36: A Novel by Dirk Patton

Author:Dirk Patton [Patton, Dirk]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense, Thriller, Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
Publisher: Voodoo Dog Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-02-19T23:00:00+00:00

31

It was four hours later when Agent Johnson came and found me. I hadn’t even tried to sleep. I was too keyed up. Needing to burn off some energy, I had headed for the kill house. The former Delta Operator, known only as Ray, had been more than happy to review my performance with me. We’d gotten the segment that began with me waiting outside the door to 2C and ended after I’d put the final two rounds into the terrorist leader.

He’d run it all the way through without pause or commentary, then restarted the video. It ran for all of two seconds before he stopped it. I was standing a few feet from the target door, waiting for the first tango to open it on his way out.

“You need to be to the side,” he said, leaning forward and tapping a spot on the screen with a thick index finger.

I looked where he indicated and almost blushed in embarrassment. Directly in the upper middle of the door was a peephole. It was only blind luck that they hadn’t checked first and seen me standing there with a rifle at the ready.

“You should have been against the wall, on the knob side. They can’t see you through the peephole, and if they just crack the door open to peek out, you won’t be visible because of the angle. As soon as the door starts to open, you roll around the jam and push in, leading with your weapon. Understand?”

I nodded, burning the lesson into my memory. Ray set the video in motion again, pausing after the first terrorist fell out of the way and I fired the first shot at the one behind him.

“Why did you hesitate between these two?”

“Waiting for the first guy’s body to be out of my way so I had a clear shot,” I answered, not seeing what could be wrong with this.

“Mistake,” he grumbled. “Fortunately for you, these guys don’t seem to be that well trained. If I had been that second man, in the time you were waiting for the first one to drop, I’d have moved around behind the door, out of your sight, and put a whole ass-load of rounds through it.”

“So what should I have done?”

“Let’s back it up,” he said, rewinding the video a few seconds. “Now, the door begins to open. You have a target and you stand perfectly still and fire two rounds. He drops, then you push forward and slam the door fully open to enter the apartment.”

As he talked, he started and stopped the video so it was in sync with his narration.

“You should have charged the instant that door began moving. Come forward, put the muzzle right against the first guy’s chest and use the rifle to shove him back as you’re pulling the trigger. Push the body aside and bring your weapon onto the guy behind him, firing as you’re moving.

“From the moment that door began to move until you put the second guy down, nearly four seconds passed.

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