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Again Rapp ignored the question, instead nodding in recognition to a thick set black man who was walking towards them. He halted a few paces away and looked the prisoner up and down.

“This is her huh?”

“Correct.” There were no names here. “In all her glory. Have you got a nice spot picked out for her?”

The big man grinned. “The very best. Follow me.” He turned and made his way towards an open elevator that looked as if it still ran on chains and a steam pump. The four climbed onto it and the black man hit a switch, somewhere an engine whirred and the elevator began to rise with a rattle of chains.

After a few minutes it stopped and with the welcoming agent in the lead they made their way past a guard station manned by two very alert looking young men who cradled sub-machine guns. They nodded familiarly to Kam and Rapp and glared balefully at the hooded woman.

“Here we are.” Said their escort as he stopped in front of a heavy steel door built right into the rock. “Open three.” He called and the door ground open to reveal a 6 by 6 cell. It was made from the stone of the mountain, a single narrow bed cut from one wall with a rubber mattress on it. A video camera was perched high in a corner, the rooms roof being nearly twelve feet in height.

Rapp pushed the prisoner into the cell and removed her handcuffs then backed away and watched the door closed on the hooded figure.