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For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The van with its escort of three cars arrived on time at the park and they stopped not far from the van that was waiting at the park for them. But Eddy did something that Sky was not expecting, he ran over to the lead car yelling at them to leave or they would be attacked! “And we were going to be so nice to that man,” said Sky to Angel, “he’s just a big coward and he betrayed us.”
She then tossed a small lightning ball hitting Eddy on his back right at his heart. He yelled and fell to the ground, dead. Then Sky tossed a larger lightning ball high into the night air and it exploded, lighting up the whole area like a large flare, making it easy to see the cars and van.
Suddenly three vans came driving across the grass and smashed into the sides of each car, pushing them off the roadway and onto the grass on the other side. Kristina and Kitty suddenly appeared inside the van quickly killing the three men inside that were driving and guarding the family. There was just one problem. The whole family was not there.
Rossana’s brother and his wife were missing. Their 3 young daughters were present and the sister of Rossana’s sister-in-law was there with her daughter. Kitty was perplexed by that because she checked to make sure the family was getting on the van and they all did. So, what happened to Rossana’s brother and his wife?
Meanwhile, the crashing into the cars by our vans killed most of the occupants, others were injured and four with just minor injuries surrendered. I called Rossana with the news and asked what to do with the men who were still alive, some needing medical assistance quickly.
Misty and I were still at the boat with Lombardi and Spence, but Sky arrived to let me know what had happened. Rossana told me to wait until our team heard sirens coming, then leave the area quickly before the police arrived. That is what I told Aari to do, but Kat and her team left right away after the sister told them that Rossana’s brother and his wife had gotten out of the van quickly at a certain street corner and jumped into a waiting car which drove away quickly.
That doesn’t sound good, it means that they are likely working for Lombardi. The sad part about that is, they obviously don’t care about their own children. Apparently the oldest daughter had tried to follow her parents, but her dad yelled at her to sit back down or she would be punished worse than the last time.
The girls sat down right away with a terrified look on her face. I communicated with Angel to check the girls completely. Sky was going to head back to help too, but I told her to stay with Misty and I. I then reminded her what Samantha had said and what could happen to both of us if she found out. We both looked at Misty.
“What?” she asked, “Did I do something wrong?” “No, you didn’t,” I said to her. “Tell Sky to stop looking at me,” she said, “she’s making me nervous.” “Stop looking at Misty,” I said, “you’re making her nervous.” “You didn’t need to repeat it,” said Sky, “I heard what she said.” “Sky said she heard what you said,” I told Misty, “so I didn’t need to repeat your message to her.”
“I heard what she said Steve,” said Misty, “it’s not necessary to tell me again, my hearing is quite good.” “Misty said I don’t need to repeat what you told me to tell her because what you told me to tell her she already heard you say it before I told her what you told me to tell her so it isn’t necessary to repeat what you say anymore since she has good hearing and can hear what you say before I tell her what you tell me to tell her about what…um…about what…whatever you say about her,” I said and smiled.
They both looked at me and blinked repeatedly. I’m not even sure what I said and it probably didn’t make sense. However, something is about to happen, something rather surprising. While we were talking, in a way that no one could hear us, the door to the room opened and Rossana’s brother, David, and his wife, Vinnie, came walking in.
“Did they stop the van?” asked David. “Yeah, they got it,” said Lombardi, “and I lost some good men too. I don’t know what we are supposed to gain by this stupidity though.” “You want to find out who the infiltrators are, don’t you?” asked David. “And how will this help find them?” asked Spence. David pulled a piece of paper from his shirt pocket and tossed it on the table.
“There’s the list,” he said. “Get that list Sky, destroy it,” I told her. She was suddenly by the table and touched the paper causing it to burn. “Hey, what kind of trick was that David?” shouted Lombardi, “I hope you remember that list or you will not like what happens next!”
“I didn’t do that!” David shouted back, “What would I do that for? It took me a long time to acquire that list for you and it came from the top man himself.” Then Misty appeared leaning on Spence’s shoulder. “Actually, it was me,” said Misty, “I told you I was a ghost and I like having fun with you mortals.” “Get that woman!” yelled Lombardi.
But before anyone could, she disappeared again. “Where’d she go?” asked David. “Hey, I recognize her,” said Vinnie, “she works for…” But she became paralyzed before she finished talking. “What is going on in this place?” asked Lombardi, “Let’s get out of here and go back to my office!” “What about Vinnie?” asked David.
“Leave her behind,” said Lombardi, “my men will take care of her.” It was now beginning to get light outside as Lombardi and his friends drove away. “By the way Lombardi,” said David, “I do have another copy of that list with me.” He was about to take it out of his pocket, but Lombardi told him to keep it until they got back to the office…
To Be Continued.
©2025 Steve McLeod.
Carvell had just contacted his men to attack the van and cars that are protecting it and bring the family to him instead. Unfortunately for him, I was able to let Lorenzo hear his conversation and when he brought Carvell back to the meeting room he immediately told Lombardi about Carvell’s plan. I also communicated this information to Sky, Kat and Kristina.
I had told Aari to move in as quickly as possible before Carvell’s men get involved, or we would not have a chance to get the family alive. The vans we are using this time are ones built by Baldwin Corp. These vans are built like a small tank with extra reinforced front end for ramming other vehicles. They won’t have any trouble with regular cars.
Aari already noticed someone else following which would be the Carvell vehicle that is in charge of his operation. That shouldn’t be a problem for Aari and his boys to handle. A Catalina surprise package tossed out the back of the van will be enough to stop them. Now, back to us. Carvell was now very nervous and he suddenly stood up with a gun in his hand, pointed at Lombardi.
Hmm, I didn’t want any of them getting killed just yet, we may need more information about the family, just in case this move is just a decoy operation. The family may still be at the original house and will be moved later once this first decoy move is far enough away. Just a thought, a terrible thought, but I had to consider the possibility, Lombardi is not stupid and doesn’t leave things to chance.
I’m just hoping the news about Raven being still alive will be enough to get Lombardi to act quickly, like it appears he has done. However, he probably had emergency moving plans in place long before now, just in case. And it would be plans, not just one plan, and that is what makes him so dangerous. Lombardi was actually part of Victor’s original organization and when Victor’s organization collapsed, Lombardi just moved in to take over.
And Lombardi quickly rebuilt the whole thing, making it worse than before. However, our job is not to take down the organization, but to rescue the family so the police can move in and do what they can to destroy it and hopefully get their people out alive before Lombardi finds out who the infiltrators are. Lombardi would not treat them nicely, he is a vile man.
I would love to put a dent in his organization though, just to weaken him a bit. Anyway, I didn’t want any of these men killed just yet, so I intervened a little. Suddenly Carvell screamed about his gun being hot as fire and he quickly shook it out of his hand and onto the floor. Lorenzo then grabbed Carvell, hitting him a few times until Lombardi told him to stop.
He then sat Carvell back onto his chair. Then Gary bent down to pick up Carvell’s gun, but it was still too hot. “Whoa, what’s with that gun?” asked Gary. Then Lorenzo tried, but it was too hot for him also. Mr. Spence looked at Lorenzo, then he too bent down to pick up the gun, which he had no trouble doing.
“Kind of odd that you 3 had ‘trouble’ holding this gun,” said Spence and he handed it to Lombardi who then called a man named Carter to bring his boys to the room. He was there quickly with 4 other men. “Mr. Lombardi, no, I’m loyal,” said a very nervous Lorenzo, “I don’t work for Carvell anymore, honest.” “Do you think Lombardi is a fool?” asked Carvell.
“Take those 3 out and talk to them for a while,” said Lombardi. After they left Lombardi got a phone call from one of his men. “We found the spot where our stuff is hidden,” he said, “but Raven and his men are here guarding it.” “Keep watching them and I will send some more men out there to help you,” said Lombardi, “hang on a moment.”
Lombardi then asked Spence if he had any men to spare as his own men were kind of spread out right now. Spence made a phone call and sent his men over to help. Lombardi then told his man to watch for Spence’s men. “Raven will wish he had stayed home,” said Lombardi, “he was pretending to come here to join our organization. He will learn what happens to men who betray me.”
“That reminds me,” said Spence, “I thought Bobby Lansdown was supposed to be here?” “It seems his boss was out of town,” said Lombardi, “and the usual man that would take his place was off sick, so he had to stay in London.” I thought I recognized that name. I immediately communicated with Jennifer what I just heard and told her to use the emergency number we were given. She did so right away.
Meanwhile, back to Eddy and the girls. “They should be here in less than a minute,” said a nervous Eddy. Another van had come along already with our girls in it and they emptied the other van, with Eddy’s help, of the dead bodies. They put the bodies behind some bushes for now.
I then sensed trouble and knew exactly where it was and without thinking I went directly to Sky and told her and the others to watch out for trouble that is close by. Unfortunately Misty got left behind somehow. “Hey, where did that lady come from?” asked a man named Travis. “Oh, uh, hi guys,” said Misty smiling, “what’s new?” “How did she get in here?” demanded Lombardi.
“I just walked in,” said Misty casually, as she walked over to the table, “you see, I’m a ghost.” Everyone had a good laugh. “Well, how else would you explain that I just suddenly appeared out of nowhere?” she asked, “Can any of you do that?” She was now close to Spence and she moved quickly, wrapping her arm around his neck, choking him.
She then pulled out her gun and pointed it at Lombardi. “Tell your friends to put their guns on the table,” said Misty to Lombardi, “and do it slowly. Any wrong move and you will die first Lombardi.” He hesitated briefly but then told his men to do what she said. They all did so, then she told them to move over to one corner of the room so she could watch them easily.
Meanwhile, “Uh, Steve,” said Sky, “where’s Misty?” “Oh, oh!” I exclaimed and disappeared, ending up beside Misty and she also disappeared again. “Hey, where did she go?” asked Spence. “Search this room!” shouted Lombardi. He then put out a call to the rest of his men on the yacht to search for a young woman who managed to sneak onboard.
“Everything is going crazy tonight!” yelled Lombardi, “but everyone will regret trying to make a fool of me!” Back to the park. The van with it’s escort of 3 cars pulled up close to Eddy and the girls. But Eddy went running over to the lead car yelling at them to leave or they would be attacked…
To Be Continued.
©2025 Steve McLeod.
