The Swords of Babylon

Author:David Leadbeater [Leadbeater, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-09-14T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY THREE

Karin Blake knew it was a race against time. Though the last week could best be described as an intense, stressful whirlwind, she knew that these next few hours would move swiftly from excessive to extreme.

She was alone in the new HQ. Komodo had set out hours ago on his quick jaunt to Pittsburgh, aiming to meet up with Romero, Smyth and two other Delta soldiers. Patterson’s wife was still being held prisoner inside their compact home. Even though the professor’s release had been effected a relatively short while ago, Karin had expected something to have happened up at his suburban house, but it seemed the head Russians – Razin and Zanko that they knew of –were far too busy to take note. Or perhaps the news hadn’t filtered down yet. Karin ran a last check through Komodo’s comms.

“Going smooth so far, T-vor?”

“As Mountain Dew, my little Kazmat.”

Karin smiled at his use of their pet name. “I take it the soldier boys haven’t arrived yet?”

“Still waiting. These comms are amazing, Karin. Sounds like you’re sitting next to me.”

“I wish.” Karin was nevertheless quite excited about being alone in the HQ. It showed the level of trust Gates had in her. It showed that her future, through Jonathan and SPEAR, was bright and full. It showed she could have a life again.

“Heads up,” Komodo said. “They’re here.”

The team leader went off comms for a little while to explain the situation to his new crew. Karin expected him to return in a few minutes and readied the loop that would patch them all through the same piece of equipment, linking them to each other and, via satellite link, to her. The new HQ was a little undersized, with no windows and employed the outdated parking-garage-only access method, but they had made it work. The cutting edge communications and surveillance systems took up most of the main room, the team’s gear filled the second. There were no cells, no interrogation rooms, just a small basement that contained, in Karin’s opinion, the HQs coolest feature.

An underground escape route that led straight into the Pennsylvania mall.

What girl couldn’t love a thing like that? she wondered. Even better, it was an awesome, busy getaway location with dozens of exits, guards and places to hide. And to top all that, she could use the tunnel to grab lunch too!

But not today. Komodo and the team were relying on her to aid their assault. With the comms fixed up, she concentrated on the surveillance system, using the CIAs global mapping system to zoom right on top of the house. The magnification was tremendous and crystal clear. She remembered one of the weapons they had utilized on a previous mission – the one that could see through walls. Such a weapon would come in handy here, and in the future, but she just couldn’t get the idea out of her head that Alicia would use it for something unsavory.

A double click told her Komodo was back online. “Game on?”

“It’s in play.

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