Its a rule."
Fang looked at him. "I thought you were quitting this."
Thor shrugged and looked away. "Last reflex twitch of a dying brain."
"Don't do it now," said Bruce. "Wait till we're done here." He studied his list and licked the point of his pencil. "Steve. You've got to get back to California, right?"
Steve, meditating in a full lotus on the floor, answered without opening his eyes. "Right."
"Could you be our point man for the first option? Head up to Edwards and talk to Gary. Get the full picture. Fill him in on what's happening. Find out if he'll volunteer his bird."
"He'll volunteer, all right. I only met him the once; but the one thing in life he wants more than anything else is to fly that bucket."
Harry popped the lid of a beer can. "Odds are that Wade has already filled him in."
"Sure, but Wade doesn't know everything. Steve, it can't hurt to make sure."
Steve opened his eyes. "I know that. My dojo can stay closed another few days."
"We're not asking you to go underground," said Bruce, checking another item off the list. "Oliver will hide