Chapter 10

That evening, String paced back and forth outside of the office where Lisa Ann and Caitlin were getting their makeovers. He wanted to see Caitlin before he left with Dom to retrieve Airwolf. When she finally stepped out of the office he didn't even recognize her.

"Caitlin?" he asked. "I can't believe that's you."

Caitlin smiled. "I've never been a blonde before," she said. "Wait until you see Lisa Ann and Marella. I don't think we'll have any trouble at all getting Junior to give us some attention."

Caitlin now had long blonde hair with make-up that covered all of her freckles as well as other enhancements. She wore a tight low cut red dress that belted at the waist and high heel shoes.

"I'm almost afraid to let you go up there," admitted String.

"Don't worry," she said. "The focus will be on Marella. Lisa Ann and I are just back up."

"Wow, you look great," he said and then thought he might need to sound a little less enthusiastic. "I mean, you're beautiful as you normally are too."

Caitlin laughed. "Relax String," she said. "I know what you meant."

Lisa Ann finally came out a few minutes after Caitlin. She too was given long blonde hair and had a slinky dress on. String thought that Lisa was a pretty girl but he was amazed at how much more beautiful she looked.

"Where's Marella?" he asked.

"She'll be out in a minutes," said Lisa Ann. "She hasn't been up there before so she had less to be done. He saved her for last."

Once all of the ladies were ready, they headed up to the bar. Caitlin and Lisa Ann spotted York Junior as soon as they got there.

"Looks like he's making an earlier night of it," said Caitlin. "We're going to have to get his attention and hopefully he'll gravitate towards Marella for the night."

"She just needs to go up to him," said Lisa Ann. "Come here and I'll tell you what to say."

Lisa Ann whispered into Marella's ear and gave her advice on getting Junior's attention.

"Really?" asked Marella. "That will work?"
"Yep," she replied. "It's worked every time for me."

"Okay, I'll give it a try," replied Marella as she slowly made her way over to him.

Caitlin and Lisa Ann occupied themselves and tried not to make it obvious that they were watching her. Saint John helped out by coming up to Caitlin and kissing her strongly on the lips and then giving her a hug.

"What was that for?" she asked him.

"You two were getting a little too much attention," he said. "I kinda promised String I'd keep the other guys away."

"Oh, I see," she replied. "I bet he never thought you'd do it that way though. You're not a bad kisser."

"Quit teasing," Saint John said as they all noticed that Marella was successful at getting Junior's attention.

A few minutes later Junior bought her a drink. Saint John saw him spike it. "Okay, my turn to switch out the drinks," he said as he went to the bar to order another drink for Marella.

Taking her cue, Marella told Junior that she'd be right back because she had to go to the ladies room. Once back in the restroom hallway, she swapped drinks with Saint John.

"Okay," he said. "Good luck. We'll be close behind you all the way."

Marella came back from the restroom and drank down the drink that Saint John had given her. Within a half hour, Junior was escorting her out of the bar and into his car.

"Let's go," said Caitlin as she and Lisa Ann jumped into the car with Mike and began to follow them. Saint John took a separate car just in case he was needed.

Junior stopped the car near a deserted park about two miles from the bar. Caitlin had already called and given Michael the location.

Marella got out of the car and pretended to stumble over to the van that was waiting for them in the park. She handed them the bag with the cash and instead of going back to the car with Junior she took off further into the park for safety.

Junior was about to get out of the car but several of Michael's men as well as Saint John, Lisa Ann, and Mike surrounded him. "No," he yelled. "You won't get away with this. I'm not going to prison."

Suddenly Junior's car exploded into a ball of fire, knocking everyone around it off of their feet.

Michael's limo pulled up just afterwards. "Hawke," he said. "Junior blew himself up but the men in the van are getting away. We need you to go after them."

"We're on it. Is everyone down there okay?" asked String.

"I don't know yet," replied Michael somberly. "I sure hope so."

String and Dom quickly located the van with the help of Airwolf's scanners. They ordered the driver to stop and were shocked when they did so. Michael's people immediately caught up to them and took them all into custody.

"Let's get back to the others," said String who was beginning to worry about Caitlin and Saint John.

"Don't worry String," said Dom. "I'm sure they're okay."

When they got back to the park they couldn't help but notice that it looked like a war zone. There were several ambulances as well as a dozen police cars and a fire truck. String and Dom quickly climbed out of Airworlf and went to find the others. The first person they came across was Saint John as he was being loaded into one of the ambulances.

"I'll be okay," he told them before leaving for the hospital. "I think I just broke my arm."

"What about Caitlin?" asked String. "Is she okay?"

"Yeah, I think she's fine," Saint John replied. "I believe that she and the others just had the wind knocked out of them. I heard that only one of Michael's men was gravely injured."

String's heart was still racing as he and Dom quickly made it over to the other side of the park where the rest of the ambulances were situated. When he saw Caitlin sitting on the back of one of the trucks, he ran to her and grabbed her up in his arms. He could feel that she was shaking so he pulled her a little tighter to him in order to calm her.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"I am now," she replied. "But my ears are still ringing and I'm glad it's all over. I can't believe that he blew himself up."

"I saw Saint John but are the others okay?" he asked her.

"Yeah, everyone else is okay," she replied. "Just please take me home now."

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Two weeks later Caitlin gave Lisa Ann the ride of her life.

"I can't believe String let you take me up in this thing," said Lisa Ann. "This is totally amazing."

"It is, isn't it?" asked Caitlin. "I'll never forget the first time String took me up in her. I nearly gave him a heart attack touching buttons that I wasn't supposed to touch."

"Oh, so that's why I had to swear not to touch anything," said Lisa Ann. "Okay, I got it."

Caitlin flew Airwolf over the coast and skimmed the water to give Lisa a ride worth remembering.

"Wow, riding in this thing is as good as making love," claimed Lisa Ann.

Caitlin looked over at her and stared a moment. "Ya think?" she asked.

"Nah," both ladies replied at the same time while laughing.

The End