Enemy Within : The Executive Office #3 by Tal Bauer

Author:Tal Bauer [Bauer, Tal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tal Bauer
Published: 2017-03-28T03:00:00+00:00

JACK KNEW, FROM THE moment Sergey suggested their excursion, that they wouldn’t be going alone.

Ethan instantly joined the mission. Sasha, too. Ethan briefed Scott and Adam, and then Adam rounded up his team and got them all geared up and waiting in the mess hall in six minutes, well before Jack had struggled into his thick neoprene dry suit and snow-white arctic military pants, jacket, hood, and gloves. Together, the whole team looked like a cross between polar bears on hind legs and a troop of Marshmallow Men.

On the bobbing hull of Honolulu, Adam gave a quick brief of their mission. Doc listened doubled over, his hands on his knees, his skin as white as the snow slurry washing over the bow. They split the mission gear between everyone, checked and rechecked their arctic gear. And then, it was time to go.

Anderson had a small team ferry them from the deck of Honolulu, through the slurry ice, and to the edge of the glacier. Sasha and Ethan shoved shoulders until Sasha put his foot down and insisted on disembarking first. He clambered out of the small boat and onto the ice sheet like a cat setting its paws on an uncertain surface.

The ice held.

Ethan hopped out, and then Scott and Adam, and after Adam’s team set up a perimeter, Ethan and Sasha pulled Jack and Sergey out of the small boat. On the ice cap, Faisal looked wide-eyed, gazing at the snow that surrounded him on all sides. He was bundled up tight, his jacket zipped up above his nose, and thick goggles covered the rest of his face. Together, they strapped crampons to their boots and roped a safety line around each of their waists. Adam’s team linked into their small groups. Sergey and Sasha moved together, and Jack, Ethan, and Scott tied themselves into one unit.

“We’re all here, Captain. Ready to head out.” Jack spoke into the radio Anderson had fitted him with. Adam had patched him, Ethan, Sergey, and Sasha into his team’s radio and passed out a set of throat mics and earpieces for them all, but Anderson had given Jack a separate ship-to-shore portable radio. It would only work while Honolulu was surfaced through the ice. “We’re moving to the RusFuel station.”

“Repair estimates are three and a half hours, Mr. President. I’ve got a team standing by in case you need them, but the cavalry won’t be moving quickly if you get into trouble. Keep your eyes and ears open. You’re in the Arctic now. This place wants you dead, and that’s before you find the son of a bitch. The wind, the snow, the cold. They’re all racing to see what kills you first. And, Mr. President, remember this. If you think it’s a polar bear, shoot first. Don’t let them get too close, or you’ll be a bloody smear on the ice before you even get near Madigan.”

“Thanks, Captain.” Jack grinned as Ethan rechecked his rifle, and Sasha put his in the ready position.

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