Stories in the series (in order):

The Lady for a Lady

No Easy Way

Sleeping Beauties

An Act of Betrayal

The Devil You Know

Demons

The Riddle of the Night

Hawke drove the Jeep to the Valley while Dominic slept in the back and Caitlin slept in the passenger seat. After realizing, Caitlin had fallen asleep, Hawke decided then and there she was going to fly while he slept. At least then, all of them would have had some sleep. After pulling the Jeep into the cavern, Hawke got out and typed in his security code. He pulled the Jeep the rest of the way into the cavern and honked the horn. Both Dominic and Caitlin shot out of their seats and Hawke grinned. "Just a little wake-up call. It's time to get going." He ordered and the others trudged out of the Jeep.

It took ten minutes for the three of them to get out of their evening wear and into the flight suits. Dominic got in the back and Caitlin got into the co-pilot seat.

"Pilot seat," Hawke said. "You're flying."

"But you like to fly." She whined.

"I also like to sleep and you've gotten more in the last hour than I have so you're flying. Dominic, type in the coordinates and tell us where Airwolf lands?"

"Outside of Paraguay, according to the coordinates. Shall we go?"

Caitlin brought Airwolf to life while Hawke sank into the co-pilot's chair and closed his eyes.

A low rumble stirred Hawke in the co-pilot's seat. He sat up straight, feeling the kink in his neck where he slipped in the chair during the flight.

"What time is it?" He asked, reaching for his sunglasses in the flight suit pocket.

"Our time or South America time?" Caitlin asked as she set Airwolf down in a clearing and powered down.

"Both." Hawke covered a yawn and glanced back to see Dominic asleep.

"He went out shortly after you fell asleep," Caitlin told him. "This cold is really getting to him. The time is," She pressed a button and the time flashed on a screen seconds later. "Eleven o'clock GMT on a Saturday morning which means its eight AM PDT. We're at the coordinates given. What do we do now?"

They didn't have to wait long for an answer. Moments after Caitlin's question, a dusty green jeep drove out of the tree line and came straight for them. It stopped a few feet from Airwolf and two men got out.

Caitlin scrunched her eyes and then grinned. "I don't believe it." Hawke could hear the laugh in her voice. "I don't believe it." She opened the hatch and climbed out.

Hawke pulled his gun out of a compartment and checked to see if it was loaded. He slipped it into the front of his flight suit and joined Caitlin.

Caitlin was heading toward the two men when Hawke slid out of the cockpit. A cold chill went down his spine as he watched Caitlin walk toward them without even a wary movement in her limbs. Then when she stopped in front of one of them and hugged him, the chill went away.

Hawke closed the distance between him and the others in a matter of seconds. Caitlin had stepped back from her hug and turned toward Hawke. "Stringfellow Hawke, I'd like you to meet my big brother, David."

Hawke saw the man now and realized it was the same face from the picture in Maggie O' Shaughnessy's living room. Maggie had said David was in Special Forces. It was just a coincidence that he was part of the group involved in the extraction. He hoped.

He and David sized each other up right there in the middle of the field. David was a head taller than Caitlin with short cropped strawberry blonde hair. He wore a black T-shirt flecked with dust and dark blue jeans. The face and eyes he shared with Caitlin.

"This is Max." David introduced the man with him. Max had been driving the jeep. "What are you doing here, Caitey?" David asked, shooting Hawke with death glances every other word.

Caitlin peeled her brother's hand off her forearm and put it back at his side. "We're here to pick up the box you have in your possession. Is it in the jeep?"

"No," Max said. "It's safe. We had to make sure we were dealing with friendlies before we handed it over." He pointed his gaze at Hawke's gun.

Hawke held it up by the butt so it was dangling in the air. "It's very friendly." He informed Max. "Now, can we get the box and get out of here. Airwolf tends to attract attention."

David took Cait's arm again and whispered loud enough for Hawke to hear, "Ride with us back to the spot and then we have to talk, Caitey. I'm pretty sure flying top secret missions isn't what a stunt person does."

Hawke ran back to wake Dominic and have him secure Airwolf while they went to get the box. When he came back, Caitlin was sitting in the back of the jeep with David closely beside her. Suddenly, he felt like the boyfriend of whom his date's brother didn't approve.