Ice Woman Assignment

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Author: Austin Camacho
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agent’s terse comment. “Our equipment is a little more sophisticated than what you use. Yours isn’t the best on the passive devices.” Barton looked embarrassed, but Morgan finished in two minutes.
    â€œAll clear,” he said, putting his listener detection device away. “I’m Morgan Stark.” Morgan shook hands with both strangers. “The lady is Felicity O’Brien. Chuck tells us you guys can use some help, so we’re here to listen. What can we do for you?”
    â€œYou can help with some street surveillance,” Alvarez said, stepping to the bar. “Want a drink?”
    â€œNo thanks,” Felicity said. “What we want is to know what your problem is.” She sat on the sofa, hoping no one would notice her nose wrinkling. This had been a room for smokers, and the odor seemed to puff up out of the cushions when she sat. Morgan continued to stand.
    â€œThe problem, as always, is drugs,” Alvarez said. “We have a new thing taking over the streets.”
    â€œThis stuff called ice?” Felicity asked, leaning forward to protect her clothes. “So what is it? I thought crack was the latest thing in suicide.”
    â€œYou’re behind the times,” Barton said. “Crack is yesterday’s news. This stuff’s a lot worse. It’s really a form of methamphetamine.”
    â€œWhat, like crystal meth?” Morgan asked. “Okay, so it’s speed. I met that stuff in the Far East. Guys used the stuff to stay alert. What’s so dangerous about that?”
    â€œWhat is so dangerous, Mister Stark, is that this is in a purified crystal form,” Alvarez said. “Technically it’s not the same thing. It’s a different but related chemical called 4-Methylaminorex. It has effects comparable to methamphetamine but with a much longer duration. Sometimes on the street they call it euphoria, spelled U4Euh. It looks like crack and it smokes like crack but it’s not cocaine. Crack might keep you high for half an hour. This stuff can keep you flying for twelve, fourteen hours.”
    â€œCan’t be,” Morgan said.
    â€œDon’t kid yourself,” Conrad said, speaking for the first time. “This stuff’s synthetic and what we’ve found on the street is unbelievably pure.”
    â€œIt must be serious stuff to convince the FBI, DEA and CIA to work together,” Morgan said. “Where’s the stuff coming from?”
    â€œOriginally from the Philippines, Korea, and Hong Kong,” Conrad said. “It made a big hit in Hawaii. Now it’s all over the West Coast. We believe the operation’s been taken over almost completely by a Colombian organization.”
    â€œThere’s news,” Morgan said, rolling his eyes. “Drugs from Colombia. So? You want us to drive down to Medellin and bring in a drug lord for you?”
    â€œYou don’t seem to take this very seriously,” Alvarez said, a little louder than necessary. “There’s more than fivehundred people every month getting turned on to this stuff, and they might not matter to you, but…”
    â€œEasy,” Felicity said, maintaining her smile. “I think you misunderstood my partner’s meaning, although we do want to maintain a realistic view here, right? After all, I doubt all those people using this ice are being force fed it. Let’s agree that all these victims won’t be asking for a drug enforcement effort, or be too willing to help us out with getting the drugs off the street. However, I think what Morgan meant was, what is it that you need from us? We’re not the police; we deal with security matters.”
    â€œThe point is,” Barton said, “I thought you guys might have the connections to find out who the distributors are at this end. Your record indicates you’re very good at getting information. We don’t want you to take any real risk, just help us

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