Hellfire by Chris Ryan

Author:Chris Ryan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, Spies & Politics, Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Espionage
Publisher: Coronet
Published: 2015-08-26T23:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

Tony kicked open the door, just a couple of inches. Danny immediately heard two sounds.

The first was the ocean. Even though they were indoors, the sound of waves was loud.

The second was gunshot.

There was a burst of fire from the bridge. Danny estimated four weapons. There was a tinny sound as the rounds ricocheted off the metal door, immediately followed by a deafening crack as Tony chucked in the flashbang and stood clear as it exploded. Danny closed his eyes momentarily to stop himself being blinded by the flash, but opened them as soon as he heard the noise, and started to advance.

The grenade had killed the gunfire. Now Danny could hear nothing but panicked shouting. Tony kicked the door open.

The doorway framed a picture of chaos. In the green haze of his NV, Danny saw three figures – ten metres from his position, at the far side of the bridge, backs up against the window that surrounded it. It was clearly pitch black for them, here in the middle of the ocean with no light to see by: they were staring at different angles across the room, obviously totally disorientated by the blinding flash and deafening crack of the flashbang. They all had weapons, though – pistols – and were waving them around wildly, evidently wanting to fire but not knowing in which direction to aim.

They couldn’t see the Regiment unit, but the Regiment unit could see them. From his brief glance, Danny didn’t think any of them were Mr Chiu. But they could start shooting any second, so they needed to be put down in any case.

Danny and Caitlin had clear shots. Two from Danny, one from Caitlin. The targets were on the floor less than a second after the door was opened.

As soon as the three targets were down, Danny saw why the noise of the ocean was so loud. Someone had smashed the reinforced window opposite the entrance to the bridge. Impossible to do without a sturdy tool, and sure enough Danny saw a fire axe lying on the floor just in front of it. Someone must have escaped.

He stepped over the threshold of the bridge. The needed to move fast while any further occupants were still disorientated. A metre into the room he scanned left, then right. He quickly picked out the one remaining person there: a figure crouching down to his two o’clock by a panel of instruments.

It wasn’t Chiu. A single shot from Danny’s HK and he was neutralised. Danny ran to the broken window and looked out. It was a drop of seven or eight metres to the deck – doable, with a lucky landing. And luck had been on the side of whoever had jumped from the bridge. The aft deck was an open space of about fifty square metres, leading up to a high railing that overlooked the water. Danny could make out shattered glass on the deck. But no sign of anyone.

He spoke immediately into his radio. ‘All units, the bridge is clear.

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