Rachel took off the dive mask and walked over to the window. She knew that something was wrong. She went over to the computer and put in a code. Sitting in her bikini, she mentally went over what her suspicions were. Now she was nervous, ever since she became an agent, she had a partner. Now she was alone and it was a safe bet that she was going to have rescue both of them.
"Daddy, daddy." Emma said as she shook Ross. He was finally coming to. Holding his head, he slowly got up. "Daddy, where are we?" she asked more scared than she had ever been. Ross walked over to the window. He looked outside and all he could see were coral and fish that swam by.
"My guess is Mongo's fortress. Roughly one hundred feet under the cove." Ross said as a parrot fish looked at him. Emma ran to his arms.
"Daddy I'm scared." She buried her head and started to cry. Ross held her in his arms. "I know Emmy, I know, we are just going to have to have faith that your mother will rescue us." He looked down at his watch and noticed the homing device on it was working.
"I hope your mother is on line." Ross said. "This device will let her know exactly where we are." Emma looked out the large window. "But Daddy, we are underwater. Doesn't that worry you at all?"
"Your mother is like a dolphin underwater. She can swim into the smallest crevices and she will find us." Ross said confidently.
Rachel sat as the computer began receiving the signal. She anxiously put in the coordinates and found the location. She got up and sighed as she grabbed her equipment bag and closed the door.
She quickly walked down the hall and put on her sunglasses. The elevator drop seemed like it was taking forever. Her cell rang. "Yes, sir , it seems that Agent Fredricks has disappeared now as well. Well yes, I am concerned since now my daughter and my husband have been kidnapped. I remembered what I learned sir, I am using my head. I am on my way now." Rachel was acting more now with her heart , than with her head. Her two most important people in her life were gone now.
Monica was beside herself as the police questioned Erica and Jack. They were the last people that Emma had spoken with before she was abducted. Monica wondered what was taking Rachel and Ross so long to get back from Paris.If something had happened to her kids, she would be trying to help find them.
Rachel sped the boat toward the spot they were at the other day. As she looked down into the water, she wondered where they were at. Stopping the boat, she pushed a button to let down the anchor. The anchor dropped into the clear blue water and then she went to work.
Stay calm, she kept thinking. This is no time to let your emotions get the best of you. Slowly she geared up for the dive. Usually he took care of the equipment, but she checked her own gauges and turned on the computer again. The homing device was off obviously for fear of letting Mongo know they were trying to escape.
Ross sat on the bed and held his head. He was hoping that Rachel could pull this off. Emma still was more scared than she had ever been in her life. She just kept looking out the window at the fish swimming by.
Rachel pulled the mesh bag over her shoulder and leaped into the water. The extra weight pulled her down even faster. Her arms began to flutter and then she balanced herself . In control, she began to swim toward the caves. Turning on her flashlight, she kept praying that the homing device would be turned back on. If even for a few minutes.
"Emma, shut that door for a moment. " Ross commanded. She obeyed and then went over to the bed. "What are you doing?" she asked as her father turned on the mechanism of the watch.
"Trying to send your mother a message. I am turning on the homing device for a few minutes. She actually has one on her watch as well. There was a light that flickered. "Yep , she's turned on hers."
Swimming along, she noticed her watch was buzzing. She looked down to see that the homing device was on. There it was the vent leading into the fortress. She looked down at her gauge. One hundred feet. It was going to be risky, but so she wouldn't be spotted , she would have to abandon the scuba equipment once she was in the drain pipe. The rest would have to be free diving. Opening the bag, the wrench she needed started to float away. Rachel grabbed it and then went to work. It was on harder than she thought. Her grunting caused there to be an access of bubbles. She couldn't afford that in case she was spotted. Wiping her mask with her gloves, she continued to untighten the grate.
The heavy grate was falling and it dropped, causing Rachel to swim away before she was crushed by it. Now on the ground, she took off the straps of the scuba tanks and took one last breath as she unbuckled the crotch strap. She pulled away from the precious air and then began her swim into the dark passageway. Her fins were slowing her down even more, so she kicked them off and paddled with her feet. On her thigh was a lethal knife, she would be better prepared this time.
Her breath was starting to give way. The device was giving off a very clear signal now. She knew it wasn't that much further, but now her breath was going. Bubbles came pouring out of her mouth, she was loosing air. Those bubbles were going to give her away. She tried to equalize herself and then move ahead. There they had stopped. And the signal was giving off the loudest noise yet. She stopped at another grate and sighed. Taking out the wrench , she loosened it a little faster. She could stop panicking, she was in the compound now. Taking the grate off and slowly lowering herself to the ground, she landed on her rubber covered feet. With every move, she squeaked still wearing the wet rubber. Damn , she had to get off the wet suit now too. Walking to the door, she silently knocked hoping no one had seen her.
"Rach." Ross said as he threw his arms around her. "I knew you could do it." She smiled as she kissed him and then ran to her daughter. "Emma, you're alright." She threw her rubber covered arms around her.
"Cute outfit mom." Emma smirked.
"It's the latest from Paris. Okay we don't have time for a reunion. I have a feeling that somehow I have signaled Mongo , hon the agency will be sending back up soon,"
"Mongo is up to something. He wants these plans for a device that can actually submerge land so he could take over the world. I think that was part of the smuggling ring. Bribery to a third world nation." Suddenly they heard footsteps.
"Damn Mongo must have heard something." Ross said. Rachel put the mask back on. "I am not leaving yet. I can always disguise myself as one of the smugglers. Pull a dive hood on and then a small mask. That way I can buy us some time until the back up gets here." Rachel gave a kiss to her husband and then slipped back into the pipe system and began to swim away.
"It' s dinner time. " said one of the chambermaids. "Hope your both hungry." She pushed the cart into the room. "Hamburger and fries for the little girl and chicken marsala for you sir.
"We'll you can't deny that Mongo at least knows how to treat his prisoners." Ross said as he sat down. "Besides getting drugged makes a person hungry."
"Dad , how can you be so calm?" asked Emma as she chewed on her burger. "Aren't you afraid this Mongo dude is going to murder us? And what happens if Mom is caught?"
Rachel thought she heard voices as she swam by. She peeked through another vent and saw the smugglers were suiting up. Slipping through, she saw another diver putting on a wet suit. She karate chopped him into unconsciousness and then found a wet suit in her size and put it on.
Pulling it on, she found a hood so it would cover her face. "Alright let's go." The head diver ordered. Following the others, she waddled toward the sub , hoping to get a clue about the real operation.
