For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
“Well, we could try rushing the building,” suggested Rock, “there does not seem to be many men left.” “We might also lose someone in the fight,” I said, “it would be nice to do this and have everyone get out alive.” Meowr.=Maybe we use other door. “There is another door to get in?”, I ask Storm. Meowr.=I not just say that? He said to Muffin and MC. They giggle. “Okay, I get it,” I said, “now, about this other door, where is it?”
Meowr.=We go in falling down building over there. He points the way with his tail. “Okay, you lead the way Storm,” I said, “Rock, stay over here with Kara, Kira, Kristina, Carine, and Chung, wait 15 minutes and then get their attention and keep it for a while. Kat, the cats and I will go get the girls, then signal you when we are safely out of there.” So off we go around behind the buildings, but, there were 4 guards watching over their camels.
Meowr.=They use camel horses to come here, but human men stand in way we need to go. “Okay cats, your turn,” I tell them. Muffin and MC go ahead but off to the side a bit and get their attention. “Hey look, cats with backpacks,” said one man. The cats sit. Then two men start walking towards them and they quickly flip over and “Thwock!, Thwock!”, that is two down. Then Kat and I use our dart guns for the other two.
After that Storm shows us a secret way into the main building through a tunnel from the ruined building. Finally we are at a dead end. Almost 15 minutes. We are ready to push the stones that open the door. “Okay, now,” I said to Kat and the door swung open surprising Jennifer and Jessica. “Come quickly,” I said to them. We had to help Jessica as she was quite weak now from not eating or sleeping properly for days. When we got back outside we heard the shooting.
I told Kat and Jenny to help Jessica back to the others and told Storm to lead the way. Meowr?=You go after bad men that kill my mate? “Yes, Storm,” I said. Meowr.=Me go too, I want to help. “Are you sure you are strong enough?”, I ask him. Meowr.=Me ready. So the others went back while Storm and I went after Charles and Henry. They were busy packing some stuff together so they could leave. “Going someplace?”, I asked them. They turned and looked my way.
Storm screeched and ran, jumping on Henry! Charles pulled a gun but I shot first and he fell. Henry surrendered after being severely scratched. I put handcuffs on him but one of the men came in right then and shot Henry. “Thwock!”, and that man fell. He was the last of the men and Muffin had come back to help. We were soon on our way back to the pick up location and it was not long before we were on our way back home.
Meanwhile, back at the chateau…Annelie went down for supper but was unusually quiet. “What is wrong?”, asked Baldwin, “have you heard from Jake yet?” “Yes,” she said, “but he still has not found out who put the hits out. That disturbs me, he can always find out quickly who has a hit on who. But he did say that there were hits out for all of us girls, but not the guys and the sniper does things in order, never skips one, so the next one on the list is Kara.
We need to keep her alive until we find that guy, since he won’t kill anyone else until he kills her.” “How strange,” said Shirley, “sounds like the man is insane.” “No,” said Annelie, “but he says it is bad luck to skip anyone, just like it is bad luck to use the same gun twice.” Poor Aurela nearly choked on her food. “What is wrong dear?”, asked Shirley. “Oh, I am sorry,” she said, “it is just this talk about a sniper going around killing everyone, it kind of chills me.”
“Good thought,” said Baldwin, “it is not dinner conversation.” Just then Lajla Magnusson came in and joined them. “Hi Aurela,” she said, “never expected to see you here too, this is nice.” “Yeah, it is nice,” said Aurela smiling wide. “We shared the same ‘room’ in prison,” explained Lajla, “though I got out before Aurela.” “Yep, we became friends in there,” added Aurela. “Sure did,” remarked Lajla, “good friends. Did you join the team too?”
“I am just here for the night I guess,” said Aurela putting her head down a bit. “You can stay with us and work with us if you want,” said Baldwin. “I would like that,” said Aurela, “now I need to ask you something, do you know the name of this sniper?” “Well, he calls himself Stinger,” said Annelie. Aurela turned quite pale…
To Be Continued.
©2022 Steve McLeod.
Now we can get the whole team together and figure out a plan to stop this Stinger yahoo 😏😏
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I just hope they remember to warn us to watch over Kara before the plane lands!😬👩🙀🙀🙀🕵️
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Good observation!😉😁 That would be a shock to loose her as she got off the plane! But I’m sure Baldwin will tell you in entry of time unless something happens and he can’t reach you!🤔🤔
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Yes, he does know we are coming so I’m sure he will warn us in time. He has to send our ambulance out to pick up Angel anyway.🤔🙄
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Good!😁😊 Then no surprise that way!😉
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Yep, unless he forgets. Besides, how would this Stinger know we are coming in anyway?🤔🙄
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That would depend on who the traitor is!😉 If it’s Baldwin… there you go.. but if it’s his wife then he woukd need to have told her…
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Well, if it is not Baldwin then I know he won’t tell anyone right now, not even Shirley, because the more people that know the more chance of letting something slip and there are 2 new girls present now.
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So there we have it!! You shod all make it back just fine!
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Yes, then we can start looking for this guy, but…
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Uh oh…🙄🙄
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There seemed to be something amiss at the end of the chapter today.
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They seem to know who this Stinger fella is!!😬😬
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Yes, maybe that is true! Maybe they met in prison since both these girls were in the same prison together, maybe this Stinger guy was in prison at the same time.🤔
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Maybe he’s not really a he but a she??🤔🤔
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Well, no one has seen him and there’s no picture of him, so maybe he is a woman!🤔😬That would make it hard for anyone to find him if they are always looking for a guy.
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Yeah… 😬😬😬
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That could make things interesting in a not so interesting sort of way.🤔😬
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Well.. you never know!! It might be one of the ladies working for you or Baldwin??🙄
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Can’t be any of the girls working for me, they were all with me except Annelie and Candace.🤔
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Rats!! I thought I had a chance with that one!!😖
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Well, it was a good try. Still, perhaps someone working for Baldwin?🤔🙄
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I’ll keep thinking… this blind squirrel will find that nut yet!!😂😂😂
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Well, this sniper is a bit of a nut I guess, considering he believes in bad luck the way he does.🙄🙄🙄
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Superstitious by the sound of it… which can be used against him!! 😉😉
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True, maybe he’s afraid of black cats too!🤔
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Could be??? But if he thinks he’s not killed the next person on the list he won’t try to get next until he certain!! Could keep him occupied long enough to get him?
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We could fake it and set a trap for him. Pretend he only wounded Kara and then he would have to come to the hospital to finish her off.
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Now that’s a good plan!!😉😁 I think perhaps that’s worth a try!!
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Except it would mean Kara would have to get shot.🤔😮
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She could survive..🙄 unless she’s hit in the head.. then it gets a bit iffy🤔🤔
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And this guy likes to aim for the head it seems, too hard to protect the head.
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Unless you use a mannequin or a anthropomorphic dummy I a window or car to trick him??🤔🤔🙄🙄Hmmm?? What do ya think?? Mr Thinker!😂😂
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I am not going to put myself in there, that would put me in danger then!😬😬
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Hey… good for thee not for me?? Hmmm??🙄🙄🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭
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Well, if I get killed that’s the end. We first have to find out who hired this guy. I think. Or not.🤔🙄
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That would be a good place to start… but, you may not have the time..
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Well, we just keep the girls locked up in the chateau while us guys go looking for the Stinger.🤔
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Well, I for one am looking very much forward to reading who it turns out to be, and how you will stop him and the person paying him…🤔🤔
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Yes, I’m looking forward to see how we do it too. Right now it’s not looking too easy. And what does all this have to do with our desert mystery? And what about the treasure out in those ruins? And who were Charles and Henry? And what was that mysterious magnetic force?
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The force….. that’s right!! What us it? Is someone in control of it??🤔🤔
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Yes, that is something we never found out. I was hoping to take Henry alive, but his own man shot him. Why did he do that? To keep him from talking? But that means someone else was in charge of this operation.
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That it does!! Which adds a whole new layer of intrigue!!😳 Who could orchestrate such an elaborate plan??🤔🙄
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Yes, I still think we were deliberately sent out to the desert to get us out of the way! But who did it, that is the question.
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I can’t wait to find it all out!!😉😁
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Yes, me too!
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Good Morning!😁 🌞 ☀️ 🌤 🌅
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Good morning Dusty!😊😺❄️❄️I’m not actually here yet, will be back later though.
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Okie Dokie 👍 👌 🙆♂️ 😁😊😂
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I am somewhat, sorta, kinda here. How about you?🤔🙄
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I’m all here but I maybe all there!😳😲😂😂😂
Hi!!
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Are you sure? I’m getting houses from Zillow every day now, they don’t have an unsubscribe deal mentioned anywhere. Sigh.🤔🙄🙄
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Oh yikes!!😬😬 I am so sorry!!😔 Did you see any that look like a good deal??🙄😬
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I haven’t looked at the last 3 days. There was a couple before that looked nice, one had nice bigger trees in the yard, not huge, but good shade trees which is always nice. But both had a totally gray and white interior, every room, everything. Just too much of one color for me.
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Paint isn’t terribly expensive.. 🙄 send them to me… Never know I might like them!!🤔🤔
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I deleted them.
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Okay
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I looked to but I didn’t see anywhere to stop them..
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I might have to block them.
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I don’t blame you..😔I feel really bad about that.. I wouldn’t have sent the 1st two had I known they would be pestering you…😖😖
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I do like looking at houses, gives lots of ideas, except things like that are off my list now. Oh well.
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Yeah… well I’ll probably be unemployed come June, so they’re probably off my list too.😔
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I thought your whosamacallit and yousamacallit were working to extend your whatchamacallit?
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That doesn’t mean they’ll grant it.. They can find any sort of reason to eliminate my position, without a reason.. Only time will tell. God is giving me all kinds of ways to learn patience 🙏 So I will wait to see what happens.😏
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Very good thinking I think.🤔😁🥸
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Maybe Baldwin is the bad guy ! It is always the one you don’t expect to be the bad guy…or Kat ! Hmmm🤔 …interesting story line…🕵️♂️👩👩👩👩😼😼😼😷
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Well, it can’t be Kat, she doesn’t have that kind of money. Baldwin perhaps, though it doesn’t make sense, why would he do it? Or Shirley, she is the most likely one. Seems it would have to be her or Baldwin, or one of our enemies, but then how do they get such precise information? It’s a mystery we will have to work on once we get home.🤔👩😾😾😾🕵️
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