The Case of the Missing Woman
Copyright© 2013 by Mendon Fishers
Chapter 33: The Island
Giovanni listened to his fancy radio. Most people seeing the set assumed it was used to hear broadcasts from the Vatican. In fact, Giovanni was actually listening to the transmissions from his Caribbean island.
When the radio signal stopped, Giovanni know the island had been overrun. It was lost to his enemies. It was time to cover his tracks. He set a few dials on the set and pushed a small button setting off hidden charges buried in the islands soil. There was enough explosive to destroy everything above the shore line and the complex below ground.
There would be nothing left to identify him let alone anyone on the island.
Giovanni made the sign of the cross for the souls he just consigned to their maker.
"Sir? We have found that this island is loaded with explosives. They have been disarmed but are still dangerous,"
Anatoly ordered the island evacuated and the prisoners transferred to the sub.
"Sub?". "This man never ceases to amaze me," thought Percy"
"Percy someone is watching us. We'll need to blow the island after everyone is safe. There's no since we let on we know about the watcher. I suspect that the man is Smyth's boss, the real brains behind this operation."
I want him, Anatoly. I want him real bad."
Ten minutes later, Percy was standing on the deck of the freighter watching the island explode. They hoped the "boss" bought the blast and maybe just became a little careless because there were three very hard men watching.
Percy and Anatoly cleaned up the operation. They visited Anatoly's interrogation specialist to watch for results. While Smyth provided a lot of information about the operations, he could not help in identifying the head man. The only thing they learned was that the man was called either "The Creator" or "Father Pain." It was believed he was a catholic priest, but nothing was further was revealed.
The slaver's customers were used as examples to Smyth. Smyth would watch them be slowly butchered. Everything that was being done to them was described to Smyth. That way Smyth would understand what was in store for him.
The slaver's customers eventually succumbed to the abuse. Smyth screamed in fear as his captors approached him. They worked on Smyth for two weeks before asking him the first question.
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