The Red Sea Diving Resort Lovers

Chapter 6

"Flight 1769 to Air Control, asking for clearance to land." I spoke as we arrived over Jerusalem, looking over at Rachel who smiled, flicking some switches to alert passengers to return to their seats and fasten their seatbelts. "Air control to flight 1769, you're clear for landing, shall we alert Ethan of your arrival?" The man asked, as I switched the plane from autopilot to manual control. "Yes, you shall." Rachel responded, gripping onto her seat as I started the descent, leaning forward to drop the landing gear. "This may be a little bumpy I'm sorry, it's been a while." I laughed, pushing the steering device down to land the plane. We both squealed as the plane finally landed, Rachel leaning forward to push the break lever forward, causing us to slow down so we could pulling into the loading dock.

"Oh my god, you got us here in one piece." Rachel cheered, pulling off the headset as I laughed, setting mine down next to her, standing up. "I guess flight school was useful, much to Ethan's disagreement." I smiled, walking over to the two men knocked out on the ground. "How hard did we hit them?" I asked, grabbing one of the mans arms and grunting as I started to drag him to the door. "Apparently a little too hard." She spoke, opening up the door to make sure the cabin was empty before pushing it completely open, dragging the other man out. Once we got onto the boarding ramp, security guards rushed to our aid, taking the men from our grasps and shaking our hands. "Got the briefcase?" I asked, looking over at Rachel as she held it up, a proud smile on her face. "Addison?" Ethan asked, walking down the boarding dock, an eyebrow raised as I looked at him.

"Yes Ethan?" I asked, crossing my arms, my body in a defensive stance. "I don't remember sending you on this mission." He stated, yanking the briefcase out of Rachels grasps harshly. "Well you told me to get all the recruits by Friday, which is tomorrow, so I helped Rachel on this mission. I'm sorry, I didn't know I was crossing boundaries helping a fellow spy." I retorted, irritation flowing off my tongue. Ethans face was red with anger as he stepped towards Rachel and I, causing the two of us to step back. "I don't even want women in the Mossad, let alone to send on a death mission, so consider this a warning for the both of you. Mess up one more mission, and you're both out." He snapped, turning on his heel and walking off.

I looked over at Rachel, who in turn looked at me. "So.. coffee?" I asked, kicking my left foot with my right. "Yeah. Coffee." She replied, a shaky breath leaving her lips as we started to walk down the ramp, heading towards the entrance of the airport. I gripped the necklace Ari had given me tightly while we walked down the road, heading to a nearby coffee shop in silence, both of us digesting what Ethan had said to us. When we sat down, Rachel looked up at me, a shaky breath leaving her lips. "Why doesn't Ethan think we did a good job?" She asked gently, twirling her thumbs around each other. "I don't think he's mad at the job we did." I explained calmly looking over at her before back down at the menu. "I think he's mad that Ari's plan got approved and you're wanting to help. He's already pissed off that Ari and I are dating." I explained, smiling over at her as she looked over my shoulder.

I turned to see Ari, Max, and Jake all walk in, a bright smile on his lips as he saw Rachel and I sitting at the table, bringing 3 more chairs over to join us. "Hi cupcake." He whispered, leaning down to press a soft kiss to my lips before sitting at the head of the table, locking his fingers with mine under the table. "Hi baby." I replied, sending him a small smile before Jake and Max both gave Rachel and I a kiss on the cheek. "So, everyone's in?" I asked, looking at the other two men who nodded, Jake sitting next to Rachel as Max sat next to me. "Were you able to charm Sammy into it?" Jake teased, looking at me as I laughed. "Yeah, she did." Sammy spoke from behind me, causing all of us to jump. "Sammy." Rachel spoke softly, her eyes locking on his as he smiled at her. "Rachel." He replied, shooing Max out of his seat, sitting down next to me. "So, I guess this is a good time to have a general team meeting." Ari cleared his throat, cutting through the tension at the table. I turned to look over at him, squeezing his hand gently as Sammy leaned back nodding. "All you boss." He teased.

"Tomorrow, we meet with Ethan to get the passports and money for the resort." Ari explained, his eyes glancing over at everyone at the table. "This is a mission that's going to take time, precise planning, we cannot afford to mess it up." He explained, looking over at me as I nodded, sitting up a little as all eyes went on me. "We all will have Alias', make up the story as you go, but make it believable, we're going to be watched very closely while we there. Especially you and I Rach." I explained, my eyes falling on her as she nodded. "Sudan is a violent place right now, no one goes off by themselves, partners or we all travel as a group." I added, before looking at Sammy who sat up as well, getting ready to throw in his two sense. "Addi, Ari, and I have spent months dedicated to this, have made relationships with these people. It is very important we do not break those relationships, we get everyone out. No matter how dangerous." Sammy explained while Jake raised his hand. "Yes Jake?" Ari asked, looking over at him. "Can you guys give us an idea of what questioning in customs could be like?" He asked, as Rachel and Max mumbled an agreement. "Sure thing, Addi you ready?" Ari asked, standing up as I nodded.

"You'd be sitting at a table with just a few border officers around." Ari explained, stepping between Rachel and Jake, looking at me as I sat up straight. "Name, Date of birth." Ari stated, looking directly at me as I took a deep breath. "Aly Thomas, May 7th, 1965." I spoke matter of factly, seeing his face light up. "Reason for being in Sudan." Ari spoke harshly, watching my body language as I spoke. "Watch how she carries herself." Ari told the team as I crossing my hands, looking directly at him. "Husband and 4 of our closest business partners are opening up a resort on the Red Sea to help increase tourism." I smiled, looking at him as he nodded. "Duration of stay?" He asked, crossing his arms. "This visa is for 5 months, with an extension in the works if needed." I stated, watching him nod. "Alright, you're cleared for entry." Ari smiled, sitting back down.

"But in reality, if that happens, which it's not very likely, they'll just pull you aside because they want money." Sammy spoke, rubbing my shoulder while I laughed quietly. "In that case, we're getting an extra $10,000 being pulled out of mine and Addi's savings." Ari added, looking over at Sammy with a seething stare seeing how he was acting towards me, causing Sammy to drop his hand to his lap. "Where the hell did you two get ten thousand dollars?" Sammy asked, looking over at us. "Well when Brit and I divorced, she took what she wanted and I sold half of my stuff to be able to survive, then Addison moved in, and she had some inheritance from her grandparents, so we stuck it into a joint account, added to it each paycheck." Ari explained, pinching my cheek causing everyone to laugh. "Isn't that right cupcake?" Ari asked, while I nodded. "Yep." I replied, looking over at Rachel who smiled gently at me. "Addi, can we talk outside please?" She asked, while I nodded. "Of course."

We stepped out of the coffee shop, I leaned against the wall while Rachel lit a cigarette across from me. "What's up?" I asked, taking a drag once she offered the stick to me, before handing it back to her. "Do you think Sammy and I could patch things up?" She whispered, while I nodded. "Anything is possible Rach, but if you don't want to be around him for too long, we can hang around together, since we're not allowed to do much anyway." I smiled, seeing her nod appreciatively. "You and Ari are a good match by the way, the way he calls you cupcake is just too sweet." She chuckled, taking a final drag before dropping the cigarette and stomping on it. "Thanks, I love him a lot." I smiled, looking at him in the window, seeing all of the men laughing. "We've got a long few months ahead of us." Rachel sighed, looking at the table of giant children. "Yeah, we sure do." I laughed, linking my arm with hers as we walked back in.