“Can you leave a 500 mile zig zag trail from the compound?” Biggins asks.
“Yee ha. I sure can. I’m just eatin into my wing tanks now. You’re the boss gal. They don’t even know I picked you up.”
“Let me see your aerial map for this section of Mexico.”
Dubrowski rustles through some maps and hands one back to her. “Here you go. Let me know where to drop you guys. Pick your spot.”
Biggins studies the map for a few minutes, then slaps her finger on a section and shows it to Dubrowski. “I think the best chance we have to avoid detection is that we can try to drop over a river. How’s that drop zone look to you?”
“No problem, that’s within range.”
She moves back to Parks. “Alright. Look, I’m gonna have you jump first and count to five before you pull the ripcord. You steer it by pulling on the right or left cords. We are going to try and land in a river so they can’t see our body heat on radar. If you land in one piece and so do I, we’ll try to get back and decipher the disk.”
“Geez, I’ve never used a parachute before.”
Dubrowski chimes in, “All it takes is guts and luck. You feelin lucky? You look lucky. Hey, has he got the guts?”
Biggins smiles, “I think he’s earned my vote. What do ya say Parks?”
“I’ll go through hell for Vicki. I’m in.”
“You better drop us at least 200 klicks from the coast.” Biggins tells him.
“I can fly almost 600 miles and nobody can tell where you all are. We’ll go over jungles, deserts, mountains, rivers and they will have a hard time tracking me since I’m hedge hopping. Piece of cake.”
Sometime later, Parks and Biggins stand ready to jump. Parks keeps moving his feet back and forth while he steadies himself hanging onto the inside handle next to the open door. He shakes one hand and switches his hold to the other hand, back and forth every minute. He looks nervous, but ready.
Biggins turns to Parks, “Aim for the river, it’s an easy target for you. I’ll be right behind you. It makes it easier for us to hook up on the ground. Do not pull this ripcord before a count of five. Got it?”
“Got it.”
“Jump!” she yells. Parks shoves off into the sky. She counts out loud, “One-two-three-four-five-six-seven-Open it!-nine. It's open. Damnit, short drop. Dubrowski he’s heading for the middle of the jungle. I lost sight of his chute behind the plane. Circle back around, I gotta guess where to jump and go find him.”
The plane circles back.
She yells up to him, “I can’t see his chute anywhere. The jungle swallowed it up…” She shrugs her shoulders at Dubrowski, salutes him. “…See Ya.”
Biggins jumps to find Parks.
Dubrowski sees her chute open, “Godspeed, Biggins. You’re one hell of a soldier.”
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Released December 1, 2015
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Author’s Note
Thank you for reading Code X and I hope you enjoy it. A great story entertains and puts you with the characters on their journey. I love reading a science fiction mystery based on facts and what we are headed for with discoveries years from now. Many great science fiction stories of the past have come true in the future.
This story sprung from the deep recesses of my psychic that wonders in the what ifs, that many times, years later become reality. The world is fast; I like fast stories. The first person I strive to entertain is my harshest critic, me. When that happens, I feel like my story is now ready to be shared with the public, hopefully with the same level of entertainment.
If you have time to write a review, positive or negative, I will take it very seriously. I read every review that is written; so you can be assured that your voice will be heard by the author. Your review is very important to me and especially for other readers to discover Code X.
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Acknowledgment
This is my very first book and I could not have completed making this a professional project without tremendous help from real book smart people. Now, along the journey of getting it ready for publication, I have a lot of those people I must thank. Writing a novel was very hard for me. I must first thank my editors who were absolutely the most essential part of the success of making it read like a professionally written book.
So, to my editors Amy VanHorn, Chris Nurse, Brittany Benton, and Nessiexo many thanks to you for your assistance.
My beta readers were my biggest motivators who told me they could not go to sleep without finishing my book, which told me maybe I’ve got something good going on here. They kept me going forward. They were essential in letting me know my book was entertaining them, a page-turning and thrilling read which was my goal. Thank you Marie Franklyn and especially Sandy Link who became my #1 fan.
And I can’t forget my only friend, Walter Fike. We went to junior high together. Walt is not a reader. He’s just an average guy with a family who loves to play softball and go to car shows. He actually asked me to send him more of my book to read after the first few chapters. I never could’ve imagined that happening in a million years, talk about surprises.
I began with my mother in the dedication, because without her helping me survive through my rough times, this book would never have been possible. Thank you again mom.
Dedication
I want to dedicate my first ever book to my mother. My mom has the biggest heart the world has ever known. She’s almost 97 years young with a mind as sharp as ever. Go mom, go to 100. She was always there to help anyone in the family, especially me. She is truly blessed.
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