Rescue Me, My Love Part 3

I Will Win Every Time

     Jack won the Dallas competition with the same score he had before, 445.  He was gracious to a fault and praised all of the competitors there.  He was onto his next ride.  John Waggoner had told Chuck to keep a good watch over Jack.  "I'm quite fond of your father.  He is a good honest man.  Everybody likes him.  Watch that Newsome, though.  He stole his ranch from the family that had owned it for over a hundred years."  "What was the name of the family, do you know?"  John thought for a minute.  It was in California.  I believe it was the McGregor family."  Chuck's breath sucked in when he said it.  "You know them?"  "My great- great-grandfather, Blackjack, had dealings with them.  I will ask Father about it."  John patted Chuck on the shoulder and left him to his business.  Chuck hurried along to his father to tell him the news.  They had to get that ranch back at all costs.  He had been about to go check on them.  He hurried along to the truck.  Jack was there getting dressed for the competition.  "Father, I have news."  "Oh?  Well out with it."  "It seems that Lawrence Newsome stole the ranch he now owns from a family that had had it for over a hundred years.  His ranch was in California.  They were the McGregors."  Jack's eyes got wide as he slowly turned to Chuck.  "Find out everything you can.  We must get that ranch back for that family.  Get Curt to find out if any monies are owed on it.  We must get it back at all costs.  Ramone can stay with me if you want to go check on that family."  "But Ramone doesn't know how to drive."  "A good point.  Tang is tied up with Curt.  Who else do we have?"  "Dinky knows how to drive."  "Get him here as quickly as you can and you get right on that."  "I'm already gone!"  Chuck walked into the dressing room.  Ramone and Elaine were there.  "I'm about to catch me a thief.  Elaine, you stay close to Ramone and Father.  I'll be back as soon as I can."  He jumped out of the room.  Elaine laughed.  "I'll never get used to that."  "Makes you wish you could do it, doesn't it?"  "It would be nice, but I believe I'm happy just like I am."  

     Chuck landed at the stable of the Rancho del Sol Dorado.  He walked into the stables there to see everyone busy, except for Dinky.  He was sitting on a bale of hay slowly cleaning a bridal.  He recognized it as his Father's old one.  "Dinky."  He jumped up when he saw Chuck.  "Master Chuck!  Is something wrong?  Did I forget to pack enough feed for Poco?"  "Nothing like that.  I'm about to embark on a mission for Father.  He needs you to drive the truck."  Dinky's eyes lit up.  "You mean that Master Jack would let me drive that big truck for him?"  "Yes.  I expect you to be careful and follow all laws and things.  You need for me to take you to him.  Where is Zurong?"  "He has gone with Master Curt to Mexico.  Tang is there, too."  "I see.  Well do you know where Father is now?"  "Hmmm, according to this schedule I have here, he should be in Dallas."  "You are correct.  Take some carrots with you for Poco.  He likes them."  "I won't let you down, Master Chuck."  Dinky ran toward the house to get carrots and be on his way.  Chuck grinned as he watched the young immortal be so happy.  He loved their father the same as Zurong did.  It seemed that all of the people that Long Li had set around him loved him dearly.  That Long Li.  Chuck sent for Long Ti.  It was just a moment when he appeared.  "Long Ti!  We are about to be on a mission."  "Master Chuck, Master Curt had just sent me a note to come to Mexico."  "Oh?  Well I will go there with you, and then be about my business.  Do you know what our name is there?"  "We are the Cervantes family."  "I see.  Then let's be on our way."  Chuck cloaked them and took off for the hacienda there.  He could see Curt's aura.  He wondered what that was about.  He landed outside the house.  He heard Curt talking.  It seemed that some girls had been up to some mischief.

     Dinky appeared inside the horse trailer there.  He pretended that he went into it to get the lead rope.  He came out just in time to meet Jack.  He wanted to bow badly, but he held to protocol.  "Master Jack, I got the carrots for Poco."  Jack nodded and brought him around the trailer as he talked.  "I will need you to drive along with Elaine.  You can, can't you?"  "Yes, Master, I can.  I will do my best."  "Good.  Now come along.  You can help me saddle up Poco."  Lawrence Newsome had gotten his men out of jail.  They were following Jack to every competition.  Elaine took note and so did Ramone.  One by one, they managed to scare off the men.  Jack offered them honest employment if they wanted it, if not, then he threatened to file stalking charges in every state that he went to.  Lawrence Newsome, seeing that he couldn't intimidate Jack that way, decided to hire a private detective to follow them.  At the next competition, Ramone noticed the man hanging around.  He cornered Elaine.  "Elaine, there is a man that is following us.  He doesn't compete, but he is following us.  Be very careful what you say that concerns home, if you get my drift.  He is using one of those machines that picks up sound from far off."  "I see."  "Should we create a little diversion?  Maybe turn the tide on him?"  "If we could get Rafe here, that would be wonderful.  We could definitely throw him off of the track.  Have him lead him on a merry chase."  "That would be nice, but Rafe is really needed by all of the realms.  I hate to take him away from his job."  "I know.  What twins do you have that are available to us to run a diversion?"  "I will call my sons, Fengbao and WuYun.  They can run a scam."  "Do it.  We don't need to tell Jack, do we?"  "No.  We can catch a rat by ourselves."  When Ramone went to the hotel there, Fengbao and WuYun were there waiting for him.  "Ah!  You boys are here.  I have a job for you two."  "Oh?  What's the plan?"  Ramone sat down and went over the plan with them.  He made sure they knew exactly what to do and who they were going after.  It took them a week later to finally catch the man outright following Fengbao.  They called the cops and had him arrested.  The rest of the tour was problem free.  Jack won competition after competition.  He had three more to go to win it all.