by P. T. Macias
“Every single one of you is an imbecile,” yells el Tigre. He set off the alarm.
“The room doesn’t lock and that’s why I had the guard’s station outside the door,” he turns to strike Chavez.
“Tigre,” moans Chavez. He tries not to provoke his anger any further. “I’ll go back to the room and kick the door open.”
“Si, pronto (hurry),” yells el Tigre. He kicks him out of his office and looks out into the night.
If she escaped, she’ll not get far. The mountains, trees, and river are real difficult to flee through.
Chavez is up on the second floor in no time. He’s terrified.
El Tigre will decide to take this out on me. He kicks the door in and runs in.
What’s happening? Where’s the woman? Did she kill these two guards?
He quickly runs out and returns to el Tigre. He runs into the office.
“Tigre, the woman is not in the room and two guards are dead,” says Chavez. He looks at el Tigre’s furious eyes.
“All of you are imbeciles,” roars el Tigre. With rage he strikes Chavez. “Get the dogs out and hunt her down!”
“Si,” responds Chavez. He runs out to give the order to let the dogs loose. “Damn, I need to pray that el Tigre doesn’t take this out on me.”
Chavez walks outside and walks towards the huge building that looks like a warehouse. This is where el Tigre’s guards sleep.
He opens the door and walks in, turning on the lights. He yells for them to wake up. “Get up, pronto (hurry)!” yells Chavez. “Get the dogs out. The woman escaped!”
The guards that are sleeping on their cots quickly wake up and get ready. It’s not good to keep el Tigre waiting.
The first guards that are ready, run out to get the dogs for the hunt.
El Tigre prefers German shepherds and keeps them real vicious.
The men take the dogs out of their cages and release them. The drug lord’s men start to follow the dogs out into the jungle.
The guards are confused because the dogs run in different directions.
Why are they going in different directions? Which one is the correct path?
The guards shake their heads and split into small groups to follow the dogs in every direction.
Chapter Seventeen
Damn, we might not make the pickup. And I can hear the dogs on our trail. I need to tell the team to leave without us and to pick up tomorrow at the same time twenty miles further north, thinks Loco.
“Razer 8 lagging, pickup 0300, 20 north,” says Loco. He heads towards the river.
We need to lose the dogs, he thinks, running through the trees heading towards the river.
“Loco, we’ll wait for you,” says Ghost. I don’t like this one bit. If he gets caught, both of them will be killed. No way in hell, he thinks. He anxiously waits for his response.
“Negative,” says Loco. He continues through the jungle, heading towards the river.
I can’t stop now. I need to keep going. I will not allow them to get to her again, Damn, I don’t know her first name, he thinks, forcing himself to keep going.
I need to hold on and not distract him. I can hear the dogs, thinks Claudia, anxiously. Oh, Dios mio, please help us. I don’t want them to catch us. I rather die than have them rape me. I don’t want to live if they catch us.
Loco sprints until he reaches the river and quickly crosses it, praying that the dogs lose their scent. He sprints up the side of the mountain, finally slowing down from exhaustion.
Loco stops and slowly puts Claudia down onto the ground. He holds her until she has her feet firmly on the ground.
“Are you okay?” he softly whispers near her ear. He feels her shiver.
Oh, dios mio (my god), even under all this fear, I still feel my heart respond to Roberto, ponders Claudia.
She gazes into his warm smoky quartz brown eyes. She nods, responding to his concern.
Loco peers down at her. I’m so relieved to see that she’s doing a lot better and is standing on her own, he thinks.
He takes her hand, walks up the side of the mountain, trying to locate a cave or somewhere to hide until next day pickup.
They go up the side of the mountain about fifty feet. It’s time for the sunrise and the sky is starting to get light.
We need to find a hiding place quick, he thinks. He looks around as he walks up.
Yes! Finally, I found a good hiding place. Hmm, I need to inspect the space. It’s on the side of the mountain. It is concealed behind the bushes. You can’t see it. This is it, thinks Loco, with relief.
Loco turns and takes Claudia’s hand. He walks into the small space. Loco inspects the cave with a small flash light and sees that it’s not real big.
The walls and floor are rock. It looks like it’s a natural little cave on the side of the mountain. The space is not real noticeable on the side behind a bush, he thinks.
“We will be safe here. We didn’t make the pickup. The dogs were on our trail. We will make pickup tomorrow at 0300,” says Loco.
I need to make a bed for her to rest. She’s not used to this type of pace, thinks Loco.
He takes off his backpack and takes out a thin blanket and thin plastic tarp.
He spreads out the tarp on the ground and then puts his jacket on top hoping to pad the ground a little for Claudia.
“I hope this is a little better,” he says. He turns, takes her hand.
“You need to rest,” he says. He gazes into her beautiful hazel eyes. He sees her smile at him, nodding in agreement.
“Si, Roberto,” she says. She drops down onto his jacket and turns to look at him.
I want him to hold me because it feels so wonderful to be in his arms. I feel cherished and safe, thinks Claudia.
He turns to get some dried beef jerky and a bottle of water from his backpack. He gives her a strip of beef jerky and the water.
“Here, I have some beef jerky and water,” says Roberto.
He watches her take the water bottle. She takes a few sips.
Claudia then takes a bite of the beef jerky and slowly chews it.
Loco sits down on the corner, trying not to scare her.
I don’t want her to feel afraid of me. I don’t know how far any of the gueys went with her. It can take her a long time to recover from a rape, thinks Loco.
He observes her closely and is satisfied when she finishes eating the beef jerky. She drinks half the bottle of water.
“Take a nap. I’ll keep guard,” says Loco. He looks into her eyes. He watches her eyes start to close.
Good thing that she feels safe and can sleep, he thinks. He looks at how bella she is.
I hope that I can see her after all this is over. We do have some chemistry going on. I wonder if she will continue working as an FBI agent after she gets home, ponders Loco.
The dogs run around the hacienda like crazy. The drug lord’s soldiers are unable follow a lead.
“Tigre, the perros are going around in circles and we have no direction to go,” says Chavez. He has tried following the dogs for the last four hours.
“You will have the men continue to search until you locate the woman,” roars el Tigre. He walks off to eat his breakfast outside on the patio.
Ghost is not happy with leaving Loco and the FBI agent behind. Damn, this sucks. I wonder what caused Loco to lag. Did the FBI agent get hurt and he had to carry her? The alarm was sent and the dogs went crazy following our trail.
I know that Loco will be okay until tomorrow, he thinks, turning to the other operatives.
“Loco is lagging and requests pickup at 0300, 20 miles north,” says Ghost. He sees Panther shake his head.
Damn, I don’t like this. I wonder what’s happening with Loco, thinks Panther.
He takes the receiver to advise the Operative Commander Knight.
“Commander Knight, we have Loco lagging with extraction, requests 0300, 20 miles north,” says Panther. He waits for his reply.
“Request gr
anted,” says Commander Knight, with concern. It must be real bad if Loco lags. He’s always on time and most often early on all missions, thinks Commander Knight. “We’ll attempt pickup at 0300, 20 miles north.”
Panther breathes a sigh of relief. He turns to look at the other operatives and nods.
Chapter Eighteen
Loco sits next to her. He observes every single inch of Claudia’s body. He’s making sure that she doesn’t have any other injuries.
He checks her head very slowly, with lots of tenderness. Yeah, she has a knot at the back of her head, but it’s not bleeding, he thinks.
Hmm, she’s incredible. I pray that those bastardos didn’t rape her. She appeared to be distraught back at the hacienda. Considering everything that has happened to her, Ms. De La Cruz is doing well. She should be okay after this rest.
It has been emotionally and physically draining for her. It doesn’t matter that she’s had some training on self-defense. I’m going outside to see if I can find some fruit to eat. I need to get the status on El Tigre’s soldiers, thinks Loco.
He steps out into the opening. He stands still, listening and looking around.
It appears that everything is quiet. I need to monitor the hacienda. I hope to learn what’s going on, determines Loco.
He goes up the mountain and locates the best area to watch the hacienda.
Well, it looks like the dogs have been put away. The solders are having a meeting in the huge patio that’s located on the side of the hacienda. That must be el Tigre, thinks Loco. He watches the man yelling at his soldiers in rage.
Too bad I can’t hear what he’s saying, but I bet he’s demanding that they locate Claudia. I bet that they think that she’s alone out here somewhere.
If el Tigre had any clue that I was out here, he would be sending out all of his soldiers to search for us. Sometimes these bastardos (bastards) are so stupid!
Okay, now is the time to go and get some of that fruit that I saw a few feet down.
He silently and rapidly goes down the mountainside. He heads to the fruit orchards.
I think I’ll get plenty of fruit to last us until tomorrow. It would be best to stay inside and hide out.
I’ll go and see if that water that I hear is good for drinking.
He listens to the waterfall. He walks towards it.
Yeah, this is amazing. It’s a small waterfall that has a small pond and it looks good to drink.
Hmmm, maybe later I’ll bring Ms. De La Cruz to bathe, if she wants to. Damn, I don’t know her first name. I need to ask her. He fills up his water bottle.
He rinses the fruit and dries it. He places the fruit in his backpack. He turns and rapidly sprints up the mountain to the hide out. He turns to see if everything is good.
I can see how the dogs lost our scent. Good thing we crossed the river, it saved us.
He reaches the hideout, silently slips inside through the crack. He covers the crack with some bushes that he has cut.
Good, this is a lot better. The cave has a small opening at the top of the cave that is big enough to allow some sun to shine down, illuminating the little cave.
Loco places the clean fruit and water bottle on the rock that’s on his side. Yes, this works as a table. He leans back against the rock to look at Claudia.
He looks around the cave. Hmm, I hear a soft gurgling sound in here but I don’t see where it could possibly be coming from. I need to make sure that this cave doesn’t have any other entrance or unknown dangers.
Loco stands to investigate the cave. He walks silently towards the sound. He tries to not make any noise to pinpoint the location of the gurgling sound. He walks further into the cave, where it appears to stop at the wall.
Very interesting, this wall is the end of the cave and it’s just the beginning. There’s another opening that’s just wide enough to go into another small cave. Loco steps into another cave.
The other small cave has a slightly bigger opening at top and the light is stronger.
This cave is a little bigger and towards the back is a little natural pool of water. The water appears to be a warm thermal pool. Yeah, it has to be because there’s steam that is coming out, thinks Loco, with pleasure. Yes, this is awesome and just what she would enjoy. I will move our stuff over here, but I’ll bring her over first, he thinks.
He takes the other plastic tarp from his backpack and quickly lays it on the floor in the other cave.
Oh, damn yes, this is sweet. Yeah, the ground of this cave is a little softer. It looks like some grass or moss is growing from the moisture from the water. It will make it a little more comfortable, thinks Loco.
He returns to pick her up. He slowly gets close to her.
Okay she’s still out. Very carefully he picks her up with the jacket and takes her to the other cave, putting her on top of the other plastic tarp.
Okay, now I need to clear any evidence that we were here. Now, we can relax a little.
Loco rapidly clears the first cave of any evidence of their presence. He returns to Claudia. He sits next to her.
I’m okay for now. I can stay up for another twenty-four hours due to my training.
Hmmm, she’s waking up. Loco watches Claudia stretch out and open her beautiful hazel eyes. She blinks and sits up.
Yeah. She sighs with pleasure. My Amor (love) is right here and I didn’t dream it. He’s todo mio (mine), only mio.
Claudia smiles at Loco. “Hi,” she says, in a soft husky voice.
Oh yeah, she’s real sexy when she wakes up. I can sit here all day and just watch her, thinks Roberto, smiling.
“Hi, are you hungry?” he asks. He offers her some fruit.
“Si, thanks,” says Claudia. She reaches for the delicious looking peach that he offers.
She takes a bite of the peach. Some of the peach juice drips down her lips to her chin.
Claudia licks the juice before it goes further down, causing Loco to groan from pleasure of watching her.
Claudia hears him, she glances at him. Oh yeah, I know why he groans, she thinks. She smiles and takes another bite. She sucks the juice before it falls down her lips to her chin, smiling wickedly.
I love it. I never knew how erotic this can be. Hmmm.
Claudia smiles, gazing into Loco’s eyes and enjoys the desire that she sees.
Hell, she’s killing me, and I know that she knows it. Damn, I should turn away and be professional, thinks Loco.
He observes her. Oh yeah, I know that she enjoys eating the peach and turning me on.
Loco returns her smile. “We have to stay in here until it’s time to meet the pickup,” he says. He gives her some water.
“Okay,” says Claudia, looking at the cave. “This looks safe.”
“Yes,” confirms Loco. He gives her the health bar that he has. “Here, I want you to eat this health bar. It’ll provide some protein and energy.”
“Okay, I’ll eat half.” She takes the bar. Well, it’s not too bad. She turns to look at Loco.
Geeze, I just love looking at him.
He leans back against the stone wall to observe her. “Ms. De La Cruz, I don’t know your first name,” says Loco.
“My name is Claudia De La Cruz,” replies Claudia. She smiles at him.
He returns her smile, enjoys watching her eat the bar. I love her name. I love how she takes small bites of the bar with her small, even, white teeth.
I want her to bite me, he thinks. He moves to adjust his aching cock. She’s driving me loco.
Hmm, he really turns me on. I want his besos. I need to get him to come close to me, because I know that he’s over there attempting to stay professional.
Her eyes sparkle with mischief as she gazes at him.
Yes, I really like him. I know that we’re not safe, but I feel safe with him. Okay, I’m done with this bar for now.
She folds up the wrapping around the bar. She sets the bar on the side where she’s sitting.
Uh, I will get him to come and help
me with my hair. Si, I need to get the knife out. Yes, that’ll work.
With a glint in her eyes, she smiles at him.
“Roberto, can you come and help me, please,” says Claudia. She asks him with huge innocent hazel eyes, smiling.
Loco hears her and sees her innocent eyes. I wonder what she needs help with, he thinks.
He gets up in one swift effortless motion. He moves towards her, closing the gap that separates them. He sits on the mat that he made for her.
I don’t want to scare her. I don’t ever want her to be terrified of me, he thinks.
“Ms. De La Cruz, how can I help you?” asks Loco. His voice is husky. He tries to keep control of his emotions.
Claudia shifts around to give him her back. “My name is Claudia,” says Claudia, in a breathless voice.
“I have a knife in my French braid. I want you to pull it out without undoing my hair. I don’t want to let it go. It will be difficult to manage if it’s loose.”
“Oh,” replies Loco. I never expected to touch her. He registers her request to use her name.
Oh damn, dios mio (my god), she’s killing me. He slowly and very carefully searches for the knife that she has hidden in her hair.
Wow, her hair is beautiful, long and thick. It’s a soft brown, he thinks. He touches her hair with wonder and tenderness.
It feels so silky. He leans in to smell it. Hmmm, she smells good even if she has been through the jungle.
Claudia feels his hands on her hair. She sighs with relief and pleasure.
It’s just wonderful having my man close to me. I wonder if he’ll try to kiss me. Should I give him a beso (kiss)? He said that we have a long time to wait for pickup.
Claudia shivers with the pleasure, feeling his fingers in her hair. Yes, this is my opportunity to touch, taste him.
“Are you cold?” asks Loco. He notices her shiver, as he locates the knife.
He slowly and carefully pulls it out. “So, how long have you been an FBI agent?”
“No, I’m not cold. I’ve been an FBI agent for two and half years. I took some college courses in high school. I worked hard to finish my college and training to be able to qualify,” answers Claudia. She turns to look at him. Hmm, he’s real close to me.
