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For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
While we were in the ladies part of the prison, our guys were on the men’s side, first blasting a hole in the wall, then the wall of the building. Then Carine and Kitty went inside, broke into the office, took a master key for the cells and began to call out “Mauricio”. Prisoners began to hold out small pieces of cloth, purple and white, signifying their gang colors. So, Carine began unlocking the cells of those men and Kitty tossed each of them a gun.
Then Carine handed the key to one of the men and said they had to leave quickly. “Did Mauricio send you?” he asked. “No, Fernandez,” answered Carine, “but Ramon is going to attack Mauricio very soon and he needs men to fight.” Then Carine and Kitty disappeared right in front of the men and they ran as fast as they could and then reappeared outside the wall. The helicopters dropped ladders for the girls and up they went quickly and the helicopters left just as quickly.
The prisoners were shocked by the disappearance of the girls, but then one man said, “they must have been angels sent to help us.” That seemed to get the group settled down again and they continued to release more men, then they all ran speedily out the hole in the wall. Carine had given them a key for a van as well and soon those men were speeding away down the road. Although it was a 7 passenger van, they managed to get 16 men in it.
Well, our side suffered 8 of our girls being wounded, three of them seriously enough that if we don’t make it to the jet quickly, they won’t live. That would be hard on Misty and Cristy, since it was their friend that we rescued. Well, plus two others that Sky decided to bring along. When she saw them there was no way she could leave them behind. They were obviously being starved and beaten and probably would not survive if left in the prison.
Then there is me. For some reason they think there is something wrong with me, like a concussion or something. I don’t know why they think that though, I know who I am and what we are doing. Plus I know who everyone else is as well. So why the fuss? But Jennifer and Sky want me checked out anyway, just to make sure there are no lasting problems from that explosion. I guess they might be right, it doesn’t hurt to be careful about these things.
I just hope our jet arrives at the airport on time so we can get out of here before Ramon catches up with us. Just then Fluffy said something I didn’t want to hear. “Me Fluffy, motorcycles catching up to us, not ours, me say danger!” “Make this car fly Fluffy!” I yelled, “Evasive maneuvers!” “Fluffy make car fly!” And he sure did! Not only did we move fast, but Fluffy took us on quite the tour of the city! He even went down one way streets the wrong way a couple of times.
“Oops, Fluffy make mistake, me sorry.” But he did get us out of the way of traffic before any accidents occurred. I thought that was nice of him. Sometimes I forget that Fluffy is a repurposed toy. Sherry treats him like a real cat. I really do need to get Sherry her own cat. Six of those cats we picked up before can’t talk. They came from that farm and Jennifer just couldn’t resist bringing them home with us. So, they will just be stay at home cats for now and maybe our cats can teach them, they just won’t be able to communicate with us and that part is essential for going on cases.
Anyway, back to the present. Sienna has sent us a brand new jet which has a very complete surgical room and two recovery rooms, which won’t be enough on this trip. There is also the Leader 1 room and 2 other smaller bedrooms. And on this trip they sent Dr. Jorgenson, which is good since he is our surgeon and we certainly need him for our wounded girls. Whoa! We nearly flipped over on that turn! Fluffy apologized once again. I told him he would get a treat for getting us to the airport in one piece.
He got excited about that. So did Sherry. I’m worried about Sherry. Then as we turned down a lane, there were motorcycles blocking it about half way. “Keep going Fluffy,” I said. “Me know, we squash them!” “Yeah, get’em Fluffy!” yelled Sherry. And he did. Those motorcycles went flying through the air! We had rented the helicopters locally, so the guys returned them, got on their motorcycles and headed north to the border.
None of them were hurt, but the helicopters did get a few holes in them. Maybe I could tell the owners that it’s a new air ventilation system? Hmm, I don’t suppose they would believe that. I wonder if Sienna will notice that part in the bill she receives? Probably not, is my guess. It’s a good thing there isn’t much traffic on these streets this time of night.
As we turned onto one street, our car and the 2 vans following us made it okay, but then a van of Ramon’s men cut in line and our last van smashed into the side of their van, causing both to flip onto their sides. We quickly stopped and backed up to get our girls. There were 8 in that van, but none of our wounded girls. However, each of these girls had some cuts and bruises from that accident, but thankfully no serious injuries. We had to squeeze the girls into our remaining vehicles and then off we went.
We really shouldn’t leave the scene of the accident, however, there were extenuating circumstances this time. We finally arrived at the airport and we had to crash through one barrier to reach our jet which had been waiting for us and was nearly ready to leave without us. That was part of the plan if we didn’t arrive in time. They were to wait no more than 10 minutes past our designated arrival time, but they waited 20 minutes.
This was one time I didn’t mind them disobeying orders. It took us a little while getting everyone on board the plane, but we finally had everyone on the jet. Kat’s Wildcats boarded their smaller jet along with some of our girls to give more room on our jet for the wounded. Soon both of our jets were in the air and heading first to Florida to refuel before heading back home.
Aari and his team will be heading up to Houston, TX and will fly on a regular commercial flight to New York, and then home. We had to do it that way since we lost one of our jets. Sky quickly communicated with Jennifer to let her know what had happened to me and that I was convinced Dawn was her. Jennifer laughed. Loud and long…
To Be Continued. ©2025 Steve McLeod.
Well, here we are at the prison, the electricity of off everywhere here and it is totally dark. And when I say it is dark, I mean, it is dark. Completely. Like, not being able to see anything except for stars overhead. And even those will be gone once we head inside. Right now we are waiting for an explosion which marks the guys part in beginning their pretend jail break. Some prisoners from Mauricio’s gang just might get free tonight too, which is fine.
Mauricio will likely need all the help he can get when Ramon attacks his gang later. The minutes keep ticking by. Why don’t we hear anything? Our timing should have been perfect. We don’t even hear the helicopters yet. I’m starting to sweat now. Those minutes are ticking by quickly. Where are they? I look at my watch. It must not be working.
I point to Dawn’s watch and she shows me. I guess my minutes are only seconds, 28 seconds to be precise. I’m too nervous I guess. I want this to be over and us on our way, with everyone safe. But is that reality? Suddenly there is a large explosion heard on the other side of the prison and the blast creates a gaping hole in the wall. That’s our cue and Sky opens the electric locking mechanism on the main doors. In we go and we don’t get far before we encounter the first group of guards not far ahead of us.
They pointed their flashlights at us, but Sky and Angel showed us something else they can do. They produced a bright glowing light aimed at the guards, much brighter than their flashlights and temporarily blinding the guards. They screamed and my girls jumped into action, fighting the guards and very quickly subduing them. We then kept running down the hall, having no trouble finding our way through that maze of hallways. We had the cats to follow! Including one big lion!
And on the tails of each cat was a blue light, not very bright and it only faced us. We tested these lights and they are perfect for such an operation. They are impossible to see ahead of the cats, only from behind. And we went over things with those cats numerous times so that they new exactly which way to go and which hallway to follow. Plus, they did so quickly! There were several locked doors that Sky needed to open for us, but she had no trouble doing that.
Then we came to one door, and Sky was about to open it, but Pacca called out, “NO!” It was louder than we were supposed to talk, but still not much above a whisper. However, she did have a good reason. Apparently there was a warning sign saying that the door was surrounded with explosives which would explode if the door was opened during an emergency time, such as this one. Now what?
Sky told everyone to move well back while she unlocked the door, but I said no. This door was mine. It led to the solitary confinement wing of the prison and Sky was needed more in there than I was. Sky did not like that idea, but I reminded her that I was Leader 1. “Stubborn male ghost!” she whispered loudly, then she went back to the others. “That’s telling him,” whispered Misty.
I got the door unlocked, but, it was followed by a powerful explosion! Everyone knows where we are now. I was thrown 10 feet backward by the blast and lay motionless on the floor. Kristina, who came back with Sky after Sky took Kat back home to try and help Mandi, said she would stay with me while the others continued to look for Visty. Sky told Dawn to stay as well, then they could watch both directions easily. Our search group split into two groups for better protection and off they went down the next hall.
As the first group walked past some cells, one of them opened and 5 guards came out and began to shoot. But then our second group shot at the guards. Our team is using silencers, but the guards are not, so when they began shooting it alerted other guards to our position. That meant they had to go past Kristina, Dawn and I, which could be a problem. More guards soon came running past our position and kept right on going, not seeing us.
“Good work Kristina,” whispered Dawn. “I didn’t do anything,” she whispered back. They both looked down at me. “Well, no one else was doing anything,” I whispered. “Are you okay?” asked Dawn. “Just a bit dizzy,” I whispered. “He’s okay,” they whispered together. I wonder what they meant by that? Anyway, I told Kristina to catch up with the others and I would stay here with Jennifer.
“Okay,” she whispered and she stood up to go. But she just stood there, then looked down at me, then got back down on her knees beside me. “Who am I?” she asked. “Kristina,” I said, frowning a bit. “Who is that?” she asked again, pointing to Dawn. “Jennifer,” I said, frowning a bit more, like I wasn’t sure what was going on. “Steve, I’m Dawn,” she whispered to me. “This is no time for games,” I said, “Kristina, get going please, Jennifer and I can look after ourselves.”
Dawn nodded to Kristina, so she left to find the others. It didn’t take long and she found two wounded girls, Sapphire and Monika, but they told her to keep going, so she did. It wasn’t long and she found three more, Abigail and Rochelle, with Cindy, one of our nurses, looking after them. Abigail and Rochelle were wounded worse than the first two. Kristina decided to stay with this group to help Cindy. Up ahead Sky and Angel were peeking into each cell, looking for Visty.
Finally they found a cell with a woman in it, but it wasn’t Visty. The next cell also had a woman in it, then an empty cell, then they found Visty in the next one. Sky decided they would take all three women out with them, so that is what they did. Arriving back with Cindy and her group, they found that Kristina and Cindy had put together two of our portable stretchers from the medical backpack that Cindy had, and four other girls carried them.
Then Kristina communicated with Sky what I had said about Dawn. “Seriously?” she asked. Kristina nodded affirmative. They soon arrived with the first two wounded girls. Kristina carried one and Angel carried the other. Misty was helping Visty who had been drugged and beaten. As we walked along one hallway, I suddenly stopped and told everyone I sensed trouble just ahead. We all stopped and Sky went ahead with Angel.
There was a lot of shooting from cells on either side of the girls. However, all that happened was the guards shot each other. Angel picked up Sapphire again and we continued our journey. It seemed like such a long time but in reality it was only minutes. But just as we arrived at the main door leading outside, another group of guards arrived behind us and began shooting.
I turned and tossed a large lightning ball at them, killing all 5 guards. But, 3 more of our girls were shot and wounded. Fortunately we were at the doors and opened them. Sherry and the other girls that stayed with the vehicles, came over to help right away. We didn’t have much time and soon we were driving quickly down the road and away from the prison! “Okay Fluffy,” said Sherry, “shortest way to the airport please!” “Me Fluffy, we get there quick as cat!”
To Be Continued. ©2025 Steve McLeod.
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