Although all the major law enforcement agencies are looking for Dark Princess, her pirates, and the kidnapped slaves they have not made it a top priority. As it was explained a very annoyed Despard Wragg IV that Dark Princess’ raid on his island could only bring charges of property damage (the cell tower) and grand theft (the 100 slaves). Since no money was transferred Dark Princess couldn’t even be charged with human trafficking!
During the daring raid her pirates did take the slaves’ impounded possessions including the cellphones. Dark Princess and her pirates had little difficulty unlocking them (I know we have noted that Dark Princess doesn’t use the net or a cell phone. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t know
how to. It’s like the movie
‘Quigley Down Under’ at the end where Alan Rickman challenges Tom Selleck to a dual. Quigley (Selleck) has no choice but says he prefer to use his rifle. Rickman was not about to let him as Quigley is legendary with the rifle. Quigley straps on the six-shooter on then outdraws Rickman. Mortally wounded Rickman looks up at Quigley and says he didn’t think he knew how to use one. Quigley says “I said I prefer the rifle- I never said I didn’t know how to use a six-shooter.” Same hold true for DP.) DP took time to flip through some of the phones’ stored photos. She smiles as she looks at some of the ‘selfies’ the supposedly prime and proper new slaves have on their phones.
Some made DP rather wet and warm ‘down there’…
When she looked at Dorothy Brown’s pictures on her phone some made her jealous…
…while others were no surprise at all.
But the point of getting into the phones was not merely for entertainment but to ship the phones to areas far from the
Ilse of Lesbos so when they are turned on the GPS would indicate the kidnapped slaves would appear to be in harems in sensitive Arab kingdoms…
…or at the Moroccan slave markets…
…or even more diabolically the Cruxton Abbey!
For various reasons all these locations were too politically sensitive to even consider a rescue.
Meanwhile Tree docks his nearly three-quarter century old PT boat at the harbor of
Scandals Resort and is granted an audience with Chancellor Emeritus Despard Wragg. Tree is seated before Wragg who is surrounded by his most trusted inner circle and legal consul. Wragg in a very condescending tone says “It is good to see Tree. Why do you wish to see me? And by the way I hear you have filled your dingy with a considerable amount of
my aviation gasoline. How do you intend to pay?”
Tree opens his jacket and displays a pair of Glock 9mms in one shoulder holster and an Uzi in the other with enough spare clips to melt all the guns’ barrels. Wragg reaches for the ‘panic button’ but Bull and Gunner come in the door. Bull carries an M-60 machinegun with a belt of ammunition long enough to knock the walls down and Gunner has a Thompson sub-machinegun with a 50 round drum and six more ready to reload.
Tree says “Gentlemen, let’s keep this civil. The av-gas was a down payment to me. I know where Dark Princess is.”
“Everyone knows that she is in Morocco or Arabia. “And they are quite off the mark that she is at the Cruxton Abbey” Wragg scoffs.
Tree reaches into his jacket again and the tension in the room rises to near critical mass until he pulls out his flask. He takes a long slug of Seagram’s and says “I know where she is. I can deliver her to you but I want $10M US from you to deliver her to you.”
“There is already a $10M bounty on her” Wragg says.
“It barely covers my expenses” Tree retorts. “I want another $10M from you. I see on your
Scandals Resort webpage you are offering 25% discounts. You’ve never done that before. Is business down, Wragg?”
“The global economy is down, Tree!”
“Bullshit, Wragg; your clientele doesn’t know what the economy is doing. Your bookings are down because your clientele doesn’t feel safe! I even saw you are planning a 50% sale for the holidays” Tree says.
Despard’s eyes narrow in anger and says “
No one knows about that! Has Xyulo - wanted by criminal international court in The Hague hacked me?”
“No but Ulrika did” Tree replies.
‘That fucking bitch’ Wragg thinks but both he and Tree knows Tree has Wragg’s ‘balls in a vise’. Wragg sighs and says “I’ll have the papers drawn up.”
“I thought your word was your bond. Besides, if you renege I have a surplus A-10 and a B-52 that would turn your little paradise in the biggest source for Bamboo and palm toothpicks. Do we have a deal” Tree asks.
Wragg acknowledges they do. Tree asks if Wragg has any Seagram’s to fill his flack and Wragg sneers “Please accept my apology but I need to pump out septic system.”
Tree was hardly amused but did not shoot him…
Tree
