Kill Squad by Don Pendleton

Author:Don Pendleton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Worldwide Library
Published: 2015-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

14

“Do you ever get the feeling we’re going around in circles?” Fresco asked.

He was sitting behind the wheel of the SUV he and Killian were in, heading for the location where Laura Darrow was being held. Their helicopter ride had put them down at the closest safe landing spot where they transferred to the waiting vehicle.

By the time they had touched down, the news concerning the strike had reached them. The US Marshals had been hit, but only Laura Darrow had been taken. Her mother had been trapped in the damaged transfer SUV, injured, and the snitch team had only been able to grab the younger woman.

Killian didn’t speak. He was still less than happy at being dispatched to handle the interrogation of just the young woman instead of both. He didn’t voice his thoughts when Danichev had called with the news.

Killian would do his seething quietly, and his partner, Fresco, understood the man’s reticence. You didn’t go around questioning people like Danichev. Not if you wanted to remain healthy. Too much had happened, was still happening, and from Bulova down there was a great deal of unrest within the organization.

The minute Harry Sherman had taken off, after copying Conte’s files, sanity had gone out the window. It hadn’t helped that Luca D’Allesandro had screwed up big-time by having a loose trigger finger. His wild shooting and failure to put Sherman down had thrown everything up in the air.

Finding Harry Sherman was the priority. Killian and Fresco had been handed that task and neither of them wanted it.

“Left to me, that Darrow bitch would have a bullet in the head already,” Fresco said.

“Jake, it isn’t what we want,” Killian replied. It was the first thing he’d said for the past few miles. “Do you think I enjoy playing Danichev’s game? I don’t. Let’s do the interrogation and get this over with.’

The voice of the satellite navigation system told Fresco they were approaching the area. He slowed the SUV, not wanting to overshoot. He saw the decaying bulk of the massive apartment building behind the wire fencing and rolled to a stop. He climbed out and opened the access gate so he could drive onto the site. One of the local hired shooters came out to meet them, dangling his subgun from one hand.

“Best to park around back,” he said. “Out of sight.”

His attitude didn’t sit well with Killian. He held back from punching the guy in the mouth. The shooter stepped back as Fresco powered the SUV around the building and parked next to two other vehicles. As they climbed out, the shooter sauntered up to direct them to the entrance.

“You got a name?” Fresco asked.

“Jessup. Why?”

“I always like to know who I’m dealing with.”

“You guys special or something?”

Killian managed a thin smile. “Or something.”

“What’s that mean?” Jessup asked.

“It means we’ll remember you when we’re done here,” Killian said.

Jessup showed them the front entrance and then ambled off to continue his watch.

“Local talent,” Fresco said. “Hicks with guns. That scares me.

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