Barry had been shot in the arm while enjoying a mid-day Mojito at his favorite establishment by arms dealers angry from a recent bust. He had made his way to Madeline's house to seek Michael's help. Michael was away attending other matters, but Sam Axe was there protecting Michael's mother in the event things didn't go as planned.
Sam soon discovered that the FBI might be after Barry's books which could be trouble for Michael and himself, so he went with Barry to retrieve them at one of Barry's clients lake house. But as luck had it, the arms dealers found them and started firing on them cornering them inside, wounding Barry for the second time that day.
SAM AND BARRY ARE CORNERED BY ARM DEALERS
Sam used a belt as a tourniquet on Barry's leg to stop the bleeding. As he was tightening it, Barry asked how it was. Sam assured him that he was going to be just fine. "It's a through and through. If we live, you can put a hoop through it." Surprised Barry asked. "If we live?"
"Barry, there's four guys outside with guns. That's a lot." Barry glanced towards the outside thinking about their situation.
Sam grabbed his phone to call for help. "Oh, God you're kidding me." He looked at Barry and asked. "Do you have any bars?" Barry who was still wincing in pain from the recent gunshot wound commented. "No man, there's no cell service out here at all. That's the main reason I asked my client if I could use his place. There's no cell service, there's no internet service. It's the only way to keep data away from hackers."
Sam made his way to find a phone. Finding one, he picked up the handset only to find no dial tone, "Oh damn it, they cut the phone lines. Do you think any neighbors heard that shot?"
"I don't know, it's all vacation houses up here. We're probably on our own."
THEY NEEDED TO ENCOURAGE THE ARMS DEALERS INTO LEAVING
"Okay, I need a beer." Sam said as he made his way to the refrigerator. Barry limped towards Sam's direction. "Come on man, I'm going to need you to keep it together. I can't deal with these guys alone."
"What are you talking about? You can't deal with these guys at all. I'm making a fake marshals badge. If we can't call the cops, we have to be the cops. So I need your wallet, scissors, and a glass."
Sam reached into the cupboard for a glass, but Barry was confused and asked. "What's the glass for?"
"We don't waste beer in my family." Sam went on to ask. "The guys that Fi rolled over on, do you recognize any of them?"
"Yeah, Garret Hartley. I think he is the vice president of killing people. The guy's a cold blooded son of a bitch."
Outside the residence, Hartley's man returned after verifying no one had heard the shots. "You're right. There's a stack of mail in the box next door." Hartley ordered his men. "Do you hear that bitches? We have all of the time in the world. No rushing, no more excuses. Here's what I want..."
Just then Sam spoke through the intercom system to Hartley. "Attention. Drop your weapons and put your hands up." Hartley yelled back. "That's funny, you're funny."
"I'm not joking." Then Sam placed the fake badge against the door window for them to see. "This is Chuck Finley, U.S. Marshal Service. We have a team inside and backup on the way. Surrender now and you won't be charged with threatening law enforcement personnel."
"Very generous, Mr. Finley, but I'm going to have to say no."
"We know who you are Mr. Hartley be smart. How do you think this is going to end?"
Hartley answered back. "If you know who I am then you know how this ends. I am here to kill Barry Burkowski. Do yourself a favor, send him out." Sam answered. "We tried to be reasonable. Remember that."
Hartley sent one of the men to checkout the main road to see if Sam was telling the truth. Barry, saw Hartley's men close the back of the SUV and told Sam. "Hey, it's working." Sam informed Barry that actually it wasn't working but it did buy them a few more minutes to get ready.
"Wait, he's leaving." Barry objected and Sam explained. "He's checking out our story. Believe you me, they're going to storm the joint as soon as that SUV comes back."
"You know I really can do without your negativity right now." Barry complained.
Luckily Sam had a plan.
From Burn Notice Season 6 Episode 6 "Shock Wave"
No comments:
Post a Comment