TUESDAY
Who: The Captain and Everyone
Where: "The War Room" (doubles as The Entertainment Room)
Why: Quick Meeting about the Mission

The Captain, wearing a grey muscle shirt and turquoise board shorts, was waiting at the head of the long, black polished oak table as the crew members who were participating in the diamond heist filed into the ‘War Room’.

“Have a seat everyone. I know that you’re all itching to get out there to Hawaii and get lei’ed, but this is necessary and I’ll be as brief as possible”. He pressed a button on his end of the table and the wall opened, revealing a large screen, “Oh…and, sorry about the pun, couldn’t resist”.

Removing a small remote from the table, the captain dimmed the lights in the room and activated the screen…the island of Oahu came into view in brilliant color, first as a satellite view of the entire island… “This is Waikiki Beach our target for play and for the heist”, the visual zoomed in on Waikiki in all it’s sanded, bikinied splendor… “and this is Kailua Bay, across the narrow stretch of the island from Waikiki…we will be docking there”, the screen mimicked a journey from Waikiki Beach to Kailua Bay.

“Now, here is the main target…Garritt De Vries’ *De Vries’Diamond Head* Hotel & Casino Complex”, Nate pointed out, quite proud that he had such information. First visuals were of the exterior of the building and then they faded into 3 dimensional cutaway blueprints.

“Hotel front lobby. Niki, this is where you will be doing your adorable puppy act.”, he pointed to the lobby and gave the cute blonde girl a wink and a smile.

“Okay…main generator. Look tasty, Arlen?”, he teased, “Once you take that out. Join with Mags or me, whoever is closer.

The mockup went deeper and deeper down into the complex until it showed a vast vault door opening and a mechanism moving forward and stopping beneath what looked like a high-tech dumbwaiter. In the center of the mechanism stood the diamond, large as a pineapple, perfect in it’s clarity…breathtaking.

“This is our objective. Mags, you will take out all obstacles in corridors here…here…here…and here…and make sure you get Serena and Pavla to this point. He smiled over at the three… “What a trio. I pity anyone who gets in the way”. He turned back to the screen, pointing to some mechanisms near the vault, the dumbwaiter and around the diamond itself… “Serena, I need your skills here. Make sure nothing happens that sends that diamond skittering back into the vault, okay?”. He gave Pavla a little wink, filled with more intimacy than the others seated there knew. “Pavla, I need you to move swiftly. Get your hands on that diamond as quickly as you can…we are talking about a very small window of time here guys”.

Pointing to an area with several corridors and rooms that intersected with all the others, Nate looked at Bengal and smiled, “This is going to be our playing field, mate. Think you’re up to it?”, he poked the feral’s ego good-naturedly. “We need to keep the guards and any other dangerous personnel away from the others…”, he gave Bengal a pointed look, “…and no unnecessary casualties, Drake…okay?”.

The exterior of the hotel/casino complex once again came into view and Nate pointed out an area… “Alex, you will wait here for Pavla to pass you the diamond. Then you will head directly to the ship with it”, his dark eyes connected with Alex’s green one’s, “I’m counting on you”. He took a deep breath and turned off the screen and the wall once again closed itself to cover it…he looked over the table, “Doc, I’ll need you here and ready for any casualties. Vivvy", he turned to the woman who was his right arm and more, "could you help Doc Jordan round up some volunteers?”.

Nate leaned forward supporting himself on the table and took on a very serious expression. “There is one more thing that needs saying. I know that we are somewhat like modern day pirates and that we have all manner of wealth in our cargo holds, but to me, the most valuable thing this ship carries is you! I don’t want any of you taking any unnecessary risks or putting yourselves in danger. If something goes wrong or if it looks like you may be hurt, leave…scratch the mission…come back. No one will think ill of you…you have my word on that. The only two in any danger should be Drake and I and Drake is a natural healer, so he’s truly in no danger”, looking once more at the feral mutant, the captain shrugged his shoulders and continued, “Some of you may think I sound a little sappy…a little Mr. Rogers…but, I’m serious here…your lives mean more to me than anything else…got it?”.

After his little safety speech, Nate’s expression eased up a bit and he took a seat, leaned back and asked, “Does anyone have any questions? We can get the questions all answered and then the rest of the day is yours, guys”.