Father in twain of the Alpha and Omega rises up the twenty-seventh.”
CHAPTER 37
“He’s gone,” Go Man says into the phone sitting on the edge on the bed in his hotel room.
“What? What are you talking about?” Belo responses in surprise, having been awaken by the call and realizing that go-man doesn’t understand the time difference between Rome and the United States.
“Jim Dunbar is nowhere to be found that’s what I’m saying not home, not at work, nowhere. I’d say fear has kicked in and he’s run off.”
“That’s a major complication. What happened over there? Why didn’t you keep a careful watch on him?”
“I followed as much as I could. He didn’t want to hear what I had to say. What else was I suppose to do, kidnap him?”
“This is terrible. Does he still have the samples?”
“I can’t say with certainty but my estimation would be yes. He’s probably discovered something usual and realizing the implications he panicked and ran.”
“If he has the Sacred Sample then he is in great danger, if the Elite catch up to him they will kill him for running out on them.”
“I tried telling him they were trouble, all that was pretty new and foreign information to him. How could we expect him to just believe it first off?”
“This is trouble, a great deal of trouble. They find him, kill him and then they have the Sacred Sample.”
“I’m aware.”
“You must have some idea where he could have gone. You must find him fast. I’m sure the Elite are searching too. Whoever gets to Jim Dunbar first will laid their hands on the flesh of our Lord. While we will save him they will kill him without blinking an eye,” Belo says.
“The Americans are involved too. They want to talk to him as much as we do. I saw them go into his house.”
“A search, perhaps they found something that could give us a clue to where he is. You should follow them, if they are on his trail, if they know something we must know it too! They will confiscate the sample and then how do we petition the American government to get it back? Oh excuse us there Uncle Sam yes, if you don’t mind that little rectangle box over there with the 2000 year old foreskin yes, yes that’s the one, you see that’s ours and we would like it back okay, thanks so much.
“I can try to follow them. I have somewhat of a connection, not much of one though.”
“Use whatever resources you process and use them now! The fickle vessel of time empties itself even as we speak.”
“I’m aware,” he answers coldly.
CHAPTER 38
“I haven’t heard anything from him for over a week. He missed the Thursday meeting when he was supposed to return the second sample,” Glenn says.
“He has the second sample still? No good, no good,” Logo says shaking his head.
“I thought you said he was stable, dependable and now where are we? Look at us, hiding in this old warehouse. Our whole operation is riding on that second sample and we don’t even know where it is,” Haggai shouts. His aggravation confounded by his dislike of the warehouse facilities.
“I know what happened; somebody must have got to him. That P.I we paid off, Dunbar must have been suspicious for some reason otherwise he wouldn’t have hired a P.I. to investigate us,” Logo says.
“No, he wouldn’t have,” Glenn says.
“Can’t you see what has happened? He knows about the operation. Someone’s tipped him off to our plan,” Haggai says.
“Who?” Logo asks.
“Who else? Rome got to him! Maybe they have him now. Maybe they have our sample too. I bet they’re trying to get Dunbar out of the country right now,” Haggai says.
“Possible,” Glenn offers.
“Likely, Dunbar isn’t smart enough to figure this out all by himself,” Logo says.
“No, he isn’t. I think you’re right they’ve got to him,” Glenn says.
“This leaves us with no time, if he’s still in the country we have to get him and the sample. I don’t care who’s got