04 Apocalypse Unleashed by Mel Odom

Author:Mel Odom [Odom, Mel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Christian
ISBN: 9781414327785
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2008-10-16T05:00:00+00:00

23

United States 75th Army Rangers Temporary Post

Sanliurfa, Turkey

Local Time 0754 Hours

“You can’t leave Sergeant Gander there, Captain,” Alexander Cody said.

Remington ignored the CIA section chief. The captain was already deeply aware that he couldn’t leave Goose behind in Harran. OneWorld NewsNet was making him out to be a hero. Again.

The news channel’s screen remained split, displaying the continuing attack on Harran as well as looping the footage that had been shot of Goose’s own struggles to stay alive.

“If the sergeant dies,” Cody said, “we’ve lost the only link we have to Icarus.”

Remington was more conscious of Goose’s public image. Goose had gotten a lot of international attention whether he’d wanted it or not. Abandoning him in Harran, especially when he was risking his life to bring home a wounded fellow Ranger, was out of the question.

“Lieutenant Archer,” Remington barked.

“Sir.” The junior officer wheeled about rapidly.

“Get me a twenty on First Sergeant Gander. I want a sat-eye and constant GPS on him.”

“Right away, sir.” Archer abandoned the marker board and hurried over to the computer techs.

“Black Angel Leader, this is Base.”

“Go, Base.”

Remington peered at the large computer monitor that displayed the overhead view of the city. He spotted the ten Black Hawk combat choppers winging over Harran from the north. Farther south, the Syrian forces had slowed only slightly, like waves crashing onto a rocky shore.

“I need a pickup performed inside the town,” Remington said. “I want a pilot who can sit one of those birds on a dime and take off again in the heat of battle.”

“Affirmative, sir. I have just the man.”

“Get him up front first to off-load those mines, then have him double back. I want him on a private frequency to handle the pickup.” Remington rattled off the channel they’d be using for the exfiltration.

“Base, this is Black Angel Eleven,” a calm male voice said over the new frequency.

“Eleven, this is Base. First Sergeant Gander is loose in the streets with a wounded Ranger. He’s not going to make it to the evac site. I need you to pick him up.”

“Understood. Happy to do it, Base. The top has always been a good guy in our books.”

Remington resented the implied familiarity with Goose. Even though the sergeant didn’t make a conscious effort to get to know everyone, it always seemed like he did. Faces and names, as well as the circumstances where he’d encountered them, just came easily to Goose. Remington was convinced that Goose could walk up to a fence post and strike up a conversation.

Switching to the frequency Goose was monitoring, Remington called for him.

“I read you, Base,” Goose answered. His voice sounded strained and distant.

“You’re not going to make the evac, Goose,” Remington said.

If Goose was upset at the news, he didn’t let it show. “I’m sorry to hear that, sir. I’d counted on it for Johnson’s sake.”

“One of the Black Hawks is going to pick you up. We’re negotiating an LZ right now.”

“I appreciate it, Captain. We’ve lost enough good men out here today.

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