Nick Stone [1] Remote Control by Andy McNab

Author:Andy McNab [McNab, Andy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Thrillers, Intelligence officers, Espionage, Fiction
ISBN: 9780345428066
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2000-06-06T05:00:00+00:00

“I

want to go home, I want to go home so bad. Please take me home.”

By now there were three police cars on the scene. We weren’t even two hundred yards away yet. Very soon they would use their searchlights and spot us.

“Get up, Kelly, get up!”

The target now seemed surrounded by a haze of blue and red lights. Flashlights were already jerking in the darkness at the rear.

We carried on until we got level with the alley. The sound of sirens again filled the night.

I climbed over the fence, the bag nearly landing on top of Kelly as I let it fall. I grabbed her right hand with my left and started toward the alley.

I needed to find a car that was parked in the shadows and old enough to have no alarms.

We emerged from the alley and turned left, following a line of parked cars. I found an early nineties Chevy. I put the bag down and ordered Kelly, “Sit by this.”

I opened the bag and got out the picks. Minutes later I was in. I wired up the ignition and the engine fired. The digital clock said 3:33.

I let the engine run and put the windshield wipers and heater on full blast to clear the morning dew. I got hold of Kelly and the bag and threw them both in the back.

“Lie down, Kelly, go to sleep.” No argument from her on the lying down. She might have trouble sleeping, though. Perhaps for the rest of her life.

I drove to the road and turned left, nice and slow. After just a quarter of a mile I spotted flashing lights coming toward me. I got my pistol out and put it under my right thigh. If these boys stopped me, I’d have to take them on. There was no way I was going to let the fuckers take us.

I shouted back at Kelly, “Stay down, do not get up, do you understand?”

There was no reply.

“Kelly?”

I got a weak “Yes.”

If I had to kill these policemen, it would be unfortunate, but when all was said and done this was the sort of thing they got paid for. I made my plan. If they stopped me, I’d wait until one or both came within range. The pistol was where my hand would naturally go, and I’d draw down on them.

The flashing blue and red came closer. I just drove on toward them. My mind-set was that I was a shift worker, on my way to earn my living. Now their lights were making me screw up my eyes so I could see beyond.

I wasn’t worried. I felt very calm. Just wait and see. They sped past at more than sixty.

I looked in the rearview mirror. They hit the brakes; now I was sweating. I watched and made distance at the same time.

The brake lights went off. Either they’d just been slowing down or they’d changed their minds.

I needed to dump this car before first light, which was probably the earliest the owner would discover it missing.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.