Eleven Days: An Unexpected Love (56 page)

"T
his
guy is called the Mission Impossible."

"Why?" asked Raymond. He thought
that
was
an extremely odd nickname.

"He changes
his
face and accents and he enjoys tormenting
his
victims and he likes to stalk them and toy
with
them before killing them. And Raymond because of
his
cunningness he has in the past been able to sway law enforcement to other suspects. He has even been known to dress up like a woman. One more thing, for some reason
his
record is blocked."

"What do you mean?"

"My guess it's a special team on t
his
case, and for some reason I don't have access to
his
records."

"What
would
be the reasons?"

"There are several reasons. One, there are some highly classified undercover agents involved. Two, there might be a leak and an agent is being investigated. Three, there are some big criminals involved."

"Wow, can you break in and get the information?" Raymond's ears perked up when Ken listed the reasons. He had just talked to Colby about the same thing. He knew he
would
have to get
with
Mike and Joe to discuss t
his
new bit of information.

"I'm working on
that
now."

"
That
's amazing and thanks Ken. And Ken I have one more favor."

"What's
that
?"

"Can you look into y
our crystal ball and tell me a
way to catch t
his
guy."

"You mean predict
his
future?"

"Yes."

"I'll do my best." He grinned from ear to ear
because he
was
so proud of t
his
new software.

"Thanks, I've got to call Sara." Raymond
was
in awe of t
his
program and he intended to have a talk
with
Ken about it later when he had more time.

Sara answered on the first ring. "Talk to me because I don't have anything for you."

"I have something amazing for you and you are to drop everything and find t
his
guy. First I want you to put someone you trust to find information on
Lana
."

"Who, n
ot who do I trust, but who do you want me to look up
, what name
?"
She
first thought Raymond
was
teasing, but then
she
dismissed t
his
because of the severity of the case.

"
His
name is Angelino Marquit."

"How did you get a name before me?"
She
would
have to have a long talk
with
Ken when they both had the time.

"I'll explain later and send me everything you have."

"I will and I'll have someone continue on Lana's stuff."

Colby heard the name and
was
already out in the SUV pulling everything up they had on him. He brought it in to Raymond.

Raymond looked it over and looked at Colby. "Who the hell is t
his
guy and why haven't we heard about him?" They all looked at
his
picture and were amazed
that
he didn't look like the picture from the airport. After he looked at t
his
picture, he knew why the FBI face recognition database didn't pick him out, and why they called him Mission Impossible.

*****

Slowly
Lana
tried opening
her
eyes and they were caked shut.
She
forced them open and
she
co
uld see some light
and the light
seemed
bright. Everything looked like a
blur, and
she
blinked the fog away.

She
had
difficulty
breathing
,
and the pain
was
excruciating in
her
left lower chest area. The beeping noise
drove
her
crazy and
she
wished someone
would
turn
off
the machine
. Mike
sat
in the chair next to
her
, sleeping. When
she
glanced around
she
realized
she
was
in a hospital. The room
was
white and sanitary
. Thank God
she
was
n't dying or
she
would
be put in the pretty room, the death room, a room like James'.

Her
mouth
seemed
so dry
she
couldn't say anything.
She
looked around for something to drink, but nothing
was
close by
her
.

She
mustered up every ounce of energy to get Mike's attention.
She
could just barely w
his
per. "Mike."

He didn't hear
her
,
she
tried again. "Mike."

He didn't stir.
She
tried to move a little bit, and
she
couldn't because the pain
was
too bad. Tubes and needles where poking out several areas of
her
body.
She
could see some bloody tubes coming out of
her
side.
What the hell happened to me
,
she
thought.
She
sure wished
she
could move because
she
could feel sweat under
her
body and it
was
uncomfortable.

About
that
time Mike's phone rang and he stirred. He pulled the phone out of
his
pocket to see who
was
calling.

She
managed a few words. "
That
damn phone."
Her
voice sounded weak, barely
audible.

Mike jumped up and ran to
her
. "Oh my God, baby you're awake." He immediately called for a nurse. "I'm so glad you're awake.
Do feel
okay? Do you need anything?"

The nurse walked in grinning.
She
checked
her
vitals and replaced
her
IV. "Welcome back, you scared us a few times
young lady
." The entire time
she
worked on
her
, Mike never let go of
her
hand. After the nurse checke
d
her
blood pressure and saw it had risen
she
asked
Lana
. "Are you in pain?"

Her
mouth
was
so dry
she
couldn't answer so
she
shook
her
head.
Lana
saw tears in
his
eyes, and
she
didn't know why. Why
would
her
baby be crying?

The nurse said. "We can fix
that
for you. It's good your feeling pain."
She
pulled a vial from
her
tray and put some medicine in
her
IV.

That
's easy for you to say
, thought
Lana
.

The nurse noticed
Lana
trying to lick
her
lips. "
Would
you like some ice chips?"

Lana
nodded yes.

When the nurse finished what
she
was
doing,
she
brought
Lana
some ice chips and told Mike. "Give
her
only a little bit at first we don't need
her
to get sick and tare
her
stitches. We'll check on
her
in a little bit, call if you need us."

Mike smiled and said. "Thank you and I will."

He laid
his
head on the bed next to
her
and cried like a baby.

Lana's hand reached over and touched
his
hair, and
she
was
confused why he
would
be crying. Then the pain medicine kicked in and then darkness.

*****

Mike watched the evening news and they talked about the two shootings and the prowler. They commented the woman staying at the house
had been
under Marshall protective custody
for months
. The newscaster said a marshal
was
a suspect
and
Lana
was
a witness. Mike just shook
his
head. He thought they
would
say anything for a story.

Raymond walked in the room and glanced at the TV, but ignored it. "Hi Mike, how is
Lana
?" He didn't know if it
was
his
imagination, but he thought
she
had some color in
her
face.

"Much better they just gave
her
a shot so
she
'll be o
ut for several hours. Hopefully you have some good news?
"

"I have some great news."

"What?"

"We have the name of the killer."

Mike just looked at Raymond in shock, total disbelief. A few hours ago they didn't even have DNA results. "What's
his
name?" Anger immediately rushed through
his
body.

"Angelino Marquit aka The Mission Impossible and he's a hit man."

"Who is he hired to kill?"

Raymond looked over at
Lana
to make sure
she
was
n't awake. Then he w
his
pered. "
Lana
."

"I've never heard of him. Who the hell is he and why is he called Mission Impossible, but most importantly why is he after
Lana
?"

"He is called
that
because he can disguise himself and he likes to toy
with
his
victims before he kills them, sound familiar? Mike, he can even dress up and pass as a woman, so be extremely careful for Lana's sake, and for your sake. You said yourself
that
t
his
guy liked toying
with
us."

"How did you find out
his
name?"

"Ken. They have a new software program
that
can find and predict killers and it's called MAD - mental assessment development."

"Are you kidding me? So
his
special computer is truly special."

"Yes it is."

Mike looked at Raymond as though t
his
was
a syfy show and t
his
was
all part of the script. "So how long have they had t
his
program?"

"We're their sixth case. It's still in the infancy stage and Ken had to get permission for us to use it. I have Sara and Ken continue to work to find more on t
his
guy. And Mike it gets worse."