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"Well, somebody's on the move down there. Not much, but it'll arouse suspicion
like it did with me."
"So back to Greece, Steve. We know Buck's Jack Jensen ID is history."
"That's not the worst of it. He cut loose a couple of kids from a detention
center and one of 'em-
the girl, Stavros-got herself caught. You can't blame her; she's just a
teenager, but apparently she cracked and gave up a lot. Story she told matched
up with what they figure happened with the boy, who had used the name Paulo
Ganter. 'Course Ganter was still in there, so they figured out by process of
elimination who got sprung. Kid named Papadopoulos. His parents both refused
to take the mark. GC in Greece plants a young woman with similar looks to this
Stavros in the underground.
She starts askin' around about the boy, somebody gets 'em connected, and she
tells him her story-
which is just like his. Bada-bing, she had to be freed by the same guy, nobody
checks her out, she stays away from people who would know she wasn't who she
claimed to be, and-"
"-she walks our people into an ambush."
"Yeah, and it's bad, Rayford."
"Just tell me."
"GC says the ruse went squirrelly at the end and their operatives wind up
having to kill an old
man named Kronos, a big fish-name of Miklos-and the boy."
Rayford sat in the screaming jet with the phone to his ear, head in his hand,
eyes shut. "And
Sebastian?"
"Alive and well, but they're confident they can get what they need from him to
lead them to Ben-
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Judah. He's former military, so he might be tougher than they think."
"Plus he doesn't know that much."
"He was supposed to bring the kids to you, though, right? He's got to know
enough to hurt you."
"He does. Any idea about the disposition of the real Stavros?"
"I think that goes without saying, now that they have a connection to you
guys. She's served her purpose."
"We don't have to assume the worst."
"Oh, sure we do, Rayford. Of course we do. I always do."
Plank asked if Rayford had anybody on board whose face was not known to the
GC. "Well, I've got three people aboard who are thought dead."
"Can any of 'em look like a Middle Easterner?"
"One's a Jordanian."
"Perfect. Does he have a turban?"
Rayford leaned over and woke Abdullah. "Do you have a turban, or can you make
yourself one?"
Abdullah gave him a thumbs-up and went back to sleep. "That's affirmative,
Steve."
"Can you put him on the radio and pretend he's your pilot?"
"He flies."
"Perfect. Here's his new name and a refueling docket number for Maryland. Your
next stop after that should be Resurrection Field here, south of Colorado
Springs. I won't expect you."
"No, but you'll log us in as if we made it."
"Of course."
"Words aren't adequate, Steve. ..."
"Hey, one of these days I'm gonna need a place to hole up ... if I survive
that long."
With Buck, Hannah, Leah, and Mac also asleep, Rayford chose to tell only Albie
what was going on.
There would be plenty of time for Abdullah and Albie to switch seats. Rayford
called Chang.
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Twelve hours later Chang sat at his terminal in the office, grateful he'd been
able to sleep after a flurry of emergency activity in the night. He wondered
how David had managed this on his own and prayed that God would either deliver
him or send someone to help him. Chang was unaware of any other believers in
New Babylon, but still he held out hope. While he sat monitoring the
overwhelming reports of death and ruin on the bloody high seas, he was
recording the meeting of the ten regional potentates with Carpathia, Akbar,
Fortunate, and Viv Ivins.
The workday was interminable, but Chang walked a fine line. He had to appear
above reproach while maintaining a typically irreverent attitude. David had
warned him that if he appeared too good to be true, someone would assume he
was. And new as he was in assisting the Tribulation Force, he feared he would
be unable to keep pace emotionally. Losing David had rocked him. He couldn't
imagine how the others dealt with the loss of Miss Durham, then their main
contact in Greece.
Things were supposed to get worse and worse. Fear and loneliness didn't begin
to describe his feelings. He prayed that until he was rescued from this
assignment, God would somehow allow him to stay rested, stay strong, and be
able to carry on despite the danger and tragedy.
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