Storming the Kingdom by Jeff Dixon

Author:Jeff Dixon [Dixon, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Deep River Books
Published: 2014-11-13T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY

Three Days Ago

Noon

Urgently running into the Western frontier, Hawk sought an escape route. He had known that his assassin would reemerge, but as often happened in life, the expected occurs at the most inopportune moments. He hadn’t yet had time to decipher the latest clue. His mind clanked around the keys that had no lock. But his more immediate concern was not as much for his safety, but the safety of all of his guests. Somewhere in his transition from pastor to CCA, he had come to understand that all of the people who traveled to spend time at the resort were his guests. Right now, his proximity to the people was putting them all in danger. He had to get off of the street in order to keep them safe—along with himself.

Thundering through Frontierland, he dodged between clusters of tourists. He did not steal a glance behind him but instinctively knew that the dark-haired assailant was back there…somewhere. At the outskirts of Frontierland, Hawk slowed as he merged with a crowd that was bottlenecked near Liberty Square. Looking to his left and then right, he ducked into the dining area of the Columbia Harbour House. There was a cast member doorway inside that would allow him to descend into the Utilidor and find an escape. Moving through the restaurant and trying not to attract attention to himself, he paused before moving down the hallway that would take him to the door.

In his mind he heard the question, why are you stopping? He was feet away from opening a door that would let him disappear and get away from his would-be assassin. But he wanted to see if he was still being followed. He was sick of running, he was fed up with having to hide, and he was furious that there was a group of people who were hurting those around him. He wanted to make it stop, and he knew if it was going to stop, he was going to have to do it. Even as he rationalized his thinking, he knew it was not rational.

The lunchtime crush had descended on the restaurant. The clamor of people ordering food, waiting in lines longer than they would like, and diners talking created a crowded cavern of conversation that he hoped would allow him to remain unnoticed as he turned to move back through the eating establishment. Hawk moved through the maritime dining experience with its nautical maps, relics, and remnants of seafaring vessels and headed to the stairwell. The Columbia Harbour House featured two dining levels and one of the best-kept secrets of the Magic Kingdom. The Imagineers needed to create a way to delineate between Liberty Square and Fantasy-land in the theme park. They did this by creating and decorating a bridge between the two lands that guests would walk beneath. Inside this bridge is additional seating for Columbia Harbour House. The room is created to look like the interior of a ship. On one side of the room are two tables that look out onto Liberty Square.

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