The following morning Agent Spade collected Cabe and Walter ,from Cabe's house , to take them to the airport for the flight to Colombia .The journey to the airport was made in comparative silence . On arrival Cabe and Walter walked through the airport lobby onto the airstrip . " Wow it's a Gulfstream G150 jet , top speed of around 547 nautical miles per hour , and a range of 3395 miles " Big improvement on the cargo or troop carrier aircrafts we usually get ." Stated Walter staring at the silver ,sleek aircraft they were being led to " Perks of the C.I.A. " Answered Agent Spade with a smug look on his face . Once they boarded the plane and settled into the over stuffed seats and fastened their seat belts . Agent Spade shook hands and left the plane , looking back at them and a quick wave and a slightly glip look "Good luck."
Once the agent had left the plane ,one of the attendants shut and locked the the door and took their seat at the back of the plane .The engines started to roar and the plane started to move along the runway gaining speed the front of the plane started to rise then it was off the ground and gaining height rapidly . Once the plane had reached it's cruising altitude , the flight attendant brought coffee and snacks for Walter and Cabe. Once the attendant left Cabe reached inside his jacket pocket and pulled out an envelope . "What is that ?" queried Walter . "These are sealed instructions given to me by Agent Spade when he picked us up this morning ,with instructions not to open it until we were airborne ." replied Cabe . Cabe ripped open the envelope and began reading it out to Walter in an even and low voice . " You will be flying to Medellin Airport were you will be met by an Agent . He will take you to a local hotel were you will spend the night . The following day an Agent by the name of Joe Ricker will call at the hotel at 10.00 hours . He will take you up into the mountains to a heavily forested area were the C.I.A. have a listening station , which would appear to be were the I.T. problem seem to be generated from . Further instructions and information will be given you once you reach the station ." "Well hopefully we will get a good nights sleep tonight and maybe some decent food . Medellin is the second largest city in Colombia things should so things should be alright there ." Explained Walter .
Most of the flight was made in comfortable silence . Walter having plugged into the aircrafts Wi-Fi system was content to use the time updating himself with all the new Technical journals and magazines that were published on line . Cabe in the meantime was watching old cowboy films that had been put on board with a selection of other D.V.D's , using the built in players situated around the spacious cabin . " After about Eight hours ,which included a stop to refuel , they arrived at Jose Maria Cordolf airport the nearest airport to Medellin . They were greeted at the plane by Agent Chuck Conners who got them processed though customs with speed and efficiency . They arrived at the hotel about an hour after landing . Booking in was completed quickly and Cabe and Walter made their way to the room they would be sharing . "Well it's a lot better than many rooms we have stayed ." Said Cabe . After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes they both went down to eat dinner .
The next morning at 09.55 hours Agent Joe Ricker arrived and met up with Cabe and Walter who were waiting in the lobby when he arrived ,after greeting each other they left the lobby and made their way to the Agents S.U.V. and climbed aboard . After about two hours of driving on narrow , winding , rough mountain roads , closed in on either side by heavily wooded areas . They finally reached a wide area which was cleared of trees . Agent Joe Ricker leaned over to speak to Cabe and Walter . "We need to wait for a while , i need to contact the other Agents to let them know we are are on the way to them . " After he got out of the vehicle and walked about 100 yards away from it . "I do not like this at all ,"Said Cabe leaning closer to Walter ."I am going to check out that tree line back there ,something defiantly feels off ." Cabe slowly opened the door and slid out . "Wait here till i get back ." He hissed at Walter . Keeping low so that he was hidden by the S.U.V. from the Agent . As he reached the wooded area he could feel the hairs on the back of his neck rising , an indication to him that something was not right . AS he went deeper into the woods he heard what sounded like another S.U.V. pulling up , he turned around and lay flat then snaked his way back to the edge of the wood so he could see what was happening . Two men climbed down from the new S.U.V. and approached Agent Ricker and shook hands ,but to Cabe they did not appear to be C.I.A. agents , they were heavily armed and wore long straggly beards . Cabe tried to listen to what was being said ,but due to the distance the sound did not carry . It did appear to Cabe that Ricker was asking for something ,the apparent leader motioned to his partner who stepped around him pulling a pistol from the waistband of his shorts and shot Ricker in the stomach . Just ignoring the fallen agent they went to the his S.U.V. and forcibly removed Walter from the back seat and marched him over to their S.U.V.. Within seconds they had started the vehicle and drove off.
Cabe quickly got up and raced over to Agent Ricker . He reached Ricker and after a quick check ,found he was alive ,how he wished he has Toby with him right now he thought . he removed his jacket and shirt pulled his tee shirt over his head and used it in an attempt to stem the bleeding in the agents stomach .As he applied pressure the bleeding seemed to be abating , Ricker made a noise ,Cabe shouted "What the hell is going on who were those two guys ." Though and in between coughs Ricker began to explain " I' I having been sending messages you have come to check on . It was on their behalf i was doing it ,they said they needed a first class computer operator to design some special programming ,to help them with their drug trade ." Cabe was glaring at him with disgust ."So this was just done for money . " "Yes they promised $250000 once i provided the expert ,i had suggested Walter as i had heard so much about from the talk about the work he was doing for Homeland ,so i suggested to the C.I.A, employ him .But as you saw they doubled crossed me and took Walter ."
It became apparent to Cabe, Ricker probably would not survive the drive back down the mountain, so he needed as much information as possible from Ricker before he moved him . "Do you know were they will take Walter ,and do not try to be clever ,that's my son they have taken ." "All i know is their camp is somewhere North of here ,that is all they have told me." At that Ricker went unconscious again. Cabe managed to pick him up and place him on the back seat of the S.U.V. Cabe climbed in behind the wheel and began driving back down the mountain .Ninty minutes later they arrived back in Medellin and headed to the hospital . On arrival at the hospital Ricker was rushed to the E.R. to see if anything could be done for him . Cabe sat down on one of the chairs in reception , checking his phone he saw he had a signal ,he checked his contacts and scrolled down to Katherine's number and hit dial . within seconds the assured voice of Katherine answered . Over the next ten minutes Cabe went over every thing that had happened from boarding the plane to arriving at the hospital . Katherine was mad as a hornet but controlled her temper while trying to figure out what they could do . Eventually she spoke to Cabe . "Is there anything you can do on your own , or do you want to contact C.I.A. down there for help ?" "Well there is not much i can do on my own at this moment, i do'nt even have a weapon as customs were not going to let me bring a weapon into the country. I think i need a little of nerd thinking to get out of this one. Do you know if the jet is still at the airport so i can return to L.A. and come back here with some help "Give me thirty minutes to check things out and will get back to you ." replied Katherine . The next thirty minutes for Cabe were the longest of his life . Almost to the minute Cabe's phone rang , checking the I.D. he saw Katherine's name . "Yes Katherine " "how soon can you get to the airport ?" "If i go straight from here about an hour ." Cabe replied ."The plane will be waiting for you and i will have a car waiting for you at Palmdale on your arrival to bring you straight back to Homeland ." "O.K. i am on my way ." Cabe replied as he put the phone away , he left Katherine 's phone number at reception with instructions that she should be contacted immediately if there was any change in Agent Ricker's condition . he then set off for the airport ,56 minutes later he was sitting aboard the Gulf Stream awaiting take off .