Chapter 18

I now had something to focus on which was good, it would keep me from falling straight into grief, not to be heard from or seen in months. "Okay, my CIA contact says that ancient Sumerians used to call the Gulf of Aqaba the Dagger's Tip. It's part of the Red Sea. It divides Egypt and Jordon like the tip of a blade. 29.5 degrees north, 35 east. Here it is," Simmons said showing us on a little hand held device. Where he found a satellite phone I don't know, but I was glad that he had it. I left my cell phone in my dorm room, I was glad I left it. I couldn't be traced.

"Okay first thing we got do is get Optimus to the Dagger's Tip," Sam said sitting at the wheel. He had his hands on the steering wheel even though Bee was driving, allowing Sam to use the steering wheel to tell him where to go.

"How are you going to get him half way around the world?" Leo asked. Mikaela, Leo and I were squished into the back seat. For me it was rather uncomfortable, I still wasn't comfortable with people, at least not all of them.

"I'm going to make a call," Sam said. "Allison, you got that number memorized, right?" Sam asked.

"I have all the numbers of all the soldiers memorized, and the main line for the base. Which one do you want?" I asked.

"Lennox's cell," Sam replied. Soon we were driving through a small village with cops on our tail.

"I can't go to prison guys!" Leo said completely panicked.

"Just calm down Leo. There are bigger things to worry about right now," I said.

"Sam we got to get off this road and lay low," Simmons said.

"You heard him Bee, find a place that all of us can hide," I said. Bee pulled into an alley and put us up on a wall and he and the twins climbed up so they were above us. Bee was hanging onto Skids foot with one hand, the other hanging on to the wall behind us and several feet high. The cops drove by us and we let out a sigh.

"Man, stupid cops. This is what's called blendin' in like a ninja," Skids said.

"Shut up or I'll blend my fist into your face," Mudflap said.

"They're gone," Mikaela said pulling a piece of cloth away from her face.

"We're running out of time, we got to make that call to Lennox," I said.

"You want to make that call to base? You're on the Worldwide wanted list. You make that call they'll track us here in seconds. CIA's all over this place," Simmons said.

"You're gonna call," Sam said.

Simmons looked at us shocked. "Okay, that's a good idea," Simmons said.

"All right," Sam replied, as we started to leave to find a pay phone.

"I mean, I just had my mind on other things, like winding up in an Egyptian prison," Simmons said. As we left Sam gave Bee and the twins a hand signal to meet us on the other side of the wall they were hanging on. We traveled through the small village cities, trying to find a payphone. We did finally find one, at the outer most village. Leo went off to be a look out, which I thought was a bad idea, but anything for some silence. Leo was good for a laugh, but for long road trips like this, not so much. He freaked out to easy.

When we finally found one and some money for it I gave Simmons Lennox's cell number. "Lennox, I'm here with the kids, you know, the one with the attitude and the other with the issues. We need the truck. The truck. We got a possible resurrection going on over here. You're not gonna believe where we are. Code Tut, as in King Tutankhamen. Back of a $1 bill. Coordinates for airdrop, 29.5 north, 34.88 east. Write it down. Write it. Oh, my God. I got to go. Okay. Heat comes." Simmons was trying to hang up the phone as a man came running towards us wearing a tan shirt over his jeans and holding a black scrap of cloth over his mouth and nose. Leo. "Wait, who are you?" Simmons asked as the phone broke, coming off the wall it was not so securely hanging on.

"Wait. It's me. Leo, Leo, Leo, okay? We got cops comin', we got to go," Leo said pulling the fabric from his face to reveal that it was him. With that we left climbing back into Bee to keep driving. After about an hour of driving we came upon a check point. Sam and Simmons had been talking about the riddle when they noticed.

Check point, check point, I don't have my passport," Sam said as we pulled up.

"None of us have our passport Sam. This trip wasn't planned," I said.

As we pulled up the person on top of the stand of the check point called out, "Passport!" He then said something in his native language. He slowly started to come down to speak to us as Sam pointed out the cameras on top. All the ABC's of the government were now going to be here looking for us. Just great, just fucking great.

Simmons spoke up, "All right chill. This is espionage now. I can handle it. These are my people. I am 1/36 Arab."

"That doesn't mean that they'll accept you," I snarled under my breath. I was losing my patience.

"Great a freakin' munchkin. Little people are mean, tell him he's tall," Wheelie said. I grabbed him off my lap and put him down by my feet.

Simmons said something completely made up, thinking he was speaking the native language before continuing. "The Dagger's Tip? Right?" he asked using his hands to form a tip. The guy nodded. "Egypt, Jordon. We want to go there. Me and my family." Simmons put his hand around Sam's shoulders. "This is my family, my sons and daughters," he said pointing to three of us in the back. Leo gave a weak smile, Mikaela and I gave a small wave, with a slight smile. "We're tourists, from New York," Simmons finished.

"New York!" the small man in front of us exclaimed.

"Yes," Simmons said. For the first time I was glad I had a New York accent. I never minded it, but sine I move to Nevada, it stood out. I never spoke during this situation, but for once I was glad to be from NYC.

The man pointed ahead, "Fifty kilometer." The small gate slowly came upward.

"Thank you, you look like the guy that runs my falafel stand. Thank you very much. I know I know you from somewhere," Simmons called as Bee drove off.

"Go Yankees!" The man called after us.

I'm not completely happy with this chapter. I hope you guys like it. I am going to try something within the next few chapters. I don't know how it is going to be taken or what you guys will think. But think of this upcoming thing as Bitten, the wolf thing. I hope you guys like it. Please leave a comment.