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and quieted the room. “Wheels up in ten,” he said.
    And that was it. They knew nothing. They didn’t know why Forseti was the platform involved or why Svein Roberg had shown up. But, whatever information they received, they would be ready for action when they knew what the hell to do.
    Erik grabbed his arm as Finn made to leave. “Finn?” he asked. The question was loaded. It was , are you sure you’re okay , do you know the man you’ve been seeing is on Forseti , and can you handle this , all in one word.
    Finn nodded. Didn’t matter how he felt or what he actually said to voice any of it, he was going with the team and he wasn’t putting doubt in Erik’s head.
    “Let’s get this done.”
     
     
    The helicopter took them to Grane terminal from Urskar, and Finn stayed quiet the whole time. Intel was trickling in, definite that Svein had survived being shot and was on Forseti, with camera footage from Oslo and at a gas station near Urskar. It hadn’t escaped Finn’s attention that Svein made no effort to hide his face. He was buying at the counter in the convenience store and looking directly at the camera.
    Was he sending a message to Delta? That yes, he was back, and that they should come find him?
    Still, why Forseti? Eco terrorists chose live targets, not empty monoliths in the middle of the ocean. What kind of statement could Svein make with no pipeline to threaten? Maybe they wanted some kind of impact of the attack in the press. NorsDev had managed to avoid being caught up in any kind of hijacking so far, the bigger names were the victims, companies like Lundin Petroleum and BP. But somehow Finn knew. People were the only collateral that Svein had on Forseti.
    And people meant Niall or Ewan.
    As soon as they landed the team jumped down and gathered around Cap, Finn catching sight of someone walking toward them in the gathering rain. For a moment he thought it was Niall, then realised this person was taller. Ewan.
    Ewan hurried straight to them. “My brother is on that platform,” he said with panic in his voice. Then he saw Finn and stumbled. “Niall is on there with them.”
    Finn grabbed at Ewan and held him. The man looked white with fear and Finn had to be the responsible one who kept control of everything and didn’t let what he was feeling inside be obvious on the outside.
    “We’ll get him back,” he reassured Ewan.
    “What do they want?” Ewan asked.
    Cap made his way to Ewan and stood between him and Finn. “We don’t know anything as of yet.”
    “But we know it’s hijackers,” Ewan snapped. “What are their demands?”
    Cap raised a hand and Ewan fell silent. “We need to take this inside.”
    The men went inside, a situation board already in place, Ewan there with a couple others who all looked as worried as Finn felt.
    “This was just posted,” a man to one side said then turned the screen so Delta could see as well as everyone else. He pressed Play and a familiar voice echoed through the tinny speakers.
    “My name is Svein Roberg. I have taken the NorsDev Forseti platform. At midday tomorrow we will be destroying the platform and taking it to the bottom of the sea where it deserves to be. Let the sea swallow it whole.” He stopped and smiled. “Come stop me,” he added. Then the video stopped.
    The threat was there, implied. He hadn’t mentioned hostages. Just that he was destroying the platform. There was no oil to leak, no fires to start, the only collateral were people.
    “Why would someone be so hell bent on sending over sixty thousand tons of steel and concrete to the bottom of the sea, uncontrolled?” Ewan asked a little desperately. “And how the hell do we get my brother off of there.”
    “We need to get on the platform,” Finn said immediately. The noise level rose as everyone put in their point of view, varying from “we’re fucked” to “let’s do this” depending which team was talking, be it the ground crew, or the Delta team.
    Delta huddled