Page 30 of See You Soon
"Yup, it's them. Violet Redd and Damon Hawk. And they look beat to shit. We got to get them out of there." Kane says.
We already have a plan to extract them. We're going to wait until they're most vulnerable, hoping they just give us one moment, one minute of vulnerability and we're going to take it. All of us have our snipers ready in case of an emergency but Rooker and I are going to take the lead and physically breach the building along with a team of Green Berets. There are no more than five terrorists in there doing dirty work which we confirmed with research surveillance.
"Alright, you guys know the plan. Texas and Bane, you guys stay put. You're our Overwatch. Cobra and I are going to start making our way down there. Bane, give us the green light to breach. It's gonna be a fun night boys."
"Hooyah sir." The boys whispered into their mics, simultaneously.
Rooker and I begin to descend the hill cautiously and quietly as we can. Rooker’s going to breach, and I'll be the first man in the room. We aren't the only ones on this specific mission tonight, conducting the rescue of the hostages. We have green berets surrounding us as well, ready to step in. Of course, we can't see them, but they're there.
"When the fuck are you going to settle down already?" Rooker breathes into the mic, grunting as we both get hit by branches. We're trying so hard not to give away our positions. A simple twist of our ankles on rocks we can't see and we'll be tumbling down, alerting the villagers.
I chuckle.
"Look Grandpa, just be grateful you got to marry the woman of your dreams while the rest of us aren't so lucky." I scoff, quietly.
"So,there is someone?And what's stopping you?" Rooker tries me again and I'm getting annoyed. One, I don't like talking about these kinds of things with anyone. Two, I can never reveal what I've already done with Ari.
"Yes,there issomeone actually," I reply with a smirk.
"I already told you, my mom’s taken."
"You should be so lucky. But no. Let's just say she's loyal, mouthwatering and I can never get enough."
We're getting closer now, just a few more steps and we're out in the open, breaching the building, executing.
"Oh? What's the poor girl's name?"
"Jack Daniels. Now shut the fuck up, we're here."
Rooker and I slide out of the bushes, walking fast toward one wall of the building. Rooker starts setting up to breach, creating a bomb. A cloud that was covering the moon, finally moves, shining on his face. It's crazy how different we look with our uniforms on. We have face paint all over and we're covered head to toe with equipment. I don't recognize Rooker. The weight of my rifle is on one side of my body as I hold it close, ready to use.
"Shit, Grim there's movement. They've untied Redd from the chair and it looks like they're taking her downstairs, one of the men is holding a machete to her throat as she walks. Hawk is still strapped to the chair..." Kane shouts in my ear. A few seconds pass by before he continues, "I no longer have visuals on the girl. I can see they've taken her downstairs but that's it. I think they're going to start doing their worst on her." He rasps.
"Almost done here," Rooker mutters as he assembles the breaching device on the wall. My adrenaline courses through my veins and my thoughts are now scrambling. Suddenly, I smell Ari's scent. Her sweet perfume is all I can think about at this moment, and it distracts me from the inevitable intensity that's about to follow. We're about to get into a gunfight. Someone's going to lose. Then I feel the reaper's cold breath return on my neck and I grin wickedly.
I’ll be sending a couple of men your way tonight. Don't worry.
A woman screams from inside and we know it's Redd. Rooker and I's bodies stiffen as we look at each other and we both know; it might be too late. The screaming stops and the breach has been set. We back away at a distance yet still close to the wall so we can enter immediately. This is going to sting, to say the least. One of my ears blew out one time a couple of years ago. I was standing too close to the breaching device when it went off, my ears bled, and I couldn't hear anything for a week.
The breaching device goes off and we enter the building at a calculated speed. Rubble flows everywhere, smoke fills the air, and it looks like luck is on our side tonight. We breached into the wall of a living area space that's been turned into some sort of torture room. Two of the terrorists are taken back by the explosion and they’re sprawled out on the floor, holding onto their ears in agony.
There's a variety of different blades hanging onto a wall, like decoration, along with guns and glass buckets full with dismembered body parts. My anger is raging inside of me, and I want to burn this whole fucking village down.
Redd is laying down on a table in a fetal position, a cloth still covering her head. She's screaming, crying, and shaking uncontrollably. There's a saw in the corner, making noise and I swallow. They were going to start sawing off her limbs. Rooker and I raise our rifles and swiftly put a bullet in each of the men's heads, neutralizing the threats faster than the speed of light.
Redd is barefoot, still in her OCP pants and camo top. Her hands are tied together by a rope that has dried blood below her wrists. I quickly move towards her, grabbing the cloth off her head and I cringe, internally.
Her whole face is bruised and broken. Her eyes are swollen and black she's only able to open one eye. Her nose appears to be broken as well. Her lips are cut open and she's crying.
"Violet Redd?" I approach her, still holding onto my rifle.
She nods frantically, sobbing.
"You're safe now. Can you walk?" I ask sternly. My voice cut and dry, we have to move fast and get them both to safety.
Again, she nods. Her reddish, cinnamon hair is tied up in a pony and she's wincing in pain.
"Let's go."
