Saviour

Meoqui- Mexico

08:00 AM

Sunday 3 August 2009

An elderly Mexican farmer sits at his dinner table. He is eating a tortilla. The TV stands on. [In Spanish] And now on to other news. For an ongoing investigation, the FBI and DEA from Alberquerqe, New Mexico, United States have requested that we show on our channel the missing persons profile of Savannah Esposito. Both the DEA and FBI have reasons to believe that she might be smuggled over the border. Savannah Esposito was an important witness to what was believed to be a drug-related murder on Monday. 14 July 2009 at Alberquerqe Highway in New Mexico, United States. The nineteen-year-old girl has long dark brown hair and blue eyes. Savannah is around 125 LB and 5 feet and four. If you have any idea about her whereabouts or you have seen Savannah, do not hesitate to contact the authorities at the number below. We show the most recent photo of Savannah right now.

The farmer's mouth falls open. He knows this girl! That was the terrified girl he gave a ride to...To the federals. He knows what has happened to her. He knows where he can find her... if she is still alive!

"I don't know" Savannah heard. She swallows. She had an instinct to dress herself twenty minutes ago. Luckily, she always follows her instincts. They talked too softly for her to hear.

Lalo looks at Tuco. "Fine. Kill her already" he sighs and rolls his eyes. Ashame. "I kind of liked her" he chuckles. "The cousins will take her out in the desert and kill her. Then they can just leave her there." "And what about Nacho" asks Lalo amused. "He is shopping today. I did send him. When he returns, we just say she hung herself." Lalo laughs. "Fine" he says and walks away. Tuco growls. He didn't like lying to Nacho. But right now, it was getting too hot under his butt. The news about this missing girl was spreading. Fast. And far. He didn't know how hot though.. If he knew before she was mob... The last thing he wants is to mix Mob with Cartel. That's asking for problems. Everyone knows.

Savannah looked up. Her slender body is dressed in short jeans and a white top with hanging sleeves. Her long hair was braided in a fluffy ponytail. She looks up at Marco and Leonel, who walk into the room without a word. They don't even look at her. What is going on? Leonel places a pair of handcuffs on her wrists and pulls her up. Leonel grabs her arm and leads her outside. She doesn't see Tuco nor Lalo. She has no idea what is going on, but she has a feeling that she won't see this mansion ever again...

Her heart pounds like a crazy horse while the cousins drive their silver Porsche over the dry Mexican road. She sits at the back for what feels like hours, afraid. Not knowing where they were going to take her. She knows that they are gonna kill her. She is pretty certain of it. But why do it so far? Her poor momma, she would never stop searching for her. And she would never find her... A tear runs over her jaw as she looks outside. In her eye corner a green SUV appeared. He charges at high speed at them. On the other side a red pick-up truck appeared. Behind them drives a blue van while in front of them an orange station wagon blocks the road. Marco and Leonel looked at each other. Then they look at the cars again. "Lay down" Marco orders. Savannah swallows. She hastily drops herself on the floor between the couches. Leonel and Marco take their guns and get out. Savannah's heart pounds in her throat.

Leonel and Marco stand behind the car doors. Locked and loaded. The farmer gets out of the pick-up truck. [In Spanish] "Give me the girl" he orders. Marco and Leonel once again looked at each other. In response... they shoot the farmer. Six bullets pierced his body and skull.

Savannah places her hands over her ears. Scared, she whimpers. Gunshots sounded through the air. The glass of the car fell on her head and body. She looks scared when Marco and Leonel get back in the car. Marco was shot in his shoulder. She sits up in the backseat again. People are still shooting at the car. Leonel rides as fast as he can. The tires scream when he turns. Marco shoots out of the window at the shooters.

Leonel curses in Spanish and stops the car hastily. The nose of the car dangles just over the edge of a deep ravine. The ravine, filled with sharp rocks and cacti, promises nothing good for anyone sitting in the car as it takes the inevitable plunge...

"Don't move" orders Marco and pushes his back against the seat. Savannah swallows. Leonel swallows. For the first time, he wasn't sure what to do. Leaving the vehicle is impossible for him. His car door was already squeaking over the edge. Just like his brother's side. They had only one way out... the back seat. But to get there they had to move. And those moves could be dangerous. One of them could get out and try to pull the car back, but this was asking too much of one man. His brother was superman to him, but in reality he didn't have his superpowers. Afraid, Savannah closes her eyes and breathes deeply through her nose. Of all the situations she'd found herself in over the past few weeks, this was the scariest. Bound in Nacho's bed, locked in a car with two lunatics or pinned under Tuco... No, this was the worst yet..

Marco grunts. His hand is placed on top of the bloody wound. He nods. Slowly, he crawls between the two seats to the back seat. Savannah looks at him scared and swallows. She braces herself when the car moves. Marco freezes. He sighs when the car is quiet and falls onto the seat next to Savannah.

He looks through the window. The nose of the car is ready over the edge of the ravine for a free fall. But the rear doors and rear wheels are on solid rock. Right next to the window there is a deep narrow gully. But Marco believes it should be possible to get to solid ground through the window.

Marco is the first to crawl through the window. Savannah watches him wriggle his muscular body through the narrow window. He looks around as soon as he's on the ground and nods at Savannah. Savannah doesn't dare move. "Come" he orders and extends his hand from the car. Savannah bites her lip. She has no choice, she has to trust him. She moves frightened closer and clasps her hands in his. She crawls through the window and successfully exits the car with Marco's help. As soon as she left the car she took a deep breath. She pushes her fear away. She made it!

Leonel has just a little more trouble getting out of the car. His expensive suit remains behind the gear lever. He rips off his jacket and creates a large rip. Meanwhile, Marco is looking for telephone coverage. Just when Leonel is almost out of the car, the nose wiggles forward. Savannah doesn't know why but her whole body shoots forward. "Leonel" she yells and grabs the boy's arms. She lets her weight hang from his arms causing him to fall out the window. With a loud thump, they both land rolling on the hot ground. Savannah lifts her head, moaning. Leonel continues to lie on his back, panting. Marco stares in surprise at the two. She had saved his brother! The car lands with a loud bang on the rocky surface. An explosion and loud cloud of smoke shakes the ground. Leonel growls and scrambles straight. The cliff on which Savannah and Leonel landed trembles from the explosion. That could turn out very differently. Leonel wipes the sand from his suit and nods at Marco. Out of nowhere, Savannah feels the effect of the explosion. The cliff she was on, which was a little lower than the solid ground on which they first drove the wagon, rocks and falls away under her.

"No!" she yells scared and tries to grab herself by the protruding dead roots of long-decayed cacti. A strong hand grips her wrist. Savannah looks up. Growling in pain, pouring from the wound that was right on his muscles. He was using all his force, Marco Salamanca holds her tight. He looks at her. "I won't let you go" he whispers. Savannah swallows. He had saved her... why? Because she saved Leonel? No, there's more to it. She sees it in his eyes. Full of frustration and fear for her life. She dangles above a ravine with a car wreck, cacti and sharp shoots.

Marco drags her up and rests his back on the floor. Savannah does the same. Leonel looks around. He checks his bullets and helps his brother straight. Marco helps Savannah straight. He removed her handcuffs. But why even? She nods gratefully. "Over there," he says and points. Savannah swallows. This could be a long journey.