chairman 20 - showdown

by fred flynn

part 20 of ?

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the long black limousine rounded the curve of the abandoned highway. the blue sedan was up ahead, just where it should have been. the limo was on manual. montgomery sat in the front seat, .operating the vehicle with an old-fashioned steering wheel. montgomery did not believe for one minute that central’s agents in the sedan did not know he was following them, but you had to humor the bow tie people at control. control vs central! for all the marbles! bring it on! communication with control was off - he had been told to turn it on “only in an emergency”. what did that mean? everything was an emergency. life against death, ciontrol against central, montgomery against the world. did the people in control think he, montgomery, who had seen and done things too terrible even to have names, could not handle it? the landscape changed. the flat plains on the right gave way to thick woods. now the sedan would turn into a side road. montgomery touched the control panel and the limo speeded up to get closer to the sedan. another curve on the road and the sedan disappeared. was it waiting for him just around the bend? but montgomery was waiting for this just this moment. he pulled over and stopped the limo. he took his old knife, willie, and the new blaster control had given him - which he did not really trust and had not even given a name - out of the front compartment and slipepd both into his belt. he double checked that the limo was not giving off any signals. he got out. he entered the woods. to be continued