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June 10, 2008 Outside the Dacha 0345 hours Jordan crouched down, hoping to get a better view in order to spot the bogey when suddenly the area about 20 feet ahead of her lit up brightly. She moved back into the shadows of the trees. What the hell had just happened? Someone must've been alerted to their presence. "What the fuck is this?" Paige said over the comm, obviously just as pissed as she was. "The whole fucking place just lit up along the west of the Dacha, Tac 1," Jaime relayed, annoyed as well. This wasn't good. "I've got movement, one roofer now." Bella said. Great, just fucking great. First they lose the bogey, and now this. She looked over to Saf who was in the shadows closer to her. Her nose was itchy, but she didn't scratch it. The mask over her face would only make it worse if she did. She stopped, what as that noise? Gunfire, no, it wasn't loud enough for that. It sounded familiar, but what was it? "What's that popping?" Paige asked. Jaime replied, "I dunno, I've got fireworks going off, seems random. Alpha three, bogey is directly North of you, 100 meters." Ignoring the popping, which was now discovered to be fire works, she crept forward, her eye north. There he is. He was walking slowly, getting closer to them, but not walking straight for them. Her feet stepped silently through the grass, this time, however, she was careful to avoid any twigs. She didn't want him getting away this time. She watched Saf explain through hand motions of what they where going to do. "Alpha three and four in pursuit, heading towards the bogey," she said into the comm, while Saf went to push the guy towards her. She watched him get closer to her position, counting slowly as he approached. Paige came on over the comm, "Abort, pull back, get back to the nest and Alpha 6 shoot some of these fucking lights down so I can get out of here before someone picks me off." Jordan didn't move at Paige's words, instead she silently watched the bogey's head come around the tree to where Saf has directed him. Moving before he saw her, she threw herself at him, pulling the rope over his head and tightening it as she used her weight to get him on the ground. She glanced up at Saf who had just knocked the man on the head. She looked down at the guy and was glad to see he wasn't unconscious, as she really didn't want to carry him back to camp. Saf leaned down and securely bound his hands behind his back. Standing up Saf said, "Consigamoslo de nueva a los otros." (Let's get him back to the others). Not missing a beat, she replied back in Spanish, "Si, movamoslo." (Yes, move it). She prodded the guy on the ground to get up. She turned back to Saf, grinning and said, "�Yo no son seguros si debemos ahora tirarle o tajar su lengueta hacia fuera para asegurarlo no hace ningun ruido, cuales usted piensan?" (Shall I just shoot him or cut out his tongue to ensure he stays quiet?) She looked back at their captive, who either didn't have a clue what they were saying or was incredibly calm and level headed when he knew the game was up. "Tac 1, this is Alpha three," she said barely above a whisper into her comm as they progressed back. Saf had the guy under control for the moment, so she made sure he wouldn't be able to hear her. "Go ahead Alpha three," Simon replied. "We have captured the bogey and heading back to the nest." "Copy Alpha three. All is quiet, you're clear to go." They headed back silently and when they arrived Saf tied the guy securely to a nearby tree, shackling his feet to ensure he wasn't going to go anywhere. He was away from them mainly, close enough so they could watch him. She sat down outside the van hoping that Paige and Bella would arrive back soon. She watched their captive intently. He seemed confident almost. Her mind flashed to their own comm units, he's gotta have one two. "I'm gonna search him for listening devices," she said to Saf when she came and sat down besides her. She climbed into the van and looked around for what she needed. "Whatcha doing with that?" Simon asked her as she jumped back out of the van. "He's probably got a comm device on him somewhere." She walked over to him and scanned his body. She did find a knife hidden in his boot right off, as well as a small pistol in his other boot. When she moved the scanner over his face, particularly over his mouth, the scanner beeped. She couldn't see anything, but peering closer she saw a pink colored sequin on his lip. She pulled it off delicately, knowing Simon would probably want to take a look. She then scanned the rest of his head and found another sequin shape, this time by his ear. She pulled that off and put the two in a small plastic bag. Simon looked up at her when she entered the van, "Look what I got for ya?" She handed him the bag. "The pink one I pulled off his lip, while the tan colored one came off his ear." Simon stood looking at them for a moment, "They sure are tiny." "No kidding, I've never seen anything that small before. It looks well made, that's for sure�well from what I can tell at least. How would I know really," she replied, laughing. "No no, you're right. I can't wait to see what these things can really do. Hell, maybe we can replicate it." "Ya, that'll be something," she stated. Simon would be Simon, only he could get excited about pulling apart something that small. She would just get impatient and end up smashing the pieces to dust, not bits. She left Simon in the van and went back outside. Saf was over by Jaime, but she couldn't tell if they were talking or not. Just as she sat down, Paige emerged from the forest. After Paige had checked in with Simon, Paige beckoned her over. "You remember the DJ from Samovar?" Paige asked. She nodded in reply, of course she did. He had helped them get away with Saf after they had killed Konstantin, but why was ask her this now? "I do, but why are you asking me this now?" she asked. She took a gulp of water while she waited for Paige's reply. Return |
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