After breakfast with Chuck I went down the hall to my suite and dressed as directed; loose black BVD pants and a black tank top. I knew I had more to wear down in the armory and did not want thick layers under the kevlar vest Mom would provide me.

Once dressed I went downstairs to meet with Chuck and Mom. Chuck was not yet there when I arrived, but Mom was and I helped her lay out equipment for the other staff members who would be part of the mission. She also had me help her finish assembling some of the weapons she had been cleaning. Within a few minutes of assembling the weapons, Chuck showed up and he and Mom went over the inventory of arsenal and protective gear while I went to the ammo room to get some ammunition for the planned arsenal. Even after having seen all the weapons several times, and had been in this room a couple of times before, I still marveled at the advanced gear that Chuck had accumulated. I placed all the ammo on a large cart I had wheeled into the room, and after locking the door behind me, pushed the cart back into the armory and over to the table where Mom and Chuck were now waiting for me to join them.

Between the three of us on the table was the floor plan of Diego's home. The floor plan contained not only the footprint and layout of rooms and doorways, but also the landscaping and security camera locations. I saw immediately why Chuck was concerned. The approach to the home was open, while the occupants of the home would have perfectly positioned plants for cover close to the structure.

"Is there anything in the arsenal here that would cause interference on the security camera system without compromising any of our team members?" I asked. "If so, we could send out intermittent pulses for a minute, then take out the system all together. The intermittent problems they would experience would lead them to believe that they are starting to have issues with their circuitry so they won't panic much when their system goes down."

Mom winked at me and launched into an explanation of the guard's schedules. Evidently, she had sent out some team members to conduct surveillance on Diego's home.