Leaving on a Jet Plane
Copyright© 2015 by Lapi
Chapter 2
As I readied myself, I noted that there was a great benefit after all in reaching a city earlier than one must, just for work. It had been a long time that partying or sightseeing held much of an attraction to me; but this was different, very different. I again felt like a boy ... a boy readying himself for a date with his first love.
Noon, I remembered he had said noon.
'Why am I so nervous?' I asked myself again.
I looked at my watch, then the clock in the room, finally calling the desk. 'He said noon. Did he mean to be at his home by noon, ready to leave here by noon or what?'
Yep! Like when on my first date. Finally the chimes rang. I think I opened that door in like 1.75 seconds. Two men were standing by.
"Mr. Parker?"
"Yes."
"Please to follow us!"
It was not a request as much as a command.
I started to go to the lift. A hand stopped me. His head shook 'No'. I was confused. He opened a suite door. We went inside. It was another lift. We entered and took it 'up' not down. More confusion if not some fear even.
I heard the sound of rotors as the lift door opened. We entered a 'Changhe Z-11.'[1] It was a civilian version of a Chinese military helicopter. This variant had all the bells and whistles and could even fly in a blizzard. Not your everyday transportation, even in Hong Kong.
I guess I got a bit side-tracked with the view. It was breath-taking to say the least. My 'minders' were just looking at me, and smiling. Yes, I was impressed. Rightly so, I was flying in a Million dollar transport. Not a G-IV, but still, sure beats driving!
The ride should have been an indicator of what was to come. We came near an island, then began to hover. Chinese came across the speakers and earphones at about the same time as 6 fully armed ships flew in front and to the side of us... 3 were the Z-10 or 'Fierce Thunderbolt' (Pi Li Huo), the nickname of Qin Ming, while 3 were the smaller Z-19 called 'Black Whirlwind' (Hei Xuan Feng), the nickname of Li Kui. All made by Changhe Industries. If I had to guess Mr. Chang had some interest in Changhe Industries, but what did I know?
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