Red Light Hero by Kory Shen

Author:Kory Shen [Shen, Kory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-15T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Cover Girl crouched in the shade of a truck in the middle of the paramilitary encampment. The suffocating Saharan heat and the footprint-friendly sandy ground made this one of the worst possible missions for her. Sire had wanted to send the alpha ones, but Maiden had sent Cover Girl instead. Probably as punishment.

She tip-toed her way to the wooden building at the center of the base masquerading as a civilian village. A man opened the door and left, greeting the two armed guards on either side. Cover Girl used the opportunity to slip inside.

The building was a single large room stacked from floor to ceiling with wooden crates. She removed a small device from her pocket and attached it to the side of a crate, then stepped back.

A black object, the size of a wallet, turned visible on the side of the crate as Cover Girl pulled her hand away.

"This is Cover Girl," she sub-vocalized. "I've placed the sensor. Electrophile, you getting any readings? Over."

Cover Girl moved to the doorway, ready to exit in a hurry if necessary.

After a moment, her earpiece whispered its reply. "This is Electrophile. Chemical signature and levels are confirmed. Mission command, what's the order? Over."

Cover Girl glanced at the innocuous wooden crates, a sick feeling in her stomach. That was enough chemical weaponry to decimate a major city. She had the urge to leave the building in a hurry. Her invisibility wouldn't protect her from any chemical residues on the shipping material. Probably another reason Maiden had sent her instead.

"Complete annihilation. Authorization code X-ray, Tango, Echo, Romeo, Mike, Six."

The speaker didn't give his call sign, but everyone knew who it was. Sire was personally overseeing the operation.

Electrophile made an enthusiastic sound in her ear. That was the code for pure, utter destruction. No one was to be left alive.

"This is Cover Girl. Give me one minute to evacuate. Over."

"You have thirty seconds," Electrophile said. The bastard.

Cover Girl pushed the door open while remaining inside the building. The guards peered at the door in confusion. Cover Girl rolled past their legs as an audio transmitter deep in the room cried out in a foreign language.

She rose to her feet and sprinted towards the edge of the village, not bothering to conceal her footsteps.

"Ten, nine, eight…" Electrophile counted over the radio.

"You said thirty seconds," Cover Girl hissed.

"I'm getting bored," Electrophile replied.

Cover Girl ran even faster. He wouldn't risk jeopardizing a mission, would he? While Sire tolerated some bickering, the alphas wouldn't actively harm each other. And no prime would let a beta circle member be hurt without retaliation. Cover Girl's situation was unusual, though. She wasn't exactly Maiden's favorite, and everyone knew that. Was this part of Maiden's punishment?

"Asshole," Cover Girl muttered.

"I see you," another voice said. That would be HumiliT. "Or rather the trail of dust you're kicking up. Don't worry. I'll keep your sector clear. Electrophile, stop goofing off."

"Figures. One weakling covering for the other," Electrophile sniped back. "Don't forget what happened to Hotshot."

"Shut up and focus on the mission," HumiliT said.

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