The guy started the engine before inquiring, “Where to?”
“Onto the wharf, down to the warehouse.”
The two men up front exchanged glances, then Ontario Charlie shrugged and set the car into motion. “Lights on or off?” he asked.
“Off, till I say different. And keep it slow.”
“Wait a minute,” Danny Trinity protested. “You know how many people there are waiting for you down there? There’s my four boys plus four locals. None of ’em are what I’d call peaceful citizens. They all get their kicks from the big boom sound and they don’t fuck around with formalities when that time comes around. You can’t just—”
Bolan interrupted the tirade with, “You worried about my hide, Danny?”
“Hell no, I’m worried about mine. I don’t wanta be in no crossfire between you people.”
“Then you play it just like I tell you,” Bolan suggested. “Down the wharf, Charlie, slow and easy. Move it.”
The wheelman moved it. They rolled onto the wharf and began a slow progression toward those muffled lights at the far end. Danny Trinity slumped into the seat, staring tensely and stonily forward through the enshrouding mists. “Some guys are suckers for suicide,” he growled, fear resurfacing and rippling the voice. “I thought higher of you, Bolan.”
So did Bolan. He had no belly whatever for suicide. But he told his captives, “Everyone dies sometime, boys. I guess it’s going to be up to you whether this time is our time. Play it cool and maybe it’s just their time. Get dumb for just a heartbeat and I guess it’s time for all us crazy bastards.”
“I’m not a crazy bastard,” the wheelman said with a shiver.
“Show me,” Bolan suggested. “You too, Danny. Show me how sane you can be.”
But Bolan was not betting a nickel on the sanity of those two. He was betting entirely on himself.
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About the Author
Don Pendleton (1927–1995) was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He served in the US Navy during World War II and the Korean War. His first short story was published in 1957, but it was not until 1967, at the age of forty, that he left his career as an aerospace engineer and turned to writing full time. After producing a number of science fiction and mystery novels, in 1969 Pendleton launched his first book in the Executioner saga: War Against the Mafia. The series, starring Vietnam veteran Mack Bolan, was so successful that it inspired a new American literary genre, and Pendleton became known as the father of action-adventure.
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