At dawn Ethan waited for his friends at the agreed upon location. The shift was over and they had some successes. Agents Morrison and Barrow had already left, and Morrison had promised to write the report for their shift. 
When they approached they looked relieved to see he had survived the night and he gave Benjamin and Mike the details of what had happened. He had texted them some of it already when he let them know he was done for the night, but he filled in some more details now.
"I'm off to bed," he concluded. "Try not to get into trouble during the day, without me around."
"Of course," Mike said. 
"And don't go on any crusades to find Steph without me."
"We won't," Benjamin promised. "Daytime is not a good moment for that anyway."

Confident his friends wouldn't do anything dangerous, Ethan took his leave to get some much-needed sleep at the new base. 

Benjamin and Mike remained where they were for a moment and Benjamin checked his watch. It was a bit early still. The movie and a good night sleep had kept him from worrying too much, but his mind wandered back to Steph.