Sail Away Sequel to Gone Like The Wind

by octobermist11

This is the sequel to Gone Like The Wind. :Love, romance , family. Their lives their love their family's. Basically they grow old together the ups and downs of raising children, Their hopes and dreams

34. Chapter 34 Part 5 Preparing to save the

Thank you all, you are amazing.

Chapter 34 starts where 33 stopped. You are not missing anything.

Now on with Chapter 34 Part 5 preparing to save the children

They arrived at the hotel and Agent Bandry took over and led them all to the elevator as their luggage was being taken to their rooms by the staff elevators.

Captain Trevelyan and her team were in the Presidential Suite and Agent Steele and his team were in the Penthouse. One floor down was Agent Bandry and his team with all the surveillance equipment and maps.

"Captain Trevelyan this is Agent Cody Simmons. How are you doing today ma'am?"

"Hello Agent Simmons I am well and you?"

"Doing very well, thank you. The reason I am calling is to let you all know that we are coming up to your suite and Agent Steele is aware also. We will convene in your suite in thirty minutes Captain. We have more information for you all, pictures and maps that we have taken prior to your arrival."

"Thank you Agent Simmons. We are looking forward to learning more about this ring and its people."

"Yes ma'am we will see you all soon."

"Thank you."

She got off the phone.

"Listen up everyone. Agent Cody Simmons just called and he and his team will be up here in thirty minutes to go over surveillance pictures, video and audio they have acquired before our arrival. It is to do with the Sex Trafficking Ring here."

"Good we need all the information we can get and from what I know of these guys they don't play and they get the job done. So what they show us is down to the wire and as close as they could get without revealing themselves."

"Dad you have snuck up on me one too many times today."

"Just keeping you on your toes. I am just stealthily that way."

He chuckles.

The elevator doors open and out steps some of the largest team members she has ever set her eyes on and she thought her team of men were huge.

"Welcome gentlemen, let's have a seat at the round table. You can spread out all your items there. We also have a row of white boards if they will be of use to you all."

"Thank you Captain Trevelyan. Let me introduce my team to you all. They are from right to left starting with Agents Cody Simmons, Logan Grant, Barry Scotts, Cecil Freemont, Barnard Conrad and for those that do not know me I am Agent Avery Bandry."

"Again welcome gentlemen and let me introduce you to my teams. Starting from left to right of me. Agents Paula Donovan, Jennifer Barrows, Cora Dawson, Derrick Morris, Bethany Smith, Anthony Tomlin, Maddie Johnson, Sandra Brock, Casey Felton, Cain Bennett, my dad Agent CIA and FBI Raymond Steele. Now these guys here are also our top snipers. Brody McKnight, Ronny Thatcher, Rolland Binks and Avery Mark."

"Very nice to meet you all now, let's break bread and get to work. We have three days to plan this take down and save those children on the ship coming from New York and taking down the The Tubor carrier coming in. They have a crew of eighty-five men, six cooks two per shift and twelve young ladies that serve them food four ladies at a time serve the tables. They are all of legal age as of now and we do not know how long they have been with them or where they are from."

"We got one of our agents on board while they were stopped at a port to take on food and necessities. That's what Agent Harley Dennison relayed back to us."

"Raymond it is very good to see you here with your daughter and teams. I assume she is leading this assignment as we say at Headquarters?"

"Good to see you sir and yes she is and she is very qualified to lead this and any other take down we need sir."

"Of course she is Ray and we wouldn't have it any other way."

They shook hands and patted each other on the back.

"The ship The Candora we found out is carrying approximately two hundred children ranging in age thirteen to eighteen. There are one hundred and thirty four girls and sixty-six young men ages from fifteen to eighteen years old. From what we have learned from men on board the young men will be used as labor in their plants. No word on the young ladies."

"Our Agents Tom Olsen, Parker Rams and Denny Tabor are on board The Candora. They were picked up when their boat capsized on purpose. So you see Captain, we are doing our best to stay abreast of this so we can stop it as soon as they pull into the port. Catch them unaware."

"Yes sir you are and I commend each one of you and we thank you for taking the lead on this as we were involved in another case in South Carolina and had to wrap it up first. As you all know the leader Matthew Lincoln was killed and most of his team. We brought a few in alive."

"Thank you Captain and yes we know. We have all read your report and I must say some fancy shooting my dear taking that bastard Lincoln down."

"Thank you but I did what had to be done. I didn't feel like dying."

They all chuckled at that.

"Raymond you have trained one very special Elite young lady to Captain a team as she has done over the years. I tip my hat to you sir."

"Well thank you sir and yes, yes I did and she felt every mile I pushed her to be her best."

"Oh yeah I did and then some. You know I was happy with my recipes and making desserts and juices better for babies. But damn there is no feeling like I feel when I can take down scum like Lincoln and all these sorry bastards. We are going to take them all out once and for all."

"Yes dear we know all about the business you have and mighty proud of you my dear for what you have accomplished here and around the world."

"Thank you sir."

"Shall we order our food ladies and gentlemen as we do not want to be seen outside these rooms until it is time to take the lowlifes down and save the children? I will say though at any time any of you would like to dress up as tourists and venture out toward town and down by the pier. I would not object at all."

"Yes sir I am starving." Says Brody.

"When are you not starving Brody?"

"Aww Captain you are hurting my feelings." He chuckles.

"Yeah right."

"Write down what you all want and we will call it in? Do you all want the restaurant here or outside ordering?"

"Let's do the menu from here tonight."

They all placed their order and now they were waiting for their food to arrive.

Ana was looking at the maps then the white boards. She had found numerous spots they could hide at and wouldn't be detected until they wanted to be."

"Agent Bandry and everyone please come over here for a moment."

They all walk over to where she is standing.

"Yes Captain, what do you need?"

"Well as you see I have put red marks on these buildings and green marks on these. The red marks will signify where my snipers will be on top of the buildings. The green marks are where the snipers will be inside the buildings. I am not sure how many snipers you have but from where I am looking these are the best places for them to open fire if they have to."

"Yes Captain, I can see that. Told you boys she was one smart cookie. Not only graduated early from high school but college as well. She is one of the best in the field. She has a photographic memory and she is a speed reader. You all listen to her and you will learn a lot."

"Now to answer your question Captain as of right now we have not only the FBI but the CIA, Homeland Security and Customs agents that will be joining us shortly. They all have to be discreet coming and going. We have a total of three hundred agents from all over the country and with your teams and mine we have them covered. I will say it should be an easy take down but we all know it won't be. There are too many variables involved to say right now how it will end. But we all will do our damndest to bring them down."

"Yes sir we will, right y'all?"

"TEN-FOUR Captain." they all say at once.

The elevator doors are opening and out walks walls of muscle after walls of muscle and they all stand in a straight line.

"Captain Anastasia Steele Trevelyan it is an honor to meet you ma'am. My name is Deputy Abrams Prince of Homeland Security."

"Welcome Deputy Prince and very nice to meet you sir."

"As you can see there are a lot of us here and more will be arriving after we depart. We want to introduce ourselves to you all and speak to you all for a few moments to let each of us know where we stand and what we are planning to do to bring down these low-life bastards."

"Yes sir I can see that. As of right now you are wall to wall in my suite."

"I will let the main agents introduce themselves to all of you and then you all can mosey around and speak to the agents. Will that work Captain?"

"Yes sir, that is fine. If you guys don't mind and mine don't. I have a suggestion. I should have thought about this before now. So why don't everyone take a sticky note and write your name on it and stick it on your shirt. I think that will help all of us in the long run."

"That is a very good idea Captain."

They all grab a sticky note pad and start writing their name and slapping it to their shirts.

"My dear Captain Trevelyan it is a pleasure to finally meet you young lady. I am Captain Lennard Brinkley of the Coast Guard."

"Very nice to meet you Captain."

"Captain Trevelyan, very nice to meet you young lady. I am Commander Hadley Stovall of the Coast Guard."

"A pleasure sir."

"Captain Trevelyan I must say it is a great honor to meet the young lady that not only surpassed every test the FBI and other agencies gave you but passed them all with A's. You knocked every young man and woman out of first place when you finished every test on paper and out in the field with thirty minutes to spare on each test."

"Well thank you sir I appreciate the compliments sir but I was just doing what I was taught."

"Yes you did and I am very proud of you Captain. I am Director of the Florida Division of The FBI. Welcome aboard young lady."

"Thank you Director,"

He bows and steps back.

"A pleasure to meet you Captain Trevelyan. I am Agent Harley Wilson, Customs Agent."

"Very nice to meet you sir."

"Captain Trevelyan I am Brandon Nader also a Customs Agent. A pleasure to meet you."

"You as well sir."

"I assume you all have met each other by now and spoken some about the take down?"

"Yes sir we have and we are all on the same page and what Captain Trevelyan has pinpointed about the snipers areas of hiding works perfectly with my snipers."

"Captain Trevelyan I am FBI Agent and sniper expert Burt Jonas and my guys are waiting for your orders as we know you are a sniper expert as well."

"Very nice to meet you sir and thank you. I would like to meet your sniper team if they are here sir."

"Yes Captain they are and they are talking to your snipers."

"Snipers stand in line. Our lovely Captain would like to meet you all."

"From left to right starting on my left, Captain. Robert Eaves, Randy Stranger, Bobby Freeman, Saul Adams, Angelo Cruz, Charles Preston, Belinda Tames, Everrette Smith, Owen James and Robin Crankston."

They all nod and smile at Ana.

"Very nice to meet you all. Thank you all for being a part of this whole team. We have a lot to prepare for and days are getting closer and we have to be more than ready and prepared to take these bastards down."

"Captain we are here to confab with y'all on how to take these lowlife no good for nothing bastards and bitches down my dear. Yes, our top priority is saving the children and we will."

"I am Agent Tory Osmand."

"Nice to meet you and yes we will. I would like nothing better than to get them all in the same room and blow it up but we can not do that as there are too many buildings and workers around. So we will do it our way fighting to the death to save innocent children. Death is the lowlife not us Agent Osmand."

"Well it is getting late and we all need to sleep to be ready to go over this and more tomorrow morning as we bring in more agents and have some of them on audio and video from the office."

"Yes and may I make a suggestion to everyone?"

"Of course my dear."

"I was thinking since you guys know pretty much everything going on down here and what is around here, I would like for us to split into small groups and walk around town and down toward the piers to check things out. My eye might spot some vulnerable places I missed that I didn't notice on the maps and pictures. I would like to see them out in the open and not on paper. Do you all think that will be feasible to do after breakfast?"

"Yes Captain I think that is a very good idea and we decide who goes with who in the morning."

"Very good sir. You all have a pleasant night and we will convene at eight o'clock and video over breakfast."

"Yes ma'am, it will be fine good night and we will see you all tomorrow."

They all said their good nights and they left the suite.

Morning comes and everyone is up and ready for breakfast and video conferencing.

They have gone over and over the details of what is going to happen and how it is going to be dealt with and who is going to do what and when. They are looking for anything and everything. They are not going to take any chances you never know when something could go wrong.

They all decided to take walks at different times around town and down to the piers to see all the boats. They all acted like a bunch of visitors just traveling from place to place going to shops buying trinkets and gifts for loved ones back home. Taking pictures of things they saw that interested them. They walked down to the piers and stood watching the sail boats and yachts coming and going. They also had their eyes on the buildings and surrounding areas that they didn't see on paper.

"Now move along you all. This place is not safe for you down here. We are working and see those big cranes? 'He points toward the sky.' "They will be carrying cargo and you don't want to be close by when they do,"

"Sir, sir, why do we have to leave? I want to stay and watch the big cranes at work." Ana says acting like a college kid on her first trip away from home.

"Move along all of you college kids. You ain't got the brains the good lord gave you."

"Now wait just a dad blame minute here mister you callin us dumb?"

"Well if the shoe fits I sure is."

"Well I think you are dumb for saying 'I sure is'."

"Why you little witch get out of here now."

"Come along Annie, he is an ass."

"No he called us dumb and he is dumber than a box of rocks."

"Miss move along before I call the coppers down here on you all for loitering around the pier. This is for business and paying folks that want to take a boat out."

"Come on woman, let's go."

She gives him an evil eye and walks off.

"Captain, did you see anything while you were messing with that poor man?"

"Yes Burt I did. There are two office buildings sitting on the west side of pier slots 45 and 44. I couldn't see what was around them. Someone needs to walk on the other side when coming down here and see what they find. Also there is a big warehouse to my left that looks like it hasn't been used in years. The windows are all broken and cracked and needs painting. The doors look like they might fall off any second."

"How in the hell did you spot all that? We took pictures at night with infrared cameras."

"I guess I have the eye for detail. There were also two speed boats beside pier slot 50 they were docked around the side. One was blue and silver with the numbers Y748321 Fl, the other was red and silver with the numbers Y848472 Fl."

"Yes ma'am I would say you surely do. Anything else you noticed hawk-eye?"

"Not right off the bat but let's continue our walk and do a little shopping. Never know what you might pick up if you listen closely enough. I was trained in all these fields over and over not just by the FBI and CIA but by the toughest of them all, my dad Raymond Steele."

"Yes ma'am I know I have read your background and everything about you. You truly are a genius in all your fields not just here but with work and schooling. I have never met anyone that graduated at your age. Hell I had to take the ninth grade over cause I was flunking Algebra. I wasn't good at numbers until mom and dad got me a tutor to help me. After that I sailed through high school and college and graduated with a 4.0 GPA. I am sure yours was higher."

"Yeah it was but if you want to know go back and read more about me. There is a lot that has been added in the last year."

"I just might take you up on that and do it."

"Come on, let's go see what this shop has to offer. Keep your eyes and ears open."

"Gotcha."

They walked into the little quaint nautical shop and started looking around. She saw lighthouse statues and photos. They saw old oars, fishing nets on the ceiling. Old boat wheel that looked to be a hundred years old still had seaweed wrapped around it and the paint was peeling off.

"Sugar come here and look at these blankets. I bet your grandma would like one. I know my mom would."

She looked at him skeptically trying to figure out what he was doing. Then she realized it was a signal to come closer.

"Yes honey, did you say you found some blankets?"

"Yes and they have boats, fishermen and all kinds of nautical sayings on them."

As she got closer she could see a man and a woman around the corner talking but couldn't make out what they were saying. She needed to get closer. She motioned for Burt to move to his left.

"Honey oh my goodness I love this one here with all the nautical sayings. Grandma will love this since she always went fishing with grandpa you know."

"Yeah I know and this one will be perfect for mom with the lighthouses on it and dad I think he would like this big throw here with all types of fish on it. Come closer and look at it."

She walked over to his left and looked at the throw and saw all types of fish. You name them they were on the throw and it looked like the water was really flowing.

They continued to look at pick up blanket after blanket and then she spotted some seashells, large ones and small ones, some very beautiful in color.

They were close enough now to see and hear the couple talking but the couple couldn't see them because the shelves hid them.

"Leo when is this thing taking place? I am ready to get on that ship and head home. We have been away far too long and I miss my family."

"I know Roberta, we are supposed to meet with everyone tomorrow night because the ship The Candora will be here in two more days. We have to have the warehouse cleaned and fixed up so they can put the children they are bringing to the boss." he says looking around.

"Come let us purchase these items and get back to the warehouse. We are going to get food on the way back okay. There is a small deli called Sub Grub that makes fresh sub sandwiches. We will grab a few for now and tonight."

"Yes, yes I am hungry. What about all the other ones there? You know we have to feed everyone. They did give us money so we wouldn't tell or starve."

"Alright and yes you are right we will get a variety of sandwiches for all of us. I am guessing with all the men there we will need to double up on sandwiches."

"Yes we have twenty men so forty sandwiches for them and two each for us. We need forty four sandwiches damn that is a lot. What are we going to tell them when they ask questions about so many sandwiches?"

"That we are having a party and it is cheaper for us to carry them than have them delivered."

"My husband, you are so smart."

"Well yes now let us be gone from here."

They stay back a few minutes and wait until the couple walks out the door.

"Do you have boxes I can put these blankets in sir?"

"Yes ma'am right here."

"Thank you sir."

He rings up their merchandise and they pay and walk out the door. They are behind the couple but not too close. They know where they are going. Burt makes a call.

"Hello Agent Crankston speaking."

"Hey Robin, it's Jonas. Captain Trevelyan and some of us are out doing Reconnaissance work for our mission the same as y'all are and we need some help. Where are you and your group at right now?"

"We are walking down by the big waterfall on the eighth street."

"How close are you to a sub shop called Sub Grub? We have some of the perpetrators in our sights. They are either married or just a couple but not sure. We have overheard them talking about the ships coming in."

"We need someone else to follow them. They will be at the sub shop for a while. They are ordering forty four sub sandwiches for themselves and the assholes they are working with back at the warehouse at pier 44 and 45. We don't want them to spot us."

"I pulled it up on my phone. We are not but a block over. Charles, Cain, Belinda and I will take over from the sub shop. What are they wearing?"

"She has on a pink frilly top and blue jeans with holes in the knees and flip flops. He has on a tan tank top with blue shorts and sandals. They both are from another country but speak our language very well. Do not get too close to them once they get to pier 44 and 45. We do not want your cover blown. We just want to know what warehouse they are going in."

"Okay you got it. Alright we are just to the right of the sub entrance."

"Good luck to you all and keep out of sight. They both talk very loud so listen closely. By the way there is an asshole down there that ran us off cause we got too close to his crane. Take pictures and act silly like college kids would do. Talk soon."

"Yes sir will do and will report back as soon as they go in the warehouse. Tell Captain Trevelyan we have a bird's eye view."

"She says ten-four and watch your backs."

"Yes sir."

Ana and Burt walk around a bit more before they head to the hotel in the employee entrance as workers.

They make it up to her suite and as they are sitting down a few more agents are moseying in and sitting down some already there.

"Well, let's wait on the others. I know where Agent Crankston and group are and where Agent Steele and his group are. I know there are quite a few more but they will be coming in soon. It is lunch time and I for one am starving. We should have gotten subs for everyone Burt."

"Yeah well we can order some if they want them. If we had waited around getting them at the sub shop we would be there all night."

"Yeah I guess you are right but they shore did smell good. Oops my southern twang is coming out."

Everyone was laughing with her.

"That's alright Captain it's just a thang like we all say y'all no matter where we are at."

"You got that right hun."

Some more are drifting in and having a seat.

"Hello Captain Trevelyan speaking."

"Hello Captain this is Agent Saul Adams we are on the other side of the pier and we will be doing a video with you all at Headquarters since we are closer there and we are all starving. There are all of us here from last night except the ones with you and Robin's group."

"That is fine Adams just text when you all have eaten and we will talk then. Yes I know where Robin and her group are. They are doing Reconnaissance for me right now. After they arrive and I get the information I need I will text you for the video conference."

"Ten-four Captain."

"Alright let's order our food. I think I want a double cheeseburger with the works, an order of onion rings large and root beer float. Sounds good to y'all?"

"Yes but not the root beer float can't stand them."

Everyone got their food and ate. They all sat around talking.

"Alright for the ones that don't know we found some very interesting information out earlier about the ship coming in from Yemen. Agent Jonas and I were just window shopping and decided to go into this little Nautical Shop. As we were looking around we heard some people talking and they were not from the United States. Their speech was kinda garbled but we could make out what they were saying."

The Captain gave them time to digest what she said and she looked over at Agent Jonas and nodded for him to finish.

"As we got closer to the couple it was a man and a woman. They were dressed as tourists the same as we are. But what got our attention was the accent. Next thing they said put us on guard. We were not expecting to hear that they were working for the Sex Ring and waiting for the ship to come and get them and take them home."

"We also know that there are twenty two people in the warehouse. That includes the couple we were listening to and following. They order sub sandwiches for everyone. Now she is the only woman with all the men that we know of. Because when they were deciding how many subs to order the total people were twenty two."

"Captain, do they have any children in the warehouse?"

"None that we are aware of. They didn't say anything about children except for the Condora that is bringing children down from New York and New Jersey to go on the Tubor Carrier that is coming from Yemen."

"Hold your question until we finish. We have Agent Crankston and her group acting like college kids on vacation following the couple back to the pier and warehouse as we speak. They will let us know soon if there are children in the warehouse and if there are more men than we know of at the moment."

"Yes Agent Dawson?"

"You just answered my question sir."

"Yes ma'am I thought that was what you were going to ask."

"Alright now like Agent Jonas said we are waiting on word from Crankston on what is going on and what warehouse they are in. We will make plans as to whether to wait or take them down. Depending on the outcome of what Crankston reports back. I feel like we just go in and take them down tonight under the cover of darkness."

"Won't there be guards posted around them?"

"I don't think so. From what the couple was saying they are all there to keep the warehouse clean and spotless for when they bring the children. Neither of them said they were being guarded or did I see any guards when we were at the pier earlier. We are not taking any chances. We do not know if they are armed or just cleaning crews for the bitch and waiting for her to show."

"So Captain, if we go in and take them down want they get suspicious that no one is there when they come to check on the warehouse occupants?"

"No, because the leader won't be here until the two ships are docked. So you see Agent Donovan no one will be the wiser. We take the ones in the warehouse out and take them to Headquarters. Then when the ships dock and Sex Trafficking Queen Slovenia Padres shows herself then and only then will we proceed with our plans to take them down once and for all."

"I see now what you are saying, Captain."

Her phone is ringing.

"Hello Captain Trevelyan speaking."

"Hey Captain this Agent Crankston ma'am."

"What did you and your group find out Agent Crankston?"

"Captain, they are at the warehouse right in front of pier slot 46. The building is blue with a tan roof and the sides of the building have tan stripes. The paint is peeling and cracked. The building is old and all the windows have been broken and the door is falling in. Looks like no one has been around there in years."

"Good work Agent Cranston that is the same building we saw when we were at the pier. Did you notice any guards hanging around outside the building? Did any of the occupants come outside? Trying to get a feel of what we will be going up against."

"Captain there were no guards and a few of the men walked out to help carry the bags of food in. They were average size men, none were really big men like our agents. That's the only way I can describe them. They are from another country though. I am fluent in different languages and they speak Arabic. Captain, we are back at the hotel and coming up the elevator in a few minutes. I will tell you what they spoke of when we get there if that is alright with you?"

"Yes Crankston that is fine. See you all in a few minutes."

"Well that was Agent Crankston and she has more information to share. They will be here very soon."

They all sat and waited for the agents to get off the elevator and find out what they will be up against if they decide to take the people in the building tonight.

"Come in all of you and have a seat. I need to get in touch with the rest of the agents on a video call so we will all be on the same page."

"Who are we waiting for Captain?"

"We are all here for now. Agent Steele and Agent Adams and their groups are at Headquarters as they were closer there than coming back here. So we will video conference with them in a few moments. I have text Adams and Steele."

Incoming video conference calls.

"Hello this is Agents Steele and Adams we are ready Captain Trevelyan."

"Hello everyone. Can you see all of us? We are on the big screen."

"Yes Captain we can."

"Alright now Agent Crankston and myself have some very important information we need to share with everyone and decide whether or not to make a plan and carry it out tonight."

"What new information did you find Captain and Agent Crankston?"

"Agent Steele as you know we all decided to go as groups to do some Reconnaissance around town and down by the pier to see if we found anything suspicious or out of the ordinary. Well Agent Jonas and I were out walking with our group and we went down to the pier acting like college kids. One guy down there was rude and made us all leave. We saw offices by pier 44 and 45. An old warehouse that looked liked it hadn't been used in years. The windows were broken and the door was hanging."

"We left there and decided to check out this little nautical shop and a good thing we did. We found information on the ships coming in and where this couple was staying and why. How many people were with them? They were talking about the warehouse and they needed to get back to it. They had to order food for the people that were there at the warehouse waiting on them. From our understanding there are twenty two people including the couple we followed for a little while."

"As the couple got closer to the sub station where they were getting their food. I called Agent Crankston and asked how close they were to the shop. She said just around the block from it. So we told them what they looked like and they took over following them. Agent Crankston can fill in the rest for us."

"Alright Agent Crankston."

"Captain Trevelyan yes ma'am we followed them as they made their way back to the warehouse and it is right in front of pier slot 45. Some of the men came outside to help carry the bags of food back into the warehouse. The ones that came outside were not American as the couple was not American."

They were all inside talking amongst themselves and as I told the Captain I am fluent in many languages the same as she is. They were waiting on the ship to come and carry them all back home to Yemen. They had to clean and keep the warehouse spotless for when the Candora ship from up east in New York and New Jersey arrives in two days. They said they needed to prepare for the children to be comfortable for two days before the ship left for Yemen."

"So Agent Crankston they are not preparing to load the containers with the children for two days?"

"Sir, they are not going to be loading the children in containers like they were going to do in New York and New Jersey. They have been working nights down here at the docks after everyone goes home. There have been a lot of welding containers and rigging them together to use at night to take the children off the ship. They are not preparing to do anything but lead the children through the tunnel to the warehouse and wait until the boss of the Sex Trafficking Ring Queen Slovenia Padres arrives from her home two days later. I do not know where she lives, they did not say."

"How in heaven's name are they going to do that?"

"Captain, they are cutting the backs off each container and welding them together so they can move the children that way. No one will be the wiser because no one will know they are leading them through like a tunnel ma'am."

"Oh my god. They are going to line the containers up close to the ship Candora so they can hide the children coming off. Then I imagine they are going to lead them through a maze because they can not have lines of containers blocking the docks. Am I right?"

"Yes Captain, you are exactly right. They said they were going to set them out after everyone went home at night. They said they would arrange them back to back, side to side so no one would see the openings."

"Well I be damn. Captain Trevelyan, what was your plan to take these workers in tonight?"

"Agent Steele and everyone else I think we should have some agents go undercover later after it gets dark. Walk down to the pier and make sure they don't have guards standing outside the warehouse or near the two offices at pier slots 44, 45 and 46. That is where the warehouse is located and the offices."

"So Captain you want to go in tonight and take them out of there correct?"

"Yes sir I think the sooner the better if there are no guards. They are setting the containers up. All we have to do is disguise some of our agents as their workers to lead the children through the tunnels and right outside of the pier. We will have doctors and nurses waiting to carry the children to the hospital to have them checked out."

She sits there looking at her father and all the agents waiting on their responses.

"One problem with that Captain."

"Yes sir?"

"Homeland Security needs to be involved."

"Yes sir and they are. I have already spoken to them about my plan. They will be here in a few minutes sir."

"You have everything figured out as you always do, daughter of mine."

"Yes dad I try to."

"Try to hell with trying you already do if you have Homeland involved and I am sure the Coast Guard too."

"Yes sir. Let's wait and see what they say sir."

"Very well. Now while we wait on the agents I think now would be the perfect time to start with our plans for the take down. Any ideas on how to do this?"

"I think we should do as I mentioned earlier, have some of the agents take a walk down by the pier. They need dark clothes that are loose so they can hide their guns on themselves in case they run into problems and use silencers so they will not make any noise."

"I know I have read all of your backgrounds as has the Captain and a lot of you are from her team. I know a lot of you helped today doing Reconnaissance around town and the pier. I just want to thank each of you and you, especially Agent Jonas for taking care of my daughter, our Captain."

"No thank you needed sir. That young lady can hold her own sir. It was exciting to watch her in action today down at the pier trying to get us as close as possible to our targets."

"My dear child you are going to have another agent leave his home and follow you and your teams it sounds like."

"I just do my job the same as every agent dad. I don't ask them to do anything I wouldn't do."

"Yes Agent Steele I would be proud to follow our Captain but I have heard from her she is going to retire again this time for good. She wants to run her business, her charities, the homes they are providing for people in need and so forth. But just know that I will be on her team until she does retire sir."

"Spoken like a true agent son."

"Yes sir that I am and I know we are going to Texas as soon as this is over."

"Yes we are."

The doors of the elevator opens and out steps Homeland Security, Coast Guard and Customs Agents.

"Hello everyone, have a seat. Thank you Captain Trevelyan for inviting all of us to this plan to take down some people that are helping the Queen of the Sex Ring."

"Welcome Deputy Prince, Agent Wilson, Agent Brandon Nader, Captain Brinkley, Commander Stovall and Director Echols. I am very glad you all decided to be a part of this plan. I hope you like how I have planned it out. Your opinions are very important to this case."

"Thank you Captain Trevelyan and we will listen to you and everyone else that has something to say or to add to this mission. Yes, we will give you our opinions."

"Thank you Director Echols."

"Now Captain Trevelyan, when are you planning on doing this night mission? Do you have enough agents and have you sent out any agents to search the pier to look for anything suspicious?"

"Director Echols we have here in the room and at Headquarters over two hundred agents sir. There are twenty two people in the warehouse that we know of because we were following them today as they ordered food for everyone. We do not know for sure if there are anymore but that is all we know at the moment. We do know there are no children because they are waiting on the ship Candora to dock so they can remove the children from the ship to the warehouse."

"They are all waiting to go home to Yemen when their ship The Tubor Carrier sets sail for Yemen. Sir we were waiting on all of you to see if you want me to send my agents or if you want to send some of the agents from Homeland Security with our agents to search the pier and look at the warehouse."

"Thank you Captain but that won't be necessary you can send whomever you would like to Captain."

"Thank you sir."

"Agents Steele, Adams, James, Freeman, Eaves, Preston,Tames, Smith, Stranger, Osmond, Cruz, Morris, Mcknight, Tomlin, Thatcher, Breman, Rodes, Dobbins, Truman, Boone, Rivers and Cain. Since y'all are already close to the docks and the pier I would like for each of you to put on loose black clothing so you can conceal your gun. You all need your silencers in case you have to use them. We do not want to attract attention to ourselves."

"I need you all to get as close to the warehouse as possible without being seen. Listen with your ears wide open. We do not want to lose anyone. All of you speak Arabic so you should be able to understand what they are saying. Their English is broken up so listen closely to them if they are talking. Look for any weapons and make a note of what they are."

"Yes ma'am Captain."

"Just watch your sixes and report back as soon as you can. We would like to get this mission done tonight and the workers out of the way."

"Yes Captain ten-four."

"One moment everyone. I am not sure how many of you know this but we have an agent that has been missing now for over a month. We do not know if Slovenia Padres who is the Boss now that her father has been killed. We don't know if she had our agent killed or had him tied up in one of the warehouse down on the pier. His name is Cameron Johansson. So listen for that name. We want to find him but as of right now our priority is taking these people out of the warehouse first. Good luck and be safe all of you."

"That is all for now agents as the Director said be careful and good luck. We will be ready whenever you give the word Agent Steele."

"Yes Captain Trevelyan ten-four."

The screen goes dark.

"My goodness Annie Rose, you are on the ball. The Director told us you don't waste time when something needs to be done and done right."

"No sir I don't Time's A wastin is just wasting our time when we could be saving someone or bringing in criminals."

"Yes ma'am you are right."

"Gentlemen, would you like something to drink or eat? We have plenty and if not I will call the front desk."

"I will take a bottle of water, my throat is a little parched."

They all decided on water.

"Hopefully all this will be cleared up tonight and we can set everything up in two days to save the children."

"Now my dear, tell us how you plan on saving the children?"

"Well gentlemen the workers that are in the warehouse have been cutting the backs out of the containers and setting them in different ways sorta like a maze if you will. They are setting them back to back so no one will know they have big holes in them. They can not line them up as that will draw attention to them because containers do not sit in long lines on the dock only on the backside of the buildings so the cranes can pick them up."

She is waiting for them to say something.

"Continue please."

"They were planning on setting the containers close to the Candora when she docked so they could secretly move the children through the tunnel-like structure they have made and it would lead them straight to the warehouse."

"Keep going, I am waiting for you to tell me what you are going to do next. I am very intrigued, Captain."

She blushed and she knows she did.

They all chuckled.

"Well our plan is to take the children off the ship Candora and bring them through the tunnel and straight out the back to waiting buses with doctors and nurses to carry the children to the hospital to be checked out. No one will be the wiser as we have already heard that the Boss will not arrive until two days later. Sir, they were going to make those children stay in the warehouse for two days after they got here."

"Wow, I am impressed. Can we keep you down here Captain?"

"I am afraid not sir. You would have to fight my husband and family and besides when this and the Texas mission is over I am officially turning in everything sir. I am retiring and no one is calling me back in. I want to start my family and I can not do that doing this sirs."

"Yes Annie Rose we know."

"Oh my goodness when did you get in here sir?"

"When you were talking about saving the children my dear. No one has ever thought anything like that that I am aware of, have they gentlemen?"

"No sir, not to our knowledge. Now we know why you want her to stay."

"Yes, well you have heard she will not stay this time. I don't blame her. She has a husband, businesses and helping people who can not help themselves. She not only saves lives for all of us but she saves lives at home and abroad wherever she travels. She will be surely missed."

"Thank you sir. One question how is my family especially my husband?"

"Everyone is doing alright. Christian is hanging in there. We told him you are with the team and all the children doing reports and it is taking longer than expected but he is alright he has the family and Elliot."

"Christian has set up payment for all the children you saved back home. He has also started a charity in your mom's name at the hospital for helping with any child that needs it. He bought new clothes for all the children and flew all the parents in from all over to be with their child. He opened his house to our agents so they could call the parents. He fed everyone and helped as much as he could. He did a wonderful job."

"Elliot bless his heart he was a classic hospital clown making the children laugh and have a good time. They all stayed pretty busy even the grands, Gail, Jason and the security guys. You have nothing to worry about. I have kept him busy and he is in control right now."

"Thank you Uncle J."

"All in a day's work my dear all in a day's work."

They all laughed.

Her phone was ringing.

"Hello Captain Trevelyan speaking."

"Hello Captain, this is Agent Steele, put me on speaker please."

"Yes sir," and she did.

"Alright Agent Steele you are on speaker."

"Everyone listen up. We have searched the docks and the pier slots 44, 45 and 46. From what we have seen there is no one around and there are no guards at the warehouse all is quiet. It's like they all went to bed not long after we got here. We did not see but a few walking outside to smoke and neither of them were armed. They didn't look like they were waiting for any trouble to happen. They were just talking and joking and wanting to go home to Yemen after their ship came in. They said they had everything finished on the containers. They said they would set the containers out tomorrow night with cranes. They stole the keys from three crane operators and had copies made. That is how they were able to move them around."

"Well I'll be damned. Agent Steele do you think it is feasible to continue with the mission tonight?"

"Yes Captain I surely do the sooner we get them out of sight the better it will be. Because when we take the children no one will know they are not in the warehouse for two more days and they will be safe."

"We do not want the ones in the warehouse to start getting antsy and wanting to go places when they were not supposed to have left today which I am glad they did. That helped us immensely."

"Very well sir I need for everyone to be in uniform with their Kevlar vest on and locked and loaded and meet us at the east side of the pier entrance in one hour."

"Yes Captain, we will be ready."

"Be careful sir and we will meet in one hour. I am bringing more men with me. We do not want to be caught off guard. I do not want to kill anyone. I hope we do not have to. I am praying they do not have any weapons inside the warehouse sir. We will meet at the east entrance and circle the warehouse with no way for anyone to escape. We will line them up, handcuff them and carry them to Headquarters. Any questions sir?"

"No Captain, all is very clear."

"Over and out Agent Steele."

Call ended.

"Alright everyone, Kevlar vest, uniform and locked and loaded. We will meet the teams in less than an hour on the east entrance of the pier. As I said we do not know if they are armed or what they might do when they see us. Be safe and careful everyone."

"Ten-four Captain, we will meet you here as soon as we are in uniform."

They walk out to the elevator all you can hear is a bunch of feet shuffling along and all is quiet.

"Captain Trevelyan godspeed and be careful little one."

"Yes sir, always Uncle J."

The teams are back and they are waiting on their Captain.

"Alright teams, let's move out and bring these scum down. That's what they are, they know what they are doing and don't care."

"Ten-four let's do it."

"Captain, I got your back, no heroics tonight. I am with you."

"Yes Donovan I hear ya."

"All of you be careful and watch yourselves and each other."

"Yes sir we will."

They all walk to the elevator and so many at a time get on and go down until they are all in the back of the hotel and walking to their destination double time to take down the scum.

They meet up with Steele and all the other agents. They look like they are going off to war with so many suits and men and women all in line waiting for orders.

"Agent Steele we are going to surround the warehouse with no possible way for anyone to escape. I want everyone to be ready for anything. Have your guns ready with the silencers on. We do not want to attract any attention."

"Yes Captain and I have four agents that are close to the warehouse keeping an eye on everything until we arrive."

"Very good sir. Shall we proceed ladies and gentlemen and take down some lowlifes?"

"Here, here ten-four."

They walk double time again to the docks and over to the warehouse. There is no one around outside.

"Surround the warehouse completely do not leave an open space for any of them to get through. As they come out grab one and cuff them immediately do not take any chances then search them with your gloves on do not take them off. If they try to resist, knock them out. We do not want any noise."

"Agents Morris, McKnight, Donovan and I will lead the way to the door. Everyone spread out around the warehouse tight. Elbows to elbows, feet to feet no escape for them."

They walk to the door and the agents make their circle tight around the warehouse. They have to be ghosts or Houdini to get by them.

"Morris let's make ourselves known shall we?"

"Yes Captain."

"You inside the warehouse come out with your hands up. You are surrounded by no way to escape. This is the F.B.I. and Homeland Security. You all are under arrest."

They hear talking and shuffling. People screaming and bitching. They see them walking toward the door.

"Do not take any chances any of you."

"Come on out all of you with your hands above your heads and don't make any fast moves. We do not want to kill anyone."

They hear laughing and talking.

"Quiet all of you. Get out here now. We know how many there are of you so do not try to hide we will find you."

They walk out and each one is handcuffed and led away.

"There are nine more men and the woman has not come out either."

"I will not say this again, come out with your hands above your heads now."

More walk out and are handcuffed, a few fight and they are rendered unconscious.

"There are four more of you and one lady come out now. Hands above your heads."

The rest walk out and the woman is the last to be seen. She looks around and stares at the Captain and the other agent. She makes a run for it but the Captain brings her down.

"I told you no escaping and I am good at my word. Is there anyone else in there? I need to know this because the warehouse will be torched as soon as we leave. So if anyone is in there they will not be saved."

"No one is in there, just food and clothes."

"Thank you for not lying to me. I would hate like hell to burn your friends up."

"Brody, you and Tomlin go and check the warehouse and make sure no one is in there."

"Yes Captain."

She cuffs her and pushes her to Donovan.

"Take her to the bus."

"Yes Captain."

The woman looks at the Captain.

"She is your Captain? Are you crazy? A woman can not be a Captain. We answer to men, not women."

"Well she is. No, we are not crazy. Yes a woman can be a Captain or anything she wants to be. We are not in your country so we do not answer to men like you women are forced to do. Now move along."

"She will know we are not there."

"Who is she and how will she know?"

"Our boss and she will be here after the ship from up east arrives."

"Who is your boss?"

"I have said too much."

'Damn she clammed up too soon. No matter what, Captain Trevelyan will get out of her.' Paula said to herself.

"Get in line with the rest of them and get on the bus."

They walk the prisoners to the bus very quietly. No one is fighting or trying to run. Not after they saw some of their comrades knocked out for trying to get away.

They got them all on the bus and now they are on their way to Headquarters. They pull up in front of a big brick building with the words across it that says. Federal Bureau of Investigation. In bold white letters.

"You are taking us there?"one of the men asked.

"Yes sir, we told you who we were when we announced ourselves. We are F.B.I. Agents and Homeland Security."

"Now please follow each other to the door that is opening in front of you as you get off the bus. Please do not try anything we do not want to have to run you down."

They all stood up and followed each other off the bus and through the door that was opening for them. They walked single file down the long hall to a row of doors that were opening on both sides.

"Three men to a room. You all are under arrest as we arrested each of you on the bus and read you your rights. As I said anything you say can and will be used against you. Just remember that and in you go and have a seat. Someone will be with you all very soon. There are water bottles help yourselves if you are thirsty.

As they got down to the last room the woman had a room to herself.

"How long are we going to be here?"

"For quite a while, for quite a while."

"That is not an answer."

"Well it is the only one you are getting at the moment. There are a lot of you and we have to process each of you. So make yourself comfortable and there is water if you get thirsty. I will be back later."

"Who are you?"

"I am Captain Trevelyan of the F.B.I. any other questions?"

"No ma'am."

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Thank you all and that's it for this chapter. I know there wasn't any action but we will be getting there in the following chapter. This chapter was the planning part and the take down of the lowlifes and we did.

I don't know if any of you have ever been to the docks where they load containers on the ships from the container yard. It is chaotic and there are containers sitting everywhere. Some on top of each other, a lot of them on the ground waiting in rows and rows. I am using my Imagination and moving the containers around in order to save the children and not cause a lot of problems. The containers will be moved back to their places after the children are gone to the hospital.

Chapter 35 will be along soon. I am trying to finish chapter 19 of "From The Smoky Mountains To Cambridge And Back"

Thank you,

Linda ( octobermist11)