Cannibal by Robinson Jeremy & Ellis Sean

Author:Robinson, Jeremy & Ellis, Sean [Robinson, Jeremy & Ellis, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense & Thrillers, thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Amazon: B00RNFI58O
Goodreads: 24396228
Publisher: Breakneck Media
Published: 2015-02-10T08:00:00+00:00

34

Endgame, New Hampshire

The sun was just breaking over the mountaintops when the agents made their move. There was a loud whump as a shaped charge blew a neat hole in the outer door of Post One. The noise echoed through the empty corridors of the Labs section.

Tom Duncan peered at the video feed for the hidden surveillance camera trained on the disused entrance to the facility, watching as FBI SWAT team operators advanced to inspect the results of the attempted breach. The entire latch mechanism had been excised, allowing the door to swing open on its hinges, but beyond it was a wall of solid concrete.

“Will that slow them down?” Boucher asked.

“Maybe for a few minutes,” Duncan replied with a shrug. He switched his gaze to the other screen, which showed the ongoing mission in Mexico. He was relieved that King had turned the tables on the cartel, especially as there was very little that he could do to help them.

“So what happens next?” Boucher made a show of looking at the control console. “Is there a self-destruct button around here somewhere?”

“An app, actually. Buttons are so twentieth century.”

“So are we.”

Duncan smiled ruefully. “A hundred feet below us is a cavern filled with natural gas. We’ve been using it to generate power for the facility, but when I initiate the self-destruct, the gas will be piped into the ventilation system, filling the entire complex. Ten minutes after that, incendiary charges in critical areas will ignite the gas and completely sanitize the entire facility.”

Boucher swallowed. “And everyone in it.”

“Desperado was always intended to be a measure of last resort. A literal scorched earth policy. An explosion like that will…” He trailed off, unwilling to articulate the full measure of destruction that would result. He gestured at the screen where the SWAT team was already placing another round of breaching charges. “They might not make it past the barrier in ten minutes, but even if they don’t, the resulting explosion will take them out, not to mention setting the forest on fire and probably destroying a good chunk of Pinckney.”

“We can’t do that, Tom.”

Duncan needed no convincing. If the attacking force had been a mercenary army or foreign operatives trying to seize the secrets of Endgame so they could launch a campaign of global domination, he would not have hesitated, but the men on the other side of the barrier were Americans, doing their sworn duty. And that did not begin to account for collateral damage.

“I’ve always known that I might someday have to make the ultimate sacrifice,” Duncan said. “I don’t have the right to make that decision for those men out there. But I have to keep my people safe.”

“It always comes down to that doesn’t it? Sacrifice. Destroy a village to kill one terrorist. Bomb a city to win a war and save millions.”

Duncan nodded, still staring at the screen. More vehicles were arriving. Agents in windbreakers were setting up a mobile command center. Another screen showed a second

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