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For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
While the girls were having some problems at the penal colony, Rock and the guys were also having some problems. And their problems could mean they won’t get out of there safely. Burk had just called Rock to look at something. “We don’t have enough fuel to get us out of here,” said Burk. Rock was still at the back of the jet. “What do you mean?” asked Rock, “We were tight, but I think we can make it okay.”
“Take a look for yourself Rock,” he replied, “but there is no way we can get back out with that little fuel.” Rock came up to the front right away, and he just stood there staring for a minute, not sure what he should say. “There was more than that when we landed,” said Rock finally, “we must have a leak somewhere. And that is not a good thing.
We will never get out of the country now and the longer it takes for the girls to get back, the worse off we will be.” Rock then called me to fill me in on what was happening. Before Rock had called me, Jennifer had come into the bedroom and told me she sensed terrible danger for the team. Now I know why. I communicated with Kat right away and told them they need to get back to the jet immediately.
Kat then asked if they could bring one more girl along, a friend of Natasha who is serving 300 days in solitary confinement. She is at day 97 and… I interrupted her and said to bring her along, but hurry. Sky went with Natasha down a short hall and at the end was the room where her friend was. Sky opened the door easily and Natasha woke her friend and said they were being rescued and to come with her.
Sky had put light into the room from herself so they could see, but just dimly in case Valeska had not been allowed any light. There wasn’t much light in the hall, so that was okay. They caught up with the other girls at the main entrance and off they went, getting into their car quickly. But, the prison alarm began screeching away. It was amazing at how quickly guards began to show up.
Next problem was getting through that main iron gate. Nakedra was driving and she had been getting emergency driving training from Sky and Jennifer, our two wildest drivers! Catalina and Alizea lowered their windows in the back seat, one on each side as they neared the gate. Kat and Carine were holding onto them to protect them from being shot.
Sky was protecting the car since it was not bulletproof like our cars. The two girls shot small packages through a tube launcher at the gate hinges. Six explosions took place and the gate fell flat to the ground ahead of them and out they went driving away as fast as Nakedra could get the car to go. Unfortunately they were being followed quickly by prison vehicles.
The lead truck chasing them had a machine gun attached to it which kept firing at them. “I hope you can hold off all those bullets Sky,” said Kat. “No problem with that,” replied Sky, “um, but maybe keep your heads down, just in case.” “We can’t let that machine gun follow us to the jet,” said Carine, “they could damage the jet a lot with that thing, more than it is I mean.”
Meanwhile, Rock called me again and said that Oskar and Bear had done an inspection and found that the front wheel braces were damaged and probably wouldn’t survive a takeoff on that rough old runway. That is not news I wanted to hear. I immediately called Aari and let him know the latest news about the jet.
“We will likely need to send you in for a long distance rescue,” I said, “and it will be getting light about that time which will make things a lot harder, but we have no choice.” “Rock will get it fairly close for us Steve,” he said, “providing he gets it off the ground.” “Thanks for that bit of encouragement Aari,” I said.
“You’re welcome Steve,” he replied. I think one of us doesn’t understand sarcasm. The worst thing is Rock can’t land that jet just anywhere and he certainly can’t land it at an airport either. Landing in a field will mean crashing for sure, but what choice does he have? That’s providing he can find a field large enough to land the jet. And if they don’t have front wheels, it definitely won’t be a good landing.
I think I will be doing a lot of worrying for a while. Back to the girls fleeing down this country road after leaving the main road. “Okay, time to get rid of that machine gun,” said Catalina, and she opened her window tossing a package into the air which landed right on top of the truck. There was a loud explosion and the lead truck was destroyed, effectively blocking the whole road.
The ditches on each side were deep, so the truck and 2 cars following that lead truck were not able to get around it. “Well, that stopped our friends nicely,” said Carine as she looked back. “Just don’t miss our turnoff,” Kat yelled to Nakedra! “It’s okay, Fluffy has us covered!” Nakedra yelled back. “Who is Fluffy?” asked Carine. Nakedra put a stuffed cat onto the dash.
“Fluffy, meet Carine,” she said calmly, “Carine, this is Fluffy, my answer to lack of GPS.” “Hi, me Fluffy, me give directions to humans,” said the stuffed cat. “How about that,” said Sky, “our lives are in the hands, I mean paws, of a stuffed cat!” That got most of the girls laughing, except the girls who didn’t understand English. But once it was translated for them, they also laughed.
“Well, I don’t have my own cat,” said Nakedra, “so I bought Fluffy. He only repeats what he is told, but it’s better than nothing.” She patted Fluffy on the head. “We will get you your own cat when we get back home,” said Sky. “But Steve said no more cats,” said Nakedra, “I already asked.” “I will do the asking,” said Sky, “then we will go looking for your cat.”
“Think you can convince him?” asked Nakedra. Sky looked at her and smiled, Nakedra giggled. “Human Nakedra, watch for small road coming fast.” said Fluffy. Suddenly Nakedra turned sharply turning down a road barely wide enough for their car. “Almost landed in that ditch,” said Sky, “perfect points for that turn.”
They stopped suddenly beside the jet which was ready to go as soon as the girls got on board. Surprisingly the front wheels stayed on for their takeoff, but fell off just after they were in the air. But Rock was more worried about their fuel, which they were losing much too quickly…
To Be Continued.
©2025 Steve McLeod.
The day has finally come for our team to head out and rescue the two friends of our girls. I no longer sense trouble so I have relaxed a great deal. As mentioned, Kat, Sky and Carine will go along and so will Sapphire, Rochelle (since both know the language fluently), Colette, Catalina, Nakedra and Alizea. Each one was picked for a particular purpose.
Then there is Rock, Oskar, Bear and Burk, who will stay with the jet. They have no room for error with their flight time since they cannot stop anywhere to refuel. They will enter the country after dark and will leave before it gets light. That way they should be back in friendly territory by the time it is just getting to be daybreak.
It doesn’t give much time, but it will be enough, if there are no problems. Kat, Sky and Carine will be going in as officers in their country’s secret police service and the other girls will also be in uniform, but not officers. Kat is fluent in the language too which is why she gets to be the Colonel. Sky and Carine learned a little before leaving, and hopefully it will be enough to keep them out of trouble.
They refueled at a location fairly close to the border of this country, then, after taking off, they turned on their camouflage which should effectively make the jet invisible to all radar. As they crossed the border it was completely dark. They followed a route that would keep them away from towns or cities, and it was an amazingly straight route, which was nice.
But our team needs an official car to use, and it just so happened that there were several located at a special meeting taking place along their route. The girls parachuted down and landed in an open field not far from the spot. They ran quickly to the place and Sky had one of the cars started in no time. Off they went, hoping that no one would miss their car until the next day.
Rock discovered an abandoned airport not far from the penal colony and was able to land that small jet without any difficulty. Bear contacted the girls to let them know where the jet was located in case they needed to run off fast. The girls had no trouble getting through the gate once the guards saw Kat’s uniform.
As the car headed to the main building, the guards called ahead to warn them that a Colonel was on the way. There was a young Captain in charge while the regular Colonel was away and they had to quickly get her out of bed and in her office before the visiting Colonel entered the building. Kat, Sky and Carine were escorted into the Captain’s office.
“You work late,” said Kat. “Yes, I’m busy always,” she said, “what can I do for you?” “First you can stand and salute!” Kat snapped at her. The Captain immediately stood and saluted her. “I’m sorry Colonel,” she said, “I was not told who you are.” “Put that person on report,” said Kat sternly, “you should have been told.” “Yes Colonel, I’m very sorry,” she said.
“Now, I wish to question 2 of your inmates,” said Kat, “get them for me. These are the two I want.” The Captain called and said to bring the two women to detention room C for questioning. She then led Kat, Sky, Rochelle and Sapphire to that room and was going to stay, but Kat said she did not want her around during the questioning. Kat did say to leave the 2 guards behind in case there was trouble.
That seemed to make the Captain more relaxed and she went back to her office. Once the Captain was gone, Kat and Sky put the 2 guards to sleep. Then they quickly removed their uniforms and they had regular clothes underneath. Rochelle and Sapphire began talking to their friends and let them know they had come to rescue them.
Natasha and Celeste were not quite sure if they should believe their friends who had abandoned them 2 years before. But Rochelle and Sapphire told them what had happened and why they couldn’t try to contact them. But now, working for a team called The Investigators, they have the ability to come back to rescue them and take them back out of this country to safety.
Both Rochelle and Sapphire were crying at this point as they pleaded with their friends to believe them. The girls had put out a scrambler so they could talk freely and Sky had disabled the security cameras. However, if anyone was actually watching those cameras, then guards would soon arrive and likely an alarm would be activated.
That would mean fighting their way out, something they preferred not to do. Unfortunately Natasha and Celeste thought this might be a trap so they could be shot trying to escape, making it look legitimate. Apparently that has happened before at this penal colony. Kat then went and opened the door, pretending to let Colette into the room too, even though she had been there all along, but kept invisible by Kat.
Colette wasn’t with Rochelle and Celeste on their vacation, but she was good friends of both girls. She then tried to convince Celeste too and having her there helped Celeste believe that this rescue was legitimate after all. Celeste and Natasha shared the same cell and had become friends, though they tried not to show it, otherwise they might have been split up.
Celeste was now able to convince Natasha that the rescue was real. Meanwhile, Carine had stayed behind with the Captain and she had Alizea and Catalina with her. The Captain seemed to be nervous having Carine with her and watching her. Just then the Captain got an emergency call letting her know that the sound and cameras in Detention room C were no longer operational.
The Captain got up to leave, but Carine put her to sleep before she could leave the room. Then she opened the door and called the receptionist in, saying that the Captain had fainted. The receptionist came immediately and once in the room Alizea shot her with one of our sleeping darts. Both women will be sleeping for about an hour.
Carine then communicated this information to Kat. Shortly after this 2 guards came running into the office area looking for the Captain. Alizea and Catalina were waiting in the outer office area and shot the 2 guards with sleeping darts. Carine then warned Kat about this as well and told her they need to move quickly now.
Just then 2 other guards came to Detention room C, but Kat had locked the door. The guards began knocking telling them to open the door. Kat did so, allowing the guards to enter the room, but her and Sky put the guards to sleep as soon as they came into the room.
Kat then told the girls they must make up their minds in a hurry because they must leave before an alarm is issued. Natasha and Celeste smiled and decided to come along with our girls. Meanwhile, back at the jet. “Hey Rock,” said Burk, “come take a look at this…”
To Be Continued.
©2025 Steve McLeod.
