The immediate aftermath of capturing the assassination team was a carefully orchestrated dance of federal agencies, each taking responsibility for their respective jurisdictions while ensuring that all four conspirators were properly secured and processed. I watched as Principal Whitfield and Ms. Patterson were loaded into separate federal transport vehicles, both still unconscious from our confrontation but now restrained with the kind of high-security measures reserved for individuals who posed threats to international political figures.
Ken Ross and Thomas Chen were being handled by Team Beta near the main entrance, their arrests having been completed without the dramatic confrontation that had characterized our classroom battle. From a distance, both men looked shell-shocked, as if they couldn't quite believe that their carefully planned conspiracy had been so thoroughly dismantled.
