Chapter 193 "Young Eagle"
Chapter 193 "Young Eagle"
Boom!Boom!
“Uh…huh…?”
Jay Hawke woke up amid the loud sirens and the violent shaking of the vehicle.
The Lincoln was still moving, and Hawke felt that he probably had a stiff neck from sleeping, and his whole body was aching.
Lying on his side, he tried to change his position to relieve the pain, but found that his hands were tied behind his back; it seemed that something was tied to his body, making him feel very uncomfortable.
The bodyguard who had taken him and Ashley to the back car was sitting next to them, holding a Glock 17 in his hand and looking back with a serious expression.
Hawke then recalled that he seemed to have been knocked unconscious by the bodyguard before getting in the car?
So...Ashley...? !
"Where's Ashley? Where did you take Ashley?!"
"Let me tell you, my family is related to the FBC. My father knows the chairman of the FBC!"
"If anything happens to me, all of you will be..."
"--Shut up!!!"
Before Hawke could finish his words, the bodyguard hit him with the butt of a rifle and sealed his mouth tightly with tape.
Behind the Lincoln sedan, a large group of police cars belonging to the APD (Amherst Police Department) were following, and there were several helicopters hovering in the sky.
However, because this was a downtown area, and because the intelligence mentioned that the kidnapping case involved the president's daughter, they did not dare to take any tough measures to stop the vehicle and could only keep a certain distance and chase it "slowly and steadily."
The bad times didn't last long, as the Lincoln sedan soon arrived at an intersection.
Just as he was about to turn, two police officers who had been waiting on the roadside for a long time suddenly appeared and threw out two rows of spike tapes.
Boom!Boom!
The sharp metal spikes punctured the four tires of the Lincoln sedan almost instantly; even though they were explosion-proof tires, the Lincoln sedan, which had been hit by the tire spikes for who knows how many times, finally couldn't hold on and was somewhat out of control.
After controlling the vehicle to do a tailspin and stop at a manhole cover, Baker, who was in the driver's seat, immediately opened the door and got out.
Using the angle formed by the vehicle and the building next to it as a cover, Baker didn't care about the pursuers behind him and hurriedly moved the manhole cover.
Hawke, who was still dizzy, was also carried down by the bodyguards like a chicken. He also used the Lincoln sedan as a cover and confronted a large number of police and agents on the street.
"Listen up, kidnappers on the other side! Release the hostages, everything can be negotiated! We will ensure your personal safety!"
“You have the opportunity to make the right choice. Now is your moment to take control of the situation!”
After hearing the police's call, the bodyguard simply zipped up Hawke's coat, exposing a circle of explosives tied to his stomach.
"Die, American pigs!"
"When you have paid off my retirement benefits and the pensions of my fallen comrades, we can talk about the hostage issue later!"
"Get the hell back now! Or I'll blow him to death!"
While the police were shouting at the kidnappers, the agents hidden among a large number of police officers were also keeping a close eye on the hostages.
Two of the agents saw that the person being pulled out of the car was Hawke and thought they had seen it wrong, so they narrowed their eyes:
"No, that's a fucking man, that's not the target."
"——There's no one else in the car; damn, where is the president's daughter? And who is the guy the kidnappers caught?!"
Seeing that the situation had changed, the agents still did not dare to act rashly and could only report the situation to their superiors first.
……
White House.
In the presidential office, President Graham sat alone at his desk, his chin supported by his hands and his brows furrowed.
It has been almost four hours since Ashley lost contact with her bodyguards. As an old father, how could he not be anxious?
After waiting anxiously for a while, the office door was finally opened and a plump and even obese man in a suit walked in.
It was his staff member and personal secretary.
President Graham immediately stood up and walked to the secretary, shook his hand and said, "How's the situation, Ryan? Have you found Ashley?!"
Seeing President Graham's anxious look, the secretary didn't know how to answer for a moment. He took a deep breath and shook his head.
"I'm sorry Mr. President, we haven't found it yet..."
"All surveillance cameras within a few kilometers of the UMass campus have been disconnected, and the investigation agency's database network has also been hacked. We don't even know where the young lady was taken..."
"But the only thing that is certain is that there are big problems with the lady's bodyguard group."
After hearing what the secretary said, President Graham just felt as if he had heard something, and responded subconsciously:
"What do you mean? Of course I know that her bodyguard group has a lot of problems!"
"With so many bodyguards protecting her, how could she be kidnapped in broad daylight? What are they doing?!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, he felt something was wrong, as if he had missed some details?
Ryan signaled President Graham to calm down, then took out a document from his arms and continued:
"We reviewed the lady's bodyguards and found that they were gradually employed six months ago, replacing the original group of bodyguards."
"Without exception, they are all veterans who have been escorting young ladies to and from school for several months."
Listening to the secretary's explanation, President Graham already had a bad feeling in his heart.
"And the kidnappers who are now driving a Lincoln sedan and holding hostages to confront the police and agents are none other than the lady's bodyguards."
Ryan's last words completely shattered all of President Graham's hopes and fantasies.
As a father, he had no idea that Ashley had changed her bodyguard, and his daughter never told him anything either.
He subconsciously thought that Ashley was kidnapped by outsiders, but in fact, the kidnappers were her bodyguards, the people around her!
Last time, the White House was attacked due to power outage, and this time, his daughter Ashley was kidnapped...
All signs indicate that there are big problems within the White House!
In just a moment, this truly powerful "eagle" father seemed to have aged another twenty years.
He left his secretary and paced around the office; although he was extremely anxious, he seemed calmer than ever at this moment.
Ryan was also quietly waiting for his decision. The only sound in the office was the sound of leather shoes tapping on the floor.
Maybe half a minute, maybe a minute; until at some point, President Graham stopped pacing, and his eyes, which had been dull, gradually became sharp.
"Impose martial law in Amherst and seal off all entrances and exits. Immediately have the USSS form a rescue team, codenamed 'Young Eagle'."
"If you still can't find Ashley after 20 hours, prepare for the worst."
"Also, don't let anyone in the White House know about this or interfere with it."
Secretary Ryan nodded immediately after receiving the order and left the office.
The door was closed and the office was silent for a long time before President Graham turned around and looked behind the desk at the two photos of Ashley when she was 18 years old placed in front of the window.
"Ashley, where the hell are you...?"
(This chapter needs to be improved)
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