circled slowly as she tried to get her head clear. Down below people moved about their day completely oblivious to the fact that the world was changing for the worse. Something evil had been introduced and they were helpless to stop it.
A siren suddenly broke the peaceful calm in the air and a voice ordered, “Land this craft immediately.”
Philip had been right. She had left him just in time. But now she had to make sure they didn’t suspect he was anywhere close. She paused, then took off away from the air marshal. The air marshal was immediately right on her tail. Attempting to escape from an air marshal was foolish and Olivia knew it. Her only purpose was to take the chase as far away from Philip as possible.
“Stop and land or I will shoot you out of the sky.”
The words sent a chill through Olivia’s body. She had never known an air marshal to take such drastic measures under any circumstances. This situation was even more desperate than she had feared. Immediately she slowed her transport and guided it to the ground. She landed in a clearing in a park and waited as the air marshal landed right behind her. She didn’t make a move so as not to encourage the marshal to do anything violent.
“Smart move, Olivia.” Air marshal Kent Woodard said as he communicated his position to central headquarters and waited for a prison transport to arrive.
“What’s going on, Kent?” Olivia said without moving.
“You can get off your transport, Olivia. I know you aren’t going anywhere.”
Olivia jumped to the ground and looked Kent in the eyes. She knew him only in passing, but she did know that he was a person of integrity.
“Would you really have shot me out of the sky?”
Kent looked away for a moment before responding, “Not until it was my only option. I was told to bring you in at all costs.”
“What did I do?”
“You know they don’t tell us those things. I actually was hoping you would tell me that yourself.”
“All I did was respond to a flash emergency.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I was awakened by a flash emergency and sent to the breeding and development center.”
“That’s impossible. The whole system was down until about a half-hour ago. You couldn’t have been sent anywhere.”
“And yet I was.”
“Could someone have hacked the system? It seems impossible.”
“You know nothing is impossible, Kent.”
“It looks like you were set up, Olivia. I’m sorry. I’d let you go, but they would find you soon enough. Is there anything I can do for you?”
Olivia had another one of those decisions that decide the future course of a life. Could she trust, Kent? Could she afford not to? She needed people on her side and Kent was offering.
“Do you know Philip Clemenceau?”
“Of course. He’s done a number of jobs for me over the years.”
“Can you get him a message?”
“Of course. But why not send it directly?”
“I think you know that answer, Kent.”
“What do you want me to tell him?”
“Meet me where we first met. He’ll know
A siren suddenly broke the peaceful calm in the air and a voice ordered, “Land this craft immediately.”
Philip had been right. She had left him just in time. But now she had to make sure they didn’t suspect he was anywhere close. She paused, then took off away from the air marshal. The air marshal was immediately right on her tail. Attempting to escape from an air marshal was foolish and Olivia knew it. Her only purpose was to take the chase as far away from Philip as possible.
“Stop and land or I will shoot you out of the sky.”
The words sent a chill through Olivia’s body. She had never known an air marshal to take such drastic measures under any circumstances. This situation was even more desperate than she had feared. Immediately she slowed her transport and guided it to the ground. She landed in a clearing in a park and waited as the air marshal landed right behind her. She didn’t make a move so as not to encourage the marshal to do anything violent.
“Smart move, Olivia.” Air marshal Kent Woodard said as he communicated his position to central headquarters and waited for a prison transport to arrive.
“What’s going on, Kent?” Olivia said without moving.
“You can get off your transport, Olivia. I know you aren’t going anywhere.”
Olivia jumped to the ground and looked Kent in the eyes. She knew him only in passing, but she did know that he was a person of integrity.
“Would you really have shot me out of the sky?”
Kent looked away for a moment before responding, “Not until it was my only option. I was told to bring you in at all costs.”
“What did I do?”
“You know they don’t tell us those things. I actually was hoping you would tell me that yourself.”
“All I did was respond to a flash emergency.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I was awakened by a flash emergency and sent to the breeding and development center.”
“That’s impossible. The whole system was down until about a half-hour ago. You couldn’t have been sent anywhere.”
“And yet I was.”
“Could someone have hacked the system? It seems impossible.”
“You know nothing is impossible, Kent.”
“It looks like you were set up, Olivia. I’m sorry. I’d let you go, but they would find you soon enough. Is there anything I can do for you?”
Olivia had another one of those decisions that decide the future course of a life. Could she trust, Kent? Could she afford not to? She needed people on her side and Kent was offering.
“Do you know Philip Clemenceau?”
“Of course. He’s done a number of jobs for me over the years.”
“Can you get him a message?”
“Of course. But why not send it directly?”
“I think you know that answer, Kent.”
“What do you want me to tell him?”
“Meet me where we first met. He’ll know
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