Page 76 of Crash and Burn
“Hey, fuckers. Prez wants everyone inside,” he says. We get up and follow him inside. Maverick and Tank are here, as well as the Russians.
“Alright, now that everyone is here, it’s time we get down to business,” Prez announces. “So, we know Rodrigo’s house is surrounded by trees. According to the security feed, there are six men constantly walking the perimeter of the house. Tech will set the feed on a loop while we have snipers set up to take out the men outside.”
“Two snipers should work,” Trigger tells him. “One on the North side and one on the South.”
“Two of myboyeviksare highly trained snipers,” Niko states.
“Perfect.” Prez turns to Tech. “Get exact locations for where they can set up.”
“Once the perimeter is taken care of, we’ll have two groups of men head inside, while the others set up our own perimeter in case anyone tries to escape,” Trigger explains.
“We take Rodrigo alive,” I add. Everyone nods in understanding. Rodrigo is mine to torture.
“Get prepared. We’ll leave at dark,” Prez states.
I change into black jeans and a black hoodie. I make sure I have a couple of knives and both my guns on me, plus two extra clips.
When the sun starts to set, Tech gives us directions for the best locations to post up. At the same time, Prez makes sure we all have earpieces so we can continuously communicate. We load up and head out. It’s a thirty minute drive from Finn and Lochlan’s place. The closer we get, the more amped up I become. I’m ready to kick some ass and get Marley back.
Bull shuts off the headlights as we pull into the wooded area toward Rodrigo’s. When he brings the SUV to a stop, we all climb out and carefully shut the doors so we don’t bring attention to ourselves.
“Testing, can everyone hear me?” Bull says, testing the earpieces. Everyone checks in as Tech sets up his laptop in the back of the SUV. He pulls up the house’s security feed, then gets to work. He types away at his computer doing what he does best.
“Done,” he says, five minutes later. “Feed is on a loop. We’re good to go.”
“Snippers ready,” Prez asks.
“Ready,” they say in unison.
“Take ‘em out, fellas.” Prez watches through binoculars, counting as Rodrigo’s men get dropped. When the sixth one is down, he sets the binoculars down. “That’s the last one. Let’s roll!”
We make our way toward the house. Ratchet comes to the door first, lifts his foot and kicks the door in. We rush inside. Gun shots ring out from the other side of the house. Three men come barreling toward us. I raise my gun and shoot. Two go down instantly and the third takes a few shots at us before someone behind me shoots him in the head.
“Diesel is down!” Saint says.
“Get him back to the SUV.” Prez demands. “Gunner, Kicks, get him back to the house and call Catriona. Have her meet you back at the house!”
“We have Rodrigo and his right hand man, Eduardo, in the living room,” Niko says over the earpiece. We head into the living room.
“Where’s Marley?” I roar in Rodrigo’s face.
He laughs. “I’m not telling you shit.”
Niko slams his fist into Rodrigo’s face, knocking him out.
“What the hell did you do that for?” I yell.
“Rascal, take a step back and breathe,” Prez orders.
I shake my head and walk away. With Saint on my heels, I walk around the house. When I walk into the kitchen, I notice a faint sound coming from the pantry.
“Do you hear that,” I ask Saint.
“Hear what?”
I open the pantry, but there’s no one there. One wall of shelves is empty of any food that had been on it. I take a chance and push on the shelf. When that doesn’t work, I pull it and it opens like a door.
“There’s a set of stairs,” I tell Saint. “I’m goin’ down.”
“I got your back, brother.”
We get to the bottom of the stairs and standing there, with a bloody face and hands, is Marley.
“Rascal!” She runs to me, throwing her arms around me. I wrap her up in a bear hug and breathe her in.
