Free Kidnap (The Billionaire Series) by Murray McDonald

overhear the
conversation.
    “Saki, are you OK? What’s happening?” asked a flustered SPU
officer.
    “We’re fine, don’t worry!”
    “False alarm?” he asked, relieved.
    “No, we’ve got seven intruders making their way towards the
house.”
    “Jesus, let us in!” he shouted.
    “Absolutely not, it’s too dangerous,” he replied
    “That’s why we’re here, let us in!” he demanded again.
    “It’s too dangerous for you, not us,” replied Saki and hung up.
    He watched the seven red blips reach the driveway and begin to
accelerate. As expected, the blips suddenly stopped moving.
    ***
    “Jesus Christ!” screamed Conor as the road suddenly became a sea of spikes, bursting every one of the fourteen
tyres.
    The seven men managed to get to the side of the road unscathed
but they now had over 3 miles to cover to get to the house on foot. He looked back to the main gate , it
remained firmly shut . Why would they not let the security team in? He
was beginning to wish he had listened to Sinead. Had the ramps been available,
he would have turned around but they weren’t and the walls were unclimable , caked in anti climb paint and topped with razor
wire. They had no option but to move into the woods which skirted the driveway and set off at a jog. They were extremely fit, heavily
armed and well covered by the trees, things could be worse.
    However, things got worse very quickly. The lights died, as did
the sirens and an eerie dark silence fell upon Conor and his men. They must know where we are, why else would they turn the lights
off? Conor was now very worried.
    ***
      Donald joined Saki in
the kitchen.
    “Well?”
    “Seven, just inside the main gate and they just lost their
transport,” said Saki pointing at the screen. They could see, from the video
feed, seven men working their way through the wooded area. Tom joined them. He
knew it wasn’t a false alarm, his father’s face had told him all he needed to
know. He watched the video screen.
    “Are we in danger?” asked Donald.
    “Not unless they’re hiding a nuke in their pockets, not a chance. Even if they did, we could just head down to the bunker.
Donald, trust me, this house is impregnable,” assured Saki for what felt like
the millionth time.
    Saki picked up a portable screen and pulled on a black sweater.
    “Where the hell are you going?” asked Donald.
    “I’m going to get rid of some rubbish,” he replied. He hit two
buttons and the screen jumped from daylight view to a red glow as the system
detected the change in light. The sirens in the grounds also ceased, although
with the shutters down the noise in the house had been significantly reduced.
    “What did you do that for?” asked Donald confused.
    “Makes it a bit more interesting,” he said, grabbing the intercom
headset and, ensuring there were no blips near the house, he activated the
release for the back door. The shutter raised and allowed Saki to leave,
shutting immediately behind him.
    Donald and Tom were left looking at each other, neither knowing
what to say, they turned their attention to the screen and watched as Saki’s
green dot zipped across the screen.
    ***
    The SPU officers were beside themselves, their role was to
protect the Prime Minister’s son but they couldn’t get in to protect him. Seven
intruders were making their way towards the Estate and they were utterly
impotent.
    The officer in charge phoned the Special Branch Commander and
told him what was happening.
    “What do you mean, he won’t let you in?” he screamed.
    “What the hell!” exclaimed the SPU officer.
    “What, what’s happened?” the Special Branch man shouted.
    “Can’t you hear? The sirens just stopped and now the lights have
gone out,” replied the bewildered SPU officer.
    “They must have cut the power. Scale the wall if you have to!
Just get in there!!” he commanded.
    “We’ve tried that, it’s impossible, wait a minute, I hear
something…” the security man paused as he