Target Omega by Peter Kirsanow

Author:Peter Kirsanow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2017-04-27T10:47:35+00:00

CHAPTER FORTY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

JULY 16 • NOON EDT

Rapidly moving lead-gray clouds hung low to the west as Garin navigated around Dupont Circle, careful to remain several cars behind a white Chevy Blazer proceeding north on Connecticut.

By the time the FBI had abandoned its search of the Crowne Plaza, the man resembling Gates had disappeared from his post behind the Fourteenth Street barricades. Fortunately, Garin had spotted Gates getting into the passenger side of a white Chevy Blazer parked along the curb on Fourteenth Street. The barricades had impeded traffic for several blocks around the hotel, allowing Garin to retrieve his own car and keep the white Blazer in his sights as it drove north onto Connecticut.

Despite being only a few car lengths behind the Blazer, Garin was unable to tell how many occupants were inside because of the SUV’s darkened windows.

Just as the traffic began to disperse along the spokes of Dupont Circle, the winds picked up and the clouds exploded, releasing waves of hard-driving rain. Though the traffic had lightened considerably, it slowed once again as the rain reduced visibility to barely two dozen feet. Garin could just make out the outlines of the Blazer as he leaned over the steering wheel and peered through the windshield.

The traffic continued to disperse as drivers sought refuge in side streets and parking lots adjacent to Connecticut. Within five minutes Garin found himself directly behind the SUV. He quickly resigned himself to the fact that there was nothing he could do but continue to tail the vehicle or lose it. He hoped that the heavy curtains of rain would provide cover, but Garin’s hopes evaporated seconds later as the Blazer’s rear tires spun wildly and it began to fishtail as its driver floored the accelerator. It shot forward and separated from Garin’s car, disappearing into the rainstorm. Garin also sped up, and within a few seconds he reacquired his target, now slightly more than a block ahead of him.

The two vehicles raced along the nearly deserted street at speeds approaching seventy miles per hour. Garin realized he had no plan. He’d hoped to at least follow the Blazer undetected until it reached its destination and then improvise, depending on the circumstances. If he could apprehend Gates, he’d try to do so. If not, he’d observe and acquire whatever intelligence he could.

Now, however, he was in a damn high-speed car chase. The element of surprise was gone. He wasn’t going to be able to gather intel without the subject’s knowledge, and the number of potential outcomes had just multiplied.

Ahead, the Blazer swerved to the left around a slower vehicle. Garin did the same, holding his breath as he felt his car hydroplane momentarily until he eased off the accelerator and regained traction. No sooner had he done so than he saw the Blazer jolt upward as it ran over a large tree branch deposited in the street by powerful gusts of wind. Garin instantly recognized that his vehicle lacked the clearance to duplicate the Blazer’s action.

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