Delphi Federation (Delphi in Space Book 6) by Bob Blanton

Author:Bob Blanton [Blanton, Bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-20T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

The Situation

Wed Nov 11th – 1000 CST

Barry had only gotten four hours of sleep last night. Now he was up and heading to the hospital cafeteria for some chow. Just before he got to the serving line, there was a commotion outside. “No fair!” he hissed as he surrendered his tray and headed out to see what was happening.

“Emilio, you up?” Barry asked via their Comms.

“Yep, we’ve got lots of activity out here. An extra ten Tangos have assembled on the main road. It looks like they’re expecting someone important,” Emilio reported.

Barry pinged Kal, “Looks like the boss might be arriving,” he said.

“Roger that,” Kal said as he rolled out of bed. “Oh-five-hundred, couldn’t the SOB wait another thirty minutes to make his appearance.” He decided not to wake Marc. Everything would be recorded by the cameras they’d installed in the hospital when they opened the clinic. Marc and company could review it later. No reason to start the day out by putting Marc into a bad mood. “ADI, can you do facial recognition on whoever is showing up in Guatemala?”

“Yes, Cer Kal. I’ll provide up-to-date analysis on any new faces, prioritizing the ones that look like important people,” ADI said. “I haven’t gotten any interesting results from the analysis of the other faces. Several are known criminals, but no pattern has emerged.”

“Thanks,” Kal said.

“Here he comes,” Barry said as two black Ford Excursions came up the street. They pulled into the hospital area, and a very big Guatemalan got out of the first vehicle, followed by several others, all of them carrying AK-47s. After they had checked out the area, the big guy went to the second vehicle and opened the back door. A well-dressed man got out of the vehicle, acting like he owned the place.

“That is Victor Sorcaño, he is the head of the Sorcaño Organization. They control all the area south of Guatemala City to the coast,” ADI said. “Guatemala City is fifty kilometers north of their known territory.”

“Whose territory is Guatemala City in?”

“It is loosely considered part of the Lorezana’s territory, but there is not a lot of activity reported in that area,” ADI said.

After walking around for a few minutes and speaking to a few of the better-kitted guards, Victor motioned to the big guy, Gordo, as Barry had nicknamed him. Gordo went back to the second vehicle and opened the door again. A young boy got out of the truck; Barry figured he was about nine or ten years old. The boy had braces on each of his legs. One of the other men went to the back of the vehicle and got a wheelchair. Once the boy was situated in the chair, Victor and Gordo escorted the boy into the hospital. One of the other guards pushed the chair.

“You cannot be serious,” Barry muttered. “This cannot just be about getting his son treated.”

Victor and company marched straight to the elevator, which was being held by one of the inside guards. They’d prevented anyone else from boarding.

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