Breaking Point (2000) by Clancy Tom - Net Force 04

Author:Clancy, Tom - Net Force 04 [04, Clancy, Tom - Net Force]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-03-17T20:24:11+00:00

Chapter 20.

Sunday, June 12th

Gakona, Alaska

No Chinese assassins materialized to try and intercept them as they drove from the old pipeline airstrip just north of Paxon toward Gakona. Ventura said it wasn't likely, and he had ten of his people checking possible ambush sites along the route, plus cars in front and behind of theirs. The older man, Walker, drove again, with Morrison in the front and Ventura sitting in the back. "If anybody shows up, they'll probably think I'm you, since the VIP usually rides in the back," Ventura had explained.

"You think they'll be here?"

"Oh, they are here, somewhere. I'm not sure they'll try for you yet; they may be waiting for the test, to be certain you can do as you say before they get really serious."

"You think once we're inside the facility we'll be safe?"

"No. I have a roster of the guards, and if any new faces show up, we'll deal with that, but that fence and a few half-trained guys on patrol won't stop somebody really determined to get inside. I'll have my people watching the roads and the air, so if they show up in force we'll know about it in time to haul ass. I've worked out a few escape routes from the facility."

Again, Morrison was surprised at the man's thoroughness. Everything he did seemed thought out to the last detail.

The trip was uneventful, however--if you didn't count a small elk herd crossing the road--and within an hour they were inside the auxiliary trailer, warming up the system. As Morrison worked, Ventura prowled around like some kind of big cat--alert, watching, listening.

"About ready," Morrison said. He picked up a dogeared phonebook-sized tome of locations by latitude and longitude and thumbed through it until he found the ones he wanted. There it was ... 45 degrees, 28 minutes, 24 seconds North; 122 degrees, 38 minutes, 39 seconds West ... Not the center of the city, but it would take in all of downtown on both sides of the river ...

Ventura nodded. "Okay."

"It'll have to run for a couple of hours to get the optimal effect. Not as long as it did in China, since the target is closer, and we lose less energy for the beam."

"Fine."

He looked at the control. Flip the cover up, push the button, and it was done. He could go eat or take a nap while it worked. "I feel kind of, I don't know, awkward about this."

"Why?"

"Well, the target being in the United States and all."

"A pang of nationalism?"

"Maybe a little. I somehow didn't think it was going to go like this."

"That's always the way. 'No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.' You know why it's a deal breaker if you don't do this, don't you?"

"No, why?"

"Because if this works, and if as a result of it a few dozen people die, then you haven't just killed some faceless people nobody cares about a million miles away, you're a multiple-murderer in your own country. And the city you were

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