"She was picked up on a routine curfew violation 80 miles outside of city limits," the man said. "But the patrol discovered that she was in possession... of a small incendiary bomb. They were lucky to have come across her." All right, take her in for processing," the female voice said. "Put her in 59H in the military wing when you're finished." Irina heard a few items being passed back and forth between the two before she was tugged along once again. A few more sets of heavy-sounding doors opened. Taking two pairs of pantyhose from a drawer, Jason used them as gags for the couple and then as with Celeste he also taped their mouths shut with duct tape. When Jason got back to Celeste’s room she was alert again and struggling to set herself free. Walking to her bed and grabbing the girl by her long reddish brown hair he pulled her off the bed and began dragging her across the floor. Once he had her inside her parents room he dropped her to the floor and announced that if everyone done. Half an hour later a small and very old Kobekistani arrived who was presented to the Emir as the leading Russian speaker at the University of Kobek. He seemed very frightened to be in the presence of his Emir, and it took David several minutes to elicit the fact that the man did speak fluent Russian and English and that he could and would interpret for the meeting with a woman in purdah without asking too many questions and without gossiping later. The promise not to gossip, David quite rightly. As they neared the hospital, there were Sheriff's vehicles and two Winter Park police cars scattered near the hospital, not to mention Security's copter sitting on the back side of the lot, its big door open. Jeff almost smiled as he realized that this would be a good test of the camouflage suits in an urban environment, but then his frown returned as he worried about Caitlin.Jeff's escorting helicopter took up a position a half mile out to the west, so the two copters wouldn't be in each.
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