Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Escaping the Dead by W. J. Lundy

Author:W. J. Lundy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Phalanx Press
Published: 2013-05-08T07:00:00+00:00

Brad had settled into his bedroll up on the loft of the warehouse. ‘Damn!’ he thought, ‘if I knew we weren’t going back to base that night I would have brought my pillow.’ He smiled to himself and placed the S&W pistol he found earlier by his side.

Once he stopped moving, exhaustion took over and he drifted into a dreamless sleep. He felt the hand grab and shake his foot. Brad jumped up grabbing the pistol and pointed it into the shocked face of Cole. “Oh shit, my bad Sergeant” uttered Cole. “I shouldn’t have been so quiet”.

Brad lowered the pistol and relaxed, “What is it Cole?”

“Sergeant, you need to get up top. Something you need to see,” Cole answered.

Brad sent Cole ahead and he stopped to put on his boots and his vest. He looked at his watch, ‘Damn, it’s only been two hours,’ he thought. He climbed the ladder and settled into the nest with Eric and Cole. “What do we got fellas?” he whispered.

“Over there Sergeant, just past the fence in that little building,” Cole said pointing with his finger. Brad picked up the binos and looked down towards the building.

“I don’t see anything guys,” he said.

“Just wait Sergeant. There it is,” Eric said pointing. Three flickers of a red light followed by three long flashes and three more flickers.

“Oh shit guys, that is Morse code, someone is signaling. But who are they talking to?” Brad whispered.

“It’s got to be us Sergeant. We are the only ones up here,” Eric replied.

“Go wake up Henry, he’s good with this nerdy shit, and grab the red lens flashlight off my bag,” Brad said back to Eric.

Moments later Henry was crouched in the snipers nest with the flash light and a pen and paper. After checking his work, he finally spoke. “They said ‘we are two US’, and they want to come into the compound”.

“Well ask them who they are,” snapped Brad.

After another set of exchanges Henry spoke again, “They just say, ‘we are two US, request permission to enter your perimeter’.”

“What do you think guys?” Brad asked.

The men looked puzzled that Brad was asking for advice, it wasn’t typically his way. “Come on guys! Cut me a break, this isn’t exactly a military op any more. I’m open to suggestions.”

“I say let them in Sergeant. Why would they tell us they are coming if they were up to no good?” Cole said.

Brad smiled, “You make a good point Cole. Henry, tell them to come in but stay in our line of site.”

They watched as the two men broke cover of the building and walked in a slow crouch to the fence. Brad thought they would circle around to the perimeter gate. But without making a noise they quickly cut through to the inside, turned around, repaired the fence and disappeared into the shadows. Before they could wonder where the pair went, they heard a tapping at the downstairs door.

Brad looked over the roof wall and saw the two dark figures huddled at the door.

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