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For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Sky and Angel decided to go looking for another way out of here, following the map that they found. I wasn’t so sure it was a good idea, however, there was no stopping them. And I do have the cats for protection. The cats and I were on the mattress, I was thinking, they were sleeping. One of them should have been awake, but they looked so contented sleeping that I decided to let them sleep. I was half asleep myself, or maybe fully asleep, when I was suddenly awakened by a large man picking me up and smashing me against the wall, which nearly knocked me out.
Two other men had caught the cats and threw them against the wall too. “Where did you get the cats PI?” asked the big man, “And where is that girlfriend of yours? Talk fast or you won’t live long!” I barely was able to say “Sky”, then the man punched me in the stomach and let me drop to the floor. He then kicked me 2 or 3 times, I wasn’t sure which. Then I heard a roar and thought I saw a tiger leap through the air, knocking the big man against the wall.
It was Sky and she was angry, more angry then I had ever seen her. Instead of killing this man quickly, she decided to fight him. Angel took care of the other two and both her and Sky finished at the same time. “How did they catch you and the cats off guard Steve?” she asked. “I let the cats go to sleep while I watched,” I said weakly, “but I must have fallen asleep too.” I couldn’t say any more than that. The cats were not hurt too badly and I didn’t want to give ourselves away just yet, so we decided to spend the night here.
But, about 3am Sky woke up and sat up quickly. “Wake up everyone!” she said, “There’s a fire down the corridor!” Angel and I did not smell any smoke, but Sky did. “We will have to leave out the restaurant door,” I said, “you girls will have to help me walk though.” I was right, once they got me on my feet, I could barely move. The cats were stiff and sore too, so one sat on Sky and the other two on Angel. As we headed toward the restaurant door we could start to smell the smoke and it became strong quite quickly.
As we passed Granger’s office we noticed it was empty. “Granger started the fire,” I said, “after they left, in order to kill us, including those upstairs.” “The fire alarm is not working up there,” said Angel, “so it must have been turned off.” “Yes, Granger is hoping to kill all of us,” I said, “and hopefully our team won’t find out until after they get those men out of prison.” “We need to stop him!” said Sky angrily. “First we need to get out of here,” I said.
“I hope your idea works,” said Sky, “it’s the only way to get you out of here.” “It will work,” I said. I was sure hoping it would anyway, but I wasn’t going to say I did have some doubts. The smoke was heavy by the time we got to that door. “Feel around the door for an electrical charge,” I told Sky, “that will be want you want to short out, if you can.” She felt around and sure enough, she did notice an increase in electrical energy around the door. Suddenly all the lights went out.
“You got it Sky,” I said, “now try to open the door.” Angel was beside her and I sat on the floor, too weak to stand, and barely able to breathe because of all the smoke. “Here Steve,” said Sky, “this is fresh air for you to breathe. Don’t worry, I won’t blow hard.” “Hey, I got it!” exclaimed Angel. Sure enough, the door was now open. But the smoke was just as thick on that side. Everyone was running outside but Angel called for help.
Amerie and Suzette were overjoyed to see us and came running over to help carry me outside. Jennifer came out right behind us and was so relieved that I was out. “What happened to you Steve?” asked Jennifer, “You look like you were beaten.” “He was,” said Angel, “a great big guy was beating Steve and he called Sky for help since her and I were off looking for a way out. You should have seen Sky fight that big guy! She was a tiger! The men hurt the cats too, so be careful with them.”
“Thank you so much Sky,” said Jennifer. But there was no response. Everyone looked around, but Sky was nowhere to be seen. Growlrr= Ghost Sky go sit on big rock, then disappear, said King, one of Car… I mean, Hannah’s caracals. “Go find her Jennifer,” I said, “before she is gone and never comes back.” Jennifer went running over to the rock and disappeared.
“Whether you like it or not,” said Amerie, “you are my brother and I will kiss you.” And she did, a very long kiss too. “Maybe you do not approve,” she said again, “but that is how I do things.” She then smiled so nicely. “I enjoyed it very much,” I said, still weak. I guess I must have fainted at that point and when I awoke I was in a strange, brightly lit room…
To Be Continued.
©2024 Steve McLeod.
Well, the three of us were sitting on the mattress provided by Granger trying to do some thinking. I was wondering why Granger was so anxious to get his friends out of prison, and why he waited so long to tell us what he wanted us to do. “Perhaps they were not in prison yet,” said Angel, “or they were being transferred from one prison to another and he had to wait until he found out where they would be.” “Hmm, that is a good thought,” I said, “now, why does he want them? It is possible they are specialized in some area and he is planning something big, needing their help.”
“That would make sense,” said Sky, “anything major happening soon?” I communicated with Jennifer to call Penny and see if anything is happening soon that Granger might be interested in. Then it hit me, I was able to communicate with Jennifer again. “The last time I tried to communicate with Jennifer,” I began, “the camera system was still working. Maybe it was interfering somehow.”
“But this way of communicating is supposed to work under all conditions,” said Angel.” “But did Kat check it against a heavy electrical charge?” I asked, “That is something we need to look into back home. If a heavy enough electrical charge can interfere, then she will need to adjust for that.” “Yes, that is a good thought,” said Angel, “hey, we might be getting through to Granger after all. He is disturbed by what Matt and the Knight Riders are doing, he wants a man named Brian to check on things because he thinks there is a leak in his organization.”
“There might be, that’s how we found out about the drugs,” I said. “He is also calling another hit man, named Dimitri,” said Angel, “but he hasn’t said why.” I contacted Mac and asked him if he knew this Dimitri. “Yep, another one of the top hit men in this part of the world,” said Mac, “he doesn’t work cheap, so it must be important. Want me back there?” “No, I would like you and Aari back at the chateau,” I said, “look after things around there for now, but stay hidden.”
“He might be coming your way,” said Mac, “your sisters are still good targets.” “Thanks for reminding me,” I said. I sat thinking for a while. “Your hearing is amazing Angel,” I said. “Thanks,” she said, smiling. “That door to the restaurant is likely surrounded by an electrical charge of some kind,” I said, “that is probably why you can’t open the lock on that door Sky. You don’t want the lock, you need to get rid of that electrical charge first, then the door should open. The lock might even be fake.”
“That’s kind of sneaky,” said Sky, “would you like me to check it out now?” “No, it might be better to stay here for a while longer,” I said, “maybe we can find out more about Granger and his plans. But you two need to check his office tonight and see what you can find. This is not his main office, obviously, but likely one of many secondary offices where he can hide out at times.”
“Hmm, that could mean that someone is after him right now,” said Sky, “maybe those ‘friends’ in prison are not his friends, but friends of someone else and they are pressuring Granger.” “Well, that’s an interesting thought,” I said, “but Granger has a big organization, with lots of money and lots of men, I can’t see anyone pushing him around.” “Oh well, it was a good theory while it lasted,” said Sky sighing. “They still might be someone else’s friends though,” I said.
I asked Jennifer to ask Penny to check on those 3 men we are breaking out of prison, for example, what there specialties are in criminal tasks. But since we did not know much about these men, except first names, finding information about them might be hard. Soon Sky and Angel were in Granger’s office looking around. Conrad slept in there but Angel put him into a deeper sleep with one of those special rings that Carolyn invented for us.
Luckily Conrad had backed up everything on their computer to an external drive so Sky took that and replaced it with another empty drive so it would not be noticed right away that it was missing. Angel found the last names of the men in prison, so that will help us find out more about them. She also found a map of the corridors and rooms under the castle, and one of those corridors does lead to a building behind the fences. Just then 3 men showed up at my cell.
“Hey, where’s that lady that is supposed to be with you?” said one of them. “I don’t know, maybe she went for a walk,” I said. “Oh, a wise guy,” said another, “maybe I should come in there and turn you inside out.” “You better be quiet, or you will wake up the castle ghost again,” I said, “Sky, where are you?” “You think your girlfriend will hear that?” asked the first man. Then he screamed and fell to the floor, dead. The other two turned around and saw Sky frowning at them.
“You men are noisy,” she said, “I am trying to sleep and you come around yelling, that is not nice.” Then one of them felt someone touch his shoulder. He turned and saw Sky again. “There is two of them,” he said. “There is only one of me,” said both Sky’s together, “you upset me so I made a copy of myself. It always happens when I’m upset. Then, “Thwock!, Thwock!”, and both men fell dead. “Good going cats,” I said. The “ghosts” came back inside…
To Be Continued.
©2024 Steve McLeod.
