Kim Possible and Street Hawk: Unfinished Business p 9
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Norman Tracks the Sho-Da-Kah and Distress Beacon
Meanwhile, Norman is chasing down a lead from outside Middleton. He had received word from a friend in the NSA that the people responsible for Jesse's death had relocated to Lowerton, Colorado. He drives to a seemingly abandoned house and parks two blocks away. He then sets the distress beacon's timer and activates it, knowing that the computers in Command Center will notify Bonnie and she'll come in with War Bird.
He exits the pick-up and goes to the bed, where he proceeds to arm up. He puts on the holster for the .357 and slides it in after priming it. He then loads the 12 gauge and the M-4, saving the M-203 for last, loading it with a C.S. round. As an afterthought, he shrugs and puts on a bulletproof vest.
His preparations done, he looks up and says, "Jesse, this one's for you." He puts the 12 gauge onto his back and carries the M-4 in battle position. He walks as quietly as he can, wishing he had silencers for all the weapons for when he starts the gunfire party. He sees a light come on and six people walk into the room. He checks his watch and frowns.
"A little early for dinner, isn't it? Better get closer so I can hear if these are the ones responsible for Jesse's death." At that, he walks to the window, making sure to duck down at the sill and listens in.
"That was a pretty good haul, wasn't it, Nick?"
"Yeah, it sure was, Carl. I can't believe the Police are so slow. It's a good thing we don't live in Middleton, otherwise, I'd really be concerned."
"Yeah, no doubt about that. I just hope that new guy Street Hawk don't find us any time soon. What do you think, Don?"
"If he does, we'll do the same thing to his predecessor. A missile impact and this time, we'll go after the guy that created that mechanical menace to criminal careers. From my understanding though, this Street Hawk has started using lethal tactics at times, saving it for those that are the worst of the worst. Charlie, have you any ideas?"
"No, Don. I don't. Only thing we can do is get him before he gets us."
Norman can't stand to listen to much more of this disrespect and steps back, taking the M-203's safety off. He aims at the window and sends the gassy egg right into the window, shattering it. He then laughs as the murderous crooks start coughing.
He yells, "Catch you scumbags at a bad time or what!" He then sends a volley of rounds in through the window, hoping some will find their way into the creeps. Yelling out once again, he says, "You killed my test pilot and my dream, you sick dorks! Now you're gonna pay in pain!" He sends another volley when he feels a sharp pain in his leg.
He falls to the ground, screaming in pain. He sees the thugs coming at him and draws the .357 and starts blasting away, nailing three of them. He switches over to the 12 gauge when he feels the barrel of a gun against his temple.
He then hears, "If you want to live for a bit so we can chat, lower the scattergun, gently." Norman slowly complies and starts getting angry.
He then asks, "Why? Why did you kill my friend and my dream?"
The reply he gets is not so gentle. "We'll talk about your friend and dream in a bit. First, let's get you inside and dress that wound so we can torture you for the information." At that, two of the remaining goons lift Norman up roughly and lug him into the house, leaving three of their cohorts, dead, on the lawn.
Fifteen minutes later, the timer reaches zero and the distress beacon activates, sending the signal to Command Center, which re-forwards the signal to Sky Base, in California.
As Bonnie and Kim wait on Sky Base, the onboard computer receives the signal from Command Center. Both ladies rush over to the console and see the source. Kim calls Wade on the communications link.
"Wade, Norman's distress beacon just came up. Can you get a fix on his position?"
"On it, Kim." He types and frowns. He then replies, "He's in Lowerton. I'm sending the coordinates and I'll also see about getting some aerial pictures of the scene as well."
Kim nods and proceeds to call Ron over the helmet.
"Street Hawk, we have a location on Norman. Get yourself and Ninja's butts back here pronto."
"On it, Sand Hawk." Ron turns to Hirotaka and says, "Let's move, Ninja. Rescue time." Hirotaka can only nod and chuckle.
When they reach the outer gates, they hear Sky Bases' fire up and beat feet back to the plane. They reach the plane as it starts rolling and run aboard, Kim closing the door behind them. At that, the J.A.T.O. rockets ignite and push the plane up into the air.
When they're up in the air, Kim asks, "Do you think we'll be in time to save Norman, Ron?"
Ron replies, "I don't really know, KP. I really don't. I can only hope."
Kim smiles sadly and says, "I can only hope so, too." The communications link comes up and Kim says, "Go,Wade."
"Kim, I have those aerial pictures of the site. Take a look." Kim and Ron see three dead bodies, the M-4 and the 12 gauge all on the ground.
Ron asks, "Any sign of Norman?"
Wade replies, "I'm accessing the thermo-graph ability on the satellite. He's inside. Looks like they're torturing him for information."
Kim nods grimly and says, "Looks like we'll be using lethal tactics on these guys."
Ron replies, "Indeed. Letting people like them live will be as bad as letting them walk, which is exactly what has happened in this case, for the most part at least."