40-Fright Wave by Franklin W. Dixon

Author:Franklin W. Dixon [Dixon, Franklin W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780671020330
Amazon: 0671020331
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 1990-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The Big Deal raced toward Maui. Frank had the throttle wide open. Every time the boat hit a wave, the bow reared up out of the water and then crashed back down. Salt spray splashed the windshield.

Frank checked the fuel gauge. Almost empty. Barely enough to make it. If he had tried for Kahoolawe, he would have ended up stranded there with his brother and Jade. He glanced back at his two passengers, firmly tied up with the anchor line.

He pulled into the small marina in the harbor at Lahaina, ignoring the No Wake signs. He killed the engine and let the speedboat drift to the dock. He was already standing on the bow when it scraped against the pier. He jumped off and wrapped the bowline around a post.

"Hey, man!" a voice called out. "Where's our para-sail? You said you'd bring it back."

Frank turned and saw Mike Ahina, his brother Freddie behind him.

Frank nodded at the white speedboat with the red lightning bolt. "I got something almost as good," he replied. "The creeps that stole it."

Frank looked at the two hired thugs bound hand and foot on the deck of the boat. One of them was still out cold. The other was glaring back at him.

Frank turned back to the Hawaiian brothers. "Listen, could you keep an eye on those two until the cops get here? I'll call them right after I get through to Pearl Harbor."

"You know somebody at Pearl?" Freddie asked.

"No," Frank replied. "But my brother's stuck on Kahoolawe, and only the navy can get him off."

"Kahoolawe?" Freddie Ahina said. "You know what they use that island for?"

Frank nodded quickly. "Yeah, but I don't know when they plan to use it next. So I'm kind of in a hurry. Where's the nearest phone?"

Mike Ahina scowled. "You'd just be wasting your time, man. They won't call off a bombing run just because some kid calls them up and tells them to."

Frank looked at him. "You mean they're going to bomb it today?"

Freddie shrugged. "They bomb it all the time, but they've got some big exercise going on right now. Lots of battleships out there. Only thing you can know for sure - Kahoolawe's going to get a brutal pounding before it's over."

"Then I've got to get back there now!" Frank burst out.

"I know the fastest way to get you there," Freddie said. "Let me make a call and set it up."

While Freddie Ahina was gone, his brother jumped into the speedboat to check on the two thugs. "Hey, what's this?" he called to Frank. "Looks like a picture of the girl who was with your brother."

"Let me see that," Frank said. It looked like a photocopy of a page torn out of a magazine. It was a picture of Jade all right - but she looked a few years younger. She was holding a surfboard. Standing next to her was her father, Kevin Roberts.

"Where'd you get this?" Frank asked.

"I found it on the deck," the Hawaiian responded.

***

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