Zeus and Io - Books 1 and 2
Copyright 2012,2013 by Harry Carton
Chapter 13
Nico and Tony
Nicaragua – Central Florida
The two men in NY Mets baseball hats had been calling each other by their new names: Nico and Tony. They thought about only two things: the details of their mission and the paradise they would meet after the culminating event. They prayed only in their minds: operational security demanded that they not do any obviously Muslim things, and praying several times daily definitely was Muslim. Even in the jungle they were not to do things which might breach their security.
On the fifth day, their satellite phone chirped – as they knew it would. They had been staring at it, waiting. Nico and Tony packed their meager possessions, retrieved the inflatable from its hiding place, and paddled out to the large cabin cruiser that was bobbing in the water. They exchanged hugs with a man who introduced himself as Frank. Frank was also wearing a NY Mets hat, and had a heavier accent than either Nico or Tony – probably Saudi or Yemeni.
There were all kinds of diving equipment secured in the back of the boat. After they got underway and the boat began to steady in the large, but regular, swell of the Gulf of Mexico, Frank came back to talk to the two men. "This is the tank you will need." He gestured to a scuba tank that was painted in blue. The others were painted in various colors. "Nico will carry it, Tony will take the yellow one. You will each have masks, flippers, weight belts. All normal things that divers have. Your reservations will be at the Holiday Inn in Fort Myers. Each night you will travel to a new Holiday Inn."
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