but others that would join in on filling you full of lead!"
"Nevertheless I'm going to do it." I added firmly.
Flint looked like he was about to object again when Chantry broke into the conversation, "I'll only allow it if you have backup of some kind."
"My team can provide backup." Maria piped in resolutely.
Chantry nodded, "Okay then."
I thanked Marie with my eyes and she inclined her head slightly in response. I owed her one. I hoped I lived long enough to return her the favor someday.
The meeting went on and it became clear that the planning of such a worldwide coup would take a few days in the preparation, which I objected strongly to but was overruled. I just wanted to save Kevin, but the board was now dead set on eliminating the whole enemy group.