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Once he was dressed, he waited patiently for someone to come get him. There was no point in exploring an escape route – why anyone would go to the trouble to break him out of the highest security prison in the country only to keep him captive elsewhere made no sense that he could see.
Much as it went against his nature, he’d have to play it by ear and wait to discover how the situation developed.
~
As the three heavily-muscled guards escorted El Rey to a small conference room, he noted that the halls and the appointments were expensive and ultra-modern. This was no back-alley operation; that much was clear.
The older man greeted him and told him to take a seat at the far end of the table. He did as instructed, declining the offer of a beverage. There were three other men in the room, and El Rey did a quick calculation that he could kill them all in under twenty seconds.
“You’re probably wondering what this is all about. Allow me to offer as much information as I can, and then you can ask questions.” The man paused and took a sip of water from a plastic bottle before continuing. He nodded, and a younger man in a suit walked to the switch by the door and dimmed the overhead lights. “My name, for your purposes, is Hector. I’m with the government.”
El Rey froze, but Hector shook his head, as if admonishing a child.
“You are no doubt puzzled as to why the government would organize your escape from prison, seeing as you’re the most dangerous felon in Mexican history. Fact is, we have a need for your services. Whatever your sins, you are the best at what you do, and we require the best for an errand,” he continued.
El Rey stared at him blankly.
“Three days ago, this woman was kidnapped from a nightclub in Mexico City.” He switched on an overhead projector, and Maria’s face appeared on the far wall. “Her security team was incapacitated, and she disappeared without a trace. You may or may not recognize her…”
“That’s the president’s daughter. I recognize her from the papers,” El Rey observed.
“Correct. Maria. That night, or rather just before dawn, we received a call from the kidnappers. A slew of demands were made, but those aren’t important. What you need to know is that a raid on the most likely location where she could be held captive came up empty. The decision was then made to go a more unorthodox route. Not everyone was in agreement; however, you were ultimately selected as the man most capable of getting Maria back safely,” Hector said.
“Me.” El Rey digested the information. “Find Maria, and extract her? Why me?”
“Maria is being held by the Sinaloa cartel. Your ex-employer. We obviously don’t know where. But if anyone can locate her, you can, with your contacts and your knowledge of their operations. So we’ve sprung you from prison, with nobody aware of the circumstances other than the president, myself, and a few other people, in order for you to find and rescue Maria.”
El Rey ’s mouth quivered as he tried not to smirk.
Hector shook his head. “I know what you’re probably thinking. You are imagining walking out these doors and doing nothing of the kind, and simply disappearing, never to be heard from again. Before you go down that road too far, you need to know a few things. The reason it would be a bad idea is because this morning you were injected with a neurotoxin, which will kill you within seven days, unless you receive the antidote from us. Symptoms will begin to appear within six, but can be delayed with a booster shot that will buy you another three or four. But at that point, you die unless you get the antidote.”
El Rey ’s eyes betrayed nothing.
“Just to save you from wasting time we don’t have, you have no chance of discovering an antidote yourself. This is a top secret formula developed by our colleagues in the American clandestine apparatus that they graciously shared with us – for a price. There is no
Once he was dressed, he waited patiently for someone to come get him. There was no point in exploring an escape route – why anyone would go to the trouble to break him out of the highest security prison in the country only to keep him captive elsewhere made no sense that he could see.
Much as it went against his nature, he’d have to play it by ear and wait to discover how the situation developed.
~
As the three heavily-muscled guards escorted El Rey to a small conference room, he noted that the halls and the appointments were expensive and ultra-modern. This was no back-alley operation; that much was clear.
The older man greeted him and told him to take a seat at the far end of the table. He did as instructed, declining the offer of a beverage. There were three other men in the room, and El Rey did a quick calculation that he could kill them all in under twenty seconds.
“You’re probably wondering what this is all about. Allow me to offer as much information as I can, and then you can ask questions.” The man paused and took a sip of water from a plastic bottle before continuing. He nodded, and a younger man in a suit walked to the switch by the door and dimmed the overhead lights. “My name, for your purposes, is Hector. I’m with the government.”
El Rey froze, but Hector shook his head, as if admonishing a child.
“You are no doubt puzzled as to why the government would organize your escape from prison, seeing as you’re the most dangerous felon in Mexican history. Fact is, we have a need for your services. Whatever your sins, you are the best at what you do, and we require the best for an errand,” he continued.
El Rey stared at him blankly.
“Three days ago, this woman was kidnapped from a nightclub in Mexico City.” He switched on an overhead projector, and Maria’s face appeared on the far wall. “Her security team was incapacitated, and she disappeared without a trace. You may or may not recognize her…”
“That’s the president’s daughter. I recognize her from the papers,” El Rey observed.
“Correct. Maria. That night, or rather just before dawn, we received a call from the kidnappers. A slew of demands were made, but those aren’t important. What you need to know is that a raid on the most likely location where she could be held captive came up empty. The decision was then made to go a more unorthodox route. Not everyone was in agreement; however, you were ultimately selected as the man most capable of getting Maria back safely,” Hector said.
“Me.” El Rey digested the information. “Find Maria, and extract her? Why me?”
“Maria is being held by the Sinaloa cartel. Your ex-employer. We obviously don’t know where. But if anyone can locate her, you can, with your contacts and your knowledge of their operations. So we’ve sprung you from prison, with nobody aware of the circumstances other than the president, myself, and a few other people, in order for you to find and rescue Maria.”
El Rey ’s mouth quivered as he tried not to smirk.
Hector shook his head. “I know what you’re probably thinking. You are imagining walking out these doors and doing nothing of the kind, and simply disappearing, never to be heard from again. Before you go down that road too far, you need to know a few things. The reason it would be a bad idea is because this morning you were injected with a neurotoxin, which will kill you within seven days, unless you receive the antidote from us. Symptoms will begin to appear within six, but can be delayed with a booster shot that will buy you another three or four. But at that point, you die unless you get the antidote.”
El Rey ’s eyes betrayed nothing.
“Just to save you from wasting time we don’t have, you have no chance of discovering an antidote yourself. This is a top secret formula developed by our colleagues in the American clandestine apparatus that they graciously shared with us – for a price. There is no
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