Dark as Daylight Ch. 03

"How very gallant of you."

"I'll have to make sure you are clean when we have anal sex, so it's no big deal."

"Can I tell you something about you, and me, and anal sex, before you start courting me?"

"Of course, it will help resolve our parameters in advance. You want 10 kids. I only want seven. I will accede to your 10, as long as we have anal sex."

"Listen closely Andrew; you and I will never have anal sex. I will never be able to control my bowels if you stick that snake of yours up there. You may have seen bigger men do it in porn films, but it's not going to happen with us."

"Okay."

"What's the penalty for smacking you?"

"I haven't thought one up, because no one's ever dare do it."

"Andrew look at me."

He did, and she smacked him.

"I just thought up the penalty for smacking me."

"According to the U.S. Constitution no laws can take effect ex post facto. I'm safe."

"We're in Boston; they didn't sign the Constitution here." He smacked her on the ass, forgetting about his strength. She screamed, grabbed her ass, and rolled off him. She screamed again as she fell off his body. They were pulled apart, and were now disconnected.

Kathy grabbed her vagina and screamed at him.

"You better teach that snake of yours manners. It bites on the way in and on the way out. If it bites me one more time, I am going to bite it back."

Andy grabbed her and sat her on his chest.

"Tell me truthfully little girl, how do you feel?"

"Can we do it again after dinner?"

"Really, you really want to do it again?"

"Andrew, what you're forgetting is who is in charge of that snake. If it was a man like Randall, I would kill myself before he touched me again. Many of those women you approached have had men like him approach them before. That's why they would not give you a chance. I don't know how you act outside this room, and I don't want to. While you are here, with me, in this room, you are a kind and gentle soul. I have never had an orgasm with Randall. I've had so many tonight I lost count. You are very talented with your tongue, hands, and definitely that wonderful snake of yours. What was the name of that town again, Moosick? When this thing is over, I may consider moving there."

"If you're going there you better pronounce it right, because the people get very upset with you foreigners that constantly pronounce it wrong. It's 'Hoosick.' It's up the road from Pitts, across the river from Albany, and Rensselaer, and downwind from the Moog. We even have roads, and electricity. We are working on indoor plumbing."

"Can I take you up on your statement where you said, "I'm rich, we can buy an island, and walk around naked all the time. If I have to worry about indoor plumbing, I might as well worry about it in a tropical climate, and not worry about it in 100 inches of snow, in upstate New York."

"I would have to take my family with me."

"That's fine with me, as long as they are as naked as I am."

"Somehow I think that's going to be a problem for my grandmother."

"I'll bet your grandmother is no problem. It will be your mother and her sisters that is the problem. Can we eat dinner now? You have to wait 30 minutes after you eat to have sex."

"I thought that was swimming."

"An old wives' tale, debunked years ago. It's true, however, when it comes to sex."

"Okay, you may serve me dinner in bed."

"I'll be dining alfresco on the floor. I'm not making love with crumbs on the bed."

"We could change the sheets."

"Was that a 'We' as in me, or a we as in 'Us'?"

"Missy I live alone, I change my own sheets, once a year."

"Let's eat, before you waste away before my eyes."

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"Thank you very much Mr. Smallwood, you have fulfilled your side of the bargain. We are going to give you an injection now to put you to sleep for the rest of the evening. Tomorrow morning you will accompany us to your bank. Two of my men will accompany you into the vault. Vault personnel will remove the three boxes and bring them into a private room. You will give Kathy's pictures and her passport to Simon immediately. If you have any other pictures of her I want to know about it now."

"No Colonel, those are the only pictures I have of her in that condition."

"Bring everything back here where it will be distributed properly. Make no mistake Mr. Smallwood, if you make the slightest sign at the bank that you are in trouble, and my men have to react with ultimate force, you will die, along with your children. Your wife will be taken captive, and used as a whore. I will place her in the house of a drug dealer I know, who will not treat her properly. Don't make me do this, even I find it repugnant."

"I will cause you no problems in the morning sir."

"Good, give him just enough to have him sleep until six or 7 o'clock in the morning. He has to look good going into the bank."

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10 AM The Following Day

Kathy was in her room packing for her trip to Switzerland, as the Colonel entered her room.

"Good morning Kathy, you look positively radiant."

"Thank you Colonel, I feel the way I look. Andrew is a wonderful man, and we've decided, when this business of yours is over, that we are going to get together in that town of his in upstate New York."

"It's going to happen much sooner than that. I had a feeling you two would hit it off. Before I start let me give you these. He swears there are no duplicates, and my men have not looked at them. I have looked at the top one just to verify what was in there. If you wish I can take them into the kitchen and burn them for you, or you can burn them yourself."

"Colonel, I am ashamed to look at them. Could you burn them for me without looking?"

"I will be right back."

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"The pictures are part of your past Kathy. They can no longer hurt you. Now for the business I came in here to talk to you about. You are not going to Switzerland. I wanted you to pack as many clothes as you could for a long trip. Your car will be in the long term parking lot at Logan. Someone will be on board the aircraft matching your description. While the mob goes on a wild goose chase looking for you and Randall, you will be safe and sound in upstate New York, with Andy.

I need your deed and title to the house. I'm about to buy it from you for cash, in the form of a Quitclaim Deed. The current price for this home is $340,000. We will pay you $370,000. Our lawyer will be here this afternoon to make it legal. All the paperwork will be filed with the appropriate County and Local governments, which will make them think Randall is on the lamb. This will work greatly to my advantage."

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"Jason did our 10 businessman have breakfast at Molly's this morning?"

"Yes sir, they are enroute now. The subject had breakfast there this morning." "Very good.

"Mister Smallwood come with me.

They walked out the rear sliding glass doors where four men with picks and shovels were preparing to work.

Smallwood panicked immediately.

"That's the reason I brought you out here. I didn't want you to panic. As you can see they have four packing boxes laid out end to end. We just purchased this house from Kathy. A family of our choosing is going to move in and protect that money. The boxes are 20 inches deep, which means they have to dig down at least 28 inches and square off the bottom to have the boxes sit cleanly. So just relax Mister Smallwood, this is for the money, not for you."

"Thank you Colonel, I nearly had a heart attack."

"We are not finished with you Mister Smallwood, not by a long shot. The banks want to know how you were able to break by their ciphers and their firewalls so easily and steal their money."

"Repetition Colonel, repetition. There are billions of words they could use in their firewalls, billions of numerical algorithms, but it always comes down to people, and people are predictable the president of the bank has access to everything, and over the course of a year he may change his password 50 times. He should change his password 50 times a month, and never use the same password twice. He should keep a dictionary in his drawer, pick a word, highlight it, put a tab in the page, and change his password. It takes all of one minute, and it keeps people like me out of their business. When he leaves the office he locks that draw so nobody can get into it. A $30 dictionary puts people like me out of business."

"It can't possibly be that easy."

"Get one of your larger banks to do an in-house test. Get their best geek and tell them to break into the mainframe . He already knows how to protect it, now let him attack it, because he knows its weak points. I bet you never thought about the president's password."

"It's something I never would have thought about."

"That's because you're not a thief Colonel. I was drawn into it because of the lure of money."

"Go back into your bedroom and close the door. Give a holler when you get hungry."

"Thank you Colonel, have you thought about where you might send my family?"

"A friend has a private island in the Caribbean. Your family will be rushed West to Connecticut, then south to New Orleans south again to Honduras, where the plane will return to the United States. Another plane will take them to Antigua, and then by boat to the island."

"Thank you Colonel, thank you for protecting them. They mean the world to me."

A group of men walked in the front door, and stood at attention as soon as they saw the Colonel.

"At ease men, it's good to see you all again."

"Thank you Colonel."

"Report Steven."

"Sir, Molly's is no ordinary restaurant. The windows start 30 inches above the floor, and proceed to a height of 90 inches. They look like they are tinted for sun protection, but they are not. They are at least 80 mm thick polycarbonate based, elastomeric, shatterproof, bullet resistant windows. Since we figured your target was going to be in that building, we managed to plant Sound Strip Charges between the edge of each table up against the windows. If we act quickly, no one will ever notice they are there. There are four rifle positions in the front, and three in the rear. However, I have a feeling there is an underground passage out of there also. Your friend would never expose himself by stepping out into the street, even if he was stunned. I would suggest getting my hands on a long-term kitchen employee and making him understand only of them would live to see the next day."

"Excellent report Steven. How are the explosives rigged to go; in series or in parallel?"

"Mickey's table was reserved, and it is the center table by the window. It would mean he eats at that particular table every time he shows up. I rigged the explosives to go off in series, two at a time, from the furthest point in the restaurant, working towards his table. He would have no place to run, until the explosions stop."

"What type flooring does the restaurant have?"

"Concrete with a slip resistant finish."

"What sits below the glass?"

"Due to the sheer weight of the bullet resistant glass, it would have to be at least 25,000 psi steel reinforced concrete. You would need an antitank weapon to blast a hole through that stuff."

"And your problem is...?"

"The cars parked along the street."

"Construction cones."

"When?"

"Three days."

"I'm going to need a food delivery truck, and a bunch of other shit to pull this off. It's nice working with you again Colonel. You always give so much time to pull off one of your miracles."

"Why do you think you were called?"

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"Colonel, Kathy just told me I'm driving her home. You are kicking me of the team?"

"I'm doing no such thing Andy. You are an integral part of this operation. Did she tell you the whole thing?"

"Why don't you tell me so I know what's going on. I don't want to leave my brothers in arms, when there's a fight coming."

"Andy, I have more than enough men for the fight we are about to enter. What we are entering is the subterfuge stage to throw the mob off Kathy's scent. I want them to look to the east, while she is safely in the west, protected by you.

When they believe Mister Smallwood has run away with his mistress, they will check his credit card purchases, and see Kathy is on her way to Geneva. They will also see Randall is on his way to the Caribbean, then to Africa, where he will disappear.

They will send people to look for Kathy, in Switzerland, believing the two of them will eventually meet up. They will find no Kathy in Switzerland, or any place else. She just disappeared.

Kathy sold her house to us, so she will not be here. Our lawyers will make sure that her accounts are changed from her name to numbered accounts, and she will become invisible in the United States. Friends will change her, Social Security number, and all her academic achievements will be put in her new name. Your job is the most important. You have to keep her safe. Randall knows more about their operations than any other man besides Flynn. When Flynn finds out Mr. Smallwood is missing, all hell is going to break loose. Mickey will send his men here to look for her, and find our lawyer here instead. He will show them the Quitclaim Deed, and then they will run over to his wife and interrogate her. She will be devastated, and no help to them at all."

While they are chasing their tails, we will be getting closer the people who tried to bring down our spacecraft. One by one they will all pay the ultimate price.

You have to make sure Kathy doesn't, because of her association with Randall. They will assume she knows everything, while she knows nothing about his business operations at all. Do you understand now?"

"I still think I'm getting the better end of the deal."

"You're not Andy, I am. I get to put a hole into these malicious assholes heads, because they refused to see the future."

"When do you want me to leave with her?"

"Right after you go out and buy a Range Rover."

"Why would I want a piece of shit like a Range Rover? They are a box on wheels. Their wind resistance is God awful, and they are only for pansies who want to show off."

"I must tell William what you said about his favorite kind of car. What kind of vehicle do you want to buy?"

"A GMC 3500, of course. If you want to go through snow, there is nothing better than a Jimmy. You want to pull down the tree, you pull it out with a Jimmy. Now that I have to protect Kathy, I'll have to get the extended cab to do a great job of keeping her covered."

"Someone find him a GMC dealership so he can buy a truck. I'm getting ready to perform a marriage ceremony."

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"Mister Smallwood, it's 5 PM, and where leaving at 6 PM to do a reconnaissance run. If you want to eat something, now is the time."

"Thank you Colonel, I am hungry."

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He was sitting down eating a sandwich, when Kathy entered the kitchen to get a bottle of cold water. She didn't see him, until she turned to leave.

"Hello Kathy, the Colonel told me he burned the pictures. I can't tell you how many times I wanted to burn them, but I was afraid you would leave me if I did."

"I would have dropped you like a bad habit Randall. All you did was debase me. The money you gave me was to assuage your guilty mind. You couldn't think of more mean ways to hurt me, between your daily visits. You walked in, there was no foreplay, and you forced your way into me. It made you feel like more of a man, and me like a whore.

Yesterday and this morning, I met a real man. He was over three times your weight, and four times your manhood. We had fun, and though it hurt when he entered me, it was not a mean hurt. It was just a hurt because of his size. As we played and talked and made love, I was able to take all of him inside me. I must have had 20 orgasms between yesterday and today. I never had one with you."

"You must have, what was all the screaming about?"

"You idiot, you were hurting me, and I couldn't stand the pain."

"I am so sorry. I was reading all your signs wrong. You were still the same young girl I took advantage of, and not the woman I thought you grew up to be."

"How could I possibly grow up? I was never allowed to date anyone but you. At 18, I had to move into this house. I had to take all my college courses online, so I never saw another human being my age. You came here every day and tormented me for two hours. As soon as you left I went into the shower and with the hottest water I could stand, and scrubbed you off me. Then I went back to my studies to forget you. I think that's why I did so well. I used everything in my power to block you from my memory. Goodbye Randall, I hope the Colonel gives you what you rightfully deserve."

The Colonel called him from outside. "Mister Smallwood, there are three packages of green tape sitting on the counter, would you bring them to me please?"

Randall picked them up and walked outside. He saw that the hole was completed, and the top of the boxes with the money in them were still open.

Lucius said, "My geniuses were going to close the boxes with plastic tape. It would be fine for a few weeks, maybe a month. Then the little rocks would eat away at it and moisture would get into the money. Not a very good idea. That's why you use this green cloth waterproof tape. Nothing can eat through it, and water stays out of the boxes."

Randall watched as they sealed each box, and a man jumped down into the hole.

What he didn't watch was Colonel Lucius C. Canyon move slightly behind him, place a silenced .32 caliber Beretta to the back of his skull and pull the trigger twice. There was hardly a sound. The birds never stopped chirping.

Randall's knees buckled. He never hit the ground. Arms grabbed him and dragged him forward. The man in the pit placed him face up and was pulled up out Randall's grave. Six bags of quicklime were emptied on top of Randall, and a hose was used to activate the mixture. Men carried the money into the house, while others shoveled the dirt back into the hole. They jumped up and down to make it as level as possible and then added the white pea gravel to match the surrounding area at the surrounding height. When they were finished you could not tell anything had been disturbed.

Message to W: Raising the temperature! Will boil over soon.

Message to L: W not available. Don't you dare get anything on my tie. J

Lucius laughed at the reply. He was sure, if he died in action, that Jemma would come after him, just to kill him again.

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"Colonel, the cook was as good as gold. He was right about the position of the exit from the kitchen down into the sewers. What he did not know, was 25 feet up from the exit there is a fake wall that looks exactly like the rest of the tunnel, but it is the entrance to a safe room. It is approximately 2000 ft.², and is fully stocked. Flynn could live down there for a month and never run out of food, or water. It is tied into the main electrical circuit for power, and has a backup generator. This guy thought is everything. Once he gets in there, there is no getting him out."

"Well, that works to our advantage. Instead of killing him outright, as I was going to do, let's let him into a safe room."

"Colonel that is crazy."

"I didn't say he wasn't going to have company, did I?"

"Gentlemen, why am I here?"

There was some mumbling among the group until one of the Jose's said, "You are here to kill the bad guys."

"Very good José, the rest of you owe me 100 push-ups."

Everyone groaned.

"Second question: Why are you here?"

Steven said, "That's easy, to take orders from you."