"Damn!" he swore aloud. As Mike left the girl safely with some local police, a picture of Cooper's truck came into his mind. It had been stopped by robbers with guns who had set up a road block.
"Oh, I hope I can get back in time to help them!" he thought. When he reached the scene, Cooper and the driver were being forced out of their seats at gunpoint. The angry look on the supervisor's face made Mike want to smash those half a dozen no good bastards to bits. He let out a roar that could be heard for miles, then was on them like wildfire before they could even look up to see what hit them!
Larry, who was by then, standing up in his topless jeep and leaning on the windshield, jumped up, waving his fist in the air as soon as he could see what had happened.
"Go for it, Spirit Lad! Get 'em!" he shouted gleefully. You could hear the cheers from the rest of the men down the line. When the dust finally cleared after the short battle Matt Cooper couldn't believe his eyes! There, in the middle of the road, was a large tangled mass of unconscious men, their guns twisted around their arms and legs, then tied in knots to hold them together so they couldn't escape!
"I'll send the local authorities here as soon as possible!" Spirit Lad yelled as he took off again. "Sorry about the delay!"
Larry couldn't resist waving to him as he flew away, pretending to be so amazed with his presence and rescue. Actually, he WAS amazed with it, but had to make the others believe he'd never seen Spirit Lad before. Apparently, he was a good actor.
Mike flew to the center of town and got the sheriff and his men to hurry off and apprehended the criminals. He took his time getting back, checking for other unsavory characters along his way. He saw a big rig parked at the side of the road and landed to make sure everything was o.k. with the driver. As he approached the cab he saw the driver was a pretty young blonde woman. She turned at the sound of his footsteps.
"Oh, hi! You're not the one Jake told me he'd send, but come on, hop in! We've got a pick up to make right now, just down the road from here. Why the strange get up, anyway?"
"Never mind, just get going!" Mike snapped, leaping up beside her and slamming the door.
"All right, all right! We're going!" She professionally started the truck, and sure enough, drove right to the place the police now held the robbers safely.
The lady was furious when she slammed on her brakes. Mike motioned two policemen over to the driver's side. "Grab her!" he cried, "She's with them!"
"I should have known there was something fishy about you!" she screamed as the two cops helped her out of her seat.
"Thanks for the ride!" Mike told her with a grin.
"Well, if it ain't sweet little ol' Mary Lou!" the sheriff chuckled when she was brought before him.