Undercover- part 7
It was like she had always dreamed it would be. The heat between them began to rise as Mark released his lips from hers and began seductively kissing along her jaw and making his way to her neck. She purred in ecstasy as the moment intensified. Her hands snaked their way under Mark's shirt and lightly traced delicate lines of goose bumps along his back. Both of them shivered with delight as they engaged in what seemed like minutes, but was actually hours, of delicious foreplay.
Exhausted from their snowy ordeal, they fell asleep in each other's arms. Princess' head lay on Mark's chest, with his arms encircling her. They slept soundly by the warm fire as the storm roared on outside.
(The next morning at Center Neptune)
"Why do we have to baby-sit at a stupid, wedding, Chief?" Jason scowled in disgust.
Keyop crossed his arms as he chimed in. "Yeah, Mark and Princess get to ski. No fair!"
"Hey, I'm not complainin'…there'll be plenty of goodies where I'm going, and someone has to make sure they taste ok for the wedding guests…" Tiny gave a huge grin.
"You know what our mission is, we must protect Oren and Diane, they are a primary Spectra target, and we believe Spectra is about to strike. Move out team…" Anderson pointed toward the door as three shadows flashed out the door, "…and good luck…" he finished his statement and picked up the phone.
Anderson was beginning to worry that he hadn't heard from Mark or Princess this morning. It's not like them to ignore my calls. He had tried to communicate with them via their wristbands, but the signal had been blocked.
Now he was calling for the third time, and getting Mark's voice mail. He opted not to leave a redundant message this time. He had already left two. They had better not be forgetting their mission; they are still two young people, after all… He took off his glasses and rubbed between his eyes.
Meanwhile, at the wedding, the guests began to pour in. Jason eyed each one critically as he ushered them to their seats. He overheard one little old lady speaking to another in the crowd.
"He's not very friendly is he?" One of the ladies whispered.
"No, I wonder how he's connected with the bride and groom?" The other one replied.
He had to give a little smirk at this. Little do they know the danger they might be in, those little old ladies don't realize the Condor is on patrol today.
Keyop was whisked from location to location, following the photographer, and carrying extra equipment. Man, this is getting heavy! If I had wanted to work today, I could've worked at the diner. At least Prin's friend Jill pays me minimum wage. What bad luck!
Tiny helped the caterer make the finishing touches at the reception. He sampled several items... when no one was looking. He then rode over to the ceremony, to watch with Jason and Keyop.
The ceremony began without a hitch, and Diane looked lovely. She glowed as she proceeded down the aisle. Several heads of state and government officials were present in the audience.
Then the words were spoken that made the hairs on the back of Jason's neck stand on end. He suddenly felt like something was out of place." Does any man have a reason why this man and woman should not be wed?"
"We do!" Suddenly, several blackbird ninjas ripped their disguises off, revealing themselves.
"Damn!" Jason mentally cursed himself for not noticing anything suspicious. Jason, Keyop and Tiny jumped up, slipped out, and ran into the hallway, transmuting quickly into birdstyle. "We've got to prevent them from escaping! Keyop, run around and take the front exit, Tiny stay here in the back. I'm going straight up the middle."
"Nobody move…or the precious little wedding couple gets hurt! Two blackbirds were holding knives to the couples' throats. The others were pointing guns at the audience. "Tell me what you want, and I'll do it!" Diane's father was panicking. Her mother had fainted.
Then, a drill like mecha crashed through the ceiling. The tip opened up to allow the ninjas to enter it. All except for the two with Oren and Diane leaped straight up into the ship. Keyop and Tiny leaped into the mecha after them.
Jason, however, went to save Oren and Diane. He flung himself into the air, tossing two feather darts quickly as he flipped. They each landed on their marks, deep into each of the kidnappers' throats. The ninjas slunk to the ground.
Next, Jason ran outside, calling after Keyop and Tiny on their wrist communicators.
"Tiny, it's Jason, Oren and Diane are safe. What are you two doing up there?"
He could still see the mecha hovering in the distance. "Keyop's leaving a little present for them; they didn't see us following them. Come and pick us up quick or we'll end up as just a pile of feathers! Keyop says we've got ten minutes. We'll try to stay out of sight until you get here. Hurry!"
"I'll be there, Tiny…." Jason jumped into his car and sped off towards the Phoenix.