Maracaibo Mission by Van Wyck Mason

Author:Van Wyck Mason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure, espionage, murder, adventure, spy
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2017-01-20T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

1

It must have been close to dawn when the long last footsteps became audible—not the tread of one man but of two! Was he about to hit the jackpot?

He did.

Ramos and the goon entered together, the small rat and the big one. Ramos smirked and waved a finger at North. “Ah, Colonel, I understand that you have not been exactly gallant with the lady from Moscow. You will soon be made to regret that.” He motioned shock-haired Luis into a corner. “Senora Soboren took great offense and has gone to inform her husband.” He giggled. “But one wonders how she will explain the nature of her hurt.

“But I’ll tell you something,” he went on in his squeaky voice. “I don’t like her very much, either. Carajo! These Russian women, they are too much complicated in the head. What they need is a good knock every once in a while. I don’t blame you.”

“And what would you do with such a woman, you mangy little bastard?”

The Ferret’s lips flattened. “Really, that is no way for one in your situation to talk. Why do you spoil an international reputation for graciousness and fine manners? Besides, you are not the one who should feel bitter.”

Again that odd come-on like Tanya’s. How was he supposed to reply?

“I’ll remain bitter until I even up our score.”

Ramos snorted. “You have only won a small skirmish, Colonel, and in fact you may not even have won that—yet. We shall see.”

Suddenly the meaning of all this struck North. They believed he’d discovered the lightning-ball machine’s site. Which meant they wanted to find out to whom, if anyone, he’d described the location!

He groaned inwardly; this misconception was likely not only to seal his doom but also ensured the failure of this mission—for surely they would kill him if he denied knowing the location of the machine; but if he pretended to know but refused to give a name, he might at least delay the attack on the oil fields until Kelly could pick up the trail on his own.

“Look, Ramos, I may know, and I may not, so why don’t you admit that this time you’re licked? Take your losses and clear out of this before the government stands you before a firing squad. This is only advice from one professional to another, you understand.”

Ramos’ sickly smile disappeared now and whatever restraint he’d shown was evaporating. Fortunately the fellow seemed convinced that he, North, had passed the word and that the destruction of Soboren’s apparatus was not only possible but imminent. Hugh watched the colorless lips go taut and sensed he might have moved just a little too fast to ensure his own future comfort.

“All right, Tonto!” Ramos spat. “There is no more time to be wasted. Your people will not find the machine. They will only be a nuisance in the mountains and will probably kill themselves in searching for it.

“The storms will begin tonight, and then the derricks will begin to go. First a few on a test run.

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