Con Job

Sitting around in the corner of the airport, Sally held on to her paperback, engrossed in its contents as she waited for Alan to arrive. She knew that it wouldn't be until an hour later that his flight would touchdown, but she didn't really want him to wait for her while he was weary from the rather long flight.

``Excuse me miss, may we ask you a few questions?''

``Huh?'' Sally replied somewhat confused and looked up from her paperback. In front of her stood two rather well-built males dressed in generic black suits and ties, and they both had earpieces on. One of them was looking at her, obviously the one who was directly addressing her earlier. The both of them seemed like Serious Business.

``Could you please stand up, miss, and put that paperback down slowly.''

Feeling no clearer than before, Sally stood up slowly and eye-balled both the suits. They seemed like the government kinds, but why would they be talking to her in such a tone in such a public area like the airport? She knew for certain that she hadn't done anything wrong, and she knew that there was nothing to be afraid of.

``Are you Sally Thompson?''

``Yes, I am. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I have no idea what is going on; will you please enlighten me what is going on?''

``In due time Ms Thompson. Do you know a certain Alan Grimble? He is supposed to be on flight number 578 which is supposed to touch down within the next hour.''

``Yes I do... why? What happened? Did Alan's flight have a problem?''

``I'm afraid that that is something that we cannot discuss at this moment. We would like you to follow us where we can ask some questions about Mr Grimble.''

``What if I refuse?'' Sally said in a rather defiant yet clearly frightened way.

``Then I'm afraid you are obstructing Official Business, and we are compelled to arrest you then.''

``Alright then...'' Sally said guardedly and with great reservation.

With one of the suited men leading the way, Sally followed rather reluctantly, and the rear was covered by the remaining man. The lead person opened an unmarked door found near the offices of the airport administrative staff, and Sally looked tentatively into the dark room beyond.

Without a word, she found herself forcefully shoved into the room head-first, and heard the door slam shut as a rag with strange vapours emanating stuffed up into her face. She struggled a little, but found herself pinned down by powerful arms.

Little by little, Sally slipped into unconsciousness.

(Based on an exercise generated by WriteThis - 29 Jan 2008 17:44:13)