Word Count: 60,026
Summary of Events:
The kidnapper wounded in the accident left the hospital alone on foot, so Hilton and Mackenzie followed him to the airport. They split up so Hilton could return the rental car and Mackenzie could find out what the kidnappers were up to. Before the flight could take off a man got upset at Hilton for trying to rejoin Mackenzie and they got into a fight. Mackenzie found out her dad was worried about her being as she finally turned her cell phone back on. They ended up in Durango, where they nearly lost the kidnappers at the airport.
Excerpt of the Day:
"The kidnappers were met by a man who appeared to have been expecting them, yet wasn't clad in black. They talked for a moment and the man removed his hat and bowed his head for a moment before leading them on. It looked like they were circumventing customs or something.
Hilton quickly hurried after them as they wove through the people and then through a side door. Hilton caught the door before it closed and slid Mackenzie through. The din of the airport crowd faded as the door closed.
Footsteps were rapidly moving ahead of them. Hilton quickly moved after them and soon caught sight of the kidnappers. It appeared they were in a hurry. They were definitely circumventing customs.
When they slowed Hilton started slowing. There was speaking in Spanish, but Hilton didn't fully understand it. Of course, they were in Mexico, which meant they were speaking Latin American Spanish.
It clicked. Hilton stopped. Mackenzie kept going and tugged on his hand, looking at him with puzzlement. In Estonia, that woman Dr. Haner had been talking to had been speaking to him in Latin American Spanish. That was why he hadn't understood it.
Mackenzie mouthed to him to come on, Hilton started moving again and soon took the lead from Mackenzie, hurrying after the kidnappers, but not being too close to them, lest they be found out.
A sign with illuminated red letters that spelled out exit in Spanish was ahead of them, the kidnappers were making for it and were shown out by the man they'd met. Hilton tightened his grip on Mackenzie's hand and started running faster.
Mackenzie seemed to be keeping up with him even as he ran, she wasn't pulling on his hand at all. The man who'd met the kidnappers turned and looked at them with puzzlement. He then moved to block the door.
Hilton bent his head down. He didn't care how much it hurt, he was getting out of this building before the kidnappers were lost. His shoulder hit the man somewhere, then he heard the click of the door's push bar and the door opened.
Daylight and airport noise was all around them and they were successfully outside. Hilton looked around. The kidnappers were down the way climbing into a car that Hilton felt had obviously been waiting for them.
He glued his eyes to the number plate as the car pulled off and made for the car park, full of traffic, likely to be lost. He wanted to swear, but he held is tongue. They were lost, he was sure.
"Let's go get a car," Mackenzie said, not sounding terribly tired from the run. "Hopefully we'll find them soon."
Hilton sighed. He really had no other choice, so he started toward the front of the airport to get a car."
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