which we will threaten them with, but not act on. Keep in mind, they cannot shoot at us with the windows closed, but it’s our mission to take out the two men in the front seat, if we have to.” Drex looked at me when he said the last part.
“Once we get the daughter and nanny, we get back here with the rest of the prisoners, leave them and that’s when Team Delta shows up with our ride out of here. Questions?”
The plan was perfect, so I had none. He’d assigned us to our teams according to our expertise, and now it was action time. We acted out several scenarios, except for firing the RPG. When Drex was satisfied we had everything down, we called it a day.
“Everyone should get a good night’s rest. Our biggest day here is tomorrow. A nice dinner waits for us and then it’s lights out at eight.”
We disassembled and went our own ways.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Scottie
The morning dawned gray and misty. Drex was ecstatic. He thought the gloomy skies helped our mission. Me? Not so much because I hated the rain. At least it wasn’t ninety degrees. Wearing all this gear was miserable in the heat. It was only in the fifties, making it much more comfortable.
We dressed in black, adding Kevlar, and then rain gear over it, hiding anything making us look suspicious. Our helmets would wait until we deployed the RPG and hopefully, if those men had any sense, we wouldn’t have to use a damn grenade launcher on them.
We situated ourselves and waited. I was in Team Alpha, along with the RPG. I was assigned to Drex and Gem, as usual, and Drex was handling the RPG. I guess he didn’t trust anyone else, and I trusted him the most, so that was comforting.
The spotter radioed in that they’d left and which route they’d taken. We knew from our observations, what roads they’d be on, since there were only a few options. So that’s where we waited. Each driver kept us apprised and at the perfect moment, we blocked the road. When both cars stopped, we waited. They did what we’d expected and backed up. Our other van came in the blocked that action. However, something unexpected happened, and as they say, always be prepared for that.
Another car showed up. One of our guys approached the car, with care, since we didn’t know who it might be. Turned out, it was only an elderly couple driving by. Our men explained one car experienced engine trouble and waved them on. They drove around everyone and that was it.
The second armored vehicle gunned its engine, surprising us, and crashed into our van. Our third vehicle, Team Charlie, showed up and pinned them in.
One man shouted, “Get out of the vehicle.”
They didn’t respond. Drex climbed out of the van, armed to the teeth.
Our guy shouted again, “Unless you want us to blow you to bits, get out of the vehicle.” He pointed to Drex, who held the RPG in his hands.
The men in both armored cars shouted, but the muffled sound was difficult to understand.
Our man said, “You have thirty seconds, beginning now.” He set his timer.
The shouting inside both of their vehicles continued until the last seconds when one door in the second vehicle opened.
“Hands in the air where I can see them,” our man shouted.
Everyone spilled out of our vehicles and surrounded both cars.
I tried the lock on the first car, and it wouldn’t open as I figured.
Gemini walked up next to me holding an automatic rifle with armor-piercing bullets. “Stand aside.”
She fired three shots at the driver’s window and it shattered, taking him out in the process. “We gave him his chance,” she said, shrugging. She was right.
The men pulled the car door open but shots from a handgun the nanny held greeted them. I dropped and hit the unlock button on the driver’s door. Someone, I couldn’t see who, had gone around the other side of the car and opened her door, and punched her in the head. The young girl screamed when it happened.
“We won’t hurt you,” I yelled over the commotion. “It’s fine, you’re fine.” I went to reach for her over the nanny and she kicked and screamed. How could I blame her? This was terrifying for a young child.
Two guys hauled the nanny out as the girl begged for them not to hurt her. Then we took her too and loaded up into the van. We were off,