Peking Assassin

by Waggoner, Robert C.

  Brad heard the yelp and hoped Sandy was alright. Nothing he could do for the moment. If Brad was to reveal his hiding spot, he too would be hit with a dart or a throwing star. He remained hidden and silent.

  Park and the SEALs heard Sandy give off a small sound; yet they remained hidden. Park saw Sandy go down. He wanted to run to her aid, but realized it was the wrong thing to do. He focused on the front of the house.

  Inside Mike had heard Sandy give off a small cry. He lowered himself to the floor with his Glock pointed to the front door. He wasn't going to mess with this guy. If someone came through the door, they were dead meat.

  Sumi had reached the side of the house just below the kitchen window. Patience he told himself. He hugged the side of the house moving forward a few inches at a time.

  Brad was looking hard for the assassin, but didn't realize he was next to the house. The two SEALs had not seen or heard nothing. They looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders. It was the same with the SEALs on the other side of the house.

  Park, however, saw some movement on the ground next to the house. It was either movement or his eyes were playing tricks on him. He blinked a dozen times to clear his focus and freshen his eyes with lubricant.

  Sumi was what Billy would describe as ultra slow motion. Both Brad and Park were looking hard and saw nothing moving.

  Sumi with a lock pick in his hand slowly reached up to unlock the door. What surprised him was the door was unlocked. When Park saw the arm rise up from the ground, he stood up and as quietly as he could moved towards the intruder. Sumi saw him rise up. He raised his blow gun and blew a dart striking Park in the chest. Park never made a sound as he fell to the ground. Brad did hear him thump to the ground. Brad made his move to the front of the house as stealthily as he could.

  It was pitch dark outside. When the door started to open, Mike was not sure it was being opened or not. Damn, he thought. Not even a shadow was available. Mike tried to take even breaths to stay calm and steady. He was still lying on the floor with his arms stretched out gun in hand.

  Strangely enough, it was the male nurse that started the fight. Apparently he had to use the restroom. He stood up and as he stood up a throwing star imbedded in his chest. Generally speaking a throwing star is not deadly, but slows down an opponent or is put out of action. Sumi after throwing the star rose up quickly and with knife in hand, lunged for the patient lying down on the bed. The male nurse was quick and threw his body over the President. The knife went into his back. Mike fired his gun. Sumi was out the door with a smoke bomb filling the air.

  Unfortunately for Sumi he ran straight into Brad. Sumi was surprised and took a blow to the chest knocking the wind out of him. Rocky was just passing Mike when Sumi came back into the house from the blow to his upper body. The lights came on as Sujin appraised the situation. Rocky had the ninja man by the shoulder as Brad told Rocky to back off. Mike was on top of the ninja man with his knee on his neck, but Sumi was not one to give up so easily. He kicked Mike in the head send him sprawling back into the kitchen area.

  Brad walked in and said, "Okay, ninja man, let's you and I fight to the death. You made a big mistake entering my house with murder on your mind. Now you are about to die. Make you best move because it will not be good enough. When we finish we will throw your body in the ocean so the crabs can feast on it."

  Sumi moved as fast as he could. He never knew what hit him. For a few minutes he saw light then darkness took over as his neck was broken by a better fighter.

  Sujin rushed to the nurse who was still draped over the President's body. Unfortunately he was dead; but fortunately he saved the life of his leader and patient.

  Brad asked for the yard lights as the SEALs stood outside the door waiting for orders. Brad felt Sandy's heart beating strongly. The SEALs noticed Park had a dart sticking out of his chest. His pulse was strong and he would wake up in time.

  Brad went back in to check on Ben. Sujin was holding his hand talking to him. Mi Ling stood by with Billy next to her. Wendy and Nancy stood off to the side. Wendy looked at her watch and saw it was midnight. She wondered where Jones was. As she wondered where Agent Jones was, a van pulled into the yard.

  Wendy hurried outside and greeted a smiling Agent Jones. He hugged his wife and she lit into him for not calling. He quickly explained and as he told her what happened, they moved over to the sliding door on the passenger side. He slid open the door revealing a trussed up Chinese man.

  Brad was in no mood to fooled with. He told the SEALs to stretch this guy up with rope from the trees. Brad winked at Mike. The yard light was good. No sooner was the order given when two SEALs climbed two pine trees side by side. They attacked a rope from each tree. Mike pulled the Chinese Number One out by the scruff of his neck and then drug him over to the ropes.

  After securing the ropes around his wrists, Brad order the men to pull the bastard Chinese man up. Brad said, as Number One groaned from pain, "Tell us everything or I'll let my dog here feast on your testicles."

  In broken English, Number One said, "What do you want to know? Yes, I hired the Chinese Master Black Dragon to kill our President. And yes, I hired the ninja man to finish the job. If you kill me……….well, that would be a favor. I'm ruined anyway."

  Brad said, "It's not up to me to decide your fate. I'll let the Chinese President make that decision. Meanwhile for the next few hours hanging there will not kill you. However, that should give you some time to recall your life up to this point. If your President decides to let me make the decision then you will be crab food along with your hired ninja. I leave you now for time to reflect on your life."

  As Brad finished speaking, the SEALs removed the body of the assassin to fish rock. Sandy was taken inside and made comfortable. The male nurse was taken downstairs to the infirmary. Brad came over to Ben's bed. He told him the entire story that he knew about. At the end of the story he said, "Ben, I think you are safe now."

  "Thanks to you and your team Brad. I'm content to relax here for awhile if you don't mind. As far as the guy hanging around outside, put him out of his misery. I don't want a reminder of what he and his friends tried to do to me."

  "Consider it taken care of Ben. You can hang around here for as long as you like. Our President came and spent a few days with us walking on the beach. When you heal up and can walk on the beach, then we will have a good reason to celebrate."