Chapter 14: That Tipton Life
"Hey Arwin, I could use an update, I've been staring at Cody's ass for the past hour". Zack said sarcastically
"I've memorized the vent system just for this situation" Arwin was being pushed by a very tired Moseby.
"As long as you don't lead us into a furnace" said Justin
"I'm pretty sure I know where we're going, that last turn was a mistake, it wasn't my fault"
"We ended up 10 floors higher!" Justin said irritably
"Hey now we still got back down cuz of me" Arwin defended himself
"You're lucky you're in a wheelchair" Justin said under his breath
"Ok I think we're there" Arwin pushed the vent off and tumbled out followed by the others into the alleyway behind the Tipton.
"Arwin your wheelchair's still in the hotel" said Cody
Arwin's smile faded "you're gonna have to leave me here, someone will find me, don't worry."
"I'm not letting that happen" Zack went out to the end of the Alley and found two stealth masked soldiers sneaking among the Bahavians passing by, he grabbed one and smashed his face into the wall.
"Get on the ground now" the other soldier turned around pointing his gun.
Zack looked down the barrel "of course, sir, I don't know what came over me" he laid down on the ground
"I'm not in the mood for taking someone in" the soldier got out a silencer and began screwing it on, but not before he was tackled to the ground by Zeke, he wrestled the gun out of his hand and brought his arm around the man's neck and began choking him out. Zack picked up the gun and pointed in at the man, but Zeke kept choking him until he was dead. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Wow nice job dude" said Zack half-amazed
"I couldn't just watch" replied Zeke.
"Ok well let's dump these bodies in the dumpster" said Moseby "I assume you plan on wearing these"
"Damn right, I have a plan for once" Zack grinned. Zack and Zeke put on the uniforms, they looked like swat gear painted brown and their faces were covered. Zack pulled out a walkie talkie and faked a military voice "we found some hostages, one needs immediate pick up, requesting a helicopter to my position"
"Ok let's grab Arwin and wait, we'll have to point the guns at you guys, just play along." Said Zeke.
The helicopter landed, there was one man flying "hey, we're short on guys right now, could one of you copilot, they're kill me if I fly alone"
"No problem" Zeke slid into the seat.
Zack got in behind them and put Arwin on a stretcher and the other five got in.
"So who are these guys" asked the soldier
"Not sure they won't speak" replied Zack "found them in an Alleyway" well we're gonna taken to the prison complex, I've got this one use card special"
Zack's gun cocked "we're not using that just yet"
"How high up are we?" Asked Zeke
"28,000 feet" the man said calmly
"Zeke can you fly?" Asked Justin
"Yes according to my flight simulator game" he answered
"Outta the chair dude" Zack ordered,
The man got out and Moseby took his place, Zack forced him to take off his uniform, "sorry guys we've got to go to this prison, are you with me Zeke?" Zeke nodded "Moseby you want this one?"
"I'm sorry, I don't want to pretend to be a soldier, I want to be a soldier. Moseby answered
"I shall be your third" Esteban stood up "Justin Russo, thank you for saving my life, I will watch over your friend"
"Thank you Esteban" said Justin solemnly
"Are you sure you want to do this Zeke," asked Harper
"It's the right thing to do and I'm wearing the uniform already."
Esteban finished putting on the uniform, Zack started talking again "we'll drop you off in Kansas and then we'll put this disk in and pretend we're part of the prison"
"Don't we need a prisoner" asked Cody.
They all turned and looked at the Bahavian man "goddamnit"