Carter's two-way radio bleeped on his cell phone. When he pulled it out of his pocket he could hear chopping sounds coming from the rotor blades of the helicopter. An agent's voice shouted over top of the helicopter's noise." Hey, you're not going to believe this."
Carter looked up at the looming helicopter and pushed the talk button." What's going on? What do you see?"
There was a crackling sound and Carter could hear some agents arguing with each other in the background."There's a rocket perched in the window. The hotel room appears to be empty. Hold on,wait a minute. I see the judge running towards the lake." Carter sprinted to the backside of the hotel, saw the judge, and ran after him.
Vinny's boat floated gracefully in the water and rocked gently like a baby's cradle. The cool breeze helped eradicate the tension in the air. Vinny started up the boat's motor and then placed his lap top in a water proof back pack. When he looked up the rocket was flying flamboyantly through the air coming straight towards him. He was over a mile away and hoped the rocket had enough power to reach him. The Gadget Man's calculations were very close because the rocket landed just 75 yards from the boat. Vinny pushed the throttle all the way down and raced towards the rocket floating in the water and still slightly glowing from the left over ashes in the rocket's engine. As quickly as he could, he pulled the money out of the rocket and stuffed it in his waterproof back pack.
Tina looked at him awe struck and impressed with his elaborate scheme. Vinny put on his scuba gear faster than a fireman changing into his fire fighting gear. Then he pulled out a pair of handcuffs and cuffed Tina behind her back and to the boat." Hey! What about the bomb around my neck?" She finally asked.
Vinny chortled with excitement holding his gut while he laughed." You watch too many movies kiddo. Did you really think that thing was real?" The Gadget Man held his arm out so she could see his watch,
"Hey, do you wanna watch yourself blow up?" He asked excitedly. Before she could answer he pushed every single button on his wrist watch. Tina's eyes got big thinking she would blow to smithereens. Absolutely nothing happened. She didn't even get shocked.
"How were you shocking me then?" She asked. Vinny laughed even harder and pulled a small key chain sized remote out of his pocket and pushed the button. Tina felt the shock jolt through her neck.
"Ouch!" She cried. Vinny pulled out a gag and some duct tape from a ruck sack and began gagging her.
"You know I always get a kick out of you blonds. You're so stupid you'll believe anything. This remote belongs to a fart machine I purchased from a gag store for 10 bucks. It came with a black box meant to put under a sofa cushion then you push this button and the machine makes a fart noise. I ripped the transmitter out of the fart machine and hooked it up to Sparky's old shock collar. I had the remote hidden in my hand each time I pretended to push a button on my wrist watch. This is just an ordinary wrist watch."
Vinny looked up at the sky. The helicopter was coming. It was time to go. The Gadget Man looked at Tina and smiled. He heard a mumbling sound trying to penetrate through the duct tape over her mouth. She was trying to say something but Vinny had no time to hear her out." Your daddy is going to be here soon. Be sure to give him my deepest regards. You should've killed me while you had the chance." The Gadget Man took a bow and dove into the lake.
Carter saw the judge running toward the docks and caught up with him. A young couple in a sporty looking speed boat was just pulling into the docks giggling and laughing with one another. Carter whipped out his credentials and put a hand out signaling them to a halt.
" FBI! We need to use your boat. It's an emergency!" The baffled husband looked at his wife for approval. She nodded and he tossed a rope out to them.
"Hey like, sure, no problem man. Just bring it back in one piece."
Carter pulled the rope in as fast as he could. All the vigorous workouts in the weight room were paying off. In no time the couple was climbing onto the dock." We appreciate it." Said Carter watching the judge climb into the boat. There was no time in talking the judge out of not coming along. The judge had his mind made up that he was going to be a part of this no matter what. Carter pushed the throttle all the way down and raced towards the helicopter already shining the spotlight on Tina.
The rain came pouring down as Carter got the boat cruising up to 50 knots. Rain drops pelted both of their faces stinging and feeling as if the drops were being shot out of a pellet gun. Within a minute they saw the skiff bobbing up and down in the water.
The Gadget Man was nowhere in sight.