Just to be sure, Mint had checked the people who confronted her for any tattoos that Penny mentioned in her message. Sure enough, they all had the same dot tattoos. Once Mint was certain that all the moles had been filtered out, she sent her teams to their target location.
Of course, she didn't disclose Penny's message.
Everyone already believed Penny was dead. Mint wasn't sure about that, but she wanted to believe Penny was still alive somewhere. If she were, then there was even more reason not to tell anyone Penny was alive—to prevent anyone from looking for her.
"So!" Mint cleared her throat and flashed a smile at the newcomers. "Can you let me borrow your chopper?"
Haines, Wild, Lester, and everyone who came with them just stared at her.
"I need to—"
"Please stay," Mint interrupted Wild before he could finish his sentence. "I'm not asking you to stay because it's dangerous, but because I need some people to stay here."
