Lake Erie [Port of Danger Bay]

Previously:

“Before the fog, we had three satellites, sometimes four on GPS—how could all four go down at once?” Patch asked.

“What if there ARE no satellites?” Ines asked, “What if…?”

The discussion went on—and the ships drew closer—and closer. Finally Daisy began to react, followed shortly by PepperCooper & Wingnut. The beagles began to bay and bare their teeth and PepperCooper began to rumble from deep within his chest.

“We need to change course away from those ships—NOW—Alpha-Jack!”

“Daisy—Why? I have to have a reason for the commodore.”

“Those ships are not WHO we think they are—and we’re not WHERE we think we are!”

Chapter IX, Lake Erie, Episode 1:

 

Drawing Closer

“I think Daisy may be right,” Big Mac rumbled, “We don’t have a GPS signal, right?”

“Right.”

“But we do have radio and could reasonably assume the Thunder Bay fleet does as well.”

“Oh. Crap!” Boomer exclaimed as he keyed the radio, “Commodore, we need to maneuver AWAY from that fleet, NOW before it’s too late!”

By this time, the fleets had moved much closer to one-another—dangerously close if the dawning realization of just who the other fleet may be…or perhaps when it may be—a staggering thought and one that could change everything we know.

The news of the capture of Hans Schwarzkopf quickly reached the village and as one might imagine it just as quickly became the main topic of conversation.

News of the Capture

“I just knew he was trouble,” Chris said upon hearing the news, “I just knew it!”

“It did seem he was trying too hard to fit in,” Hiram added, “After weeks of keeping to himself—suddenly he is spending time walking around the village to just visit.”

“I’m sure Big A put him up to that.”

“In collusion with my beloved ex-wife,” George Gamboge added, “He even pretended to be on my side over our split—probably her idea.”

“If Big A thinks this will turn my attention away from him…” The marshal did not need to finish that though—all present understood her meaning.

Of course, at the Gamboge cabin, the interpretation of his capture was just a little different.

Big A & Millie after Hans’ Capture

“I wonder how they knew he was going to Superior,” Big A said thinking out loud, “I had no idea he was going.”

“Does it matter? He’s gone!”

“It matters, Millie, he could still try to implicate us in Sig’s murder.”

“Much as I hate her, that marshal’s no fool, she’ll learn that you were still working for Hanssen, and receiving a large amount of money from him. It just wouldn’t make sense for you to kill him.”

“That alone could cause us a lot of trouble.”

“Not the kind of trouble Hans is in.”

“There is that.”

Still…there will be trouble for our friends…the marshal will see to that.

To be Continued…

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