Chapter 99 Playing
Half an hour has passed.
The terrorist leader and his men came to the cabin and conference room.
The hostages in the conference room had already learned about his previous threats against Vice President Bennett through the in-cabin broadcast.
This time the bandit leader came in with such force that many people retreated back in fear.
I am afraid that the bandits will first establish their own authority and then threaten the White House.
The bandit leader looked at the frightened hostages and smiled pervertedly.
Pointing to the president's wife and daughter, he said:
"You two, come out, quickly."
Everyone thought that the gangsters wanted to kill the president's wife and daughter, so they spontaneously stood in front of them.
The bandit leader said it again and again, and when he saw that they didn't come out, he fired at the ceiling.
He shouted angrily, "Come out quickly."
Seeing that the bandit was angry, Grace had to take her daughter and squeeze through the crowd blocking them.
The bandit leader looked at Grace and her daughter, who were trembling with fear, with satisfaction, and pointed to the telephone in the conference room.
"They'll pick up the phone and we'll see what they say?"
At this time, a middle-aged man with gray hair and glasses walked out bravely.
"Sir, please allow me to introduce myself. I am the President's National Security Advisor and the President will always listen to my advice."
"I know you're negotiating with the Vice President, but unfortunately in America, the Vice President is like the Queen of England."
"If she wants to buy a plane ticket, she has to find people like us. Please trust me and let me negotiate with the White House. I promise to meet your requirements. Please don't hurt others."
The gang leader looked at the security advisor with amusement and raised his pistol to his forehead.
Now the agreed time has arrived, but the communication has not been connected.
The bandit leader's smile gradually froze.
Everyone just stared at each other, waiting for the phone to ring.
A minute passed...
Three minutes have passed...
The bandit leader's arms are sore...
He had lost his patience and was thinking of killing the guy in front of him first to wake up the White House.
The men upstairs ran over.
"Our communication system is down. We can't receive any signals, and there is no response to the signals we sent out."
The bandit leader put down his gun and looked at his men in confusion.
"what happened?"
His men were so anxious that they were sweating profusely.
"I do not know either."
“Will the satellite phone work?”
"You can try it."
After saying that, his men ran to the upper level again.
Soon, he came to the bandit leader with a phone in his hand.
After asking for the White House switchboard number, I dialed it.
The hostages were looking at him nervously.
Luke in the computer room adjusted his headphones and microphone and pressed a button on his computer.
He said in a very lazy voice:
"This is the White House switchboard. Who do you want to speak to?"
When the bandits saw that the satellite phone was useful, they angrily said:
"Get me the Vice President."
Luke said seriously:
"Who are you?"
"This is Air Force One."
"Sir, please don't joke around. This is a legal responsibility."
"I'm not fucking kidding you, I'm on Air Force One, pick up the vice president right now, right now."
Luke's voice immediately turned serious.
"Sir, this joke is not funny at all. If you hijacked Air Force One, I would be the president."
After saying that, he cut off the communication without waiting for the bandit leader to speak.
The bandit leader was confused when he looked at the phone, not knowing whether to cry or laugh...
He looked at his men and then at the hostages.
He was so angry that he laughed out loud.
"Great, the White House is playing dirty with me, right?"
Then he picked up the phone and dialed.
He smiled evilly and raised his gun towards the security advisor.
He was ready to shoot when the other party refused.
Then, an embarrassing voice came from the phone.
"Sorry, your phone bill is overdue, please pay the bill..."
Because he was on speakerphone, everyone heard it...heard it...
He looked at his men with confused eyes.
"I have to pay for this fucking satellite phone?"
The subordinate shrugged and said, "I don't know either. This is my first time on Air Force One..."
The bandit leader was so angry that he almost threw the phone away.
Finally, the bandit leader had no choice but to take Grace and her daughter back to the upper level.
And in the machine room.
Luke put away his headphones and glanced at President Marshall who was still in a daze.
"Done. Now that this is temporarily resolved, we have to contact the White House."
Hearing this, President Marshall's eyes lit up.
But Luke shook his head, as if he knew what he was thinking.
"We are still unsure of the situation in the White House. Maybe they have undercover agents or media informants, so we have to keep it secret."
After that, Luke took out his cell phone and sent a text message.
White House.
As Dougherty was arguing with the Secretary of Defense about the feasibility of the vice president replacing the president, his assistant came up to him and whispered something.
Doherty's face immediately brightened.
So he stood up and called the Secretary of Defense, the Chief of Staff, and Vice President Bennett.
Arriving at the small conference room, Doherty took out the mobile phone given by his assistant and sent a text message.
Then his phone rang.
"Luke, is that you?"
"Teacher Doherty, it's me."
"Oh my god, you're okay, that's great, where are you now?"
"I'm on Air Force One with President Marshall."
"Thank God."
Luke handed the phone to President Marshall.
"I'm James Marshall, Bennett. I heard your conversation with the terrorists. You must not agree to their demands."
"But there are you and fifty hostages on the plane."
"Luke has cut off all external communications on Air Force One. Now they can only worry but can't do anything."
President Marshall immediately told Luke about his plan.
Vice President Bennett didn't know Luke, so he didn't comment.
Although the Secretary of Defense disagreed, he had no choice but to accept the agreement from the Chief of Staff and Doherty.
They all know Luke, and the military still owes Luke a favor.
During the last Alcatraz incident, it was the Chief of Staff General Al Kramer who negotiated with General Hammer.
In the end, Bennett and the Secretary of Defense could not resist the three men's support for Luke and agreed to Luke's plan.
After hanging up the phone, Luke put away his notebook, took out a bunch of small parts and started assembling them.
President Marshall watched Luke operate for a while, then suddenly his eyes widened and he swore.
"Fuck, are you really going to blow up Air Force One?"
Luke smiled.
"It's just an insurance policy. Don't worry, I'm an expert. I can't blow up the plane. At most, I can just cause it to have some minor malfunctions."
Just as he finished speaking, two gangsters came down from above to check the communication failure.
The two went straight to the computer room.
Luke sighed.
The criminals acted very quickly, so we had no choice but to take action.
