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Chapter 23
On your mark… get set…
It was still almost ninety degrees outside at midnight. My shirt was clinging to my skin like I just taken it out of a washing machine and put it on wet. I decided to coordinate our attacks at night so the team in the Bahamas had the best chance of success. We only had a few days so we would have to act fast to stop the bombing. We’ve had too many encounters with this group for them to not take action on the bridge soon.
Since Tony found out about the Airlines desire to bring down the Golden Gate Bridge, he has infiltrated every aspect of online and networked communication from the heads of the company. Tony pinpointed the two executives responsible for the plot as a Mr. Toma and Mr. Chang.
Rachel and Chels then spent time outside of Mr. Toma and Mr. Chang residence gathering as much incriminating evidence as possible. The girls each documented enough cell phone transmissions from both men to fully implicate them up as the instigators behind this plan.
Toma and Chang were responsible for arranging not only the C4 being siphoned the last two years, but for arranging the kidnapping of the three SA groups, the fairy boat purchases and the hiring of a large staff of mercenaries to carry out there plan. All this was done under the pretense of legitimate business dealings.
I passed on all the intelligence we found back to the CIA and FBI through Dr. Ishmail, who had everything confirmed and documented.
We were given the green light to proceed as we saw fit, and had authorization to call in any support necessary. This program had the signature of the President of the United States on it so we would have no red tape for any assistance needed.
In order to save our three captured SA groups I needed a team working the rescue at the same time a second team hit’s the vans, so I split my group back up into two teams.
We had Marty take a few more crash lessons with the same helicopter he had been forced to fly earlier because I wanted Marty to be the one that flew and lead my second team to the Bahamas. I just didn’t have confidence, or lets say the ability to trust anyone like I did Marty. There was something special about Marty that gave you the feeling you couldn’t lose if he was on your team. And since I couldn’t be with the second team, I wanted Marty in charge. Marty was a good man. He was someone you just trusted from the moment you met him. He was warm and polite yet he had no issues with making a decision. Yeah, he was going to be me, in the Bahamas.
I sent Rachel, Chels and Steven with Marty to the Bahamas. Marty said he was good to go, and would have no problem operating the helicopter and leading the group for me.
Stacy, Meea, Tony and I were going to be the group that went after the C4 and the vans.
Marty and his group took off about five hours ago and headed for the Bahamas. We had radio conformation when they were just thirty minutes from their landing zone (LZ). We wanted to stay in close contact since these strikes had to be coordinated so precisely. I had requested direct contact cell phones that were untraceable for Marty and I. In order to not risk the SA team’s lives or risk a quick launch of the bridge assault we would have to strike at the exact same time. Once one faction of the enemy came under attack word would go out quickly to the others for response I was sure.
My team was now outside the fence at warehouse fifteen down by the docks. From this location the vans could be driven to the bridge and detonated within minutes. We couldn’t afford to make any mistakes that would tip them off. We needed to take care of them while they were still all together in the warehouse.
I was glad we had left Melissa on the yacht now, everything thing off the yacht seemed wrought with danger. Melissa was asleep on her new best friend Kobe, the Bengal tiger who would protect her with his life now. If everything works out somehow, well be back with her shortly as along with her mom and dad.
We were looking at high tech surveillance cameras on all four corners of the warehouse. The cameras were about a fifty-yard run from the high fence surrounding the building. There was a generous string of razor wire all around the top of the fence. Five Dobermans were milling around the inner yard as well. That was actually good news for us… not so good for them. There were also motion sensors that looked like they would detect anything within a few feet of the building. Armed guards in the gate house, and I’m sure plenty more inside guarding the vans of C4. This wasn’t a college basketball game, so one wrong decision would cost us a lot more than a few points.
I open up my cell phone, and hit the speed dial for Marty. “Marty come in.”
“Hey, Wilson… got that C4 all under control yet?”
“Just tell me where you are.” The guy is never serious.
“We just landed two miles in back of the maintenance facility. We’ll be at the back of the complex by the huts in about fifteen minutes. We came in at ground level the last fifty miles so they shouldn’t know were here… yet.”
“Call me once you have positioned yourself and we’ll coordinate our start.”
“Rodger, make sure you keep an eye on hot rod for me.”
“Will do, over and out.”
“Wilson, if you can get me in the guard shack I can take down the cameras and the motion detectors.” Tony said as I pocketed my phone.
“I need the front gate open first in order to get to the guard shack. Meea could have the dogs kill the guards but that would be pretty noisy and that could alert the guards in the warehouse. We need something else.” I said out loud trying to talk myself through our options.
“How about a distraction?” Meea eyebrows rose questioningly.
“You’re not taking your clothes off again, Meea.” Stacy joked.
“That’s not what I meant.” Meea said, sticking her tongue out at Stacy.
“Easy girls, Meea has something there.” I said turning to face them both.
There was only one guard in the shack by the fence and we needed him to open the front gate so we could get to the controls and then to the warehouse.
“I got it, Stacy, you’re our best shooter besides me, take the sniper rifle. It’s got a silencer on it that will shorten up the range it has, but you should be plenty close to the guard shack from here to take a shot. Get the rifle set up for a shot to the front of the gate. When Marty calls back that they’re ready, I’ll walk to the front of the gate to draw the guard out to speak to me. I need to hear him speak for a second so don’t shoot him until I raise my hand up and scratch my head, then you take his off, but drop him close enough to the fence I can grab his keys.
Then, I let us in the gate and Tony can disarm the cameras and monitors. We’ll have Meea send in the dogs and then we’ll wait out side to pick off any guards making a run for it. Then the building is ours.
Ring…“Pizza palace… see I can be funny too.”
Marty quietly laughed under his breath. “I can’t see shit out here it so dark.”
“That was the point about picking night time, right.” I said.
“Chels kept me from walking right into this stupid electrical fence they got set up around the place. Hell I would have never seen these thin wires.”
“Marty, the girls are using sonar so they can see fine. Trust them, that’s why they're with you. Now what else you got?”
“Chels said there are four guards walking in pairs going around the entire parameter. Rachel said their smoking something that will allow them to die happy.”
“That’s funny, and good for us.”
“Yeah well, it took me a while to explain the concept of “die happy” to Steven.”
“Are you OK? You seem a little pissed.”
“How’s Stacy doing?” Now I knew what was on Marty’s mind.
“Look, I’ll take good care of Stacy, you need to focus and keep my other people safe.”
“Don’t sweat it Wilson. Steven has a way to cross wire the fence so that the generator for it overheats. He said that would only take a minute. He also said if he and I kill both sets of guards and take their place the girls
could make their way into the SA hut and sneak everyone out to the chopper before anyone notices one missing patrol. How’s that sound?”
“Sounds pretty good actually, are you ready to go?”