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from a distance.”
He turned down the walkie-talkie so we couldn’t hear the static noise.
“Now what?” I asked.
“ We wait, and we watch.”
“ This is driving me blooming nuts!” I dug my fingers into the sand.
“ Stand down, lad. This is surveillance. We’ll get her back, I promise.”
He resumed his binocular watching. I scanned the dark horizon, too. I didn’t see anything. No movement, no lights, nothing.
The red light of the walkie-talkie strapped to his waist flashed red. I poked his arm and pointed to it.
He put his binoculars back in his belt before grabbing the walkie-talkie. “Eagle B, this is Eagle A.”
“ Copy, Eagle B and Eagle C on scene. Two vehicles parked at a small house with boarded windows. I’m reading several heat signatures inside. Sending coordinates now.”
“ Copy that.” He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket, opened the text messages, and showed me the coordinates splashed across the screen. “Told you we would find her.”
He put the walkie-talkie back to his mouth. “Keep eyes on it the whole time. I’ll rotate you guys every three hours. I’m getting back-up. Eagle C, report to me.”
He clipped the walkie-talkie to his belt. “Time to get her. I’m mobilizing everyone and calling for some back-up.” He pulled out his cell phone and started texting. He whistled a bird call and his brother emerged from the plants nearby.
“ How long will it take?” I asked.
“ As long as it takes to get sufficient forces here,” Dennis said, eyes still on his cell phone screen.
I gritted my teeth, trying not to scream. “Which will be how many more hours that my fiancé will be held?”
He wiped his chin. “Son, if we mess this up, she’ll be gone forever. We’ll do it right. It will take several hours for everyone to get here. We’re going as fast as we can.”
I threw my arm back towards the road. “We’ve got at least eight people here. That’s not enough to—”
“ No, it’s not. There are only a few fighters among the twelve. We need the tactical advantage of more. If we go in right now, we may lose her. We’ll keep eyes on her at all times. If they try to move her, then we’ll go ahead and make our move. Otherwise, let’s wait until we have enough people to pull this off. Please, let me do my job.”
He went back to his binoculars, watching the skyline around us. His walkie-talkie squawked to life. “Eagle C, incoming.”
“ Roger that.”
A few seconds later, the quieter twin landed a few feet behind us. She walked up to Dennis and crouched low.
“Tell me,” Dennis said.
“ The vehicles pulled up to a small, rectangular white house. All the windows are boarded up. There are human sentries a half mile out, at the four cardinal points. They have night-vision goggles, and were scanning the sky and the foliage. We saw several Shyama scattered around as well, in uneven intervals. There are three heat signatures in the house, two of them very close together. The occupants of the vehicles were still inside when we left.”
Dennis put his hand on the rocky desert floor. “They’re watching. We need to back off. I want everyone out but the Flyers keeping watch. We’ll mobilize at a public location nearby in case they try to move. Rotate the location every two hours.”
“ Got it.” She disappeared, floating away into the black night.
“ Let’s go,” Dennis ordered. As we crawled on the rocky ground, small rocks and God knows what else dug into my knees and palms until we were close to highway. We stood near the petrol station where we’d parked. I looked back in the direction of where she was. With a heavy heart, I turned towards the garish lights of civilization.
CHAPTER 10
AURORA
I was awake in the dark, staring through a tiny crack in the boards around my window. Two dark SUVs were parked outside. They’d been there for about ten minutes, just sitting there like two black sentries of stillness.
Keith had been asleep for
He turned down the walkie-talkie so we couldn’t hear the static noise.
“Now what?” I asked.
“ We wait, and we watch.”
“ This is driving me blooming nuts!” I dug my fingers into the sand.
“ Stand down, lad. This is surveillance. We’ll get her back, I promise.”
He resumed his binocular watching. I scanned the dark horizon, too. I didn’t see anything. No movement, no lights, nothing.
The red light of the walkie-talkie strapped to his waist flashed red. I poked his arm and pointed to it.
He put his binoculars back in his belt before grabbing the walkie-talkie. “Eagle B, this is Eagle A.”
“ Copy, Eagle B and Eagle C on scene. Two vehicles parked at a small house with boarded windows. I’m reading several heat signatures inside. Sending coordinates now.”
“ Copy that.” He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket, opened the text messages, and showed me the coordinates splashed across the screen. “Told you we would find her.”
He put the walkie-talkie back to his mouth. “Keep eyes on it the whole time. I’ll rotate you guys every three hours. I’m getting back-up. Eagle C, report to me.”
He clipped the walkie-talkie to his belt. “Time to get her. I’m mobilizing everyone and calling for some back-up.” He pulled out his cell phone and started texting. He whistled a bird call and his brother emerged from the plants nearby.
“ How long will it take?” I asked.
“ As long as it takes to get sufficient forces here,” Dennis said, eyes still on his cell phone screen.
I gritted my teeth, trying not to scream. “Which will be how many more hours that my fiancé will be held?”
He wiped his chin. “Son, if we mess this up, she’ll be gone forever. We’ll do it right. It will take several hours for everyone to get here. We’re going as fast as we can.”
I threw my arm back towards the road. “We’ve got at least eight people here. That’s not enough to—”
“ No, it’s not. There are only a few fighters among the twelve. We need the tactical advantage of more. If we go in right now, we may lose her. We’ll keep eyes on her at all times. If they try to move her, then we’ll go ahead and make our move. Otherwise, let’s wait until we have enough people to pull this off. Please, let me do my job.”
He went back to his binoculars, watching the skyline around us. His walkie-talkie squawked to life. “Eagle C, incoming.”
“ Roger that.”
A few seconds later, the quieter twin landed a few feet behind us. She walked up to Dennis and crouched low.
“Tell me,” Dennis said.
“ The vehicles pulled up to a small, rectangular white house. All the windows are boarded up. There are human sentries a half mile out, at the four cardinal points. They have night-vision goggles, and were scanning the sky and the foliage. We saw several Shyama scattered around as well, in uneven intervals. There are three heat signatures in the house, two of them very close together. The occupants of the vehicles were still inside when we left.”
Dennis put his hand on the rocky desert floor. “They’re watching. We need to back off. I want everyone out but the Flyers keeping watch. We’ll mobilize at a public location nearby in case they try to move. Rotate the location every two hours.”
“ Got it.” She disappeared, floating away into the black night.
“ Let’s go,” Dennis ordered. As we crawled on the rocky ground, small rocks and God knows what else dug into my knees and palms until we were close to highway. We stood near the petrol station where we’d parked. I looked back in the direction of where she was. With a heavy heart, I turned towards the garish lights of civilization.
CHAPTER 10
AURORA
I was awake in the dark, staring through a tiny crack in the boards around my window. Two dark SUVs were parked outside. They’d been there for about ten minutes, just sitting there like two black sentries of stillness.
Keith had been asleep for
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