Whatever the Cost by J. T. Brannan

Author:J. T. Brannan [Brannan, J. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-06-17T00:00:00+00:00

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Abd al-Aziz Quraishi had to force himself to keep his eyes open; horrific though the sight was, he owed it to his sacred volunteers to witness firsthand what they would have to go through.

He was in the small underground laboratory underneath the compound which was serving as the base of operations for this latest mission, being taken through the effects of the product by his team of doctors.

The screams of the victims on the other side of the glass wall – people of no consequence found on the streets or in local jails and brought to the compound by Amir al-Hazmi – were enough to turn Quraishi’s iron stomach; they were worse than anything he’d ever heard in the torture cells of the Mabahith.

Quraishi turned to the nearest doctor when – at last – there was nothing left to see behind the glass. ‘So you are satisfied you can control it for optimum effect?’

‘Yes,’ the medical professional replied. ‘It is everything you said it would be, and more. We can manipulate several variables, just as you wanted.’

‘Chance of detection?’

The doctor smiled. ‘Zero. There is no chance at all.’

Quraishi grunted in satisfaction and turned to al-Hazmi, who had also forced himself to watch the grisly spectacle. ‘Get me the martyrs,’ he said. ‘Bring them to the courtyard and I will speak to them all before they venture out on their blessed pilgrimage.’

Al-Hazmi nodded. ‘Yes sir,’ he said. ‘They will appreciate that you have come here.’

Quraishi smiled. Of course they would; he was their spiritual leader, their inspiration. It was he who would unite them with Allah, blessed as martyrs with seventy-two vestal virgins and an eternity of happiness.

As al-Hazmi ran off to gather the volunteers, Quraishi pulled out his cell phone and dialed a secure number, the call made to a man several thousand miles away.

‘I need to see you,’ Quraishi announced. ‘As soon as possible.’

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