TWISTED DESTINATION - TRIMVIRATE

CHAPTER 18

 

  MOZAMBIQUE, SOUTHERN AFRICA

  The all-time preoccupied restaurant seemed abandoned that night. Everything was wrong with its picture and Gabe couldn’t stop wondering that he was entering a trap.

  As a counter measure, he had created an anti-trap plan beforehand. Jessica, who was keeping Gabe’s mother hostage, was an impatient woman but Gabe was worth waiting for and she smiled when he entered.

  Gabe’s plan was to enter the restaurant carrying a very deadly gas. It would kill everybody within a 10 metres radius in less than 5 minutes. Ten metres radius was all he needed to reach everybody inside the restaurant after he closes the door. He would carry with him the antidote which he had already drank. After everybody starts to faint, he would take his mother and give the antidote to her. At last, he and his mother would leave unharmed. It was a failure proof plan.

  Jessica had a very tall man beside her. He had an oddly square shaped head, oddly shaped arms and his body reminded of physiculturists that never win the price nor are they fit for bodybuilding because of their odd bodies that don’t belong in either muscle worshipping contexts. He was overly intimidating, the kind you want on your side. Somehow he reminded him of Marcus. His eyes kept inspecting and scanning the surrounds looking for his mother in particular but also examining everything for any suspicious detail. His mother was nowhere to be seen so he shouted angrily.

  “Where is my mother?” He looked very little condescending with an infuriated look directed to Jessica.

  “She is waiting for her son to make the right choice. Did he do it?” She remained calm for she was in control and she knew he could do anything for his mother’s life.

  “I said ‘where is she’? I brought your fuckin notebook so where is my mother?”

  “Shut up, she’s fine.” Jessica made a short pause. “For now. Hand it over to me.”

  Gabe’s whole idea was useless for his mother wasn’t there. Besides, he didn’t even have any deadly gas anyway. He’s whole plan had been to pretend that he had. All he had was a kitchen gas container in his hands so he had no other choice but to give her the notebook. The man behind her went towards Gabe, who was almost pissing himself yet overly confident from the outside. He took the notebook, gave it to Jessica who thoroughly inspected it and confirmed its content.

  “Gabe, the truth is I never knew where she was! I saw a man kidnap her this morning and since I have all your phones tapped, I can hear all your calls. They didn’t call you to make any demands so after you escaped from the Sumer house, I had no other choice but to stall you. Good luck finding your mom honey.” And she left with her bodyguard.

  “Come back here Jessica. Where is my mother?” Gabe followed her in desperation. When he tried to touch her, the bodyguard grabbed his hand and threw him away. He knocked himself at the wall. After a few trial and error attempts to stand up since he was dizzied by the impact in his head, he got out of the restaurant, entered his car, and started to beat himself up on the steering-wheel when a voice in the car called his name.

  “Mr. Gabriel Freeman, follow the GPS instructions and you will know where your mother is.”

  “Who is this? – Gabe shouted. The voice didn’t respond. His GPS was showing how he would get into a place that was 1600 Km from Maputo. It was his mom‘s life at stake so he started his engine at full speed towards his father’s air-field. When he arrived, he entered one of the helicopters and headed north towards this island located at Cape Delgado called Ibo Island that he didn’t even know existed.

  He arrived an hour later. He was going as fast as he could. An hour and a few minutes later, he had arrived at the place where the GPS showed. Those were pentagon shaped ancient installations that reminded him of the CIA’s Headquarters in Langdon. At the GPS there was the place’s name in capital bold “Ibo Island Fortress” and he wondered why he never knew that place even existed.

  The installations were abandoned and possibly built 100 years ago but why would his mother’s kidnapper choose that place? About to enter, he heard what seemed to be a ship approaching but there was nothing to be seen. Had they drawn him out of the civilization to make a perfect assassination?