NationStates Jolt Archive

"Welcome back to RNN... just moments ago in the Courthouse behind me, the Rotovian High Court has aquited a Captain of a vessel imounded in international waters.

Justive Katherine Oxford re-affirmned that the ruling was based upon a Nessascity defence and maintained the right of the Navy to impound vesel carrying human cargo in international waters.

Dr. Anderson-Smith, pulled his files and walked out of the courthouse. He decided to call the NC govenment later on, but right now, he needed a bed to relax on.

Holden drove fast down the back roads near Esmund International airport. He knew that the only way Thary was aquitted was if he spilled his guts, which meant the Romanokovskis would judge it as a failure on his part, which meant, they'd release the files that showed the bribes he himself had accepted before. If those became public, he would spend the rest of his days at a labor camp. If he gave a depostion, he'd be killed. The Romanokovskis had too many friends still in Siap. His only choice was to escape the country. He saw the fence by the runway and knew he was only a minute away from the terminal and freedom. He saw a pair of headlights on the other side of the road. He breathed steadily. No one knows I'm leaving. Not even my wife and daughter. Couldn't be anyone after me. He then noticed a pair of headlights through his rear-view mirror. Crap he thought. He accelerated but the van slammed into him head on. His seat belt caught him and he could hear his heart beating. He grappled with his seatbelt, but his car was surrounded by men in ski masks. They each held a silenced sub-machine gun and emptied clip after clip into Holden's car. They entered their vehicles and disapeared as quickly as they had appeared.

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"Mr. Romanokovski. This is Kavanagh."

"Go ahead."

"We tied off our loose end in parliament."

"Good."

"Thary was aquitted. He spilled his guts."

"We'll have to take care of him."

"Do you think they'll come after us?"

"Only time will tell. Be ready just in case."