Hello everybody, Grey Fool here with a new chapter.
First of all, thank you to those who have reviewed and to my beta, who is helping me stay on track with these characters.
As always, I don't own these characters. They belong to Shoot the Moon.
Last Week: Amanda and Lee took a good long look at those weather reports and discovered that they contain weather that never occurred. Hmmm…what is going on.
Please r&r and enjoy the story.
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Francine came waltzing into Billy's office holding a file. "I don't know how you do it Lee, but you've done it again."
Lee gave her a nervous grin; "Ah ha, what have I done again?"
"Those weather reports that you brought in has sent Crypto into orbit. It took those guys a while, but they were able to translate the reports into information about missions."
Lee spoke up at that point. "You don't mean those Air Force Missions that have been sabotaged?"
"The very same ones."
Billy frowned; "wait, what weather reports have to do with air force missions being sabotaged?"
"I asked myself that same question and did a little digging. Turns out that the weather reports were fake, so that nothing on them actually reported what the weather was like. Crypto came up with the fact that different types of weather designated for the air force's current planes. The wind speed and direction signified how many days and what direction those planes will be coming from. For example," Francine looked down at her notes and shuffled some pages, "on October 25, 1983, Grenada is supposed to have heavy rain, up to 6.0 inches, and lots of thunder and lightning along with heavy fog."
Billy stood up so fast he almost toppled his desk over. "That is the same day that operation Urgent Fury is supposed to be on."
Lee stood up. "Billy, that must have been what John wanted to tell me about. He found those weather reports and realized that the data could not be right. Whoever is recording the data must have confronted him and killed him."
Billy stood up as well; "And had it not been for Amanda, we would never have been able to figure out any of this. Lee, do you think she is in any danger?"
"If the gunfire that took place this afternoon is any indication, I would say yes." At that point Lee stood up and started pacing the room.
Then there was a knock on the door and Lee opened it, allowing a small man to come into the room.
"Sir, the computer just printed out these papers. As per your orders, I'm bringing them to you."
"Thanks." Lee took the papers and scanned over them. He suddenly crumpled the paper and threw it on the floor.
Billy spoke up. "What is it Lee?"
Lee turned and faced Billy. "Amanda mentioned earlier about running into some building owner while she was there last night and, based on her description, I'm worried about who it possibly was."
"Who was it?"
"William Cartel."
"Cartel, isn't that the guy who tried to blow up the air force base in Washington, D.C. about four years ago and almost took you with him?"
"The very same; the bombs didn't go off and he accused me of sabotaging them swearing vengeance if he ever saw me again."
"I thought that guy got life in prison."
Lee ran his hand through his hair. "So did I. But according to the records, he was released about three years ago and defected to Russia. According to sources he changed his name to Khusbakht."
"Lee, do you think he is in the States?"
"Based on Amanda's description, yes."
"All right, I want you to get over there and keep watch until the morning. We'll figure out what to do at that point in time."
"You got it Billy." With that, Lee took off and headed over to Amanda's house. Once he was in the car, he tried to communicate to the two guards at her house. But no response ever came.
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Oh dear…Is Amanda in trouble? Has she been kidnapped or killed even? I guess you'll just have to wait and see. Well at least now you know the backstory to Khusbakht.
until next week, please r&r and have a wonderful day.
Next time on Scarecrow and Mrs King: Weathering Revenge: After about two minutes of struggling, Amanda went limp.