<br /><br />Puppet Show and Shaow Plays: Part 4b – Santana’s Run

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Sunday, March 16

Puppet Show and Shaow Plays: Part 4b – Santana’s Run

The thrum of the helicopter pounded around the team’s earphones.

“The car that it stole was found at this gas station,” said Hammer. The helicopter was coming to a landing nearby. It was one of the advantages of Arizona. The landscape was flat as far as the eye could see.

“Ready?” asked Blade. Everyone had their pistols out. They nodded. “Go!”

The team hopped out of the chopper. Confused gas station attendants and tourists screamed.

“Everyone DOWN!” shouted Hammer, flashing his badge. “We’re federal agents! Down on your knees, hands on your head!”

They corralled the people who were there. It was a large gas station along I-10 West, but it was the only gas station for miles around.

“Is this everybody?” asked Blade.

“Yep,” said Hammer.

“Not quite,” said Jim-Bean. “There’s a corpse with his mouth open in the car over there.”

Blade pointed at one of the attendants. “You’ve got video cameras here, right?”

“Uh, yes sir?” asked the pimply-faced teenager.

“Good. I want to see it.” Blade turned to the others. ““Find out what they saw. I want an inventory count of every car in this station. Nobody leaves until we check them out.” [MORE]