The Extractor by J. T. Brannan

Author:J. T. Brannan [Brannan, J. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grey Arrow Publishing
Published: 2017-12-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

Tracking was a laborious process, and required almost supernatural levels of patience and observation. It might be a broken twig here, a small patch of flattened grass there; sometimes the only clue would be a smell that shouldn’t have been there.

It was, he knew, why the most successful special ops guys in Vietnam had started to eat the same foods as the Vietnamese; before that, the enemy could literally smell the US troops coming.

It also reminded him of a rumor that jaguars had a particular liking for Calvin Klein’s Obsession for Men, due to its use of civetone, a chemical extract that came from the scent glands of the civet, which was an animal the jaguar liked to hunt and eat.

In this case, however, the drugs boys had made things a little easier for him – they’d hacked their way through the undergrowth with machetes, and trampled the rainforest underfoot. The place was so alive that it was already starting to heal, to close down the passage left by the men, but compared to other trails he’d followed, this one was easy. After all, the men weren’t trained professionals, or local tribesmen, and had made no effort to hide their route; and even if they’d wanted to, they’d probably lacked the ability, for moving through such terrain was a task as arduous and difficult as tracking, requiring the same qualities of patience and observation.

It still took considerable time to track the route to its source though, as he still had to move cautiously in case there were other teams about; and it always paid to look out for the natural threats of the rainforest, which were many and varied. During the time he followed the trail, he saw three different kinds of snake – thankfully from a safe distance – and had a much closer encounter with a six-inch long wandering spider, which held the distinction of being the world’s most venomous. It was about to walk over Lee’s boot when he spotted it, and he’d moved swiftly out of the way and let the little guy carry on. But in a place like the Amazon, you had to be constantly aware of everything around you, and it was a heavy strain on the system.

He had also had to respond to two calls on the radio he’d taken from the men, asking for updates on their progress. They had clearly not heard the gunfire, and also seemed to buy Lee’s Spanish replies – although he helped himself by fiddling with the transmit button, causing the line to appear worse than it was.

The last call had been to advise the party to return to base, because night was drawing in, and Lee could see this was true; and in fact, by the time he had reached the place they’d set off from, night had fallen and it was completely dark.

This provided Lee with opportunities, but also presented problems. It meant he coud break into the compound – which on first

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