by Finian Blake
Crasher hung up the phone with a smile. He just finished a long talk with a Russian security man from the embassy. Two weeks ago they had offered him $200,000 to do the same job that Salvador had just requested. He doubled the price of the job and they bought it. The only stipulation was that he would use all American equipment which was what he was planning on using anyway. The job would pay $500,000 and he would take half of that as a personal profit. He could get thirty men all top help, steal the equipment and still arrange to steal a helicopter for the evening. He would attack from the top, bottom, and middle using their helicopter pad against them. He called Salvador on the phone.
“You have a deal, but I will need $200,000 up front.”
“I thought that you were going to use Skype to communicate.” Salvador said impatiently.
“That was before I saw Dimitri’s computer,” Crasher said sarcastically.
“Don’t you trust me,” Salvador whined.
“Not after I saw Dimitri’s laptop, which you supplied. The price is $200,000 up front. Another three when we launch the mission,” Crasher said coldly.
“And if I don’t agree.”
“Then hire someone else. I am sure that they are easy to find just look in the Yellow Pages under ‘KILLERS FOR HIRE’,” Crasher wanted to reinforce the difficulty of the adventure. “We have two hundred acres to cover and these are not just computer geeks. We are facing some top notch security people and an unknown defense. That little bitch Cherry dropped two of your goons without breaking a sweat and Dimitri lost an eight-man team without a trace. Do you know how hard that is?”
“No, how many men are you taking?” Salvador pressed.
“I will have 30 plus myself, but we can’t count the helicopter pilot because he will stick with the bird. We will start ten from the top, ten from the bottom and drop ten on their helicopter pad. Which way the ten in the middle go will depend on what the two other groups find. We will have silenced weapons, stun grenades and night vision. Their systems are sophisticated so we will crash in and over whelm them. I want to hit them in three days. Before they have a chance to prepare. It will be quick and dirty. I plan on blowing everything with C-4 which the men in the middle will have. I will lay out the rest of my plan when I have the team assembled.” Crasher hung up the phone.
Boris looked at Cherry as Salvador hung up the phone. “30 men is a lot.”
“We will need to call in Noah, and Esha. Tom can bring in his pick Four Diamonds crews and with a little preparation we should be good. Why are the Russians suddenly so interested,” Cherry wondered?
“That’s easy, Nikki has gone international and his work is unmistakable, so they don’t believe that he is dead,” Boris said tentatively waiting for Cherry to lose her temper.
“With so many people from Russia it was only a matter of time.” Cherry said surprising Boris with her calm demeanor. “When the attack goes down spike the computers at the embassy and empty the bank accounts that the money comes from. We will need to pay for damages.”
“That will hit them where it really hurts,” Boris laughed.
“Are you sure that we are hardened against an attack?”
“They probed us a couple times and I tapped them lightly,” Boris answered. “How bad do you want it to be?”
“Send them a major ‘what the fuck’,” Cherry growled seductively. “We have been acting with restraint and they are mistaking it for weakness. Don’t hold anything back I want them to understand that any interference will have major repercussions. Make it hurt.”
“How far should I go,” Boris wanted to be clear.
“If they have a library card I want that canceled too,” Cherry spit out with venom. “I don’t want there to be any more misunderstandings. We will go biblical.”
“Crasher is using the internet to get his lineup. He has twenty men so far, and we have two of his men at each entrance right now.”
“Let’s put them back a little bit,” Cherry half whispered walking away from Boris.
Adam, Nadia, Ted and Cherry met up on the roof equipped with silenced M 3A sniper rifles. Nadia ranged the shot at just 250 yards. They went to the down slope corner of the building ranging that shot at 750 yards.
“We take the uphill shot first. Those are guaranteed shots and they might not pick up the noise at the greater distance. Then we will set up for the longer shot. I want two shots on each man.” Nadia agreed to make the call. They lined up on the edge of the roof in prone firing position watching the two men move around. Finally, they had four good shots. Nadia made the call and the four shots sounded as if they were one. The two men’s heads seemed to explode and they dropped simultaneously. The four assassins wasted no time moving to the other corner of the building. They ranged their weapons at the agreed upon distance moving to the edge. The two men must have heard something in the quiet surroundings.
They were both looking across the road side by side with their binoculars. The shot was perfect and Nadia made a quick count calling the shot as soon as she was ready. Once again the two heads exploded and the targets dropped with in a second of each other. They first gathered the bodies that were at the lower gate because there was more of a chance that someone might discover them. They then moved up to the upper gate to load the two bodies there after which Nadia drove to the Westland 109e helicopter. She lined it with plastic before loading the bodies in it. Within minutes of the first shot Nadia was flying out to the dumping site. While she flew Adam tied a cinder block to the ankles of each body with cotton cord. They would be joining the corpses that had been dumped there the week before. It was the site of an old World War Two ship wreck that caused the fishermen to avoid it. The wreck would snag their nets. After a two-hour flight Nadia dropped down to 50-feet opening the door pulling a hard left turn causing the bodies to flip out the open door and vanish in 600 feet of water. While this was happening Cherry and Ted took their cars to a junk yard and had the cars crushed. The whole operation was conducted with smooth precision with the four conspirators joining each other for evening cocktails by nine.
Director Paul Valiant picked up his private line noting that it was from a satellite phone. The line was only given out to special personal contacts and not listed in any of the government registries. Rhonda had given him the phone assuring him that it was prepared by Boris Baronov and certified as being clean.
“Hello Rhonda what can I do for you.”
“Director Valiant, I remembered your comment about our security a few weeks ago. I thought of the perfect test,” Rhonda said not being able to hide the pride in her voice. “It seems that our competition is preparing a live fire raid on the center. It will be a full on assault by 30 Mercs with serious intentions.”
“If you know that the raid is coming it is not much of a test.” Paul Valiant protested.
“Yes, it is very much part of the test. We found out about it. This will be a live fire test since there is no way that we can avoid it,” Rhonda insisted. “Boris has set up a live feed and you can arrange a classified live satellite feed.”
“And what do you need from me,” Director Valiant asked cautiously.
“They are going to use a stolen Huey for the raid and that will more than likely crash,” Rhonda stated confidently. “Just make sure that it is reported as a stolen helicopter.”
“And that is all,” Director Valiant could not believe his ears.
“The attack is ordered by Ardent Computers you might find that they are no longer able to fulfill any of the contracts that they hold,” Rhonda said calmly. “We are taking this matter personally and will handle the matter with the most serious response.”
“Which means?” The director knew that Ardent held contracts with several government agencies.
“Ardent Computers may not be able to meet their obligations,” Rhonda said calmly in a voice that was just above a whisper breaking the connection afterward.
“Our four men just dropped off the face of the earth,” Crasher sai
d in dismay. “They weren’t my best, but with two at each gate it does not seem possible, one of them should have been able to use the radio.”
“What about the GPS on their cell phones,” Henry asked.
“That went dead too,” Crasher said in disbelief. “They must have a sophisticated set up, but it looks like they have all of their manpower on the front line. Their gate is just a single control arm controlled by camera with no guard shack. I am going to kick the door in and do this the old fashion way. We will go with two trucks loaded with ten men each and a Huey with ten men hitting them simultaneously at the top, bottom and middle. They depend on sophistication and will not be prepared for a full on ‘old school’ assault. I will bring us back up to thirty and hit them tomorrow night around one AM they will have the night crew on and will be at their weakest.”
“Can you move that fast,” Salvador asked in amazement.
“I have several people that are dying for some action which I can supply and I have already arranged the Huey. They will be willing to go when I say for the price that I am paying.”
“Tomorrow night at one AM, Nadia can you be ready for a crew that large,” Boris asked more than a little concerned. Nadia leaned back in her chair taking a sip of her cocktail looking over Boris’s shoulder at the Skype image. She found it hard to believe that Henry had not found the remote that she and Ted had installed on the night of their first visit. Boris was using Salvador’s equipment against him. Rhonda, Cherry, Ted, Tom and she were watching Crasher lay out his plan on the Skype while they drank their evening cocktails.
“We could handle them if they attacked in one hour, but we will cycle our equipment to be doubly sure since this is a live fire exercise. Tom will bring in some extra help from Four Diamonds.” Nadia said directing her gaze toward Adam as he walked over to the bar for a refill. “Would you like to join the party?”
“I wouldn’t miss it for the world,” Adam said brightly.
“I want Senators Belight and Ransom down in the control center. Have Mary Lee work on the timing,” Rhonda said matter of factly. “That ‘putz’ needs to have an example of what he is playing with.”
“That Crasher has me worried,” Tom said. “I have done my research. He is known for his brutality and lack of finesse.”
“I was absolutely counting on him,” Nadia said drawing a surprised look from the others. “He believes in using overwhelming force. We will use that belief against him.”
“I want Senators Ransom and Belight to see the exercise.” Cherry said flatly not wanting to leave any room for discussion.
“I would like that idiot here to watch him sweat,” Rhonda said not hiding the malice in her voice.
“I would like to stake him out at the front gate, but we need someone on the finance committee in our back pocket and Marvin is the senior majority senator and Winnie sits on the minority side,” Cherry stated coolly. “If you are a good girl I will let you and Boris, do something really kinky to him sexually.”
“If its sexual I would like to hear Nikki’s ideas,” Boris smiled wickedly.
“My only restriction is that you not do any permanent damage.” Cherry said seriously as Mary Lee burst in the room with Reid and Molly in tow with both of them laughing hysterically.
“Reid is a pussy,” Mary Lee proclaimed loudly. Everybody looked at Reid who was dressed in a jogging suit with a sweat shirt waiting for him to be outraged at the pronouncement.
“He may be a little effeminate, but he is alright.” Tom said not wanting to offend a guest, dropping his jaw when he realized what Mary Lee was saying. “You mean that Reid is a man trapped in a woman’s body.”
“No, nothing that complicated,” Reid said being out of breath from laughter. “The Senator was looking for an assistant and I had the scoop on him from the other ‘Pages’. My name is Blake Reid and Blake is one of those pivot names that could be male or female so I dressed like a man to get the job. I just dropped a sex toy in my pants and with my tiny tits he bought the story thinking that I was an effeminate guy.” Blake said lifting her sweat shirt to flash the others her breasts which were A’s, but her nipples stood out like erasers, leaving no doubt that she was a woman.
“But didn’t he catch on when he raped you,” Ted asked in disbelief.
“That sorry son of a bitch only cares about getting his rocks off so he bent me over the desk and took my back door.” Blake said mockingly with a giggle holding her fingers about a half inch apart, “and it was no big thing. The starch in my pants kept them from dropping very far. I can tell you for sure that he does not like to be called ‘needle dick’.”
“He is,” Mary Lee scoffed.
“What about Mary Lee,” Ted asked.
“I think that it is kind of hot,” Blake purred. “You can imagine my surprise when I ran my hand up her skirt and found a ten-inch clit.”
“That sounds weird as hell. I guess that you will fit in with us perfectly.” Rhonda stroked Blake’s cheek sensuously.
“Good I can quit that pervert,” Blake said sounding relieved.
“I would really rather that you stayed with Marvin for a little while longer,” Cherry pleaded holding her hands together as if in prayer. “We need to keep him under control for as long as we can. Mary Lee can give you lessons.”
“Well it ought to be interesting,” Blake said running her hand over Mary Lee’s abdomen softly as she started to giggle. Mary Lee took a firm grip on Blake’s arm leaving the stunned group with Molly on her other arm.
“Do you think that he, I mean she will go along with the plan,” Rhonda asked still stunned by the sudden revelation. Cherry laughed as she started to develop a plan for the strange new twist.
“Without a doubt I knew that there was something to her when we first met. With the proper instruction from our Mary Lee she will have Senator ‘Needle Dick’ by his balls.” She held her hand palm up making a tight fist to emphasize her point. Cherry picked up her satellite phone speed dialing Mary Lee’s number.
“Darling you can count both Blake and Molly as one of us, start training her up and take her to Tamar for outfitting. Have her start at ten for both of them.” Cherry broke the connection, but heard three loud screams across the roof. Blake wanted some clarification.
“What did she mean by train us up?”
“Tomorrow we start teaching some of those tricks that you saw Cherry pull.”
“What did Cherry mean when she said that I could have ten and Blake could have fifteen,” Molly asked.
“Well Tamar will arrange ten outfits for you and fifteen for Blake,” Mary lee said calmly. “That should be somewhere around thirty-five or forty thousand. Mary Lee found the way that their eyes bugged out satisfying.
Lloyd tried the door of the guest apartment finding it locked causing him to wonder if he was a prisoner or a guest. Crasher did not seem like anyone that he would normally want to have anything to do with. It was not difficult to figure what his line of work was even though nobody told Lloyd what he did. Crasher was a thug, cold and brutal with no sign of compassion. Things were rapidly turning from bad to worse and suddenly all that Lloyd wanted to do was find the exit. Lloyd had just started to examine the lock when the door opened and Perry Church walked in uninvited with Crasher right behind him. Crasher grabbed Lloyd by the arm dragging him to a seat by the small table at the foot of the bed.
“We are going to do a fly over of the complex and you will photograph it. You will have two passes one east to west and another North to south. Tell Perry what you will need as far as equipment is concerned and he will provide it.” Crasher left little room for argument.
“Two side looking passes in each direction would be better. The ground has several irregularities and they will not show up in something that is down looking. There are several photo stitch programs out there that are commercially available. Henry can have them set up on the computer when I get back. I will need two high resolution video cameras one looking fifteen degrees forward
, and the other looking fifteen degrees rear linked with a GPS preferably using a helicopter.” Lloyd continued, “I was able to pick out a few buildings which should give me some reference points. The slope runs north-east to south-west and there seems to be a recreation area with a pool roughly in the center. The whole property is moderately wooded and uneven. There were several residences on acreage on the south-east low side by the low entrance and there was some kind of a building of size at the top near the top entrance. The ground between the two entrances is sloped, uneven and wooded, so a downward angle less than fifteen degrees would not give good results.” Crasher roughly rubbed the top of Lloyd’s head.
“You see Perry he is not the fuckup that you thought he was,” Crasher exclaimed pulling Lloyd’s head back by his hair.
“Lloyd if you give me a good workup I will give you a full share,” Crasher pulled his head within a few inches of his face enjoying the look of pain in Lloyd’s face. “And that will be $10,000 cash.”
“And you shall have my best,” Lloyd said having suddenly developed a strong interest.
“It sounds like you have some incentive,” Crasher noted.
“After the second time Tom dropped my pants and gave me a seat in a cooler full of blue point crabs,” Lloyd said with venom.
“If you help this mission succeed you just might get the chance to return the favor,” Crasher said recognizing the driving force that would push Lloyd to his best performance.
“I know that we don’t have the cameras that we need,” Perry said realizing that the primary cameras were for surveillance.
“You can rent them. There is a company that rents to various documentary productions that pop up in the area,” Lloyd said hopefully. “I have used them before and I believe that they have something that will work. They have quality stuff, but they are expensive.”
“What time do they open?” Crasher asked sharply adding, “Do you know what these cameras look like?”
