Jackson Moot's heart sunk as the Sikorski's geo-location device marker suddenly disappeared from his screen. "What the f*&#k just happened?" he murmured under his breath. The phone rang. "The Sikorski just blew up" Ferris stated abruptly. "What happened? Knight needed it to be redeployed at three..." "Wish I knew. It was thoroughly checked out yesterday." "I'm coming over." Three minutes later Ferris stood in Moot's office at MASK HQ. "I can't afford another screw up." Moot said glumly, shaking his head. "That's the least of it- we don't know for sure whether our personnel were on board when it blew- and now we've lost their signals too." They exchanged uneasy glances. "Let's take a walk" said Ferris suddenly. As they strolled down the crowded, noisy sidewalk, Ferris asked, "I think we can speak frankly out here. Do you think this was an accident? If not, can you think why anybody would want that copter downed?"