Chapter 36

"Father, all is in readiness." Samuel said as he entered Kovski's study. "They will move Ford, the other man, the Interpol Agent will not be moved with him, we will be told in advance of where and which route will be taken."

"Good, we must use this opportunity Samuel, I had to use every favour that was owed me to arrange this. We will not have another chance, and we need Ford to get to the woman."

"We will not fail father." Samuel said pouring himself and his father a glass of vodka. He handed his father his and then raised his glass. "Before the end of this day we will have Ford in our hands."

His father raised his glass and drank down the shot of vodka. "Get Kovski, we will need men to help."

"He is not here father, he has gone out."

"Gone out…where has he gone?" Rudgar asked annoyed that the man was not at his beck and call. He did not have time to wait for Kovski, the man should be ready to act on his orders, not jaunting about.

"I believe he has gone to meet with one of his associates." Samuel told him.

"Well get him back here now." Rudgar instructed and then turned back to his computer and his plans for capturing Nate.

Samuel watched as his father turned away from him then put his glass down and dialled Kovski's number.

"Yeah speak…" The voice of Kovski's number one answered.

"Where is Kovski?" Samuel asked recognising the man's voice.

"He is having dinner with a friend."

"Well tell him dinner is over…my father needs him here now." Samuel instructed.

"I will tell him." The man said then put the phone down much to Samuel's annoyance. The man was insolent, and did not show the respect to his father or himself that he felt they deserved.

"Kovski will be here soon father." Samuel said tucking his phone into his pocket.

"Very well, get everything else prepared. We must be ready to go as soon as he arrives."

"Yes father." Samuel said and headed out of the study.

Kovski arrived back at the house less than half an hour later and was immediately summoned to meet with Rudgar. After the discussion he gathered his men and instructed six of them to go with Samuel and Rudgar to abduct Nate when he was moved. Then he instructed Eliot be informed of the development. Rudgar, Samuel and his men left the house an hour later headed for the spot that Rudgar had designated as the perfect place to intercept Nate's transport.

At the hospital Sterling sat beside Nate's bed waiting for the Mastermind to wake again when the doctor and a nurse entered the room. Sterling stood and moved away from the bed as the doctor examined the unconscious man. He gave the nurse some instructions and then left.

"What is going on nurse?" Sterling asked when the doctor had left the room.

"Mr Ford is being transferred." The nurse said. She could see no reason not to tell Sterling what was going on. She assumed that Sterling would be going with him anyway.

"Moved…when…where…?" Sterling asked alarmed at the information. Why would they move them?

"I do not know…I am sure they will tell you Agent Sterling." The nurse said as she finished with Nate and then left the room.

Sterling immediately pulled out his phone switching it on again. He dialled Eliot's number and as soon as the man answered he informed him of the fact that they were moving them. Then before he could say any more he heard men approaching and quickly hung up, switching the phone off again and tucking it away out of site.

"What is going on here…?" Sterling asked as the three men entered the room. "Where are you taking us?"

"Us…no Agent Sterling. Ford is being moved to a secure hospital, you will remain here to be debriefed."

"I am not leaving Nate…"

"Agent Sterling if you are under some illusion that you have any say in this situation, you are sorely mistaken." Rites, the CIA man said. "I have my orders and they are that Ford goes and you stay."

"Doctor is he ready for transport?" Bordoli asked as the doctor re-entered the room.

"He is ready, however gentlemen, I must strongly recommend against this. He is not stable, his vitals are weak and transporting him could very well put him in a precarious medical position." The doctor replied.

"We will take all the precautions you require doctor, but he is being moved." Rites said. "We leave in two hours."

"Agent Sterling you will come with us please." Bordoli said showing Sterling the door.

"I am not leaving Nate." Sterling said firmly.

"Agent Sterling, please do not make this difficult. I do not want to have to restrain you." Rites said stepping forward. "Neither one of us have any option in this situation."

Sterling stared at the man in defiance. He did not want to leave Nate, but he understood that he was not in a position to resist these men, not now. He nodded and walked towards the door. He paused as he passed Bordoli locking eyes with the man and conveying the message that if Nate died in his hands, he would have to answer for it. Bordoli did not look away holding Sterling's gaze. Then Sterling moved passed him and out into the hallway.

"Make sure he is secure, and remove the phone." Bordoli told his lieutenant. They had known Sterling had the phone all along but were happy to let him keep it. They had tried to trace the signal when he called Eliot but the conversations were too brief. Now he did not want the others to know of their plans so leaving the phone in his possession was no longer desirable.

"We go in two hours, I want enough men to handle any attack."

"You think the Milliards are going to make a move?" Smythe-Jones asked suddenly interested in the happenings. He was at first not happy with the fact that the CIA were insisting that Ford be moved to a hospital, there he would not be able to interrogate the man when he finally woke up again.

"Yes I do." Rites said. "This order came down suddenly and for no good reason. Rudgar Milliard was thought to have contacts in the Company, I think he is using them to get Ford out of this building and vulnerable to attack. He wants Devereaux just as much as we want her, the best way to draw her out is to use Ford. He can't get to him here, so…"

"So they are going to go after him when we make the transfer." Bordoli finished for him.

"Right and we better be ready because it could be our only chance of getting them, and her…Spencer will make sure he is on hand, probably waiting out there watching. From what I have learned of this team of Fords…where Spencer is, then the others will be, especially because it concerns the possibility of getting Ford back."

"Inspired to let Sterling keep the phone..." Rites said. He had not wanted to allow the Agent to keep it, he felt it was too much of a risk, but now it looked like it was going to pay off. This was all coming to a head now, and finally he could see an end to this fiasco.

"Yeah well…let's get ready. Doctor…two hours…" Bordoli told the man and then the three of them left.

Thank you all so much for the great feedback about the last chapter, it is so very much appreciated. So now we have the three groups converging and a still unconscious and medically incapacitated Nate in the middle, how do you think things are going to go? Who will win the day? Will everybody survive?