Super EE 3

The Somali pirates held the American hostage at gunpoint. Their boat floated about a thousand yards off the stern of the US Naval Destroyer, tethered to the tanker they seized.

“We demand five million dollars in exchange for the safe return of your citizens,” the radio crackled. Captain Benson looked at the sky, watching as the helicopter made its way to the landing pad on the Destroyer’s aft deck.

A voice again cut through the static of the radio. “Who is on that helicopter? No funny business, or