The Secret Weapon by Bridget Denise Bundy Read Free Book Online

wanted to get a least a mile away from the prison before going back to the road. She knew there was a caravan of vehicles transporting the prison guards within the hour, but usually a few people drove by themselves early in the morning. She wanted to catch one of them, but she had to move fast.
    Finally, they found a spot to wait and to catch their breath s. Coraset kept her attention up the road. Rudy rest his hands on his knees, and he dipped his head feeling utterly tired. After a few minutes, the distant headlights of the caravan could be seen from the south. The road was paved, but still some dust could be seen.
    Rudy took off his bag and sat down on it. That’s all he wanted was a bath and a bed. Every part of his muscles hurt. Sometimes it was even hard to focus. Rudy knew it wasn’t time to rest.
    He asked Coraset to keep himself awake, “You remember what you told me yesterday?”
    “ We talked about a lot of things.” Coraset squatted down when she saw the caravan was getting closer.
    “ You were going to tell me how you learned everything.”
    “Oh,” Coraset got down on one knee for comfort and continued. “Well, I used to travel around the world making sure the aid got to the right people. Sometimes entire shipments would be stolen or simply taken right out of our hands at the airport. It could be a seriously dangerous job, Rudy. Have you ever heard of Darfur?”
    “No,” Rudy listened with heightened interest.
    “Darfur used to be in the continent of Africa. They went through a brutal civil war, and we wanted to get the aid to the refugees. We got into the country. After my employees left the airport in Al Fashir, their caravan was stopped. Our stuff was seized immediately. One of my constituents tried to stop them, but-” Coraset shook her head.
    The caravan suddenly reached them, and they ducked down.
    Once the vehicles passed, Coraset continued, “They shot one of my staff members, they took a woman, and they took the cargo. I was still in Al Fashir when I heard about the kidnapping and high jacking. We never found Nancy, and we couldn’t find the truck, either. I decided at that point it was time to learn self-defense, and I trained on different weapons, as well. I took it very seriously. With all the good I tried to do in the world there were equally bad things that wanted to stop me. I just made sure I was prepared for the battle, that’s all.”
    Rudy took in her story and stated, “I’m impressed with you. ”
    Distant headlights and a dust cloud snatched Coraset’s attention away before she could reply. She stepped towards the road, but stopped short a few of yards away. She tossed her bag on the ground, unzipped it, and started undressing leaving her white undershirt and underwear on. Rudy was shocked to see her half naked. He didn’t know what to say.
    She tossed her orange jumpsuit into the bag, and released her long hair. Coraset bent down to get her gun, and Rudy stood upright, speechless as he stared at her dark, thin frame. The undershirt and underwear did a flimsy job at hiding her private parts, and he swallowed hard, unable to turn away. Coraset didn’t have time to be shy or to set him straight. She started for the road.
    “What are you go ing to do?” Rudy managed to ask.
    “Stay out here, out of sight, Rudy. Don’t move until I tell you. You understand?”
    He looked at her weird, not really sure what was going on.
    “Tell me you understand, Rudy.”
    “I understand.”
    Coraset continued towards the road. The car was moving in quickly. She looked to Rudy and pointed to the ground.
    “Stay out of sight!” She yelled back at him.
    Rudy did as he was told. She made sure that he was down before turning her back to the approaching car. She hid the gun with her body as she waited.
    A black four door sedan came to a screeching halt. A man in a prison guard uniform stepped out. He didn’t understand why a half-naked woman would be in the middle of the road. He called