Chapter 21
A smile crossed Dennis’s face as he and his new partner climbed abroad the FBI private Gulf Stream G3 airplane to Washington D.C. After the airplane climbed to a cursing altitude, the flight attendant, Maria Françoise answered the telephone. Maria grudgingly woke Dennis from his short nap and said, “Sorry agent Peterson, the phone call is for you.”
“Is this Agent Dennis Peterson?” the mysterious caller inquired.
“This is, who is this?”
“You don’t know me, but you have something I want.”
“Who is this?”
“I hear that you are looking for a international terrorist named Martinez?”
Dennis felt apprehensive talking to a mysterious caller about a top secret mission. “I have no knowledge of what you’re talking about.”
“I know all about your mission agent Paterson. I am the international terrorist that you are looking for. You can call me Martinez. It has recently come to my attention that you are investigating the murder of a man named Kevin Spencer, aka Robert Banner.”
“The FBI doesn’t negotiate with known terrorists.”
“Dear Agent Dennis Peterson I am very well aware of your top secret case number 45327.”
Dennis quickly motioned Craig to pick up the other telephone line.
“I have a meeting with a Senator in two minutes. I am convinced that he will be very cooperative after I take the pleasure of torturing him.”
Dennis’s troubled mind was inundated with anxiety as his heart pounded and sweat trickled from his brow. A blank stare quickly crossed the agent’s face as he pondered, which senator Martinez was planning to kill and why?”
Dennis’s voice was enthralled with horror as he uttered, “We are onto you Martinez. We will soon be in Washington and we will enable your plans to kill a senator.”
“You're lying to Mr. Paterson. I know that you and agent Craig Holloway will not be landing at Dulles airport for another hour. I am sorry to say that you will be to late to save the senator.”
Dennis scratched his gray beard as he cast his blue eyes at agent Holloway ambiguously.
“What is the name of the Senator you are planning to assassinated Martinez?”
“Come now agent Dennis Paterson I thought that you and agent Craig Holloway would be much better adversary. It’s obvious to me that your not very smart. You still haven’t identify the Senator's name from the old picture you found aboard Kevin's boat.”
A perplexed look crossed Dennis’s face as he uttered,” how do you know we were on board Kevin’s boat”
I laughed a sinister laughed. “You fools; I know your every move. You're so inept you have no idea of my grand scheme.”
“You mean the treasure?” Dennis bodily stated “Yes, well it seam you might be a better nemesis then Kevin Spencer was. I wish you luck in impeding my plans to kill the senator and find the treasure before I do.”
“We are already on to you Martinez. We already know the initials of the Senator your planning to kill is J.A. It’s just a matter of time before we find you and put a bullet in your head. The guards at the national Capital building and the secret service have been notified. You will not get away with killing a Senator.”
“Good luck agent Paterson. Beware of my wrath if you try to hinder my plans for revenge. If you get in my way, you will suffer the same consequence of your old partner Roger Campbell.”
Sweat trickled down from Dennis’s brow as the phone suddenly went dead. his mind was filled with animosity as his thoughts drifted back to the last time he saw his friend and old partner Roger Campbell. Agent Paterson started to cry as memories of his old partner bleeding to death in his arms swirled in his troubled mind.