Chapter 17

The man had an idea of who at least one of the children was. That of General Baron. He glared silently at the thought. This was good. He had been going up to the lodge, and had left the road forty minutes ago, trying to remain unseen. He didn't really have a plan, but wanted to look over the home of the man who had had his brother killed.

Silently, he moved closer until he could also hear what the children were saying. He was not unaffected by the beauty of the two nude teen girls. He listened to the talking trio until he had the correct girl placed. He still didn't know what he was going to do.

General Baron had had his brother shot for sleeping on guard duty. Of all things! Sure, his brother had not been the best of men, but he had been a good boy. This disaster had been hard on everyone. They had a small place in the forest a few miles north, and while it wasn't luxurious, it was home.

His brother had joined the army that the General was making in order to eat better and be more comfortable. At least, that's what his brother told him. He continued to watch the three teens, and idea starting to come to mind. An eye for an eye.

Cheyenne Mountain had looked over several landing spots for the shuttle. Since the shuttle was unpowered, it could not land at the same runway that Steve had used to return from space. They needed a long runway, or a couple miles of straight road or hard level surface. The Russian had a different landing requirement. Their ship was designed for hard landings. It landed with parachutes. The Russian had decided to land in the US and stay there for the foreseeable future. Every seat on the shuttle was filled, which left the Russian to bring down himself and two hitch hikers. All that was left was the finalization of a landing spot for him. Since he did not have the requirements of the space shuttle, it was decided to bring them down now. Cheyenne was sending a software update for reentry and Juri Podovka needed to get into his capsule to input some key information before his computer would accept anything from Cheyenne. It took him all of two minutes to float through the station to his capsules access hatch. It was already open. He frowned. Silently, he floated through the hatch, and found that the capsule had someone in it! Juri stopped himself and watched as the Egyptian slowly inputed numbers on the keypad for the flight computer.

"What do you think you're doing." Juri asked in a low hiss

Startled, Lucadi Habini looked over his shoulder. "Juri!" He gasped.

"I am waiting. Also, stop what your doing, now." Juri said quietly.

"I want to go home too. So I am inputting coordinates for a landing in Egypt." Lucadi replied. "You will leave this capsule, and never enter it alone, ever again. If I catch you in here again, I will leave you behind. Leave... now." Juri said in a dangerous voice. Lucadi pushed off, and floated out the hatch. For thirty minutes, Juri checked and rechecked settings. He corrected what the Egyptian did, and then set his computer to accept flight data from Cheyenne Mountain. He watched as his computer accepted the software updates from Cheyenne Mountain. Satisfied, he left, sealing the capsule behind him, but he still felt he had forgotten something. Left something undone. Shaking his head, he quickly returned to the main area and announced that his capsule would be leaving for earth in 3 hours, so the two going with him should prepare for a departure and landing in the US.

The man watching the teens made up his mind. He understood the need for discipline, but he understood the need for compassion too. His brother had not received anything but contemptuous treatment from General Baron. He wanted the General to suffer as he had when he heard of his brother's death.

Carefully he moved closer to the teens. They were still talking and laughing about things. He silently pulled his gun and stepped out into the open.

"Don't make any sudden moves please. Everyone get dressed and remain silent." Gary told the Three stunned teens.

"Who are you?"

"What are you doing here?"

"You can't do this to us."

The three started to babble at Gary simultaneously. Quickly, Gary moved forward and slapped the nearest girl on her face. The sound was like a pistol shot, and all three were silenced by the stunning move.

" I repeat, be silent, get dressed, and don't make any sudden moves. I will not hesitate to kill anyone who does not obey me." Silently, and with fearful looks, the three started to get dressed. Adam fumed. How dare this man show up and threaten them. It was his house with his parents and sister all over again. He trembled. He kept his eye on the man and waited. He knew that the man would concentrate on the girls eventually and when he did, he would make his move. Sure enough it came. Tracy fell down, and the man quickly turned his attention to her. She had been putting her panties on, and was on the ground with her legs open enough for him to get a perfect look at her gaping pussy. Adam started moving. The man, Gary, saw this out of the corner of his eye and quickly turned to cover the boy. Man and boy collided and they went down together.

"Run!" Adam Screamed.

Not hesitating, both girls took off and headed into the woods that lined the little lake. A shot rang out, and both girls gasped at it's meaning. They heard a yell for them to come back, but they kept going. They were now at the parking lot for the lake and moving fast.

Up at the lodge the shot was heard. Immediately, Ed grabbed his rifle and went out to his truck. He yelled that the kids had gone to the lake for a swim and that he was headed down over the road, and that someone should go down over the trail.

Two of the guards were already running towards the trail. Another one jumped into the bed of the pickup as it left the yard. Shortly Ed and the guard met the girls as they ran, screaming at the top of their lungs.

"Down!" Yelled the guard from the back of the truck. Ed stopped the truck and grabbed his rifle and dove out the drivers door. Both girls also dropped to the ground. A shot rang out from the direction of the lake. A bullet impacted the front of Ed's truck. The guard in the back responded with several shots in the direction of the man who had attempted to kidnap the teens.

Ed soon joined in shooting at the place where the man had vanished by diving into the woods on the side of the road. No shots were returned. The guard and Ed fired a few more times, firing in and around the place they last saw the man.

Slowly, they had the girls crawl to the back of the truck. Ed took a chance, and returned to the drivers compartment, put the truck in reverse, and backed up the road in the direction of the lodge.