Unknown Rider (Battle Born Book 1) by Jack Stewart

Author:Jack Stewart [Stewart, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severn River Publishing
Published: 2023-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

Colt took off from the shorter 3,400-foot runway, though the Carbon Cub needed only a fraction of that. The plane was designed for Short Takeoffs and Landings, or STOL, and when he wasn’t flying fifth-generation fighters in the Fallon Range Training Complex, he was flying his pride and joy in the Nevada backcountry.

“Experimental Carbon Cub Four Four Three November Alpha, switch So Cal on nineteen six,” the air traffic controller said.

“Nineteen six,” he said, then reached up to dial in the new frequency.

After checking in, Colt steered the bush plane north of La Jolla, shooting the gap between Mount Soledad and the Mormon Temple, then leveled off at fifteen hundred feet. Crossing the shoreline, he banked north and passed underneath the Seawolf Corridor.

“Want to take the controls for a bit?”

“Sure,” Punky said. “I’ve got the aircraft.”

“You’ve got the aircraft.” He relinquished controls to the NCIS agent in his back seat, then went heads-down in the cockpit to enter their planned route to Point Mugu into his navigation system.

His cell phone vibrated in his breast pocket, and he removed it and saw Jug’s number on the screen. After connecting to his headset via Bluetooth, he answered the call. “Hey, Jug, I’m on my way.”

“Colt?” There was a brief pause. “Where are you calling from?”

He looked through his window at the dark blue waters beneath them. “About a half mile off the coast.”

“On a boat?”

He grinned. “In my plane. Flying up to Camarillo right now.”

“When will you get here?”

Colt glanced at his navigation display and saw that they had a favorable tailwind and were cruising comfortably at just over one hundred miles per hour over the ground. “If we don’t get slowed down going through Los Angeles, we should be there in an hour and a half.”

“We?”

Colt turned and looked over his shoulder at Punky, who was effortlessly flying the plane while staring out over the water, lost in her own thoughts. She couldn’t hear his conversation and probably didn’t even know he was on the phone. “I’ve got an NCIS agent with me,” he said. Then quickly added, “Long story.”

“Roger that,” Jug said. “Listen, you might be waiting awhile. I need to go flying to sanitize the range for a missile test tonight, so I’ll be gone for a few hours.”

The news made Colt slump in his seat. The car accident and shootout were still fresh in his mind, and he didn’t want to think it had all been for nothing. “Okay,” he said at last. “Give me a call when you get back.”

“Will do.”

After Jug ended the call, Colt selected the intercom system and spoke to his copilot. “Looks like we have a few hours to kill. Where do you want to go?”

“I don’t…I don’t know.”

Colt turned and saw her staring back at him with a lost look in her eyes. “Can you figure out where Rick was when he called?” he asked.

The lost look disappeared.

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