(eng) Myke Cole - Shadow Ops 06 by Siege Line

Author:Siege Line [Line, Siege]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XII

FIGHT THROUGH

Yellowknife was a passable city, but Schweitzer was still amazed by the remoteness. It nestled into a scrub of semi-tundra, stunted trees, and half-frozen bogs. The lake itself was beyond beautiful, a long blue-gray scroll of placid water dusted with frost. The vista was broken by shifting chunks of green-tinted ice catching the thin light and scattering it into a spray of color that made the living members of the team squint.

The Canadian Forces Northern Area HQ was a huge, modern structure, the glass front evoking the squat frame of the Entertech office building that covered the Gemini Cell facility. It looked weirdly out of place in the pristine wilderness. Barbed wire rolled out to abut a robust flight line big enough to take heavy transport planes. RCAF—440 TRANSPORT SQUADRON, read a sign posted to the fence.

They’d debated how best to mask Schweitzer and finally settled on what would draw the least attention. They put him in a snowsuit and parka with a large, fur-lined hood, his head covered by a neoprene facemask that left only his burning eyes exposed. These were covered by a pair of ski goggles with a reflective plastic lens. The only catch was his buzz saw of a hand, covered by the parka, leaving his right sleeve empty. It looked strange but not nearly as strange as it would have had the broad disk been left exposed.

“This would go easier if we had more support,” Schweitzer said as they bundled him into all that gear. “The American and Canadian governments have a lot of resources they can throw at this.”

“Hell, no,” Ghaznavi said.

“You’re only protecting Senator Hodges,” Schweitzer said. “Sometimes, you have to put the mission before the man.”

“It’s not just about Hodges,” Ghaznavi said.

“The hell it’s not,” Schweitzer answered. “I don’t—”

“She’s right, Jim,” Desmarais cut him off. “This is something best handled by the dark side. Big government always places appearance over operational efficiency, and this is far too important to fuck up. We don’t need to be voting on this one. We need to move quickly and decisively. That is the polar opposite of what big government does. It’s why organizations like SAD and JTF2 were created.”

Schweitzer nodded. Desmarais had a point. “I’m just saying that you don’t have the benefit of the experience of the fight we just went through in Colchester. If it gets . . . overwhelming out there, we’re going to wish we had more resources to draw on.”

Desmarais hefted his smartphone. “All those resources are still available to us just as soon as we call for them. All I’m advocating for is to put that call off for as long as possible.”

“Just trust us, Jim,” Ghaznavi said. “We may not be magically powered supersoldiers, but we’ve both been doing this kind of thing for a long, long time.”

They were met on the flight line by a lone woman in military fatigues. She saluted Desmarais, not so much as glancing at anyone else. “Welcome to Yellowknife, sir.”

Desmarais acknowledged her with a nod.

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