In the Requiem by Hailey Turner

Author:Hailey Turner [Turner, Hailey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

14

Let the Bullets Fly

Sean braked to a hard halt at a green light on Massachusetts Avenue NE near Lincoln Park as the first explosion ripped through the night sky, drowning out the sound of traffic. He couldn’t see where it was located from their spot between two residential skyscrapers, but the sound of bombs going off was unmistakable.

“Pull over,” Alexei snapped.

Sean ignored the horns going off behind them and yanked the wheel to the right while hitting the gas pedal. The car raced through the intersection as the light went from green to yellow. They came to a stop in a bus zone, ignoring the warning that lit up the control screen on the dash about illegal parking and a guaranteed ticket in ten seconds.

“All teams, gear up,” the director barked over their embedded nanotech comms on an encrypted channel.

Traffic on the street had come to a standstill for vehicles while pedestrians out for a night on the town began to run, looking for cover. Alexei was out of the car before Sean even popped the trunk. With their apartment outside the central zone of the Washington, D.C. megacity, they’d been ordered to patrol the streets on the central zone perimeter. It meant they weren’t dressed for war, but they’d brought what they could of their gear with them.

Sean got out of the car and hurried to the rear of the vehicle, eyes on the sky above them. The night sky was edged in neon from light pollution, but the brightness couldn’t obscure the fast-moving combat jets cutting through the air. Washington, D.C. had a strict no-fly-zone policy. Sean doubted those combat jets had clearance to be here.

“Possible airstrikes incomin’,” Annabelle said over comms.

“Fighter jets have been scrambled,” Stirling replied. “MDF flyers, be advised skies will not be clear.”

“Copy that,” a multitude of voices responded.

Alexei tossed Sean’s tactical vest at him and he hurried to buckle it on. They already wore nanotech strips on their faces to hide their identities from cameras, but the second Sean employed his power, the strips would be useless. Protection was protection at this point, and they needed to get moving.

He put on his hard helmet and tactical goggles, securing them in place. They weren’t in full tactical body armor, but with his power, it wouldn’t matter. Sean strapped on two thigh holsters and holstered two tactical pistols from a weapons-carrying case while Alexei picked up an AKR-75 assault rifle.

Another loud explosion ripped through the air and Sean turned in the direction of the blast. The HUD on his tactical goggles brought up a map as agents back on base downloaded satellite feed in real time.

“Fuck,” he said heatedly. “They hit the Capitol Building.”

Alexei only grunted as he slammed the magazine home in his assault rifle. “We go.”

“Wraith to base. We’re heading to the National Mall via East Capitol Street Northeast.”

“The enemy has set up vehicular barricades on all major avenues leading to the National Mall. Enemy nullification power is active around the National Mall, including the White House.

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