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understand. Let me help you.”
    The screams began almost immediately as I went below decks for a shower. The worst part of these screams was the fact Lynn would not stop until she heard the prisoner’s final benediction. I admit I grinned going down to take a shower. Lynn loved Al like her own kid. That colors our horizons in monster land. When I returned, Azi blubbered stuff from nearly his birth as I watched a professional work. Lynn patted his cheek, making shushing noises.
    “Denny called,” Clint said. “This Azi guy is a true Boko Haram bad guy. His picture flashed in reference to five kidnapping and extortion jobs overseas, including a village extermination. He works for ‘The Ghost’.
    I accepted the double Beam brother he offered with beaming appreciation. “I hate to say this, but how do we know it.”
    Clint enjoyed my rhetorical question for a moment. “Lynn’s in fine form today. She knows this fuck had every intention of snatching Al off the playground. I believe my better half is in gathering form for anything you or Denny need ask, brother.”
    I acknowledged his input with a downing of my Beam brother, which Clint replenished immediately. “Thanks. I will join Crue’s party, and see what dastardly deeds lie in the future.”
    Lynn wasn’t touching Azi, or trying to make friends. I could tell she had made contact way down deep inside of our guest. Azi now knew there were truly moments worse than hell. By the looks of him, Lynn had exercised her nearly surgeon like skills with a scalpel, followed with a salt water dousing of the wounds, Clint did with a spray bottle. Very effective. That particular method could be reinforced with the spray bottle each time Azi hesitated. After a few treatments, Azi would then become nearly clairvoyant in his answers. I networked with Denny to do a long question and answer session, with both Jafar and Laredo checking every word, while data mining across the globe. Laredo Sawyer, our West Coast Avengers pilot, and mentor to Jafar’s IT skills, confirmed the answer parameters, which was all we could do for now.
    “Take care of Azi, and I’ll meet you at the base to go over the intel,” Denny said. “I know he tried to take Al. There are no take backs for that. Will you be sober enough to visit Azi’s place before the other rat he’s rooming with scurries away?”
    Denny knew all too well my sojourns into the Bay demanded some pain killer when I again boarded the boat. “I’ll take Casey and Lucas with me. Crue and Clint will drive Azi’s vehicle over for her minions to dismantle. If he’s home, we’ll bring the roomie with us for Crue to question and confirm Azi’s answers.”
    “Good deal, John. I’ll call in the minions.” Denny disconnected.
    I turned then to Lynn. “Want us to warm this roomie, Sam Edoja, before we arrive at the base?”
    “Maybe. Leave him alone for now, except whatever you need for Sammy to accept the invitation. Want to hot shot Azi here, or feed him to our cleaners alive?”
    I took a syringe out of my bag. “We don’t have time to make sure our fined friends find him. We’re far enough out to leave Azi off here.”
    I gave Azi his hot shot to hell, and then stripped him. Lynn sliced him with her scalpel from chest to groin before Clint and I tossed Azi into the water. “I’ll clean the deck. You two relax on the bridge, and tell Lucas what we have in mind. Ask Dev and Jess if they can drive and be lookouts for our Edoja grab.
    “Will do. I’ve been on the wagon for a week now. I think I’ll indulge in a glass of Berringer’s if you have a bottle,” Lynn said.
    “There’s three in the refrigerator,” I replied, while taking the cleaning elements from our above deck storage locker. After Clint and Lynn adjourned to the bridge, Lucas steered The Lora toward port while I cleaned the deck. Casey helped me, having reeled his line in when the boat moved. “Any luck today, Case?”
    “Jess caught a couple sturgeon, but