Part One

Picking up Cori’s radio, he smiled when he saw it was already tuned to Sky’s channel. Her emergency contact. Pitiful, he thought to himself, holding down the call button. Kobra knew better than to think Sky would forget his radio. He had too much at stake with a girlfriend, stepson, and newborn daughter at home. He had be ready for all emergencies, luckily for Kobra. Letting out a sigh, he didn’t bother introducing himself, knowing that Sky had his voice etched into the pathetic thing he called a brain under all that hair. “Skylar, my buddy, my oldest friend,” he chirped into the handset. “Before you turn off your radio, take a good look at where I’m calling you from. I have something very special to you hiding out in the Diner, just waiting for your pretty little face to show up. I would hurry if I were you too. She doesn’t have much time left, and I’m sure you don’t want Luke and Blaire to be without a mother.”