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Chapter 8

Stringfellow Hawke hovered Airwolf over Scottie's Castle trying to see what was waiting for him. Using the night vision, he spotted 8 men lying in wait for him. 'They probably aren't the welcoming committee,' he thought. 'Might as well land and get on with this.'

As soon as Airwolf landed beside Scottie's Castle, six men came out of hiding to cover him. Their leader motioned for him to shut Airwolf down and get out of the helicopter.

The leader moved over towards Hawke with his gun in his hand. "Turn around and spread them so we can search you."

As soon as Hawke was turned around, the man motioned for one of the other fellows to search him. When he was done, the man who had search Hawke gestured for Hawke to walk over towards the leader.

Ignoring Hawke, he told his men, "Search the helicopter. Be sure that no one is hiding inside."

Immediately, the men swarmed over Airwolf searching for anyone who might be hidden inside her, but they found nothing.

The leader signaled for the remaining two men to come out of hiding. He then pointed to two other men and told them to get into Airwolf in the back. Next, he told all but one man to get into their own helicopter which they had hidden behind Scottie's Castle. "Okay, Hawke, get inside."

Once Hawke was settled inside Airwolf, the leader went around to the passenger's side and got in. After buckling up, he pointed his rifle at Hawke and told him to start up Airwolf.

Finally, when all systems had come on line, he told Hawke to take the helicopter up into the air and head south/southeast.

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After they had been flying for around 65 minutes, the leader pointed out a ranch off in the distance and told Hawke to land in the yard not too far from the barn.

As soon as Airwolf landed, it was surrounded by gun toting guards.

"Shut her down and get out," the leader told Hawke.

When he'd shut Airwolf down, he got out and stood next to Airwolf wondering what would happen next.

Hawke didn't have long to wait before he saw John Bradford Horn moving towards him. 'Well that answers the question of who was behind this," Hawke thought. 'Now I just need to find Nicky and get out of here."

Horn ignored Hawke and went to inspect Airwolf.

"She's still as beautiful as ever and just as deadly," Horn said while he was staring at Airwolf.

When Hawke didn't respond, Horn turned back to him and said, "Just as forthcoming as always, but this time you'll pay dearly."

Hawke just continued to stare straight ahead.

"Shoot him!" The order came as a complete surprise to Hawke as he heard the guns being raised in his direction and before he knew what was happening, he felt something hit him in the right side and he went down.

As he was losing consciousness, his last thought was, 'This wasn't supposed to happen. How can I rescue Nicky now? I've let Cait down.'