Hi Evie!
I could have added some C4 or acme dynamite to the gun cache or something.
C4 is the stable stuff. So is dynamite as long as the nitroglycerin is still bonded.
Also, Lex is dead.
Right?
Right??
/makes hand-wavy gesture/
So many ways to torture and imperil our protagonists!
/dials down bug microphone so the evil cackling isn't deafening/
Thank you

This is SUCH a better idea than what I actually wrote.
Oops? Feel free to adopt for the next story!
I so appreciate this! After the ending of the first part, I really wasn't sure where this would go, and a lot of it felt like I was making it up pretty haphazardly! Thank you for such a nice compliment!
You are very welcome! This story is right up there with Nan-fic A-plot.

Michael