Chapter 38

The plane set down outside a coastal community two states away from our home. We had literally flown most of the night to get there. Once the plane was down on the grassy knoll we were met by a rather large older European Sedan. It easily held the three of us and our bags. The driver parked the car outside the sleaziest motel in the area. Once the car was parked and before we were installed in the motel, he walked away leaving us to fend for ourselves. Most likely to report his car stolen just in case the whole thing went sideways.

"So what is the plan," Jeremy asked.

"Who the fuck knows. It seems that someone at the Church Camp believes in improvisation," I acknowledged.

"They did slip me this as I got off the airplane," Jeremy informed Alice and I. This turned out to be a preloaded syringe. "I was told that it was an inter muscular horse tranquilizer."

"So we know what they think will work for him. That makes the plan simple, get him in his SUV with his pants down and shoot him in the ass," I suggested. "Then we get him out of town then we call home for a bus."

"Sounds simple, if you say it fast enough," Alice said.

"So have either of you ever followed anyone?" I asked. "They both shook their head."

"Okay, so I get to teach you how to follow him. The game isn't till 2 PM, so we have six hours to beg borrow or steal transportation," I commented.

"Why not just use the car outside," Jeremy asked.

"Oh we will for sure. I would bet the trunk is just full of goodies," I suggested. I was wrong the trunk was empty except for two thousand bucks in cash.

When I showed it to Jeremy he said, "At least I won't have to use my own money to get into trouble."

"Don't get too confident. It is still early. So Jeremy look in the online yellow pages and find us a place to buy a moped scooter." I demanded.

"She is such a bitch, when she is working," he said to Alice.

"I know and I love it," Alice answered.

We drove the big sedan to breakfast at a chain restaurant. I would not have been caught dead in it at home. Even in the off season they had a good crowd, which is why we chose it. It didn't hurt that it was just a few blocks from the scooter store.

"You can only get the 50cc ones up to about thirty five miles and hour. It's fine for most in town driving but road driving it won't really do very well."

"I want to be able to do about sixty absolute max," I said.

"The 150cc is for you then. I can give you this beauty for $999," he said.

"If you have a $899 version stripped down, I give you cash right now," I said.

"The red one," he replied.

"I'll give you the cash, you give me the bill of sale. I'll come back on Monday to register it. Call it a demonstration ride, if anyone asks between now and then," I said.

"I can do that," the salesman replied.

"So Jeremy, you want to follow our man on the scooter, or let Alice do it?" I asked.

"Let me Jeremy, I never did anything like this before," she said.

"If you promise to be careful," he suggested.

"Oh I will," she said.

"I don't have time to give you lessons in how to follow the bad guys, so try to make it look like you are out for a Saturday morning pleasure ride. Smile and wave if he spots you, then call me on the burner cell. It's Saturday you can park in the elementary school parking lot till you see him come out of his house. Pretend to be talking to someone on your cell phone," I informed her. "We will call you when he is on the move."

Jeremy and I parked near the Mooch's house and waited. The wife and kid came out and loaded in a minivan. It looked like they were off for soccer practice or a game. Daddy was washing his sports car. So he obviously would be driving the sports car to his game, if the Church Camp guys had it right. I had a bad feeling though.

"That sports car looks really fancy and new," Jeremy said.

"Yeah, I'm afraid he bought that thing recently and the CC doesn't know about it," I said.

"Well do we cancel the job," Jeremy asked.

"Not just yet," I replied. I called Alice's cell phone. "There may be a change in plans."

"How can that be? There is no plan," she said with a giggle. I had no idea if it was nerves or she wasn't taking the job seriously. Well if it went sideways and the cops started coming out of the woodwork, she would take it serious.

"So what is the new plan?" Alice asked.

"We think the mooch has bought himself a sports car. If so we are going to grab him in the parking lot when he first arrives. You are going to need to get his attention while we sedate him and throw him into the sedan," I explained.

"I can handle that but we still have at least an hour?" she asked.

"Yes I think so. He will likely pass you, if he heads to the park. We are going to move down the road. Keep an eye out for the white van as well," I suggested.

Jeremy and I found a convenience store parking lot where we could wait without drawing too much attention to ourselves. We bought coffee and settled in for the wait.

"If he doesn't show in time to make his game at the park, I say we let the Church Camp guys pick him up," Jeremy suggested.

"If he doesn't go to the park, we will reevaluate for sure," I agreed.

We need not have worried, we saw he wife pass in the white van. I noticed she wore a head scarf something I hadn't seen when she left home. Strange that she put it on after she left home, I thought.

"Rose, he just passed me in the yellow sports car," Alice said. "I'm right behind him."

Jeremy and I quickly drove by his house to be sure the van was indeed in the drive. It was. He stopped along the way to buy a power drink at a different convenience store.

The stop gave us time to all get to together. "Alice can you distract him in the parking lot?" I asked on the phone. I did it only because she was stopped in the convenience store parking lot.

"Yes I think so," she said.

"Good we will be there waiting," I said. Jeremy drove us to the parking lot of the park, where the mooch played touch football. Jeremy backed the sedan into a space.

I saw the little yellow car first. "Here they come Jeremy," I said.

The car pulled in first, then right behind him Alice rode up on the scooter.

First she took the motorcycle helmet off and shook her hair. It was purely for effect. "Did you know you have a tail light out?" she asked as she stood beside him.

"Really?" he answered. He walked toward the back of the car to see for himself. I was out of the sedan. I walked apparently toward the field. When I was beside them both, I hit him with the needle. Jeremy appeared almost from nowhere with the sedan. He jumped out to help him into the back seat. Yes there was a small struggle before the drug paralyzed him.

He was in the car when I said to Alice "Go with Jeremy."

I rode the scooter to a spot in an abandoned service station in what looked like a rough neighborhood judging from the gang graffiti. I called Jeremy's cell for a pick up. When he came I left the keys in the scooter, after I wiped it clean. My guess was it would be covered with gang banger prints by the time the cops found it, if they ever did.

"Once I checked to make sure his heart was beating and he was breathing we called for a pick up.

Jeremy drove us to a deserted gas station outside of town and we made the transfer to a van.

"Leave the car," the pickup person said. He also handed me a thermite grenade. "Just pull the safety then tossed it into the car."

Once the fire was going I got into the van for the ride to the grass strip. The blond lady with the bad hair who I knew as Sylvia by then, landed the Yellow plane on the grass. She helped us load the Mooch into the back seat and strap him in. Then she took off. Jeremy, Alice and I waited on the grass field for the next flight. The van had long since gone, when the plane arrived.

We arrived back at the grass strip by Church Camp after dark. The pilot landed the plane in the dark with just some runway lights. It would have been nothing special, if the runway was paved. To do it on grass in the dark seemed to be quite a feat.

Waiting for us was a Caddy SUV. It took us back to the Camp where Andrew and the Sergeant Major awaited us. We were taken to the dining room. There we had whiskey and steaks, lots of whiskey.

"So Jeremy how did you like working with Rose," Andrew asked.

"Actually I found it fascinating. I had no idea she was some kind of secret agent. We thought she was a super security guard on oil platforms," Jeremy said. "She really does think fast on her feet."

"Yes her ability to improvise is quite impressive," Andrew agreed.

"Hey guys, if you didn't notice I'm sitting here," I said with a laugh.

"She has the intelligence of a master criminal and the morals of a stray cat. That is quite impressive," Alice agreed.

"Was there a compliment in there somewhere. If so I missed it," I said with another laugh. I found it just a bit disconcerting to listen to the critical analysis of my actions.

"Well it was a job well done. His friends reported him missing, but his wife didn't seem to want the police to investigate. We managed to throw them off the trail by issuing an alert for him as a known terror sympathizer," Andrew said. "That should keep them running in circles for a while."

"The only loose end I see is the motel," I suggested.

"We had a very nice forensic scientist and his friend check into that room after you left. When they check out there will be nothing of value in there," Andrew said.

"You guys think of everything," I said.

"We have a very good Forensic man on call," Andrew said. "By the way Jeremy, how would you and Alice like to stay and learn a thing or two."

"Like what," Jeremy asked.

"Well there is a weapons course, a first rate self defense training class, and of course a tactical situation course. Rose can tell you about those things," Andrew suggested. "Think about it over night, let us know in the morning."

We were all taken to the same cabin with two sets of bunk beds. "Most of these cabins have bunk beds I think," I commented.

"Well this should prove interesting, so Alice top or bottom," Jeremy asked with a devilish look.

"You know I can go either way," Alice said with an equally evil smile.

I went to the bath house to shower, since I thought the two them might want to work out a plan. I also wanted to use their shower because it had unlimited hot water. I stripped off my clothes and showered in the warm room for about twenty minutes. When I finished, I slipped into panties and a thermal tee shirt. Then I pulled on my fleece running pants. I was pretty much in the outfit I usually slept in when home. I ran quickly from the shower to the heated cabin.