The Socotra Incident by Richard Fox

Author:Richard Fox [Fox, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Triplane Press
Published: 2015-01-30T05:00:00+00:00

“Yes, I’m positive he exploded,” Ritter said into the satellite phone. He was in the SEALs’ shower area on the Reagan, sitting on a wooden bench after the most urgent shower in his entire life.

They’d left the Opongsan ten minutes before the explosives in the hold had erupted and broken the Opongsan in half. Officially, the mission would be reported as a dry hole, target not found. Unofficially, Ritter’s life had become a lot more difficult.

Mike stood in front of a sink, brushing his teeth with fury and rinsing his mouth with Listerine several times a minute.

Ritter put the phone against his chest and looked over at Mike.

“Tony says the pill might have been pure sodium with some sort of time-delay coating. North Koreans have used it on prisoners in the past,” Ritter said. “The smell was sodium hydroxide.” Mike spat out a mouthful of Listerine and went back to brushing.

“Shannon wants to know if you’re all right,”

The toothbrush froze in Mike’s mouth.

“Fuck this job,” he said, then went back to brushing

“He’s fine,” Ritter said into the satellite phone. He kept it pressed to his ear for another minute before shutting it off.

A low warble came from Ritter’s stomach. Mike froze and looked at Ritter with suspicion.

“I’m just hungry,” Ritter said.

Mike rinsed his mouth out and sat on the bench next to Ritter.

“Squat and hold until follow on instructions,” Ritter said.

Mike grunted.

“Yeah, and I don’t think it’s going to get better anytime soon.”

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