Su Kills
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SECOND MAN
(Speaking Spanish) Where are the two Diplomatic labelled coffins that came in this evening?
CARETAKER
(Shaking uncontrollably) In that room, (he points to the door a few feet to the right)
They entered the chilling room dragging the caretaker with them, the coffins was placed opened and empty at the right hand corner of the room, the cubicles were empty, a few lifeless bodies laid on the tables scattered around the room but none are who they are looking for.
SECOND MAN
(Ask him calmly) Where are the bodies?
CARETAKER
They must be among these ones here.
FIRST MAN
Has anyone be in here beside the coroner, since you’ve been on duty?
CARETAKER
I haven’t seen anyone, I swear.
SECOND MAN
(Hands him a $20 note) Thanks for your help.
They took the surveillance tapes before they disappeared into the cold night. Cold as their personality.
NINE
EXTRACTION POINT
At a story building outskirt of Balboa, a city a few miles from Panama City, men dressed in military gear are surrounding the three story building; they are under the command of the white and mix race mystery men with no personality, they are addressed as Mr Smith or sir, they stayed out of view giving the men’s commander called Joshua Abram orders, who in turn directed that order to the mercenaries, they came with a lot of men because Cax and his men are deemed extremely dangerous, they have been trained at all kinds of warfare and each can kill at least fifty infantry soldiers before been touched, the order was given for the force to attack the building and they started moving in.
Cax and the men had slipped out hours before the mercenaries showed up, they did because they couldn’t reach the General, and Cax had tried calling with his coded personal satellite phone, it was transferred to another line, someone picked up but only listened at the other end, he knew that they were been traced, he didn’t want to think the worst but couldn’t help himself, is it possible that the General has been gotten to by this people and if the General is gone what happens to them? He thought these thoughts as he dropped the satellite phone and smashed it, it was too late, they probably know their position by now, he knows how the system works; they too use the same equipments.
BIG JONES
What’s wrong captain?
CAP CAX
I don’t know, I think the table just turned on us.
DAVE
What does that mean?
Cax turned and faced them; they all knew their lives could possibly be in danger.
ARCHIE
Captain, what now, what is the next move?
CAP CAX
Are the devices in place?
BIG JONES
They are in place and ready.
CAP CAX
We most evacuate immediately, let’s go now (he snapped)
They rushed off to collect their gear and everything else they could carry; Cax and Big Jones went to the room where they are holding the bosses.
CAP CAX
Get up gentlemen; we are going on a trip.
They both looked at each other and then did as they were told. They were a few good miles away but could watch in their portable mini receivers what was happening around the building with the help of the hidden cameras they had placed inside and outside the building, they watched the mercenaries enter the building searching for them from floor to floor and from room to room.
Inside the building the mercenaries shouted, “clear” from different locations, their leader radioed in to their commander outside.
FIRST MERCENARY
Commander!
COMMANDER JOSHUA
Go ahead.
FIRST MERCENARY
Sir there is nobody in the building, they most have left in a hurry.
The building erupted in series of explosions as the commander was about to respond, they fell to the ground, hands on their head, taking cover. The building collapsed killing everyone inside.
Captain cax claps the receiver close, what they just saw confirms their worst fears, it’s real, and they are now the targets.
CAP CAX
Change of plan boys, we are going to disappear and figure out the next move from there.
ARCHIE
(Pointing to the bosses) What about them?
CAP CAX
We may need them.
Mr West and Gazzon sitting on the ground laughed out loud simultaneously.
CAP CAX
What’s so funny?
MR WEST
You are, my friend, thinking this was going to end with you handing us over to whomever and end of story, you have no idea what you are into, life as you know it has ended but there is still hope my son.
MR GAZZON
Listen; the only way you will survive this, is by letting us go and after was, we will help you and your men. I give you my word.
Cax looked away as if to think about the proposal, he knew those men out there does not belong to West and Gazzon and if they did there was no way in hell they were just going to let them leave after releasing them, without saying a word, he turned and opened the door behind him and walked out followed by big Jones. Mr West and Gazzon was helped to their feet by Dave and escorted through a dimly Light corridor into separate rooms with steel cage doors.
Dave joined them in the situation room as they referred to it; the room has a long black suffer, white walls, a white writing board, a projector and a wooden round table at the centre, Cax stands in front of them, like he always does when he’s about to lay his plan down for a mission, but the look on his face today show distress.
CAPT’N CAX
The situation defeats the purpose of the name safe house, if they can find us there; we must assume they can find us here as well, it is no longer safe to be around here, which leaves us with little choice but to leave this place ASAP
BIG JONES
Leave to where.
CAPT’N CAX
Back to the states; find out what happened to the General and who is behind all of this.
ARCHIE
Who will our first lead be?
CAPT’N CAX
Senator Rushmore, we will separate in two groups of three, Dave, Terry and Vic will leave tomorrow morning 06:20hrs on a commercial flight to Miami while Jones, Archie and I will relocate the two assholes to a safer location and join you in Washington, Get some rest; we have a long day ahead of us.
He walked out of the room, in the surveillance room he poured himself a cup of coffee, added two cubes of sugar and took a seat in front of two 17 inch monitors divided into eight multi screens, one hidden camera is opposite their building filming the streets, who comes and goes to their front door. Another microscopic camera monitoring the opposite building and its surroundings, one at the back overlooking the dirt and grass car park, 100 meters to the right of the safe house, in front of a convenient store is another hidden camera that monitors that side street, three cameras are on the first, second and third floor respectively and the last is placed on the roof where there are chairs and two mattresses scattered around the roof, it’s a four storey building.
02:00 am they were all mostly fast asleep, Cax couldn’t sleep, he left the surveillance room to stretch his legs and to fill the electric kettle with water and Jones is sitting on a comfortable chair close to the door, his head sloped to one side snoring, Cax tried opening the door carefully so not to wake him but the door made a creaky noise, Jones is a light sleeper and that little creak woke him up, Cax saw him open his eyes and he smiled.
BIG JONES
What’s going on Captain?
CAP’T CAX
Go back to sleep buddy, nothing is going on.
Jones whipped the drool from his face, readjusted his position and almost immediately fell back asleep leaving no one to watch the cameras, although cax felt someone has to be monitoring the came
ras at all times, he didn’t feel the need to wake Jones or the others just yet, maybe in an hour or so, right now they deserve to rest, in the kitchenette he opened the tap and the water came rushing into the metal electric kettle making a familiar sound, he couldn’t stop thinking about the events of the day, how did those people find them, it couldn’t have been the General, maybe he cracked under hours of heavy torture, he hoped not and he shook his head as if shaking way the thought, the thought of the General still hunting him, they are expendable, he knows that, in their line of work death can come at anytime, this is something they’ve all come to accept, These men they have kidnapped make lots of money for lots of important good and especially bad people all over the world including senator Rushmore and his friend in and outside the senate and overseas, they were partners with this men and the people they represent, did they become too powerful for their liking, did a deal go sour or did they refuse to back off a deal or got a business venture before they did and in the process upsetting the people they thought were partners, did they refuse to back a power transition or some new plan that was already in progress therefore becoming a major liability that the only option was to turn to Ghost knowing their extra curriculum activities, if it’s any of this cases then their plan has back fired causing other more powerful men to intervene putting a stop to what’s already in motion but then that will mean getting rid of those sent to do their dirty work in the first place, they may know too much, the President didn’t sign off on it then or did he? Is there a bigger plan in the horizon? A million questions raced through his mind, the water over flowed and gushed out of the electric kettle, he shot the tap, cleaned his hands with a blue and white stripped kitchen napkin, before going back to the surveillance room he went to check on Mr West and Gazzon, he stood behind the steel cage door holding the kettle and watch them sleep, as he turned to leave West called to him
MR WEST
Captain, can’t sleep? Me neither, I’m thinking of what tomorrow might bring if you know what I mean.
Cax didn’t say anything
West Continued
“Is there water in that kettle? Please, some water. I am tasty”.
Cax poured some water into a cup that was giving to West a few hours back.
“Have you thought about our proposal?”
CAPT’N CAX
No, I have other things on my mind.
MR WEST
Do you want to talk about it? Maybe I can help.
CAPT’N CAX
Get some sleep Mr West; we will be moving you and your partner in a few hours.
MR WEST
Okay, you are the boss.
TEN
West lay back down on the airbed. Cax went back to the surveillance room, switched the kettle on and took a seat, few seconds later the water was ready but cax was transfixed on the two dark figures standing in front of a window in a dark room on the second floor of the building opposite his, they watched and talked on their walking talkies, there is something about the way they carry themselves, their effortless calm and predator like gaze, something is just off about them, they are not local intelligence and that he is sure off, it reminded him of his training, they are one of ours he concluded, finally he can see the faces of who they sent, there is no way they are dying today, he knows it’s going to be a very bloody battle and there is no time to waste, at that time one of them raised his walking talkie to his mouth, Who are they talking to? He checked out the other screens but found nothing of use, he woke Jones up.
CAX
Jones, go and wake everyone up
BIG JONES
What’s wrong?
CAPT’N CAX
Bring them back in here, go (he snapped)
Jones saw that he was serious and went out of the room and woke everyone up, they joined Cax, and he was still glued to the monitor.
DAVE
What are we looking at capt’n?
CAPT’N CAX
They’ve found us and we are surrounded, time to get prepared.
They went out and had their gear on in under five minutes, back in the room cax was watching the mercenaries take position and waiting for orders, they are on all four floors, he finally found their commander a few meters in the trees behind the car park, they are heavily armed and with tracking equipment, they came prepared he thought, but they don’t know exactly where they are, that is in their advantage, by the looks of the devices they have, it may not last long, cax and the boys had booby trapped the building with all kinds of nasty surprises and they can remotely set them all off, they installed fake fire alarm sprinklers along with the real ones on every floor, some with acid and others with poison (the residents were surprised but happy with the efforts of the new management, first the generator, the new doors and fire extinguishers on every floor, they felt safe, talked about it but asked no questions) the building went dark, emergency generator didn’t kick in, some residents who were not sleeping came out of their apartments with candles, lambs or cigarette lighters innocently trying to find out why the generator didn’t kick the lights back on but they quickly ran back indoors at the sight of men wearing night vision goggles and carrying machine guns, fear filled the air as the residents anticipated what will happen and wonder who they are after. Cax watched them and as soon as it was safe for the residents he pressed a button on the remote control devices, every exit doors in the building slammed shot, the fire alarm sprinklers activated without the alarm except for the screams that followed a few seconds later, they radioed in to their commander screaming in agony unable to speak as the acid eat through their clothes, equipments and skin falling away from their faces, arms, legs etc, some tried shooting the doors open but to no avail, some entered the residents apartments as they were falling apart, growling for help but the residents were too afraid, in shock and horror to do anything. After a few minutes it was dead quit, the doors slowly opened, Commander Joshua, his remaining men and the mysterious men watched the doors expecting someone to come out but no one did.
Cax and the others watched the horror they have unleashed unfold, the mysterious men have disappeared from the window, and so has Commander Joshua and his men from their positions, Cax knows he just proofed they should expect the unexpected, now it’s his turn to expect the worse, no matter want is coming they will be prepared except for the residents which he knows they are about to use against them, collateral damage, acceptable lose, this things happen in war, they watched the cameras for any sign.
Suddenly the Asian looking mystery man appeared in front of the camera on the street corner, produced a semi automatic 9 millimetre pistol and blasted the camera leaving Cax watching static, the remaining cameras outside the building soon followed, cax could sense they are going to smoke them out and if that doesn’t work they may bring the building crashing down.
CAPT’N CAX
Plan B is officially in effect
BIG JONES
No doubt they have people watching the building.
CAPT’N CAX
We stick to the original plan and there will be nothing to worry about.
ARCHIE
What about West and Gazzon
CAPT’N CAX
(Takes a deep breath) leave them in their cells. Let’s get started.
Lots of tear gas cannon are been shot through the windows and doors at every level, people came rushing out of the building panicked, carrying dead soldiers melted skin and bones under the soul of their shoes, slippers and bare feet, coughing, gasping for air, screaming in pain, falling on each other and blinded by the smoke, cax and the men could see the police vehicles raced to the area, their sirens blaring about three hundred meters away, a call from Cax and one of the frightened local residents to the police has bought him and the men some time to prepare for their escape, with the police around the mercenaries have made themselves invincible but with eyes everywhere watching for any sign Cax and his men, and placed sharp shooters at unimaginable locations, now they play the waiting game wh
ile the building and area was sealed off for police investigation, the area was opened after a few hours but the building was still sealed off and crawling with police officers who can’t believe what they just walked into, residents and possible witnesses have been taking to police station for questioning.
Cax and the men have completed their unbelievable physical transformation into panama’s police officer, their disguises made them look Hispanic except for big Jones who is African American but with a goatee, moustache, bald head and a bushy eye bruise, he looked like a dark skinned Brazilian, looking at him they all had a moment off laughter then reality set back in, it was time for them to part ways.
CAPT’N CAX
“Little change in plans gentlemen, we leave as planned but separate once outside, every-man for himself, do not get together once at the destination, I will contact each and every one of you in eight hours and if you hear nothing from me go underground, do not lose your beepers, (pause for a few seconds) well, hopefully this will not be the end of this team, good luck and do not get killed”
They shake hands and hug each other, and then they walk off in uniform order led by Cax toward the exit door. Inside a smaller room with a steel ladder above that leads to the actual basement and to their left is a round heavy steel door (An Arch) that leads to the underground drainage system and also an old secret escape route build for powerful Aristocrats long ago, although never used or no known record of it ever been used, Cax gives the signal to open the arch, Dave and Archie put their muscle to good use turning the handle and pulling the door open, they tried not to make a lot of noise so not to alert the police who are snooping around two floors above them, a wet, dusty and smelly air harshly greeted their faces as they opened the door, they stopped and listened because they thought they’d heard voices up above them, there are several police officers in the basement but they will have to find the secret door behind the stairs that lead to a small trickily designed round room that looked like it has doors all around it and eight square shaped tilled floor ( to open the opening on the ground, you will have to be told where to press on the secret door as it’s been opened) to find them, still if they hear something beneath them and think that it’s people escaping, they will waste no time looking for a secret door but break the floor in, from then on there has to be absolute silent, Archie lead the way in and Big Jones and Victor closed the Arch as carefully and slowly as they could. The underground tunnel led them one block east to an old building that has a mini grocery shop in front of it, they came out of the basement through a hidden door into the owner’s inventory storage room, they waited and listened for any sign of people but heard nothing, the owners are probably a block away trying to find out what’s going on, there must be someone watching over the shop, climbing a stair case leading up, they opened a door into a small hall way, to the right is a open door leading directly into a very large and fenced back yard with medium scale three separate two rooms bungalows, orange and mango trees, children’s toys scattered all over the place and swings tied to iron poles, to the left is a closed door with dirty white flower designed transparent cotton, that door they know is the way outside, Captain Cax confidently and slowly walks out into the back yard, followed closely by the others, they scanned the surrounding, it was deserted, there is no one, they assume the residents if not a block away, are standing outside the shop, to the far left is a padlocked metal door that Cax already saw before Archie pointed it out to the rest of them, the scene reminded Cax of what he has always missed and wanted, a family, it reminded him of how this job put one’s life in constant danger and may prevent him from having what he dreams of having. Archie opened the metal door and without saying a word walked off, the rest of them soon followed disappearing in the street, Cax was last to leave, walking out closing the door slowly behind him, standing on the main street he saw no sign or any of his men, there are lots of people on the streets, gossiping, some listening and others consoling some of the people that ran out of the building, cax crossed the street and got stopped by an older lady of about 78 years old, she asked him if he can tell her what exactly happened at the building because she’s missing her daughter, Cax puts a hand on her shoulder for comfort telling her not to worry, her eldest son came to her thanked Cax for his help and led her away, he walks two blocks into an alley way, changed revealing a white t-shirt and a dark brown cargo shorts he was wearing under neat the uniform, on the street he hailed for a passing taxi to stop and got in, “to the Peru Avenue and 39th street, Hotel Costa Inn please”, he said in Spanish.