MAN FROM TOMORROW (EPISODE 95)

Martin wanted nothing more than to search for Anita then and there, but he knew it was futile. He had Norman with him and the key, whatever it was. And if it was truly 'the key', whoever had taken Anita might contact him. For now the he had to take advantage of this new resource.

Norman was writhing in pain. 

‘This guy is wounded as shit’,Martin thought. He needs surgery.

"Come man lets go to a hospital!" Martin exclaimed. He laid Norman on the passenger seat, adjusted it to recline. He took the steering and hit the gas pedal as forcefully as he could. Within no time he was on the highway that would take him to a hospital.

His thoughts were disturbed by his cell ringing. He looked at the screen in hopes that it was Anita calling, but it was an unknown number. He picked it up, saying nothing.

"Martin Phillips, listen to me and listen very carefully.”Martin suddenly broke into a sweat hearing the authoritative voice.

“I have Anita in my possession, so it would be in your best interest to do as I ask," he said. 

The man didn't threaten Martin or Anita, he didn't need to. The authority and power in his voice was enough.

"What do you want?" Martin asked.

"I know you have 'the key' that I want regarding Joseph Cooper. If you are not present at my location by tonight, there will be dire consequences," he said, now threatening.

The rest of their conversation was short and to the point. Martin retrieved the address he was expected to be at, and then listened to the man speak for several more minutes. Then the man hung up on his own. Martin released a breath when the line went dead.

"Dont bother about me, go to Washington" Norman said.Martin looked at him half-amazed. "How the hell do you know I have been called to Washington?" Norman gave a grin-in-pain indicating that he knew.

"But you need urgent medical attention!"

"Move to Washington first. You can drop me on the way somewhere into a hospital. This wound isn't much, just a flesh wound; the bullet is stuck in the abdominal muscle".

"You sure about that, old man?"Martin lifted Norman's hand from over the wound. It was not bleeding. It appeared to have stopped. Martin wanted to take this man to the ER-Emergency Room. But this old man was insisting otherwise. Moreover, there was the problem of Anita and 'The Key'. 

Martin pushed the throttle hard and took the I-95 S express way to D.C.

(To Be Continued Tomorrow...)

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