The Perfect Trap

Prologue

Vienna, Austria February, 1, 2010
Lexington Mansion

Amanda stared at the beautiful old mansion that stood before her.
Amanda was a beautiful twenty-five year old woman with auburn hair,
emerald green eyes with flecks of silver, and dark brows. She had high
cheekbones, a small nose, and dark golden skin. She had soft delicate
features that made her look rather pretty. She was tall, lean, and
gracefully rounded. She wore a black wool sweater, dark blue jeans, and
black leather boots.
The mansion was made out of a dark stone that gleamed darkly in the
moonlight and rose five stories off the ground. The mansion was sealed
in a fifty foot thick metal shield that had electricity flowing through
it. A black stone chimney stood to the side with smoke curling into the
sky. She quietly picked the lock on the door and it yielded with a soft
noise. Megan slipped into the mansion and closed the door behind her.
The mansion was richly furnished with the state of the art modern
equipment such as a state of the art computer with speakers, scanner,
digital camera, digital printer, cd rom, cd burner, cd copier, and a
fax machine. There were two color television sets with state of the art
digital vcrs and dvd players, a radio and stereo player with a vast
collection of cds like Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti. There were
three ovens, two toasters, a dishwasher, and a large refrigerator in
the kitchen. There were two washing machines, two dryers, two pressing
machine, an ironing board with an iron, and a hanging rack for wet
clothes in a special room on the bottom floor. The furniture in the
room was made from a beautiful redwood. A garage outside was filled
with a beautiful black BMW.
Amanda quietly made her way into the library, closed and locked the
door behind her, and gazed around her. The library was a large and
spacious room. There was a black marble fireplace with two black velvet
wing backed chairs standing in front of it. A plush white damask carpet
was spread out across the floor. The oakwood bookcases against the
walls were filled with books on various subjects. A small table laden
with bottles of the finest wine, port, and champagne stood in a corner
of the room. A long black velvet cushioned couch was stretched out
across the far wall. There were valuable paintings and tapestries
hanging on the walls. A oakwood desk stood in the far corner with loose
papers, pads, a fountain pen and an ink well standing neatly on
top.
She found a heavy wooden chest locked with a silver padlock securely
hidden in the shadows of a great oak desk. She pulled the heavy chest
towards her and picked the lock. The lock fell to the ground with a
soft thud against the plush white damask carpet. She pulled the lid off
and searched through it. There were stocks, bonds, cash, deeds, and
accounting books inside the chest and she placed them inside the black
duffel bag. She then opened the compartments on the floor and stuffed
the gold, silver, gems, and rich fabrics into the duffel bag as well.
Amanda walked over to the computer that was on the desk. She quickly
booted the computer, copied the insurance and bank account files onto a
disk, and stuffed the disk into the bag. She then carefully gathered
the valuable paintings and tapestries placed them in the bag. She then
took a small twenty pound C-4 bomb, wired it into the circuitry of the
mansion, armed it, and turned on the detonator.
Amanda frantically searched for a way down into the jail cells below
but she could not find the way. She suddenly came across a passageway
that was well hidden by a stone doorway. She walked down below and
found the leader of the gang locked up in one of the many cells. He had
blue painted hair, wild emerald green eyes, and dark brows. He had high
cheekbones, a small nose, and pale skin. He had harsh features that
made him look wild and cruel. He was tall and wiry with a small build.
He wore an orange prison suit and he had a metal ball attached to one
of his ankles with a metal chain. Amanda set herself to the task of
picking the lock and was inside a few moments later. She quickly picked
the easy lock on the metal chain. The leader had been heavily drugged
with anesthesia earlier and was now in a drugged sleep. She tried to
move him but she found she could not.
She took out a small device from the duffel bag and pressed a button. A
moment later, the metal shield around the mansion dropped away. A group
of men all dressed in black leather and wearing black shades stood
outside heavily armed with guns and knives. A black Rolls Royce was
standing out on the street behind them. Amanda opened one of the large
windows and tossed the duffel bag to the waiting men. One of them
caught the duffel bag easily and tossed it into the car. Amanda gently
tried to lever herself and the group leader out of the window. She
cursed profanely as she watched the others leave them behind.
Amanda was suddenly grabbed from behind and pulled back into the
mansion as the metal shield quickly rose back into place. Amanda was
forced to turn around and came face to face with a man. He was a
handsome twenty-eight year old man with fair blond hair that gleamed
like gold in the darkness, sea blue eyes with flecks of gold, and dark
brows. He had high cheekbones, a strong nose, and dark golden skin. He
had fine chiseled features that made him look handsome and dangerous.
He was tall, lean, and muscular with a strong build. He wore a white
velvet shirt, dark brown silk breeches, and brown leather shoes. He
held a gun in one of his hands.
Amanda smiled at him smugly as she knocked the gun out of his hands as
she said," You have lost your fortune, your beautiful mansion, and you
are going to die, you worthless pig." Justin raised a dark brow at that
and said," I have already dis-armed the C-4 bomb and I have not lost my
fortune. The paintings and tapestries that you stole are fake and
worthless. The stocks, bonds, cash, insurance and bank account files as
well as the accounting book you stole are worthless because they also
are fake. The gold, silver, gems, and rich fabrics are also fake."
Amanda shook her head frantically and said firmly," They are all real!"
Justin walked over to the chest and pulled out the false bottom to
reveal the real piles of wealth in stocks, bonds, cash, insurance and
bank account files on secured disks as well as the real accounting
book. Justin then walked over to the large compartments in the floor
and pulled out the false bottoms to reveal the real gold, silver, gems,
and rich fabrics. Amanda stared angrily at what she saw in the chest
and became angrier when she saw Justin press a button and the real
paintings and tapestries moved out from behind the special holding
compartments.
" I never take any chances with what belongs to me," he said softly.
Amanda glared at him angrily and shouted," You bastered! I am going to
kill you!" She pressed another button on the small device in her hands.
A small bomb filled with electricity suddenly exploded. Amanda felt
currents of electricity shot through her. She fell heavily to the
ground as she slipped into the waiting darkness. The electricity of the
bomb finally died away after several moments. Justin made his way over
to Amanda where she lay on the floor. There were electric burns and
bruises all over her face, arms, and legs. She was trembling violently
in electric shock because the electricity had sent a painful shock
along her spine. Justin picked her up and carried her into his
laboratory.
He gently laid her down on one of the tables and secured her with the
restraints. He grabbed a needle filled with medicine, gave her the
injection, and she stopped trembling after a few moments. He then took
a special cream and began to treat the burns and bruises on her body.
Justin pressed a button on the side of the table and a cylinder of
metal encased itself around Amanda. Justin pressed another button and a
helmet was lowered down on Amanda from a compartment in the ceiling.
Justin secured the helmet around her head.

Chapter One

Amanda woke up to find herself retrained on a table in the laboratory
of the mansion. She had machines and ives attached to her head, arms,
and legs. An air pump was pumping air into her lungs. The room was
large, spacious, and filled with the state of the art equipment. There
was a long birchwood table with a tall stool against the far white wall
laden with bottles, beakers, and test tubes in racks filled with
multi-colored liquids. A large stack of computer chips stood on the
table. There were sterile needles, spools of thread, bottles of iodine
and alcohol, clean bandages, and sterile, scissors. A state of the art
special laboratory computer stood on the table as well. Two large
cauldrons filled with clear blue water stood against the other wall
with a glass cylinder standing next to it. There were several machines
attached to them. The laboratory had wooden stables with restraining
straps made out of leather in the middle of the room.
Justin was standing over her dressed in a long white coat and
protective eyeglasses." What did you do to me, you bastered?" she asked
weakly. She felt exhausted and drained as she lay there. Justin said in
a matter of fact voice," The electricity bomb gave you a bad shock. You
went into electric shock and you nearly died. These special machines
attached to you are keeping you alive while I am busy trying to repair
all the damage done by the bomb." Amanda stared at him for a few
moments before she asked," Why are you helping me?" Justin was silent
for a moment before he said," I am undercover Agent, Miss. Quin. My
name is Agent Justin Grant. I work for the American Federal Bureau of
Investigation. I am here to capture a dangerous American terrorist
group that escaped for a high security facility in Washington D.C a
couple of months ago. I know that they are here in Vienna, Austria and
I know that you have been with their group ever since you were six
years old. I have all the files on you so I know that you are a high
risk robber. That is why I set up the perfect trap, this mansion full
of vast fortunes, so that I could capture you and use you to get the
rest of the group. I knew that as a high risk robber, you would not be
able to resist." Amanda raised a dark brow mockingly and said," Why
should I help you, Agent Grant?"
Justin gave her an icy smile as he said," I am going to capture this
terrorist group one way or another, Miss. Quin, so do not think that I
need you that much because I do not. I can easily send you off to
prison and I will if you chose not to help in this matter." The threat
hung heavily over her making her nervous and fearful. She asked
nervously," What if I decide to help you, Agent Grant?" Justin shrugged
carelessly and said," I will have your police and FBI files erased and
you will be free." Amanda nodded her head and said softly," I will help
you, Agent Grant."
Justin took a sterile needle filled with anesthesia and gave her the
injection as he said softly," That is very wise, Miss. Quin." Amanda
fell back asleep a moment later. He removed the restraints, picked
Amanda up, and carried her over to the cauldron. He opened the door,
gently placed her inside, attached her to the machine and locked her
inside. Justin walked over to another table where the leader of the
gang, picked him up, placed him inside the other cauldron, attached him
to the machine, and locked him inside. He walked over to the control
board, inserted a small computer disk into the machine disk drive,
downloaded the physical, mental, as well as genetic information of
Amanda and himself into the computer system, and then started the
machine. It was

several hours later when the machine was finally done with its work.
Amanda looked like the terrorist leader and the terrorist leader now
looked like Justin when the machine finished. Justin took out the gang
leader, placed him inside the glass cylinder, and locked him inside. He
pressed a button and a special helmet was attached to the leader's
head. The glass cylinder was then filled to the top with cold frost
water and a freezing pellet drop inside. The frost water hardened into
ice to freeze the leader.
He then took Amanda out of the machine, grabbed a needle full of a
stimulating drug, made his way to his black BMW, placed her inside, got
in the driver's seat and drove off. It was several hours later when
they finally arrived at the terrorists's hideout. Justin gave her the
injection of stimulating drugs. Amanda abruptly woke up from her heavy
sleep with a start. She stared in surprise as she realized where they
were. She turned to Justin and asked," How do you know where our
hideout is?" Justin gave her a dark smile and said," I had a tracking
device hidden in one of the paintings you stole from me. I am going to
send you inside to keep the terrorists busy for a while. You look
exactly like the terrorist leader so you should have no problems.
Amanda stared in horror when she caught sight of herself in the rear
view mirror of the car.
He tossed her a gun as he said," Here, you might need this in case
there's trouble. Now go keep the terrorists busy while I go to work in
their laboratory." She nodded her head weakly and said," I have no
choice, do I?" Justin shook his head and said softly," No, you have no
choice in this matter." Amanda silently took the gun, climbed out of
the car, and went inside the hideout. Justin waited half an hour before
he parked the car in a dark alley and sneaked inside the hideout. The
hideout was a small one story building made from plain grey concrete
and cement. The furniture was worn and dust-covered. There were cracks,
holes, and cobwebs throughout the building. The grey paint had peeled
off to leave several gaps in the paint. There was horrid graffiti done
in multi-colored spray paint and regular paint.
Justin could see Amanda and the terrorists standing together as they
talked several feet away from where he stood. Justin felt a strange
fear at having put her in danger and he was surprised at the feeling
and the burning intensity of it. He silently made his way into the
chamber that was the terrorists's laboratory. There were masses of
large boxes filled with the supplies to build bombs. The large boxes
filled with C-4 stood next to the supply boxes. Washington D.C and
Moscow, which were the bomb targets, were written on the boxes. There
were out dated and badly damaged laboratory equipment. The black cotton
carpet on the floor was threadbare. Justin turned his attention to the
computer on one of the counters. He sat down on the stool and quickly
began his work.
Amanda caught sight of Justin the laboratory working on the computer.
She felt a strong urge to help him and she suddenly had an idea. Amanda
hesitated for several minutes before she quietly sneaked away from the
terrorists and made her way into the computer laboratory. Justin
quickly whirled around on the stool with his gun in his hands when he
saw her approaching then took the gun away and said angrily," What are
you doing here, Amanda?" She glared at him and said challengingly," I
thought I was supposed to be helping you." Justin raised a dark brow
mockingly and said," Is this supposed to be helping me? I told you to
keep the terrorists busy. This could get us both killed." Amanda said
briskly," We should not be wasting time then. I will go get the hard
copy files from the file cabinet while you work on the computer." She
then silently moved off to the file cabinet. Justin quickly went back
to work on the computer. Justin suddenly caught sight of one of the
guards spying on them. Justin took out the dagger that he had hidden in
a small sheath of his pants and deftly killed him but it was too late.
The guard had turned on the alarm and the siren was blaring loudly
through the hideout.
Justin cursed profanely as he quickly tried to finish the work he had
been doing on the computer. Amanda was struggling to gather all the
files in the file cabinet and place them in the special holder inside a
black sachel bag. Justin placed a floppy disk in each of the floppy
disk drives, finished the downloading of the computer files and bombing
plans, and then placed the disks in his pocket. He walked over to the
supply boxes and quickly attached a small C-10 bomb on several of the
boxes, started the detonators, then walked over to Amanda. They quickly
gathered the hard copy files.
Justin and Amanda then turned to find the terrorists gathered in the
laboratory with their weapons ready to fire in their hands. Justin took
out five small silver balls from his bag and smashed them with all his
strength against the floor. The balls burst open in an explosion and
the room was filled with a noxious gas. The gang started to fire their
weapons in a blind anger and panic. Justin took out the oxygen mask
from his bag and placed in on Amanda. He forced himself to ignore the
noxious gas and his bullet wounds as he deftly led the way out of the
smoke filled building. It was several minutes later before they finally
found their way to Justin's car that was hidden in the dark valley
behind the terrorists's hideout. Justin helped Amanda into the front
passenger seat of the car, got into the driver's seat, then drove off
back to his mansion. The terrorist building suddenly exploded violently
a few moments later. No one knew that the terrorists and all of their
supplies had gotten out of the building and they had been far away
before the explosion.
When they got back to the mansion, Justin vanished from sight into his
laboratory for several hours. Justin was busily reading the terrorists
files and bomb plans when Amanda went into the laboratory. He had been
working for several hours straight and they had taken their toll on
him. He looked exhausted and worried as he carefully read all of the
files and plans several times. He turned to her when she walked in and
he said," There is a problem." Amanda looked at him for several moments
and asked seriously," What is the matter?" Justin hesitated before he
said slowly," The terrorists are all alive and they have all their
supplies. They have another hideout somewhere here in Vienna and I have
no idea where. These files and these bomb plans are fakes so I do not
know anything about their plans."
Amanda frowned and asked," How do you know all of this?" Justin again
hesitated for several moments and said," I have just received a phone
call from the Austrian Police. They said that the terrorists have just
bombed the Austrian and the Russian embassies and consulates here in
Vienna. There have been several dozen deaths and there are many wounded
people." Amanda looked horrified and said in a weak voice," There is no
way to find them?" Justin shook his head and said softly," There is no
way." Justin gave a dark smile as an idea suddenly struck him and he
said," I have an idea. I can turn you back to your old self and you can
go take the painting with the tracking device back to them. I can then
track them to their new hideout and bomb the god dam hell out of those
bastereds." Amanda shook her head and said," We lost the black duffel
bag, remember?" Justin again shook his head and said," I have the black
duffel bag. I just need you to bring it to them so that I can find
them." Amanda nodded her head and said," I will do it. " Justin asked,"
Do you have a way to contact them?" Amanda nodded as she said," There
is a way. The group has a special number that each of us can call so
that we can find each other. I will call them, tell them I found the
black duffel bag and then I will bring it to them. You then come and
bomb the hell out of them no matter what." A several hours of surgery,
Justin turned Amanda back to her old self.

Chapter Two

Gideon, Austria February,12, 2045
Terrorists's Hideout

Amanda walked over to the phone that was in the public caf? against the
far wall. There were masses of people milling around inside the caf?
drinking, eating, smoking and talking as they sat at the sea of tables.
She took fifty cents worth of quarters out of her black jacket pocket
and inserted them into the slot. She deftly dialed the number that had
been drilled into her several times and then the three digit number
that was tattooed in black on the inside of her right wrist. She felt
very afraid and thought frantically several times about walking away as
the phone rang dully.
She was about to hang up when a raspy voice suddenly spoke on the other
end and said," Where are you, Amanda?" Amanda felt immense relief to be
talking to the people with whom she had spent most of her life. Amanda
felt happy as she said," I am at the small caf? in downtown Vienna
known as Heidelberg Caf?. I have found the black duffel full of the
valuables we stole from Lexington Mansion. Come pick me up as soon as
possible." She then went back to the chair where she had been sitting
to wait for her friends to come get her. Amanda had to force herself
not to run to the familiar black van that held her friends as she saw
it slowly make its way to the caf?. She quickly climbed into the van
and it quietly drove off.
The new hideout was an old abandoned building that was badly burnt far
away from the cities in a small town. The building was two stories high
and was made from a stone that was slowly being eaten away. There was
graffiti all over the building in multi-color spray paints, oil, and
garbage. The old building was heavily boarded with wooden planks and
metal chains as it had been condemned several years ago. There was no
sign of life anywhere to be seen. There was a fowl odor filling the
air. Amanda followed her friends to the top floor of the old building.
They walked down a long corridor that was dimly lit by torches. The
room they went into was small, dirty, and furnished sparsely with some
old rusted furniture.
A terrorist from the small group suddenly said," Did you manage to earn
the agent's trust, Amanda?" Amanda nodded and said firmly," He believes
that I am actually helping him against you guys." He smiled with
satisfaction and said," That is good, Amanda. We have bomb the American
and Russian embassies and consulates here in Vienna. Our brothers are
busy bombing the other Austrian and Russian embassies and consulates in
all over the world. We want you to kill the agent so he will not bother
us while we go on to our next targets; The Parliament and The Kremlin.
The Austrians and Russians will declare war on each other and start a
way. The other European countries will then join in the war on either
side. When they are all dead and drained from fighting, we will sweep
in with our armies and takeover."
Amanda knew that she could not kill Justin but forced herself to say
calmly," Fine." The terrorist handed her another black duffel bag and
said," This bag contains a powerful C-20 bomb with a half an hour time
detonator. You are to wire this into the mansion and then you are to
return here. Understand, Amanda?" Amanda nodded her head, took the
heavy bomb, and silently left. The terrorist turned to the others and
said," Let's get to work."
Amanda tossed the heavy black duffel bag into a nearby sewer drain when
she got out of the building. The bomb landed in the dirty water with a
sickening thud before a splash that sent water flying. Amanda did not
know that the terrorists had seen her and the bomb falling into the
sewer drain. Amanda found her old char-gold jeep among the cars that
the terrorists had stolen and had kept hidden in a nearby garage. The
keys were still in the ignition and the car was unlocked. It was the
custom of the terrorists to leave their cars that way so that they
could easily escape if they were ever in trouble. Amanda climbed into
the driver's seat of the jeep, closed the door, started the engine, and
drove away.
Amanda found herself driving everywhere except back to the mansion. She
knew that she could not go back to him because he would be in even more
danger then he was in now. Amanda swore angrily under her breath and
muttered softly," What the hell is the matter with me?" She knew that
she had fallen for him but she could not and would not admit it to
herself. It is for the best, Amanda told herself in a half-hearted
attempt to comfort herself. Amanda suddenly realized that the
terrorists would be after him to kill him and then they would come
after her for betraying them. I will go warn him of the danger and of
their plans, she told herself firmly, then I am going to America for a
long time. After having finally made her decision to warn Justin and
leave Austria, Amanda headed towards the mansion.
She found Justin in his bedroom when she got back to the mansion. The
room was rich, plush, and comfortable with luxurious furniture. Justin
was sitting in a white velvet wing backed chair facing the fireplace in
one of the corners. Amanda felt very nervous as she said quickly in a
quavering voice," Agent Grant, I do not have much time to talk to you
but I must. It has all been a trap. The robbing of your mansion was
meant for you to capture me. I was then to get you to trust me so that
I could lead you into a trap. I was supposed to lie to you when I got
back with the black duffel bag by saying that I had not been able to
make contact with the terrorists. The bag had a C-20 bomb inside it and
I was supposed to wire it to the mansion and then return to them. I
threw the bomb away into the sewers near their new hideout in a small
town named Gideon. Their plans are to start a war between all the
European countries and then take over when the war is finished. They
have been bombing all the Austrian and Russian embassies and consulates
all over the world to get them to fight each other then the other
countries are supposed to join. They are already on their way to blow
up the Parliament and the Kremlin. They are after you and now they are
after me as well. I am leaving for America and I suggest you leave as
well. I had to warn you about the danger and tell you the terrorists's
plans because&;#8230;" Amanda hesitated for a few moments before she
said softly," I love you, Justin."
Amanda was frozen in fear when Mark suddenly turned around with a gun
in his hands and said mockingly," I am disappointed in you, Amanda, now
I am going to have to kill you before you can warn your agent friend."
Mark fired the gun at Amanda and it found its mark in Amanda's stomach.
Amanda fell heavily backwards to the floor in a small pool of blood.
She felt a burning pain blaze all through her body.
A stone door suddenly opened behind Mark and Justin quietly made his
way out of the passageway. Justin shoved against the chair with all his
strength and toppled it to the floor. Mark cursed profanely as he fell
to the ground. He turned around with the gun ready but Justin was
already moving on him. Justin lashed out with a foot and kicked him in
the chest. The blow sent Mark sprawling backwards against the back
wall. He just barely managed to get out of the way as Justin came after
him again.
He took out his switchblade knife from his pocket and waved it
threateningly at Justin and he said in a vicious snarl that was not
quite human," I am going to kill you, your bastered!" He lunged out at
Justin with the knife but missed. Justin grabbed his arm and twisted it
painfully until John finally dropped the knife to the floor. Mark
punched Justin in the stomach with his free hand. The force from the
blow knocked Justin to the floor. Mark was about to kick him when
Justin grabbed his foot, twisted it, and pushed upwards send him
sprawling to the floor backwards. He then grabbed Mark by his collar,
dragged him to his feet, and slammed a firm fist into his nose, jaw,
and stomach. The crunch of bone could be heard as Justin punched him in
the nose again. A stream of blood spurted out of John's nose to stain
the floor.
Mark kicked Justin in the stomach and managed to free himself from
Justin's tight grasp. He caught sight of his switchblade knife and made
a lung for it but Justin was already there. He grabbed the knife off
the floor and threw the knife at Mark but it missed. The knife struck
against one of the stones of the fireplace and slid several feet away.
Mark jumped upon Justin like a madman and made horrible animal like
sounds of pleasure as he punched Justin in the stomach several times.
Amanda suddenly grabbed one of the chairs and smashed it against Mark.
John howled like a wounded animal in pain and then fell limp on Justin.
Justin shoved him off with disgust as he rose to his feet. Amanda now
lay on the floor again in a pool of blood from her wound. Justin gently
picked her up and made his way down to his laboratory where he treated
her wound.
Justin swore softly when he saw through a large window the other
terrorists suddenly arrive and storm into the mansion. They were all
dressed in black leather and dark sunglasses. They were heavily armed
with machine guns and they had a large supply of ammunition. He quickly
gave Amanda a shot full of a stimulating drug to wake her. Justin and
Amanda made their way out of the laboratory to the roof of the mansion
amid heavy gunfire. Justin used himself to protect Amanda from the
gunfire.
A large boat was tied with a thick rope to the docks down below. Justin
suddenly turned to Amanda, kissed her, and then said," I am sorry,
Amanda." Amanda stared at him in bewilderment and asked," What for?"
Justin said with a mischievous grin and said," For this." Amanda
screamed fearfully when Justin abruptly grabbed her and tossed her
towards the large boat. She landed in the water with a loud splash and
managed to swim to the boat. Justin pressed the button to raise the
metal shield over the mansion then jumped into the water and swam over
to join her at the boat. It was only then that it was obvious that
Justin had been hit several times by the gunfire.
Amanda managed to pull Justin into the boat. She grabbed the two oars
of the boat and rowed the ship back to the mansion. She helped Justin
down the dark passageway that led to the laboratory. She laid him down
on one of the tables and restrained him with the heavy leather straps.
She gave him a injection of anesthesia. She worked quickly to remove
the bullets from his wounds and then cleaned with alcohol and special
anti-bacterial cleaning soap. She then took a sterile sewing needle and
sewed the wounds closed. He had lost a good deal of blood so she found
the special freezer that had fresh packets of blood inside and gave him
several injections. She checked his heart rate and blood pressure and
cursed when they were very low and said softly," Don't you dare die on
me!" She found the electric pump and gave him several jolts of
electricity. It was several hours later when Justin was finally out of
danger.
Amanda found the laboratory telephone, dialed 911, and said," I need
the police. This is an emergency." A police officer came online a
moment later and said," This is police chief Henry Davies speaking.
What is the trouble?" "There is a group of terrorists trapped behind a
metal shield inside Lexington Mansion. An FBI Agent and I are trapped
in here with them." The police chief swore profanely before he said,"
We are on our way. Hold on." Amanda hung up the phone before she walked
back to Justin. She found a sterile needle filled with a stimulating
drug and gave him the injection.
The terrorists suddenly rushed into the laboratory with their guns
ready in their hands. Justin suddenly came to life with surprising
speed, grabbed a nearby tank filled with a gas, and threw it to the
floor in front of the terrorists. The tank exploded and gas quickly
filled the small room. He then broke another tank that dropped a
freezing pelt onto the floor. The laboratory was quickly frozen in a
layer of ice along with the terrorists.
Justin and Amanda quickly made their way out of the laboratory to the
outside of the mansion. Justin pressed a button and the metal shield
was lowered down. There were dozens of police cars waiting outside when
they made their way out.
Mark suddenly came running out of the mansion as it exploded and became
a raging inferno. He was badly burnt from the fire and had a burnt
machine gun in his hands. He aimed carefully at Justin and Amanda. A
moment later, Justin and Amanda shot him at the same time with the guns
that had been inside one of the police cars. Mark dropped to the ground
lifeless. Justin and Amanda were then wrapped in thick black wool
blankets, placed into a police car, and then driven away.
Justin turned to Amanda and glared at her through the darkness of the
police car and said angrily," Why did you take us back to the mansion,
Amanda? The terrorists were there." Amanda shrugged her shoulders and
said," You were severely injured and would have died." Justin brought
himself very close to her and said," You should have left me there in
the boat rather then place yourself in danger the way you did." He was
furious that she had put herself in danger and he was also scared that
she had been in danger. Amanda turned to face him and said," I did not
want you to die." Justin stared at her blankly for several moments
before he said softly," Why did it matter, Amanda?" Amanda hesitated
for a few moments," Because I love you, Justin." Justin said in a soft
whisper," I love you, too, Amanda.'
The police car suddenly became filled with sleeping gas that put them
to sleep. Amanda recognized the man in the driver's seat who had
released the sleeping gas. It was Craig, Mark's young brother. Justin
and Amanda woke several hours later to find themselves in the
terrorists's hideout. They were chained to the cement wall of a dark
room. Craig smiled with malicious satisfaction as he walked over to
them. Justin was heavily asleep where he was standing chained. Craig
leered at Amanda and said," I am going to enjoy this, Amanda. The both
of you killed my brother and for that the both of you will die. The FBI
agent is going to die first." He took careful aim with his gun as he
walked over to Justin. He was about to fire when Justin kicked out with
one of his legs and the gun fell from his hands. The gun slid fell to
the floor a few feet away from Justin.
Justin easily slipped from his cuffs, which he had picked up with a
metal toothpick and fell to the floor. Justin grabbed the gun that had
fallen to the floor near him, aimed it carefully at Craig as he swiftly
rose to his feet and fired. Craig stopped dead in his tracks and stood
there for a few moments before he fell to the ground lifeless. Justin
caught sight of the large boxes filled with the bomb making supplies.
Justin quickly grabbed one of the detonators and set it for five
minutes. He got a large amount of special black tape and tapped all the
boxed together in one large pile, attached the detonator to it, and
started it. Justin and Amanda then made their way out of the
terrorist's hideout as quickly as they could. The terrorists's hideout
burst into a raging inferno when the bombs exploded.
The police were waiting outside the hideout for them. Amanda turned to
Justin and said," How did they know that we were here, Justin?" Justin
gave her a dark smile and said as he kissed her," I made sure that both
of us had tracking devices implanted under our skins and I gave the
tracking controls to the police." Amanda laughed and said," You never
let anyone take anything away from you, do you Justin?" Justin was very
serious as he said," I never have and I never will, Amanda." Amanda
moved closer to him as he asked softly," Are you going to keep me?"
Justin gave her a mischievous grin and kissed her again as he said,"
Definitely." " I am definitely going to keep you," she whispered
softly.

Epilogue

Vienna, Austria March,25,2045
Lexington Mansion

Justin pulled the black BMW to a stop in front of the mansion and
stared at his wife as she sat next to him. She was beautiful in her
black silk camisole under a white plaid cotton, white cotton pants, and
black leather boots. Justin was wearing a white cotton t-shirt, black
cotton shorts, and brown shoes. They had just gotten back to Austria
from a five month long honeymoon. They had gone on an extensive
European tour of Holland, Scotland, England, Ireland, France, Germany,
Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, Spain, and Portugal. He removed
the blind fold from around her eyes and said softly," Surprise." Amanda
opened her eyes and smiled happily at the beautiful scene. A new
mansion, made out of a beautiful stone that gleamed dully, stood where
the old mansion had once stood.
She turned to Justin and asked," What is this, Justin?" Justin gave her
a mischievous grin as he said," This is going to be our home. I paid
special contractors to rebuild the mansion." Amanda said as they
kissed," I love you, Justin." " I love you, too, Amanda." They parked
the car in the garage and went inside the mansion.