Project Blackthorne

Chapter 23 "The Rift Is Always Ready Are You?"

Team Blackthorne's luck seemed too be holding well as they had yet too be stopped by any road blocks whether it was the local police or the Secret Service. The Team also knew that there was a helping hand back at home in the Blackthorne underground faculty those hands were belonging too none other than Evie as she controlled every traffic light so the armor personnel carrier made all the green light without fail. Even as they made all the light there was the worry that a Secret Service surveillance chopper which was flying over the target area at regular intervals might lock onto their movements. Even with that in the back of your mind with Kiran Lively driving like an Indie race car driver who the Hell could actually keep up? Hannibal Sikes and Luther Tonaka were in turn suiting up into their battle gear making sure everything that they carried was in its proper place on each of their own battle rigs. Hannibal was checking the ammo in each of his weapons one right after the other. Luther was in his black BDU's dual automatics in shoulder rigs under each arm. A large bow with a quiver of arrows each with a different arrow head. Tucked in tightly beside the arrow pouch was Luther's family katana which had been paced down through at least ten generations  of the Tonaka family tree. Everyone who knew him had watched at one time or another as Luther would pluck a single hair from his own head  then toss it into the air draeing the ornate katana then slicing the single hair in half all in one fluid motion before the hair ever came close too hitting the ground. "Remember only knock about rounds against the Police or the Secret Service agents no matter the situation. Anything from the convoy which fires at you or at any innocent's is totally fair game." Jim Donovan conveyed too Hannibal and Luther who nodded in tandem already knowing what was expected of them.
But they were equally prepared too go hot if things went sideways giving them reason too drop any of the bad guys in short order. Jim Donovan spilled the rest of his mission perimeters while he and Sam Tyler suited up each gripping their own Jump Ball which was a tad bigger than your average billiards game ball. Both of the matching spheres appeared too weigh nothing each ball containing an ever moving luminous cloud lite in a nice soothing blue hue. Upon even closer inspection Sam would have said there appeared too be a churning blue cumulus cloud never standing still rolling inside the small sphere. Both Sam and Jim held onto their collective spheres as
if their very lives depended on it. Course the really even more uncomfortable thought for Jim and Sam was that it very well did. Sam stood close watching Jim as he began punching spots on the ball that light up when he touched them in a certain sequence. Upon closer observation Sam could see numbers light up under each place the tips of Jim's fingers touched. "I am programing a jump date into the ball. " Jim explained reaching out too Sam's Jump Ball then placed her index finger onto a specific spot on the balls surface. The number one light right up under her finger tip at Sam's touch. "For reasons I have yet too understand the number one is the top center of a numerical keyboard. So the keyboard will read four ,one , seven then the next line down five, two, then eight. Sam nodded her understanding her fingers already moving across the rounded keyboard with relative ease. "That would make the last row of numbers six, three then nine." Sam looked up at Jim smiling already pressing in todays date. "That means the zero is directly under the three key. It's like a set up I once worked with on a WMD the Defense Department was trying too make as standard equipment for speciality military nuke teams." Which Jim knew meant Weapon of Mass Destruction." Sam shook her head as she remembered the scary moments with that flipping large hunk of steel that could instantly atomized a city in the blink of an eye. "Damn thing was a three kiloton mobile delivery system. Scared the living shite out of me too be anywhere near the damn thing. The works were from China of all places looking like someone used a pair of tin snips too cut them out. " Sam said her eyes on the numbers as they appeared on the balls surface when she touched out the same date Jim had entered into his own ball. Sam looked back too Jim Donovan when she was done. "Ok ,so what's next?" she asked. "I have the tail end of the semi's in sight." Kiran Lively yelled out from the drivers seat. "How far out are we from the convention center?" Jim asked trying too calculate the number in his head. "Twenty five minutes give or take two minutes depending on the traffic we may encounter!" Luther Tonaka shot back as his oriental mind snapped out the equation faster than most computers could comput. "Crap!" Jim swore out loud too himself as he suddenly remembered something. "That only gives you guy's a ten minute window too work your magic." He said turning towards Luther and Hannibal. "I want you two on the ground ready too clean up anything we miss with what I have planned or if anyone happens too walk into this shindig with any kind of bad attitude. Kiran , I'll need you too stay by the transport but if need be you and Melody can backup Hannibal and Luther even go inside if the needs should call for it. Which I have my usual bad feeling that it probably will." Jim barked out orders as he punched in more numbers into his jump ball. Sam mirrored his finger strikes on hers as she watched Jim closely. Jim looked back too Sam when they had the timers set for for each of their own ball fir the next jump point. "Once you touch the go button the world around you will blur like you are moving at light speed. When it stops you will be on the opposite side of the road from me. You will only have seconds too move into action so do you want the front truck or the back?" he asked looking far more patient than Sam felt by far at this present moment. It was the unknown pucker factor that made Sam a good bit overly cautious. In lay man's terms or simple soldier speak it meant that anything at anytime can fuck up at any moment. Throughout Sam's military career  she had seen it happen far too much for her too be comfortable with. Sam had too be able too think on the fly in a fur bar situation so as every member of her team could came home safe. She thought for several seconds then simply shrugged her shoulders. "I guess the second one will do but what do you have in mind too do when we appear in opposite positions?" Jim Donovan smiled a wicked smile as he thought of his plan a second time around wondering himself if the damn fool plan is going too actually work. "Oh, believe me." he spoke slowly after only one heart beat speeding the cylinder checking the rounds in his Colt. "You will get the gist of it real quick." Sam did as Jim had just done a few seconds ago going through her own weapon's check when the armored troop carrier surged hard too the right. "Yo!" Kiran Lively called out from the driver's seat. "The first and second Hummer just made a hard left down East Drive while he rest of the convoy is still rolling forward." Jim Donovan rose too a standing position Sam Tyler following suit behind him. Jim and Sam both eyed the convoy then looked too the garage parking deck that they knew Alexic should already be posted in. If you looked hard enough the both of them could just make out a lone shadow standing on the second level looking back down at them from Alexic observation spot. Sam was about too inform Alexic of the sudden sitrep change when his voice broke across the com link. "Donovan," Alexic called out. "The First Hummer just took a right going away from the Convention Center at speed. I wanted too let you know I'll be going after that Hummer." Before Jim could reply Alexic's quarter shadowy image disappeared from his spot at the parking garage level. Jim would have preferred that at least one member of the Blackthorne team be able to go with Alexic in pursuit of the suv's but their main objective still remained too stop Singer's deadly toys at all costs before they could harm any of those guests here at the Convention Center first. "That would be the one carrying whoever is giving you those strange sensations." Jim replied too himself knowing from the sounds everyone could hear over the com link that Alexic was already moving at a good clip. Alexic made his way over too another car this happening too be a Mercedes S class series sport coup. When Alexic stepped up beside the racy black coup he placed his hand on the hood which instantly glowed a bright blue. After two seconds the German engineered engine revved into a sweet whispering hum then after another second the driver's side door popped open automatically. Alexic moved around to the driver's side but paused before getting into the car. "Donovan, I wish you and the rest of your team the best in your mission. Take them all out swiftly before they can hurt any innocent people." Alexic finished as he slid into the drivers seat spinning the tires as the sports coup made for the exit of the parking garage. "May you also find whatever you need Alexic." he heard Jim Donovan say inside his head but the background noise was a little confusing as it sounded as if he was jumping from a moving vehicle.