Okay everyone I have to ask a question to all my readers. I said in the previous chapter that I saw the new James Bond movie and now I've got the hankering to start writing a James Bond story but I don't know if I want to. I want to know if anyone would be interested in reading it. If I get enough 'yeses' then I'll start writing it and post it in the James Bond section. And if I do write one I don't know if I want to put Samine Nalia in it or make a brand new character. Please, please give me some feedback on this topic I'm begging you here.
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"What are you talking about Samine? Those numbers mean nothing to me," he said and his eyes widened as Samine scrambled over him and off the couch.
"They may mean nothing to you now but they will in context. When you talked about being upside down and on the southern half of the equator it started me thinking along those lines. Then I remembered what I was taught about in school about latitude and longitude. The numbers are the degrees from the equator to a specific destination and the letters are in which direction the numbers go," she said as she ran from room to room looking for a map or atlas something with a big enough map in it.
"So the numbers and letters pinpoint that specific destination on a map for anyone to find if they know what it means," he said sitting up and watched as she came back into the room carrying a big book.
"Exactly! So we just have to find out were it points to and we go there," she said as she opened the book to a world map with the latitude and longitudes on it.
Looking at the piece of paper in one of her hands she traced the first number across the map and followed the other line up. Both leaned closer to the map as her fingers got closer and closer together. Her fingers met at the state of New York as Samine and Xander looked up at each other with their eyes wide in shock.
"Call Gibbons. We need a flight to New York and we need it fast. Tell him we'll take anything we can get. It has to be at Cairo International since that's were our bags still are," Samine said as she stood up and started to think of everything that she needed to do before they left.
And hour later the met at the back door ready to leave the house with everything they might need. Samine had left a note for her friend thanking her for the use of her house and plans set for her new horse to be picked up and shipped via an airplane to Sydney. Gibbons had promised that a form of transportation would be waiting for them at the airport but they didn't know what to expect when they got there. Collecting their bags they walked to the airstrip and met one of the air directors at the gates at Samine slipped her sunglasses on and looked coolly at the man.
"Mr. Gibbons sent this message to you and here is the flight manual and flight plan for your flight. It is right over there around the corner. Have a good flight," he said and quickly walked away.
"Gee, Gibbons sure does know how to make people scared of him," Xander said watching the guy scuttle away as they walked in the directions he pointed.
"Oh my god."
Xander looked up and at Samine as she stared at what was in front of her. In front of them was a Battlefield Lynx helicopter. It housed a pilot and copilot and can carry up to nine people in its cargo area. They slowly walked towards it as Xander opened the message that Gibbons had sent along.
"Hope you remember how to fly one of these Samine. It was the only thing I could dig up at such short notice. Have fun."
Samine slowly walked around it and ran her hands along the metal sheeting as Xander opened the manual book and flipped through it. He looked up at Samine as she pulled open the door and pulled herself in.
"Get in if you're coming with me," she said as she picked up the headset and put it on her head.
"Let me guess another thing you learned in your free time while in Sydney," Xander said as he pulled open the opposite door and jumped it as Samine started flipping switches on the control panel.
"Nope, Gibbons wanted me to know how to fly one of these for another mission I was on. Blame it on him," she said as the rotors started to spin with a high pitched whine.
He sighed and tightened his seatbelt as the helicopter lifted from the ground and she pointed it towards the north quickly picking up speed. She stayed low over the ground and soon they were flying over the ocean making good time as Samine started to push some buttons on the consol and moved her mouth piece closer to her mouth.
"Black bird this is tomcat come in," she said into the mouth piece watching the screen with two bright dots on it.
"Who's black bird?" Xander asked watching as one of the dots neared the other.
"Our contact from Gibbons. We need to refuel and this is the easiest and quickest way."
"Tomcat this is black bird. Ready for refueling?"
"Piping is in place and about to rendezvous in three minutes. Stay on course over."
"Copy that."
Samine pulled back on the stick making the helicopter climb steeply as Xander held his breath and fought the urge to close his eyes. Leveling off she leaned to the side and looked down at the huge aircraft that was below them and at the long tubing that was pointing up from the top of the aircraft. Samine carefully pushed down on the stick and moved closer to the tubing hoping to get it on the first try and not have to realign. Finally losing sight of when as she got closer she flipped a few switches and the screen showed the view from the underbelly of the helicopter as the tubing got closer. Making contact she glanced down at the screen and saw the confirmation of a solid seal and radioed the bigger aircraft.
"Screen is showing a good seal, start pumping away boys."
Xander looked over at her shocked as she slowly reached up and flipped a few more switches all while keeping the helicopter steady for refueling. A few minutes later the refueling was done and the two aircrafts parted ways as Samine flew low over the water towards America.
"Come in LaGuardia Airport this is Tomcat over," Samine said into the mouthpiece holing it closer to her mouth.
"Tomcat this is LaGuardia's tower we have you on radar. Gibbons sends his best and says that he will be waiting for you when you land and you have a large package waiting for you when you get in over."
"ETA is forty-five minutes from landfall. We'll be there as soon as we can over," Samine replied and killed the radio ending the transmission.
"So what do we do once we get into New York?" Xander asked looking over at her.
"Contact Gibbons and have him find out where all the nuclear reactors are in the city and which ones Enclave might be able to get his hands on. If we have too search every damn one of them till we find the right one. Then what ever comes next," she said grimly glancing over at him.
"So he's going to try and put that nuclear grade plutonium in a nuclear reactor and cause a nuclear meltdown. Am I right?"
"That's about the only destructive thing you can do with nuclear grade plutonium. It's not lethal enough to kill anyone by holding it. It gives off radiation but like I said not deadly."
"But we can't be sure that he's going to put it in a nuclear reactor. He could jerry-rig something up to do something totally different that we wouldn't expect," Xander said trying to prove his point.
"Xander you're right, we can't be sure but that's what I'm going for and that's what I'm counting on."
"I hope you're right Samine. Because I've got a really bad feeling about this."
A while later they finally reached landfall causing Samine to pull up and fly above the city as she headed towards LaGuardia. Conversing with the tower she landed the helicopter and quickly started to shut everything down as several personnel ran out of the hangers. Pushing open the doors and climbing out Xander and she walked across the tarmac and met Gibbons and Agent Shavers half way stopping to exchange information.
"Good to see you Gibbons," Samine said as he handed her a folder of information and she flipped it open.
"There are approximately three nuclear reactors in New York. Would be four but the fourth is in a museum and isn't working. We haven't called in the reinforcements yet because we're waiting for your word. Hopefully we can keep them out of this and do this as quietly as possible."
"Gibbons, you know Samine and me better than that. Have we ever done anything quietly?" Xander asked reading the folder over Samine's shoulder.
"I don't know about you but I sleep quietly. That's all though," Samine smiled looking up at him.
"Maybe when you sleep but not other times when you're in the bed," Xander said with a straight face still reading the folder.
"Prick."
"Bitch."
"All right enough! You two argue and bitch like a set of twins."
"Thank god he doesn't look like me," Samine mumbled as Shavers snickered beside Gibbons.
"The feeling is totally mutual," Xander replied and Gibbons groaned.
"Okay anyway! All the information you need is in there. Shaver will finish briefing you. I'm not hanging around you two anymore," Gibbons said and walked away in annoyance.
"Okay since I wasn't near Xander's car to tinker with it, I took over Samine's case and added a few new things. You're going to love this," he said motioning for them to follow him.
"What car did you use as the base?" she asked as she followed him with Xander beside her.
"One of your favorites. A 2002 limited edition Toyota Celica."
"Oh Shavers I could kiss you. Where is it?" she asked looking around and spying the huge wooden box a few yards away.
"Right there," Shavers said and took the crowbar from the attendant.
Breaking it open the wooden walls fell to reveal nothing inside the box.
"Uh Shavers…something ain't right here," Xander said as Shavers smiled giddily and walked closer.
"No everything is working perfectly."
Stepping onto the platform he reached out and rapped his knuckles on metal. Samine's eyes widened in shock as Xander's jaw dropped also in shock. Shavers almost seemed like he was about to start dancing in circles at their pleasure of his accomplishment. Samine walked up and tentatively reached out and felt the outline of a car and followed it to the rear.
"You have got to be shitting me Shavers! An invisible car!"
"Invisible to the naked eye to be politically correct. It can be traced by heat from the tailpipe and if someone runs into it they will know that it is there just won't be able to see it. Just be sure not to leave the windows down," he smiled and pulled out the keys and hit a button.
A second later a sleek black Toyota Celica was in front of them. Samine excitedly smiled as she pulled open the door as Shavers handed her the keys. Sliding into the seat Shavers kneeled next to her as Xander stood over him and listened as he explained everything the car had and could do.
"You have all the basic things. Rear targeting machine guns, heat seeking rocket launchers, spikes at the rear, extra storage of oil. I also upped the power under the hood, it's now a six speed stick shift with nitrous oxide added into it. Hit the little red buttons on the wheel and you get an extra boost of energy and I mean an extra boost. The oxide is under the back seats in a protective metal case. It can be damaged so be careful or you'll blow yourself to Neptune and back. You can find all the rest of the stuff later when you need it," Shavers said pointing everything out.
"Why don't I get all this cool stuff in my car?" Xander asked straightening up and slowly walked over to the passenger side of the door and slid in.
"Because you're car is older and can't handle some of this stuff," Shavers said as he slammed the driver's side door for Samine.
"Enough talk. Lets get going, we've got to find Enclave and Scott quickly. That James Bond wanna be is going to wish he never even saw me."
She punched the gas pedal and squealed the tires as the car shot off towards the exit of the airport and headed towards the first place on the list.
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Okay everyone there is the new chapter, hope everyone likes it. I love that line at the very end: "That James Bond wanna be…." I thought that was hilarious when I typed it out. So now everyone please R/R and tell me how you like it. Be sure to read the beginning of the chapter and tell me what you think about it. I know I put a lot of long author's notes in this chapter but I like them. And another thing I am in the process of writing an X-Men story so keep your eyes open for one of those. And I am also planning on writing a new story for The Fast and the Furious so keep your eyes open for that one. Okay I think I'm done for now. Peace.