Cross, Kaylea - [Hostage Rescue Team 7] - Seized by Kaylea Cross

Author:Kaylea Cross [Cross, Kaylea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Military, interracial romance, thriller, Romantic Suspense, soldier
Publisher: Kaylea Cross Inc.
Published: 2015-11-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

At three minutes before midnight, Wira received the signal he’d been waiting for. A text message saying “May Allah be with you” from the Mawla. He slipped out of his bunk and quietly alerted Ali via radio to signal the others, then headed up the stairs on his way to the nav bridge.

The countdown had begun.

Nerves and excitement stirred in his gut. His pulse thudded in his ears along with his booted footsteps as he ascended the carpeted stairs. Three of his men were waiting for him when he reached the lower promenade deck. They nodded at him and followed up the forward staircase without a word. Ali and one other team member were waiting for them on the lido deck.

“Is the captain in his quarters?” Wira asked Ali quietly. There were hardly any passengers around at this hour, which was why they’d chosen it.

“Yes. Everything’s as it should be.”

Perfect. And he had more than a dozen others placed throughout the ship, armed, ready and waiting. As soon as the attack began, the other teams would take out the key crewmembers who might pose a threat, and help lock down the ship. They’d gone over the plan many times in meetings prior to boarding the ship in Seattle. Each man knew his assignment, knew what precautions to take and what contingencies to use if a problem arose.

Inside the stairwell Wira paused in the surveillance video blind spot their man up on the bridge had created a few minutes ago for them. They’d only have another minute or two before the camera turned back on again. Plenty of time to gear up and get into position.

One of the men stood guard at the bottom of the stairs and one stood above, in case any passengers or other crewmembers came along. Wira signaled to Ali, who began handing out weapons from a bag he’d stowed in a compartment behind a fire extinguisher set into the wall.

They all pulled black balaclavas over their faces and checked their weapons: a military-style knife, two Glock pistols and an AR-17, all fully loaded. Canisters of tear gas, gas masks. Then they donned night vision goggles as well.

Ali hid the bag and set the fire extinguisher back into place, covering the hidden compartment. Then Wira took the radio from his belt and contacted their man on the bridge to ensure everything appeared normal to the other crewmembers. “All clear here. Signing off for the night.”

“Roger. Have a good one.”

Wira replaced the radio on his belt and nodded at Ali.

Thirty seconds.

They split into two groups of three, with Wira leading one group and Ali leading the other. The younger man took the lead and started carefully up the stairs toward the bridge while Wira and his men stayed a few steps behind. Once Ali’s team breached the bridge, Wira and his men would take the captain.

Ten seconds.

They pulled their goggles into position. Three seconds later, right on cue the lights went out.

Wira raised a hand then swept it sharply downward, signaling Ali to make the assault.

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