by P. T. Macias
Yes, these are amazing and my woman will just love them, thinks Lucas. He puts the stud earrings in his pocket before el Gato sees him.
The driver in the car quickly pulls out of the garage. He turns onto the dirt road, going a hundred miles an hour.
Two of the gueys from the car spring to help Bruno get the bags. They grab the duffle bags full of money.
One guey turns and aims at Christopher’s chest. He shoots him. Yeah, we have to make sure that this guey is dead, thinks the guey.
He then sprints to the truck, jumping inside the front seat, laughing.
Christopher is bleeding from the shot in the side and is unconscious.
There are shots coming from the roof top as the FBI agents instantly figure out that the transaction has gone bad.
The FBI agents realize that the gueys are taking the ammunition and money. “ICE, the elements are taking the money and we have no communication from agent Rosas or agent De La Cruz,” says FBI agent Waterford.
“Get in the warehouse and tell me what’s happening! Agents King, Landers, Edwards, Chin, and Anderson follow the truck and car. Terminate the elements if needed,” barks out ICE.
He paces back and forth in the conference room. This is a nightmare. It should’ve gone down nice and smooth, deliberates Ice.
“ICE, agent Rosas has been shot and is unconscious. We think he’ll make it, but it looks like they took agent De La Cruz,” says FBI agent Waterford, with alarm in his voice.
“The paramedics are on the way,” says ICE. He’s trying to keep control of the situation.
The director ICE is frustrated with the events that are taking place. The FBI agents are a few minutes behind the drug Cartel. These few minutes can be crucial for Claudia’s safety.
They have Claudia and Christopher is hurt in the warehouse. Damn those bastards! We need to get Claudia away from the cartel before she gets hurt, thinks Ice. He turns, with anger, and smashes his fist into the wall.
“Agents King, Landers, Edwards, Chin, and Anderson we need you to stop the car! The elements have taken FBI agent De La Cruz,” barks ICE. He’s anxious and concerned for Claudia.
The chase is on and the FBI agents are in pursuit of the truck and the car. There are three FBI cars in pursuit, firing at the truck that’s loaded with the ammunition.
The guey in the passenger side of the truck is firing at the FBI agents in the cars.
Bruno is trying to keep from rolling the truck. The fast sharp turns in these extreme high speeds is making it difficult for him to control the truck.
The guey in the truck shoots the right front tire of the first FBI car, causing it to turn and roll off the road.
The second FBI agent is pissed off. He shoots at both back tires of the truck, blowing them out, causing the truck to roll on the road. The truck comes to a complete stop, blocking any access.
The two FBI cars stop. The FBI agents continue to shoot at the truck until they kill the three drug cartel elements.
The car with el Gato and Claudia is speeding away, heading towards a private airport.
The FBI cars are not able to continue pursuing the car. “ICE, we’re blocked and can’t pursue the car with agent De La Cruz,” says FBI agent Anderson. He feels horrible, full of terror and frustration.
The car with el Gato and Claudia arrive at the private airport. El Gato jumps out and takes Claudia into his arms. He strides quickly, heading to the plane, yelling out to his men. “I need you two gueys to continue down the road and drive to the coast up north.” He then boards the plane with Claudia.
The gueys in the car continue down the road, going in a different direction. The men are not aware that the stud earrings stolen are GPS and that they’re being monitored.
“ICE, the GPS that agent De La Cruz has is moving towards the coast,” says FBI agent Smith, smiling. He’s pleased that they have Claudia’s location.
“Anderson, you need to get on the highway 5 and then onto 101, heading north. The GPS indicates that the car is heading to the coast,” yells ICE.
I pray that the agents can get Claudia away from these elements, thinks ICS. ICE makes a call to the sheriff and police department, requesting assistance in capturing the car.
The paramedics arrive at the warehouse and quickly take Christopher’s vitals and hook up the IV. They cut off his vest.
The bullet proof vest saved his life. The bullet shot in the chest was lodged in the vest.
“Wow, look at the bullet,” says Matthew, the paramedic, to this partner, David. “The vest really works. It saved this agent’s life.”
“Yeah, he’s damn lucky,” says David. He helps to take off the leather jacket and hands it over to the agent that’s standing nearby. “We’re taking him into the Central hospital.”
“Okay,” says FBI agent Waterford. He looks around the warehouse. He verifies that no evidence of the transaction is left behind.
“ICE, agent Rosas is being taken to the Central Hospital,” says agent Waterford. “The warehouse is clean.”
“Okay, disperse,” says ICE. He watches the GPS monitor. The entire state police force is on their tails. It’s only a matter of minutes before they get caught.
Chapter Eight
El Gato laughs as he drops down into the plane with Claudia in his arms. I need to take all her weapons. He pulls off the Glock on her holster and the one at the small of her back.
Wow, this niña is really loaded with weapons. He then checks her boots and takes out the other two Glocks and the knives. He shakes his head amazed.
She’s truly bella. I can’t wait to take her when we get to the compound. I wonder if el Tigre would want her first. Well, I guess I can share, if I must, he thinks. The evil gleams from his dark eyes and alma (soul).
They arrive within two hours and el Gato has a car waiting for him to take him to the hacienda. He picks Claudia up in his arms. Claudia hasn’t awakened from the hard strike with the gun to her head. Her head is bleeding, the blood running down her neck.
“Luis, go and gather the guns,” yells el Gato. He slides into the car, arranging Claudia in the back seat. That’s when he notices that her head is bleeding.
He slides into the front passenger seat. He takes the guns from Luis. “Get back on your own, guey,” he barks. He aims a gun at the driver.
He yells at the driver, cursing him, making him get out of the car. He takes off with the car, leaving the driver stranded on the deserted, isolated road.
“Hurry up,” says el Gato. “I know that we won’t be arriving until late into the noche (night).”
The hacienda is located in a very isolated part of central Mexico. They’re driving on a very isolated rough road. This makes it even harder to get to the hacienda.
“We need to get some food and water before we continue,” says el Gato. “Damn, I’m starving.”
The driver stops at a small restaurant before they continue out into the long isolated road. The restaurant packs up some food and plenty of water for the long trip.
Claudia is starting to wake up. El Gato takes the drug that he has ready in the front seat. He injects her with the syringe full of drug. She should be out for a while, he thinks. He smiles evilly.
They get back in the car after having a meal and continue onto the isolated road.
Christopher wakes up at the hospital a little confused, looks around. He shifts and he immediately feels the stitches on his side. He moans out in pain.
“Damn, this hurts! What the fuck. Where’s Claudia?” utters Christopher.
Christopher carefully sits up in bed and calls the nurse. He swings his legs to the side of the bed. He holds onto his side. He then looks at his arms, checking to see if anything else is damaged.
I’m damn lucky that it was only the shot in the side. Those gueys (jerks) could’ve killed me, muses Christopher.
The nurse enters the room in a hurry. I wonder what the FBI agent could want. These people are so scary, she thinks. She tries to smile.
“I need to leave now,” says Christopher. “Take these off!” He extends his arm, to have the nurse take off his IV.
“I need to get the doctor to authorize your leaving,” says the nurse Roberts.
She quickly turns and exits the room. She seeks out the doctor. He scares me half to death, she thinks. She strides over to Dr. Smith.
“Dr. Smith, the FBI agent Rosas wants to leave the hospital and asks to have his IV removed,” says Ms. Roberts.
“I’ll take care of it, Ms. Roberts,” says Dr. Smith, nodding.
He observes how terrified she is of FBI agent Rosas. He walks over to Christopher’s room. He enters the room to take off the IV.
“Is there a reason why you want to leave and not stay for observation?” asks Dr. Smith. I know how impatient the FBI agents, or any type of law enforcement are, thinks Doctor Smith.
Damn, but I know Christopher, and he is always real cool about things. I wonder what’s happening, ponders Doctor Smith.
He waits to see if Christopher would enlighten him. “You’re technically doing well but the stitches can reopen if you go jumping and running around,” says Dr. Smith. He waits for Christopher to respond.
“Yeah, I know, but my partner has been taken by the Mexican cartel and I need to do something,” says Christopher. “Can you put some medication or something to numb it?”
“Yeah, I can put some medication to numb the area and give you some drugs for the pain,” replies Dr. Smith. I know that there’s no way that I can make Christopher stay in the hospital any longer, he thinks.
“Okay, do it! I have to go,” says Christopher, looking for his clothes.
Dr. Smith quickly gives Christopher the pain killers and puts some numbing ointment on the wound. “Done. Take care.”
“Thanks, Eric,” says Christopher, getting off the hospital bed. He grabs his shirt and pulls it on, grimacing from the pain.
“Good Luck,” says Dr. Smith. He strides out of the room. Christopher is right behind him, striding quickly out of the hospital. He calls ICE.
“ICE, where’s Claudia?” asks Christopher. He’s full of terror at thought of what could be happening to Claudia.
Yeah, I knew that those imbeciles were up to something when they kept on looking at Claudia. Damn! This was supposed to be easy transaction. What in the hell went wrong? We have to get her back. The familia is going to be distraught and so is my Bebe.
“Rosas, the Cartel has her and we don’t know where. The animals in the car had her studs and the GPS is not on her,” says ICE, with frustration. “We need to locate her so we can extract her.
“I’m heading out right now to the office,” says Christopher. I have to think of something that leads us to Claudia. How can we get the Cartel to expose her location without jeopardizing Claudia’s safety? Dios mio, help us get Claudia out of the Cartel’s clutches, contemplates Christopher.
Christopher takes a cab back to the office. He’s in the office within thirty minutes.
It’s still early and there’s hardly any traffic in the LA area. He walks into the office with an outburst of energy from the adrenaline that he’s feeling.
“Rosas, it’s great to see that you’re alright. We need to get Claudia’s location. We’re at a dead end. Here’s where the truck with the cargo was stopped, causing the agents to stop pursuit of the car that had Claudia. We then had that car heading towards highway 101 going north on the coast. We managed to intercept the car with the assistance of the entire state police department. The elements had Claudia’s stud earrings,” says ICE.
He’s frustrated. He looks at the map for the thousandth time in the last two hours. I don’t see anything, he muses.
“The officers couldn’t get any information from the elements. They wouldn’t divulge Claudia’s whereabouts,” says ICE.
Sometimes when you’re looking too hard, you get tunnel vision, thinks Christopher.
Christopher walks over to the map. He looks at the location of where the truck was stopped. He slowly starts to go out in small increments in diameter to see what’s out there. Some place where they could hide, ponders Christopher.
“ICE, what if we get Claudia’s sister to pose as Claudia. The drug cartel will wonder if they’ve got the wrong person,” says Christopher.
He looks at ICE. “Claudia is an identical twin. Maybe this can get us some information on where Claudia was taken,” says Christopher.
OMG, what am I doing, exposing my Bebe to such danger? What else can we do, we need to get Claudia from the clutches of those animals, ponders Christopher.
“Yeah, I remember reading that in her file. That’s a great idea. I see what you’re thinking and it just might work. We can have them think that they’ve got the wrong person or even better that Claudia escaped,” says ICE, nodding. He’s in agreement. “It might work and we need to try everything. Go and talk to Claudia’s twin and see if she can pose as Claudia to draw out the drug Cartel.”
“Okay, I’m on it,” says Christopher. He quickly walks out of the office, forgetting about looking any further on the map.
The FBI agents in the office are missing the private airport on the map. They’re not able to figure out how Claudia was taken out of the area.
Chapter Nine
Christopher drives quickly to Claudia’s Padre’s casa. He arrives at about 9:00 am.
It’s a little early but I need to get Veronica on board. We need to prep her. This also can be real dangerous for her. What am I doing, bringing my Bebe into this nightmare?
Christopher walks up to the door and knocks, waiting for them to answer. It’s early on Saturday morning but my Bebe won’t be asleep. I know it. I need to talk to her without getting the entire familia upset.
Veronica is getting ready to go to shopping for some new clothes for her new job.
Yes, I’m so happy that I’m working in the interior decorating department. It’s so fascinating and I can be creative with all of the materials and colors. I wonder why I didn’t think of this before. The interior decorating department is a new department and now I’m really interested in working at the familia’s company. I know I’ll learn all of the packages that are available for the clients, she muses.
She sprays some perfume on and looks at herself in the mirror. Yes, it’s a little early for the mall but by the time I get there, it’ll be open. I want to stop for some mocha and a burrito. I’m starving, she thinks. Hmmm, that sounds delicious.
She steps back, gazes in the mirror. Yes, I’m wearing this muy (very) cute, cute summer dress with some real sexy shoes. I just love these silver earrings. They’re so sexy and go great with my outfit. Okay, I’m ready to go. She picks up her purse and keys.
Veronica strides down the hall. Everybody is still sleeping. She hears a knock and walks up to the door. She opens the door before they knock again, waking everybody up.
Veronica opens the door and looks right into Christopher’s green eyes. Oh yes, my Baby is truly hot, she thinks.
She’s surprised and pleased to see Christopher early in the morning. She throws herself into his arms.
“Baby,” squeals Veronica as she reaches up for him. “Te amo!”
Wow, my Bebe looks delicious. She looks like Claudia, but my Bebe is real sexy and drives me crazy, muses Christopher.
He pulls her into his arms. He gives her hot hungry besos (kisses). Oh yeah, she smells awesome and I miss loving her. Hmm, we have to get going, no time to be making out.
Christopher pulls back and smiles. “Bebe, te amo. My sweet Bebe, I miss you,” says Christopher.
Veronica gazes into Christopher’s beautiful green eyes. She’s ecstatic in seeing him early. She listens to him talk. OMG, he’s my world. I love him so much, muses Veronica.
He gazes into Veronica’s eyes. “Bebe, I’m still on the job.”
Christopher’s words sink in and she blinks. Veronica looks at him tense and knows that
something is wrong.
“What’s wrong? She’s okay?” she asks in a whisper, watching his amazing face look stressed and concerned. OMG, omg, my hermana (sister) is in danger. That’s why I’ve been feeling this ache. I thought that I ate something. I’ve been having stomach issues lately, ponders Veronica.
“Tell me, Christopher!” she asks in a commanding voice and looking at him.
“Claudia has been taken by the drug dealer. We were on an undercover transaction. It went bad and the drug dealers took Claudia,” says Christopher. He looks at her.
“Oh dios mio, what is the Bureau and government doing? My hermana is in danger! OMG, Christopher! This is unreal. The Bureau has to do something. They have to get her out!” shrieks Veronica. Her eyes fill with tears, ready to spell.
“We need your help. We need you to pose as Claudia and have the Cartel believe that Claudia escaped. We don’t know where they took her,” says Christopher. He gazes into her eyes. I know that my Bebe will want to do this.
“Bebe, it’s crucial that you help the Bureau. Will you do that? That’s the only chance we have to extract Claudia from the cartel,” says Christopher.
“What do you mean you want me to pose as Claudia? If they have Claudia, how is this supposed to work?” she says, a little confused.
Veronica starts walking back and forth in the hall. My hermana (sister) is in danger and she needs me. I’ll do whatever they need me to do if it will help. They better know what they’re doing, she thinks.
She turns to Christopher. “Okay. Do I need to change?”
Christopher looks her up and down. No she looks real sexy and adorable. Huh, well as Claudia she does. Claudia is a lot more, hmmm, conservative, he thinks.
“If you can dress like Claudia, maybe it would be a little better,” he says.
He grins at Veronica. “You’re really too sexy for the job right now.”