Bounty Hunters - Page 2

Tapani pushed his seat away and stood up. He looked at each one in the room one by one and then turned to Emilia. Roman had a question on his lips, but he was in silence. Roman knew it was time to wait and keep questions in the background. He liked to have information in nice ready packages that were easy to analyze. Still, Tapani was always more impulsive and usually not as specific as Roman wanted him to be. Unlike Roman, Matias was excited when he felt the opportunity to adventure with Emilia, whom he liked a lot. Matias trusted Tapani and would walk into any danger if he asked him to do so. Usually, Tapani gave enough information, and if there was a lack of knowledge, there were more than enough weapons and armory. Siiri, who knew Tapani best, was surprised when he turned to Emilia. She guessed at once that bird talk had a much deeper aspect. When Emilia put her tablet down and turned to Tapani, looking very nervous, Siiri knew something was about to happen. 

Siiri and Tapani had common history from their childhood. So for Siiri, it was easy to see when Tapani was lying. Emilia Kalla was always a big question mark to Siiri. A young girl appeared to crew on her 17th birthday. Tapani told how he discovered her juvenile prison visit. Matias similarly joined the crew, but Emilia always had something stranger on her. It was like she had dropped from the sky. She had no stories about her life, family, or even how and why she was in prison. Siiri could not imagine her in prison because she was a nice, sweet, and obedient girl. Emilia was like a shadow, and she was a good shooter. So Siiri let herself believe that she was a thief. 

"Come, sweetie," Tapani said and took Emilia forward. At the same time, he opened his small mobile communicator, "We had a long talk with Emilia, and now it is a good time to show the plan."

"Finally," Roman said to himself.