Odessa Strikes by Bobby Akart

Author:Bobby Akart [Akart, Bobby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crown Publishers Inc.
Published: 2020-12-18T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Munich, Germany

After a brief stop in Siegsdorf, Germany, a half hour west of Salzburg, during which Gunner and Cam cleaned up, the trio arrived in Munich. The Den had arranged for a two-bedroom suite with an additional connecting room for the exhausted operatives to crash. Showers, room service, and much-needed sleep were their priorities. They hadn’t planned on scheduling a wake-up call, as the Den assured the team they could rest before being ferried to their next location. It was Gunner, however, who provided the wake-up call.

“We’re not detectives!” Gunner’s raised voice stirred Cam awake in the adjoining hotel room. “They’re killing people by the thousands, and we’re over here chasing down hard drives and aristocrats.”

Ghost allowed his top operative an opportunity to blow off some steam. Gunner was expressing the same frustration that everyone in U.S. intelligence and law enforcement felt at the moment. It was a combination of anger and helplessness, as two major terrorist attacks had happened on their watch. Other agencies were no closer to identifying the instigators than they were before the football game in Santa Clara. The Gray Fox team was, and Ghost reminded Gunner of that fact.

“You can’t help your country by being back here with the rest of them, chasing their tails and squabbling about jurisdiction. Find the head of the snake, Gunner. The rest will fall into place.”

Gunner continued to pace the room. He grabbed a handful of peanuts from the prior evening’s snacks and dropped them one by one into their bowl. It was a mindless activity that allowed him a moment to gather his thoughts.

He took a deep breath and acknowledged a sleepy-eyed Cam, who’d just entered the living area in the suite. Bear was still sawing logs.

“Did you make coffee?” she asked.

Gunner shook his head, so she flipped him the middle finger to signal what she thought about his oversight. This caused him to smile. He pitied the man who’d marry his best friend someday. She was fiercely loyal but, well, expressive at times.

He turned his attention back to the Den. “Okay, so what’s the plan? Did Jackal get inside the servers at Knight?”

“She did for a very brief period of time,” replied Ghost. He lowered his voice to a whisper. “It was all hands on deck from the moment she took down the firewall. I’ve never seen anything like it. They were like honeybees attacking an intruder in the hive. The room was buzzing with techno-geek speak. The keyboards were clattering. Jackal was barking out instructions. It was incredible to watch.”

“So they got everything they needed?” asked Gunner.

“We don’t know, but she doesn’t believe so. In less than five minutes, security protocols from a source outside Knight took over the system and reestablished the firewall. At some point, as the security team was closing in on you, IT people from another location blocked us out.”

“Damn! Don’t tell me it was a waste of time.”

“No, I didn’t say that. Important stuff like financial and real estate holdings was captured.

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