Reaching the back, I raised the gate and released a spring loaded piece of vinyl that was stretched from the back of the rear seat to the inside of the back door. It was designed to conceal whatever cargo was being carried from view through the large, rear window.Beneath it, a large, gunmetal grey box covered all of the considerable floor space. Towards the rear, in the center, a combination lock protruded from the smooth surface. It was a large knob with four dials. Each one had numbers from 0 through 9 etched into its surface.Smiling, I opened Kirkpatrick’s wallet and dug out the piece of paper from behind his license. The four digits that I hadn’t been able to figure out before made sense now. Leaning in, I rolled the dials until they displayed the same numbers. The knob turned easily and I felt the locking pins release.Raising the lid, I was slightly surprised at the sheer amount of firepower contained in the vault. Three pistols, one with a sound suppressor screwed onto the end, with two spare magazines each. Two short barreled assault rifles. A long barreled rifle with a high power scope and bipod attached. Sniper rifle. Along the side, neatly cradled in foam cutouts were half a dozen flash-bang grenades, used for temporarily disorienting subjects in a building during an assault.A plain, black plastic case was cradled in the padding, a tamper evident strip of tape securing it in place. Curious, I ripped the tape off and lifted the small box. It was about the size of a small, paperback book. Opening it, I stared in surprise at two, loaded syringes. Each had a label affixed that read “M99”. While I had no idea what M99 was, I suspected this was the stuff they’d knocked me out with the other night. It had acted almost instantly and I’d been out for well over a day. Closing the case, I slipped it into a side pocket.The inside of the lid had a large cargo net stretched across its entire surface, divided into multiple pockets. Body armor and two, long windbreakers were tightly secured in place. Pulling the netting open, I checked the jackets. One of them was blue and had “FBI”
