Counterblow by Ethan Jones

Author:Ethan Jones
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction Thriller Espionage
Publisher: Knightsville Books
Published: 2020-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Sarkand

Kazakhstan

Javin jogged at a steady pace until he reached the nearest neighborhood. Then he began to look for a suitable vehicle in the residential area. There were a couple of luxury models, but they were two-seaters. Excellent rides, but useless for the team’s purpose.

When he came to the next neighborhood, he saw six or seven vehicles parked outside a restaurant. A couple of them caught his attention—an old model Suzuki SUV and a newer model Lada SUV. If Javin had the tools of the trade to steal a vehicle—a slide hammer, screwdrivers, or scanning devices and booster units for keyless entry vehicles—he would have been able, in a matter of minutes, to drive away with any of those vehicles. But a young man was strolling toward the Lada, and Javin’s choice was made.

He decided to go old school.

He bolted toward the parking lot, then cut through among the vehicles. He snuck up behind the man, who didn’t even notice until Javin had wrapped his arms around the young man’s neck and put him into a chokehold. The man tried to shout, then fight back, but Javin increased the pressure, cutting off the flow of blood to the head. The man’s reactions began to slow down, and his breathing became labored. Javin lowered him to the ground, and in a matter of seconds, the man had sunk into unconsciousness.

Javin looked around, but no one had noticed his actions. The Lada was parked at an angle so that it obstructed the view of the handful of patrons sitting near the restaurant’s windows. Javin retrieved the Lada’s keys and drove out of the parking lot.

When he turned onto the farm road, a blue Kia sedan was parked next to the Toyota SUV. Fang had already been transferred to the back of the Kia, and Xiulan was sitting next to him. Javin stepped out of the Lada and walked to Chen, who was standing outside the SUV. “Is everything out of there?”

“Yes, we’re ready to go. Just waiting for you.”

“Okay. Drive the Kia. I’ll take Li with me.”

“Why can’t he stay with me?”

Javin thought about it. Being alone in the Lada would allow him to think clearly and make sensitive phone calls. “Sure. He can ride with you. Were there cameras at the gas station?”

“No.”

Javin didn’t ask how they got the Kia. They probably used brute force. He shrugged and said, “Follow me, then the truck brings up the rear.”

Chen nodded his curly head.

Javin said, “Stay back a long way, so that it doesn’t look like we’re together. The same with the truck.”

“I’ll tell the driver.”

“Good. Where’s my AK?”

“In the Kia’s trunk.”

Javin returned to the Lada. He actually wanted to have a conversation with Fang about what had happened in Beijing. But it was neither the right time nor the right place. After what Javin had learned from Mila, he was even more tense than before. Mila’s people wouldn’t have gone to Beijing to be just observers. That’s not the Russian way.

They drove down the farm road, then turned onto a narrow gravel side road.

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