The President’s Kid Willingham Culpepper aka P K sat at the head of the long conference table in the Situation Room beneath the West Wing of the White House He was in his pajamas robe and slippers Sitting next to him was his father J R Culpepper the president of the United States He was wearing a suit but he had taken off his tie He was scanning a wall of video monitors Earlier in the evening P K had been drugged and nearly kidnapped by a group of terrorists that had infiltrated the White House chair away from the monitors to look at him they give me sister His older sister Bethany had not been as lucky as P K The terrorists had successfully gotten her out of the White House Still a little fuzzy but I’m okay P K said What did How’s your head now his father asked swiveling his I don’t know but it was the same drug they gave your
4 I Q Kitty Hawk and were now driving down I-95 in a Chevy Tahoe with her unconscious in the back P K looked up at the central video monitor An unmanned drone was following the Tahoe streaming live video into the Situation Room I guess I’m confused P K said If we know where Bethany is why don’t we send in a hostage rescue team to get her back she’s safe for now Malak Tucker is protecting her We may do just that his father said But not yet I think Who’s Malak Tucker She’s an ex-Secret Service agent who up until tonight I thought was dead She’s infiltrated the terrorist cell and is trying to find out who’s in charge of it so we can arrest them By arrest them P K knew his father meant kill them but he let it go His father always treated him like he was ten years old which in fact he was So you know this Malak woman P K said I’ve known her for years She was in charge of my protection detail Bethany knows her too How big is this cell His father shook his head We don’t know and that’s the problem They have managed to infiltrate every branch of government including the White House He nodded at the Situation Room’s locked door My staff is on the other side of that door going crazy because I won’t let them in The reason I won’t let them in is because I don’t know for certain which of them I can trust Somewhere there’s a list of cell members We need that list and this is our best chance to get it
Sunday September 7 12 00 a m to 1 35 a m 5 If Malak has already infiltrated the cell why does she Arrest him P K said Right And the SOS team following Bethany doesn’t work for need Bethany She’s only infiltrated it to a certain level Bethany is her ticket to the upper echelon of the cell Someone is in charge Perhaps more than one person To get the list she has to gain their trust Delivering Bethany will do that As soon as she meets the head of the cell Malak will uh the government No They’re independent contractors And you trust this Tyrone Boone guy and his team I do He and his team are about the only people I trust at the moment I’ve worked with Boone for over thirty years He’s never let me down But I have taken some other steps just in case things start falling apart which they often do For now Bethany is safe A phone on the conference table rang The president picked it up listened for a second then said The next person that calls me or allows a call to come through to me in here will be fired He slammed the phone into the cradle swiveled his chair back around and stared at the Chevy Tahoe heading south on I-95
