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For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
I did not like the news from home. Mariia was doing her job, bringing water to the guards at the front door and she was wearing a vest, but one too small so her abdomen was exposed a bit and that is where she was shot. However, the guards did not do their job. On a Red Alert when they saw that car driving in, they should have shot at the car to stop it before it got too close to the chateau, but they didn’t. They allowed the car to get within shooting distance of Mariia.
Mandar was angry with that and sent them home and brought Team 7 out to help Team 5 with guarding the chateau. All of Team 5 would go for retraining later he said. Now, prior to the Wildcats coming to our restaurant, Trapper and some men came in for dinner, something that apparently was unusual according to the hotel owner. Unknown to us, however, was that Trapper had set a trap for Matt and his men. They were going to come here for dinner tonight as well and Trapper somehow knew that and had men across the street in an empty building, ready to shoot at the Knight Riders when they came out.
However, Mac spotted a couple of men in a second floor window and he noticed that one had an assault rifle. Mac has good eyes for these things. So Matt called Kat and made some plans of his own. Just as the Riders began to come out of their hotel, Kat and her Wildcats came along driving their two vans nice and crazy like, doing a complete spin around right in front of the Riders and then taking off down to our hotel. When they were gone Trapper’s men noticed that the Knight Riders were gone. “They probably thought those crazy people in the vans were going to attack them,” said one.
“Yeah, and they went back inside,” said another, “guess that means they will stay put now at their own hotel.” “Yep, we lost the element of surprise now,” said the first, “may as well leave.” So they went out the back to their jeeps and the tires of all 3 were flat. “You really should tell Trapper to take better care of your wheels,” said Matt, and all the guys started laughing. Then some of Trapper’s men pulled their guns and began to shoot, so the Riders returned fire, killing 8 men and wounding 4. The remaining four were roughed up a bit. But two of Matt’s men had been shot.
Meanwhile, back at our restaurant. Kat and the Wildcats came jumping in, acting quite crazy and went over to Mandar’s table. “Hey Daddy, hope we’re not late for dinner,” said Kat and she kissed Mandar on his cheek. “My dear Kat, will you ever act like a normal young lady?” he asked, sighing. “Aww Daddy, what fun would that be?” she said, pouting, “You wouldn’t like me as much then and you know it.” “Well, my dear, you just might be correct,” he said smiling, “now sit down so we can order our meals.” “Yeah, food time!” squealed a couple of the girls.
Poor Mandar just shook his head. Then Kat came over to our table. “Hey little man,” she said, “looks like you have your hands full, but would you like another one?” “Sorry girl,” said Jennifer, “but he’s mine.” Kat had her arms around me, looking over my shoulder. “So what?” she said, “I like him, he’s kinda cute.” I had my phone on, looking at a text from Matt so that Kat could see it too. “I’ll say it again, he is mine,” said Jennifer, more firmly this time.
Kat sneered at her and walked out of the restaurant and went to the kitchen, then out the back door and down the alley to where Matt and his Riders were waiting. Oskar had been shot, as was Harvey, but Oskar’s was more serious. She took out a thin knife and popped the bullet out easily from his chest, then she asked for something to disinfect the spot. They found some alcohol in one of the jeeps and she poured that on, then she covered her hand with a large cloth from one of the jeeps.
“Hey, what are you doing Kat?” asked Oskar, “That feels kind of weird.” “Just be quiet,” she told him, “or I will have one of these big guys hit you on the head.” She smiled when she said it. The bullet that hit Harvey just grazed his leg and Samantha was now there attending to him. Trapper’s men, the ones still alive, were all knocked out so did not know anything of what was happening at this point. Soon Kat and Samantha were back, though they returned at different times.
Trapper was watching everything closely, but mostly Mandar and the Wildcats. He did not like the fact that so many different new people were showing up at the same time, but he was sure that Timothy was behind it. Those 4 men from breakfast were back again too, but they seemed to be most interested in my team. I doubt they even glanced at Trapper and his men even once. I wonder if Timothy has men watching us to make sure we are doing our job? That is quite possible.
While we were eating I got a phone call from Pacca. I told her she could talk and I would mostly listen, or make remarks that had nothing to do with what she was saying so no one would know what was going on. She found out some interesting information for us. Lena, the woman visiting Timothy, is actually his girlfriend and she is also an aunt to Toledo. She is also Acadia’s mother, even though Timothy said that both her parents had been killed. Only her father had been killed, possibly by Trapper. Although Brink was in charge of hiding the stolen loot, he gave it to Acadia to hide while he tried to run away.
The police would never think that Acadia was involved, so Brink figured she would be safe. Brink’s girlfriend told this to Timothy and that is why he wants Acadia back, so he can get his hands on the loot. He does not care about Acadia at all, neither does her mother, she wants that loot too. Acadia will likely be killed once she tells them where it is hidden, though she probably doesn’t know that. Trapper doesn’t know that Acadia hid the loot or he would be trying to get that information from her.
That makes things more dangerous than ever for Acadia, it is only a matter of time before Trapper finds out what she knows. We need to get her out tonight, if possible. At least Trapper has less men now and that means fewer guards to deal with. I sent Jewel with a message for Kat and Jewel came back right away. Meow, mew.= She say okay, they be ready. Between our two teams we should have no trouble getting into that fortress. I just hope we can get out too…
To Be Continued.
©2024 Steve McLeod.
That letter which was sent to us and Kristina read to me, did not give much information. Who wants us to stop looking for Acadia? Timothy hired us to find her, so obviously he did not send the letter. Besides, it would never make it through their screening process before it gets mailed. Trapper perhaps? But how would he know that Timothy hired us? One of his two visitors? Now that is something to consider. We need to know who they are and quickly.
The killing starts at noon, the letter said. Which noon? Home noon I would guess. I told Sky to make sure everyone stays indoors the rest of the day, that will mess up the killers schedule. I also told her we would implement our new “hide and seek” plan to keep the children safe. Next I called Mandar and told him what is going on. “That is not good news Steve,” he said, “yes, we will get things moving quickly on our end.” “And tell no one where they will be hidden, not even me,” I reminded him.
“Yes, yes, my good man,” he said, “my memory is still very good, no need to remind me. I have also started up a new team, which I call Team 0, which presently has 12 highly and specially trained women on it and eventually there will be 20. They are specifically to help you and your team and will be sent to guard the children and any of the girls you send to look after them.” “Thanks Mandar, you are a great friend,” I said, “I will be sending some cats along too, they help a lot with the kids to keep them calm.”
“Very good idea,” he said, “and you know, my legs have been getting itchy lately, and since I am in your neighborhood, perhaps I will pop around and look at the situation myself.” “Well, that could be dangerous,” I said, “Trapper is a rather cold, tough individual.” “My good man, he is a criminal, and acts like an animal, because he is,” he said, “but I was not born to sit behind a desk all day every day. I will be there in time for breakfast.” “I am sure that Trapper will be here too,” I said, “he never misses breakfast here apparently.”
Well, Sky, Honey, Carolyn, Engla and Angel will go along with the children, and so will Snow, Red, Squirrel and Chester. Before Trapper and his men went back to their fortress, Matt and his Knight Riders arrived. It was perfect timing as Trapper and men had just come out of yet another store and were filling up their jeeps with stuff. The Riders went directly to them and Matt asked where the best club in town was. “Down the street, but it doesn’t open this early,” said Trapper, barely paying any attention to Matt. The guys got off their bikes and started looking at the jeeps.
“Poor quality,” said Matt, shaking his head. Wee Willie took hold of a door and ripped it right off. “Very badly made,” laughed Willie. “You will be paying for that!” exclaimed Trapper. All the guys laughed when they heard that. “Hey, look, food in this one!” called out Burk. The guys began tossing stuff all over the street and laughing. That was too much for Trapper, so he and his men began to pull out their guns, but Matt’s boys pulled out theirs faster, with some bigger guns too. “Now, you boys put your guns down on the street, right here,” said Matt, “or my boys start shooting. Your choice.
But don’t wait too long, my patience is short.” So they did it. The spot was right next to a sewer. Oskar picked up the cover with one hand and kicked the guns into the sewer. Then they continued to toss everything from the jeeps onto the street and some things into the sewer. That was too much for Trapper though and even though the Knight Riders were big, the fight was on! It was a bad mistake for Trapper and his boys though and they were in rough shape at the end of it all. Oskar picked up Trapper and dropped him into the sewer too, after Matt told Trapper that when the Knight Riders are in town, the Riders rule.
Then they rode down the street and booked into another hotel. As they pulled Trapper out of the sewer I was standing on the sidewalk with 4 of the girls, plus Jennifer. “Best to stay away from Matt,” I said, “they were just having fun today, but don’t get them angry or they will crush you like a bug.” “You know them?” he asked. “He has a large criminal organization in Europe,” I said, “they are a tough bunch.” “They will find out that I’m tough as well,” said Trapper, “they will regret today.”
“I just wonder what they are doing here?” I mused, “Definitely out of their territory. Must be money to be made here somewhere. Oh well, none of our business.” “And what is your business?” asked Trapper. “Just a vacation right now,” I said, and we went back inside. “I don’t trust him,” said Trapper, “but those Knight Riders are the problem right now, I say Timothy hired them.” “Doesn’t matter,” said Tony, “they can’t get in our fortress.”
Meanwhile, back home. Sky, the children and the girls going along were on their way to a new hideaway for a while. Over at the clinic, however, things were basically normal, though they too were on quiet Red Alert. That just means that everyone is on heightened alert, but everything is basically done normally. That meant that Dr. Kerstina went out on the back patio for lunch at noon. There were four guards from Team 5 on the patio at the time. “You really should be staying inside,” said one of the men. “I like to have some fresh air for a bit,” she said.
That was the last thing she said as she suddenly fell over, having been shot right through the heart. There was a helicopter in the air already and it went quickly over to where the shot came from and spotted a man running through the treed area. They tried shooting at him but there were too many trees in the way and finally they could see nothing but spotted a small house among the trees and called the police. The police arrived quickly, but they found no one in the area at all. So the search continued further afield. After everyone was gone, the shooter came out of a small underground hiding spot and flagged down a car driving by.
He claimed his car would not start and needed a ride. The driver said okay and the shooter climbed in, immediately shooting the driver and taking his car. He switched license plates, which would help for a little while and hid the man’s body in that underground hiding spot. Then off he went and came to our chateau. Mariia was talking with two of the guards outside the front door as the car drove up. The shooter rolled down the window and with one shot, Mariia fell, then he drove off fast!
The guards shot several times, but the car kept going. The car was found not too far away and the driver was dead, shot twice. Mariia was not dead, but was in very serious condition, Dr. Jorgenson did not think she would live. Kristina forwarded the information to me. Whoever made the threat did not waste time. Neither will we. At dinner Trapper and some of his men were back at the restaurant. So was another man in dark clothes and two beautiful women accompanying him at his table. Then along came the Wildcats…
To Be Continued.
©2024 Steve McLeod.
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