Chapter 7
[Flight 556 to Washington from California 5:00 P.M.]
Flight 556 landed smoothly on the Washington runway when Darien felt a tap on his shoulder. You looked up from the file of Chris Wallden to see Andrew standing over him with his carry-on slung over his shoulder. Darien saw his friend's lips moving, but heard no sound come out. He pulled his earphones out of his ears and spoke.
"Sorry, what did you say?" Darien asked as he quickly wrapped his earphones around his I-pod.
"I said we're here. Chad, Greg, and Ken have already gotten off the plane. They're waiting for us at the end of the terminal." Andrew said looking in the compartment above Darien's seat and getting his carry-ons out of it.
"Oh, Sorry I didn't even feel the plane land. I was just looking over this Chris Wallden guy." Darien grabbed his stuff from Andrew and they made their way off of the plane.
"I don't know Andy…for some reason this whole thing doesn't feel right. I mean I never even heard of this guy," Darien said as they walked to the end of the terminal where Andrew said that the others were waiting.
" Why are you so suspicious about this guy, dare? I mean, ever since we first got this mission you've been asking so many questions. What happened to the old Darien? You know the whose motto has always been 'shoot first, never ask questions'?" Andrew asked as they got to the end of the terminal. Just as Andrew said, the rest of the guys were posted up on the wall waiting for Andrew and himself. When the others spotted them they started to walk towards them.
"I know I'm not my usual self, but Andy when I get that gut feeling about something…." Darien said looking around to make sure no one was listening to their conversation. "It's usually right" They stopped walking towards their friends. Andrew put his hands in his pocket and shifted his weight back and forth on the soles of his feet.
"Look Dare, if you really feel like that about this mission then we'll be extra safe. We won't be spontaneous like we usually are. But when the boss asks us to take someone out; she's not just asking for us to take out some random guy."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Darien said looking away from Andrew and to his approaching friends. Andrew smiled to himself before he spoke.
"I know I'm right. You're just overreacting." Andrew said. Darien looked back at him. "Now let's just pop this guy and get back home. I've got my eye our sexy Spanish teacher" Andrew said making his eyebrows move up and down. Darien just laughed and nodded his head saying he understood.
Darien had just finished putting the rest of his luggage into the black Cadillac Escalade when Andrew, Chad, Ken, and Greg walked out of the airport.
"Hey cappy-ton, Mel says he's got all our equipment ready, so we can go pick them up now." Andrew said as he made his way towards him.
"Great we can go over there now and then we can all go to our assignments" Darien said shutting the trunk and walking over to the driver's side of the SUV. The guys followed. Chad, Ken, and Greg got into the back and Andrew got into the front with Darien. Darien started the car and maneuvered his way out of the busy airport and onto the main roads.
Darien pulled the car onto a dirt road and parked it halfway up the road. Everyone got out and began to walk the rest of the way. When they got to the end of the road, they came to Southern style house. It was all white with a large porch that wrapped the entire house. Darien smiled at the home. He missed this house. The guys made their way up the porch stairs. When they got to the door Darien rang the doorbell and knocked three times. He looked up into the corner of the door. He saw a small camera and made a funny face at it. Darien turned around to look at his friends to see if they had been paying any attention to him. But apparently they weren't, since no one had said anything to him. As Darien was about to turn back around he saw Ken looking at him, trying not to laugh.
"I saw that" Ken said biting his lip and trying to hold back his laughter.
"Shut up" Darien laughed.
"Hey I'm not the one making faces at the camera, am I" Ken said. Darien was about to say something back, when the door opened. Darien turned and found a man who was just a little shorter than him. He had bushy brown hair that had a unnatural spikiness to it. He also wore glasses that were a size too big for him, but somehow he made it work. Darien smiled at his childhood friend.
"Hey Melvin!" Darien said to the man.
"Hey Dare" Melvin replied cheerfully. Melvin looked pass Darien and to the men standing behind him. " Hey Andy, Hey Chad, What's up Greg, Hey Ken." Melvin said looking to each of the men and greeting them.
"Hey Mel" They all said.
"Well, come on in. Your stuff is where it always is." Melvin said. He moved back from the door and let the men in. He shut the door and walked with the men over to an elevator. Darien pressed the down arrow button and the door to the elevator opened. As they all clamored into the small elevator, Melvin pressed a button that read 'B'. With a small jerk, the elevator moved smoothly down the short shaft to the basement of the house. When the doors opened Melvin was the first one out, flicking on the lights. Lights shoot on in the dark basement. All around the men were guns and specially made weapons. They walked out of the elevator and proceed into the spacious basement. Melvin walked over to a long metal table, which was littered with all different types of guns and cylinder looking objects. Darien smiled to himself and looked behind him to see his friends smiling as well. He loved this part of the mission; getting new toys to play with.
"Well, here's your stuff." Melvin said holding up semi-automatic rifle, and handgun with a silencer on it. He threw the handgun with the silencer on it to Andrew the semi-automatic rifle to Ken. Darien walked over to the table and grabbed two regular handguns. He put one in the back part of his pants, and the other one in his leg holster. He picked up two more handguns and threw them to Chad. Chad quickly caught his and stowed them away in leg holsters. Melvin ducked under the table and got a rectangular case, and handed it to Greg. The only thing left on the table was the cylinder looking object on the table. Darien looked curiously at it and then back at Melvin, who had been watching Darien the whole time he had been studying the object.
"So, are you going to tell me what you've been working on, or am going to have to pry it out of you" Darien asked with one of his perfect eyebrows raised. Melvin smiled at him.
"Well, I guess I could let you in on what I've been making." Melvin picked up the object and twirled it in his hands. He stopped abruptly and held the object with both hands on it. With a quick twist, two sharp blades came shooting out of both ends of the cylinder object. Darien eyes perked up in surprise at what just happened. Melvin smirked at Darien's facial expression.
"It called night star, don't ask why I named it that. Anyway, all you have to do is twist the handle quickly and these," he pointed to the two blades that were on each side of the handle. "These puppies can cut through anything, with one quick slice through human flesh you could cut them in half." Melvin twisted the handle quickly again and the blades went back into the cylinder. He threw the object over to Darien, who caught it with one hand. He weighted it out in his hands, tossing it up and down. He nodded to himself.
"I love it, when can I have it" Darien asked. Melvin tapped his index finger on his chin, pretending like he was thinking.
"Well, considering that you are my best friend and I really want to test this out… I guess you could take it now," Melvin said looking back at Darien. Darien laughed and turned around and looked at his team members and friends.
"Ok you guys this is the part where things get serious. You all know what your jobs are. So, let's put a bullet and this guy's skull and get out of here," Darien said in a serious tone. Then with a smirk Darien said " And besides Andrew's got his eye on our Spanish teacher." Darien and the other guys broke out in laughter.
The guys walked out the house and onto the porch. Darien turned to Andrew and handed him a pair of keys.
"Andrew you'll be driving in the black Lexus. Your new name will be Tyler Rivera. You owe a private yacht company, and you're here on business. That should get his attention." Darien said. Andrew nodded his head.
"Ken, I've changed the plans for you. Since you have already given me the blue prints of the house, you will be with Greg, helping him keep track of the target." Ken nodded and looked at Greg. Greg nodded.
"Chad you and me will be going to Mr. Wallden's company. I'll brief you in the car want are new names are .So we can start our part of the mission. Ok let's go" Darien said. With that the men separated and went off to their own missions.
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