Lynn said as Warren, Williams, Earl and I, followed by Buck
and Mac, went to the elevator and pushed the button for the first
floor.
We stood waiting...
annoyed that the thing didn’t move faster. Lynn was still listening
to the security report of the men, they were almost to the ground
floor. We burst out from the elevator and around the corner to see
the four men and four women come out of the stairwell door and head
for the exit. Lynn thanked the man in the security room and we
followed, but not too close.
Buck could see Skeeter and
I said to him that maybe he should back off in case Skeeter looked
back and saw him. He agreed, so he and Mac stopped and went off the
side of the room behind a row of slot machines.
Lynn was listening through
the earpiece to Dave back in the precinct who was following the GPS
and reporting their progress. She led us out to the parking lot and
we waited until they had gotten in a very long limo. Warren and
Williams went off quickly to get their cars so we could follow. We
stood waiting for something to happen; the limo started up and
pulled out of the parking, heading out to Las Vegas
Boulevard.
Two unmarked cars pulled
up with Warren and Williams driving, we piled in. Lynn asked Dave
where they were headed and the man on the other end said they
turned south on the Boulevard. Lynn gave the details to Warren and
he drove out.
It was after midnight and
dark so it was easier to tail the limo without being seen. Lynn
said Dave reported that they were still going south; Warren kept
going until we spotted the car and then he pulled back since we had
them on GPS. Dave reported that the limo had suddenly turned left
into McCarran Airport’s commercial business area. Warren carefully
turned into the drive across the median and drove through the
gates, pulling around to the side of the commercial hangers where
they ran the private flights out of Vegas. He parked as Dave
reported that the bad guys had stopped.
Everyone piled out of the
unmarked cars and carefully went around the hangers where we could
see the limo parked by a very expensive Airstream jet. We watched
as the men pulled the women out of the limo and handed them over to
three other men standing by the plane.
"They’re taking them out
of the area quickly. Crap, we don’t want to lose them but we also
don’t want to give away our sting to Dark. We have to time this
closely," Lynn was speaking, "Warren get on your phone and call the
McCarran Airport security and have them tell the tower to delay
that plane from leaving. Get the tail number and call."
Warren went off to make
the call as we watched. "If Dark’s men leave the airport before the
plane takes off, we can get the women back and lock down these men
for kidnapping, and Dark will never know what we did."
Warren came back and told
us the tower was going to put the plane in a delayed hold. We
waited until Skeeter and his men got back in the limo and drove
off. "Williams, go watch and let me know when they are out of the
airport," Lynn said and Williams went off.
"This may work," I
said.
"So why do I feel like
something is going to screw up," she said with a
grimace.
We got the word that
Dark’s men had driven off the property and we relaxed. Lynn led the
charge towards the jet, but as we were almost there the thing
started up and was moving now.
"Crap, they’re supposed to
wait for the tower to clear them," Lynn yelled over the roar of the
jets. "Follow me," she said as she ran back to the cars. She got in
the driver’s seat and started it up. Warren got into the passenger
seat as Earl and I jumped in the back. Williams went to the other
car. Lynn sped out towards the now moving jet as it left the tarmac
and headed out to the runway.
Lynn, followed by
Williams, sped down the runway towards the accelerating jet. "The
bastard is going to break airport regs and take off without
authorization. So he thinks." She accelerated faster now and was
pulling alongside of the jet.
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