Invisible Air
part three
by mardel

I just borrowed them for the story.

Alex was driving towards the airport. She'd already stopped at the Agency and
picked up the counteragent. Now she just had to find a way through the traffic
that was backing up. She turned off on to the side street at the next exit and began
working her way west on back streets.

Claire had finally made contact with the hospital administrator.

"You're telling me that we can expect over a hundred people to need treatment if
this attack you're taking about takes place?" The woman with short gray hair looked
harassed already.

"I'm afraid so, haven't you a plan for this type of thing?"

"We have a plan for a earthquake, or natural disaster, but the closest we can come
to this would be a chemical spill on the freeway. That plan has a set up for decontaminating
showers and a triage set up out in the parking lot."

"Then I suggest you put that plan into motion. If this attack happens we won't have time
to be assembling showers." Claire warned her.

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Bobby and Darien were still watching the storage area, waiting for someone to make
a move to remove the explosives or the chemicals.

Captain Chen was organizing the local police and half of his men to defend the
airport. They had taken Bobby's advice about a pretend traffic jam by setting up
a road work area to prevent any new people from reaching the airport.

"Hobbes." Bobby grabbed his cell phone on the first ring.
"Bobby, Eberts had some information that might be useful." the Official came on the line.

"Yes Sir, I didn't think Eberts was due back to work yet?"

"He's back, here." Bobby heard the rustle of a transfer, then Eberts's voice
"Agent Hobbes, I prepared a scenario for a possible chemical attack. Depending on
the type of substance used, I can advise you as to the proper neutralizing factor."

"We unloaded a bunch of stuff to the Haz-Mat people an hour ago. They should
have it analyze by now."

"I'll contact them and get back to you." Eberts rang off, and put a call into the
Hazardous Material unit of the San Diego Fire Department.

""It's getting late do you think we may have jumped the gun on this and
it's not going down today?" Darien asked.

"I'll stay here why don't you check on the two guys we don't like."
Bobby nodded, he understood his partner's concern.

"Got ya, I'll be back." Darien went off towards terminal two.

Darien was watching the two guards he'd eves dropped on, when two
more guards joined them. It was shift change time, but the two guys
relieving the first two looked like clones. Darien followed the first
two men, expecting them to pull out, or maybe head for the storage
area. But they went to relieve one of the sets of guards on the other
side of the airport just like they had just started duty for the day.

"Bobby, I don't like this. There are now at least two sets of guards
who are in on this thing." He filled Bobby in on the details.

"Not good Partner, you check out the other set of guys and I'll
notify Chen what's going on."

Darien rushed to find the other pair of guards. They were already replaced,
with two guards who looked like they could be legit. One was female,
and the other was Hispanic.

"Bobby, I think this one is Ok, it's a chick and a local east LA dude."

"Good listen, hustle back here. I've got me eye on two guys dressed like
painters but they aren't acting like painters, if you get my drift."

Bobby was watching two men, dressed in coveralls and white hats.
They had arrived a few minutes ago, with a dolly and paint cans but they
had not put down a drop cloth, opened any of the paint cans or taped off
so much as a light switch.

Darien arrived back with his partner just as the two painters made a move
to enter the storage room. Darien quick silvered and followed them inside.
They moved directly towards the stash of stuff and began stacking the
bottles carefully onto the dolly. Darien watched for a few seconds then
slipped back out and told Bobby.

"This is it Partner, they're getting the stuff."

"Good, how are you doing?"

"I've still got four segments." Darien showed his arm to Bobby.

Bobby flipped open his phone and filled in Captain Chen.

"I'll have my men meet you, we have the local rescue team ready. They are
stagging in the new terminal area so no one should see them by accident."

The two bad guys were on the move they opened the storage room door and
started pushing the dolly back towards terminal one. Bobby and Darien followed
as nonchalantly as possible.

"I've got it, the chemical they planned to use, will form a gas that weakens and
makes ill anyone who breaths it. If exposed for more than a ten minutes it will
kill." Eberts told Bobby when his phone rang again.

"We confiscated the stuff Eberts."

"You may not have gotten it all. For them to have the desired effect of harming
a large number of people, they would have twice as much stored as you found."

"Crap, Ok, Eberts we're on it."

"Bobby, there's a simple antidote." Eberts yelled.

"Yeah, what is it?"

"Baking soda if you throw baking soda on the chemical that is making the gas it
will neutralize it."

"Great where are we suppose to get a bunch of baking soda at an airport?"

"You could try the kitchen." Eberts suggested, but wasn't sure if the kitchen
there would have it in any significant amount.

"We have to find the other place they are setting this little trap up. It's got
to be in the other terminal, is there a narrow area that would funnel the
gas out into the main area?" Bobby explained things to Darien.

They were still following the bad guys, who had stopped and were setting the
first trap. Darien kept them in sight after they were done and Bobby moved
in and disarmed the explosive. He turned the site over to members of the
rescue team that arrived minutes later.

"There's got to be three sites, it wouldn't work for the entire building any other way."
Bobby moved quickly towards the connecting tunnel of the two terminals.

He looked for the stash, but it wasn't in the same location as the one he had disarmed.

Damn. " Darien are you still with those guys?"

"Yeah, they are arming a second set of bottles." Darien was following them with out
using his invisibility. "What's wrong?"

"I can't find the third stash of stuff. It must be hidden more securely." Bobby was looking
everywhere now, he was getting almost frantic in his search for the explosives.

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Alex was still working her way to the airport. Traffic was truly blocked in
almost every direction. She'd tried to call Darien to figure out how badly he
need the counteragent. But his phone was in use. She tired Bobby's phone
too and got the same thing. They must be using their phones for constant
communication.

"Eberts do you have any idea where in the airport they are?"

"Agent Monroe, no I'm sorry only that they were near a storage area."

"Crap, I can't even get close to the airport. Traffic is tied up for miles."

"You might try the green way."

"What are you talking about?"

"It's a bike path that runs just behind the airport. You could borrow a bike or
motor cycle and go in the back way." Eberts suggested. "It runs from all the
city parks around the city."

"Thanks, I'm on it."

Alex turns her car around and pulled into the city park she had just passed a few
blocks back. She ran up to the first person she saw on a bicycle and flashed her
badge.

"I'm a government agent I need to borrow your bike. Now!"

"Yeah, right lady. Forget it, this thing coast me a thousand dollars."

"I'm sorry, but this is a matter of life and death." Alex gave him a martial arts
chop to the body and grabbed his bike before it fell with him. She jumped on and
started to pedal as fast as possible for the airport.

end part three