Chapter 13 Milan-New York via Dublin

" My name is Pierluigi. Call me Luigi. I've been waiting a long time for the person who brought the real key from this hangar. The plane is owned by Doctor Aslan. You can use it. Whenever you want to go somewhere, let me know. I will take care of all the administration requirements."

Luigi paused for a moment. Paying attention to the people in front of him who listened intently.

"Doctor Aslan said one of you could fly this plane. So, I don't need to be your pilot. I will only take care of your needs related to this plane."

Akiko retorted quickly.

"If we weren't the people you were waiting for, wouldn't this plane be easily taken over by someone else? You are alone and not a squad."

Luigi chuckled.

"You must be Akiko. Doctor Aslan has told me about you. You see, boy and girls, if you weren't the one who came, this conversation certainly wouldn't have happened. We've all been torn apart." Luigi opened the trunk of his car. It looks like a high-power Semtex bomb circuit with the indicator on.

Luigi grabbed something from his pocket. He turned off the detonator carefully then switched to the front seat of the car and reached for the two large bags that were there.

"This Semtex will pulverize anything within a radius of 100 meters. That is also Doctor Aslan's order." again Luigi chuckled happily. As if blown to pieces was fun.

"These are the equipment for you. I'll refuel the plane and take care of the administration. This plane had to transit one time in Dublin for refuel to get to New York. Do you need a co-pilot? I can find one for you."

Before Andalas could answer, Lian Xi interrupted firmly.

"No need! I will be the co-pilot."

Everyone wasn't surprised to hear that. Lian Xi was a top agent. Of course, she could fly a plane. Akiko also understood. But she couldn't help but frown at the thought of Andalas being alone with Lian Xi for 10 hours to New York.

Andalas became more and more curious. His stepfather had crafted a well thought out plan. It was as if Doctor Aslan had known that they would find it difficult to find accommodation on commercial planes because they were fugitives, so he prepared a Gulstream so they could freely go anywhere.

As soon as he saw Pierluigi, Andalas remembered the man who took him away after an operation in Moscow to avoid being caught by Interpol. Luigi was the same age as that man in the Novoribisk hut whom he forgot to ask his name. Doctor Aslan's people were generally old but their loyalty was extraordinary.

Andalas shuddered at the thought of the pile of Semtex in the trunk of Luigi's car earlier.

Luigi took approximately one hour to prepare the administration of the aircraft and all the routes. Dublin-New York-Wuhan-Beijing-New Delhi-Amsterdam-Geneve-Frankfurt-Ulaanbataar-Milan.

Amazing! Andalas checked all the administration requirements carefully. He wouldn't let the little things like route errors would get in the way. And Luigi had made everything so easy. Luigi even provided an important note on who at each airport to contact for refueling and flight clearance. When Luigi was available, everything would be taken care of, and they didn't have to do anything.

Andalas had also checked the contents of the two large bags that Luigi had brought for them. One bag was like a light ammunition arsenal. Inside, various types of assault weapons from pistols to hand grenades. Again, Andalas was impressed with Doctor Aslan's meticulous plan.

The other bag was filled with electronic equipment. There were three units of X-Ones. Two was set for Cecilia and Akiko. While the other one hadn't been set for anyone. Andalas would ask Akiko to help setting up the X-One for Lian Xi.

After all the administrative processes were completed, the four of them boarded the plane. Andalas sat on the pilot seat with Lian Xi being the co-pilot. Since it was a private plane, Akiko and Cecilia would also be free to enter and leave the cockpit. The cabin of the small jetliner was compact but quite luxurious. Very convenient for long trips and meetings. Luigi had also completed all logistical needs like food and drinks on board.

Before getting off the plane and after final checking of all the equipment inside, Luigi whispered to Andalas.

"This is an unusual plane, son. Doctor Aslan has equipped it with this, this, and this." Luigi showed a special panel containing a few buttons and a small indicator screen. Andalas was confused with this one additional panel. Because it wasn't uncommon for such panel to be on a plane. Lian Xi seemed to be listening. She was interested in Luigi's explanation.

"This panel is specifically for weapons to be used only when it is very urgent. Avoid as much as possible if you are being chased by a fighter plane for example. But if you have to, you have a stockpile of 8 air-to-air missiles and 2 medium-power ground bombs in the belly of the plane. This is the manual you need." Luigi ended his explanation while handing a small book to Andalas. After that, Luigi said goodbye to everyone and got off the plane with swift steps.

Andalas didn't have time to say anything when he heard the final explanation from Luigi. So, this plane was also modified as a fighter? Geez! Lian Xi looked at Andalas and shrugged. As if saying who knows we'll need that later.

Andalas nodded. He remembered the chase in Icelandic waters. The Organization could even command a NATO warship at that time. At any time, the Organization could also deploy fighter planes out of nowhere to case them.

The roar of the plane's engines sounded smooth when Andalas started taxing to the runway. The Gulfstream smoothly took off from Taliedo runway heading to Dublin. After putting on autopilot mode, Andalas took Lian Xi to the cabin to confer with two other friends. He needed to listen to Cecilia's plan. She said she just talked to Cathy.

While drinking her second tea, Cecilia recounted her conversation with Cathy. Scientist team of Professor Sato at the Gobi Facility had succeeded in making a serum for the Ice Virus and Tropical Bacteria and were beginning to test it on non-human objects. The success rate was still 20% on the mouse object. But it had been an encouraging progress. The formula needed refinement, and then should be put on trials on human objects when the success rate had reached 75%.

Cathy also said that the Gobi Facility had been abandoned by almost all of its guard soldiers who were part of the Red Army. But soon after, a very different replacement security team arrived. They didn't look like soldiers. Cathy suspected that the dozen new guards were from the secret service. But Cathy couldn't guess from which country because they consisted of people from diverse nationality.

Andalas guessed that they were mercenaries, an organized paramilitary. But Andalas couldn't guess who hired them.

"The Huang brothers." Lian Xi replied curtly after listening to Cecilia's explanation.

The Gulfstream plane landed and took off from Dublin after refueling to fly to New York. Everything went smoothly. They didn't even have to disembark from the plane to report. Everything was taken care of by Luigi's people at Dublin airport.

In seven hours they would arrive in New York. Andalas had checked the tracking app on his X-One. The Executioner was still there.