Bound by Honor by Terry Mixon & Glynn Stewart

Author:Terry Mixon & Glynn Stewart [Mixon, Terry & Stewart, Glynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Faolan’s Pen Publishing
Published: 2018-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Brad leaned out the still-open window and returned fire. On the move like they were, with his driver swerving to throw off the attacker’s aim and using a short-barreled weapon like a submachine gun, his chances of hitting anything were low indeed, but perhaps the fire would get the enemy to duck.

He missed, as expected, but saw three men in dark clothes scrambling for cover. They’d just come from the warehouse, so they wouldn’t be able to pursue on foot. They also weren’t the entirety of the hit squad, he was sure. Not with teams covering him and the spaceport combined.

That would be at least a dozen attackers. Probably more. They’d be either securing their own rides or, more likely, getting to the vehicles they already had on standby. Brad was sure they had some vehicles waiting, but he had no access to them.

His com sounded as they roared around the corner on two wheels, losing the immediate pursuit. He didn’t recognize the number but assumed it had to be their local support.

“Madrid.”

“Goodness, but you do love to put on a show,” a woman said. “I take it Tanaka didn’t make it.”

Tanaka must be the man who’d been masquerading as Saburo. “I’m afraid not. We’re in a food truck making a run to the…south, it looks like. We ditched three shooters at the back of the warehouse and we’re angling for the spaceport.”

“Bad call,” the woman said. “Security is coming from that direction, I’d wager. That’s where the rapid response teams are staged. You need to go east at least half the dome before you cut over.

“That’ll also give you a chance at evading the bad guys. They’re swarming out of the import/export building, so I can’t be sure what direction they’ll end up going. Any space between you and them is a good thing, though.”

“Go east,” Brad ordered the driver before returning his attention to the com. “We don’t have them in sight at the moment, so it’s possible we’ll lose them. Can you meet us?”

“We’re loading into vehicles right now. You have my number now. Call me if they find you before we do.”

He put his com away when she disconnected and leaned out the window far enough to see if anyone was behind them. The road looked clear.

“Is everyone okay?” he asked.

“Only one hit, sir,” a trooper said. “A pot fell on Ricky, but his head is too hard for it to have hurt much.”

“You’re an ass,” the targeted trooper said when his comrades laughed. “I’m fine, sir.”

Well, better a little horsing around than someone dead on the floor.

“Be ready,” Brad said, chuckling. “If the bad guys find us, they’ll come in hard and fast.”

Just as soon as he said that, two security cars with lights on and sirens howling raced past from ahead of them. They didn’t even slow at the sight of the food truck, as far as Brad could tell.

That was a good sign. The big vehicle wasn’t what they associated with gunmen, so they didn’t see it as a threat.

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