Chapter 9
Briefing at 20,000 feet
The car pulled into the airport and parked right next to the large Cargo plane. The men got out and saw men pushing the M5 into the back of the cargo plane. The large green plane stuck out like a sore thumb at the airport and the men had to ride it. They walked around to the back of the jet. They saw Mr. Black inside making a list of everything and yelling at the men who where pushing the car inside. He looked up and saw the men in their suits, he smiled. He was wearing a large black over coat with a hat and khaki pants. He looked like a general commanding his troops as he barked orders to the men pushing things into the plane, he noticed the men had arrived and walked over to them.
"Gentlemen, so good to see you. Everything fit well?"
"Yes a little tight in the crotch, but yes perfect." Brian said.
"Excellent, head inside, you'll see a large black door straight in the back, that's our little cabin, I'll meet you in there in a few minutes."
Tony, Brian and Dieter headed inside the large jet. Frank started to head inside but Mr. Black grabbed his arm and pulled him back. Frank looked at Mr. Black as he pulled out a bagel sized device and handed it to him.
"What's this?"
"A timer, when you get into the security shed out back, you're going to put this on the wires, you're not going to cut them. What this will do is act like you cut the wires when you didn't. It will give you 10 minutes before the alarm goes off and you're surrounded by armed troops. Oh, one other thing, Get out before that goes off. I don't care about anyone else; just get out before the 10 minutes is up. I have men in place to storm the building when that goes off. Their orders are to kill anyone they see in there. Including you, so get out of there."
Frank nodded as he put the device in a pocket on his uniform. The two men walked into the cabin and sat down in the remaining chairs. The men looked at each other and around the tiny room. The room was painted a cream color with cream color couches and chairs. The room was very tiny and cramped and had a dated TV in one corner hanging on the wall. Tony sat on the couch next to Brian who sat in the corner reading one of the few dated magazines in the room. Mr. Black sat down across from Tony and pulled out a folder from his overcoat and set it on the table in the center of the room.
The planes engines roared to life and the inside of the cabin began to vibrate. The plane slowly taxied down the runway and began to gain speed. Mr. Black got up and walked out the door. He walked over to a ladder and climbed up to the cockpit. He opened the door and walked inside the cramped cockpit. The cockpit was tiny and filled with instrument panels and the large windows that spanned the width of the cabin. Mr. Black sat in one of the navigator seats behind the pilots. He looked at the map and plotted the course the plane would take. He looked out the window and the late afternoon sun almost blinded him as the plane lifted off of the tarmac.
"Take us to 20,000 feet, your course is plotted on the chart. Have us there before 7 if possible." He said as he opened the door and walked out of the cockpit.
He climbed down the ladder and stood in front of the cabin door. He heard the voices coming from inside, they were talking about something but he couldn't hear. He pressed his ear to the door, he listened closely. What he heard astonished him, he could believe it.
"Brian, I'm telling you, Mr. Black is Mr. Love. They're one in the same I know it. I looked through his desk he is Mr. Love. I can assure you he is." Tony said.
"If he is, what does that have to do with anything? It doesn't mean anything, so what?"
"This could all be a set up. We could be walking into a trap."
"Tony, you're crazy, get over it." Dieter said.
Mr. Black smiled to himself. No one believes him, that's good. Only he knows my secret, and it'll stay that way, he thought to himself. He turned the handle and opened the door. He walked into the room and seemed to surprise Tony as he walked in. He smiled at Tony, He doesn't know that I just heard everything. This is brilliant, soon it will be his undoing. He sat down at the chair across the table from Brian and opened the folder.
He poured the folders contents on the table. There was a stack of papers with writing, a map and ear pieces that each of the men picked up and put in their ears. He put one in his ear too and unfolded the papers. He scanned over the papers and turned some pages over and looked at the blue prints.
"All right, so here's the final plans, what we do is enter the building via the roof and the large skylight in the atrium. Tony, you Brian and Dieter will enter in and neutralize any guards in the way, Frank, you will take care of the security and power systems. Tony, once you and your men have neutralized the guards you will let Frank in through the front doors. We have a man on the inside named Umberto, he will have access to any key cards you need and he can bypass any system that may remain intact. You are to make contact with him once on the inside. After that, it should be a walk in the park. I'll contact you once you are out of the building and give you the coordinates to the drop point."
The men nodded and Mr. Black left the room. Tony stood up and looked at the men. He slapped all of them to wake them up and get them going. He walked over to the half open door and shut it. He looked back at the men and shook his head.
"All right men, this is our time right now. We're going in and out fast. We get this money and get out of there no lingering. We bring it to the drop site and then we leave simple as that. C'mon guys, this is the job of a lifetime and its happening right here, right now today. Lets go in there and make it one hell of a show." Tony said as he put his hand out in front of him. The other men put theirs on top of his and looked at each other.
Tony walked out of the room and towards the car. He opened the trunk and looked at the large black case. He opened it up and pulled out his assault rifle, he pulled the clip out and stuck it back in. He cocked the gun and pointed it at the wall. He brought the gun back down to his side and looked at the men in the doorway. They walked over to him and did the same with their weapons.
Tony picked up a pistol and a knife from the case. He slid the knife into a holster on his ankle. He cocked the pistol and slid it into his side holster, he was ready for battle. The other men did the same with their pistols. They looked at each other, they all had similar skin tight black suits on, with assault rifles and shotguns on their backs and pistols in their side holsters. Mr. Black emerged from the cockpit door and looked out at his soldiers and smiled.
"Gentlemen, are you ready? There is no looking back from this point, you're in this until you die. Good luck out there."
The men nodded and Tony shut the door of the trunk. The plane began to descend and things began to slide forward. Tony gripped onto netting hanging from the side of the craft. The other men did the same as the plane landed with a large thug on the tarmac. The plane came to a stop and the large bay doors opened up. The weather outside was pouring rain and cold. The cold rushed into the warm cabin and chilled the men. They all shivered as the doors opened up all the way. Tony walked out into the rain and stood there, a tiny smile came across his face. He walked back inside and opened the driver door. He sat inside and turned the ignition on. The car rumbled in the compact hull of the plane. The men moved out of the way as Tony put it in reverse and backed the car up onto the wet tarmac. He stopped and honked for the men to get into the car. The men ran down the ramp and got into the car. Tony nodded at Mr. Black as he turned the car around and sped away into the dark night. Mr. Black smiled as he walked towards the cockpit.
He opened the door and sat down at the navigator station. He pulled out a phone and dialed, a few seconds later a voice was heard on the other line.
"Hello."
"Umberto, the package is on it's way. It will be there soon."
"Gracias." The man said as he hung up the phone.
Mr. Black looked at the pilots, "You can leave now, I have a car waiting. I don't Need to tell you that you never saw any of what happened here today."
The pilots nodded and Mr. Black left the cockpit. As he did, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a grenade, he pulled the pin and tossed it into the cockpit. He slid down the ladder and walked down the fuselage of the plane. A large explosion engulfed the cockpit. Glass shattered and pieces of metal flew everywhere. Mr. Black did not look back he kept walking out of the plane and was met by a Navigator with the driver waiting outside the rear passenger door. He nodded at Mr. Black and opened the door for him. He climbed in and the driver shut the door and ran around to the driver door. The car started up and drove away from the flaming wreck of the cargo jet.
The Black M5 raced along the twisting streets as it headed up the mountain towards its destination. Tony shifted into third and the engine roared and accelerated faster and the car sped up passing multiple cars. They reached the top of the ridge where the Reserve was located. They looked at the large stone building. Lights shone through the windows and the large glass front doors. Tony drove the car up to a clearing between some trees and parked the car. The men waited and stared at the building. Tony pulled out a pair of binoculars and looked through the glass window doors of the building.
The security guards moved around the lobby checking every nook and cranny for anything suspicious. He could see them walk over to the front doors and lock them. The guard turned around and headed back towards the inside of the building; before he did he activated a laser grid system on the floor. Tony looked surprised as the floor illuminated with the blue glow of the lasers. He looked away from the binoculars and back at the men.
"Guys, we got a little problem with the security." Tony said nervously.
"What sort of problem?" Brian asked.
"Well, they have a laser grid security floor set up for the atrium. Will taking out the power get rid of that or do we have to work around that?" Tony asked Frank who looked out the window at the town on the ridge below.
"What? Uh-yeah it should, I don't see why it shouldn't. They're all tied into the same security grid. Take one down, the others go down too, it shouldn't be a problem."
Tony nodded and looked back at the building, all seemed quiet now. He looked back at the other men and smiled, "It's time to do what we came here to do." He said as he opened the door and stepped out into the pouring rain. The other men followed and got their gear ready. The final act was about to begin.