With Maybourne group finally taken care of, Meridian Continuum group has now lost their attack dogs, and they were currently having a conference video call to discuss their next line of action
"What a waste," the pharmaceutical company owner said. "They talked about bringing him to his knees and got arrested before they touched anything."
"They were never meant to succeed," the leader said. "They were expendable. What we wanted was to observe how he responded to a threat. And they gave us exactly that."
The others were quiet for a moment.
"I expected him to act personally," a woman said. "Direct action. Something that would tell us what he's capable of physically. Instead he used the President."
"Does he control the government?" someone asked.
"Just the President, from what my contact at the Pentagon could determine. But that's sufficient. Whatever he asks of her gets done. We saw that."
"The question is how he got her there," the leader said. "Willingly or under threat."
