Lee Edgar - Princess 04 by Checkmate for a Princess

Author:Checkmate for a Princess [Princess, Checkmate for a]
Language: eng
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Published: 2012-06-03T21:13:09+00:00

GAME REVIEW

MONDAY 16th AUGUST - 1230 hrs.

The Admiral closed the door softly and bade the Captain be seated. ‘I’ve brought you here, Henry, because I think you deserve to know what John has found. I must stress, though, that this information must, I repeat, must, remain between the three of us for the time being. I hate to think what the Senator would do if he found out. Can I trust you to do that?’

Captain Whittaker’s left eyebrow lifted a little before he smiled. ‘An unnecessary question, Admiral. If you can’t trust me by now, who can you trust?’

‘Forgive me, Henry, but I had to ask. The matter I am about to disclose should, by all rights, be immediately reported to the Chief of Staff. As we are unable to contact him by radio due to atmospherics, I really ought to inform the President’s representative but, under the present set of circumstances, I do not think it would be the wisest thing to do. If, after our discussion, the majority decision amongst we three senior officers is to reveal the information, then so be it. Do I make myself clear?’

‘Perfectly, sir.’

‘Very well.’ He turned to Commander Jakes. ‘Tell him, John.’

‘I received a coded message from Major Slazinski this morning which caused me to be puzzled, but not alarmed. If I had know then what I know now, I would probably have shot myself before lunch.’

The Captain laughed. ‘Nothing could be that serious.’

The Commander did not laugh. ‘Wait till you find what it is.’

Carefully, he unwrapped the piece of wood and handed it to Captain Whittaker.

‘At lunchtime, Al brought me this. It was found near the tracking station.

Apparently, there could be fifty more where that came from.’

‘Bloody Hell!’ said the Captain.

The Commander grinned. ‘That’s what I said.’

Captain Whittaker looked down at the short length of packing case which was of no special value. The grain was rough, the nails which had held it to mother box were bent where they had been wrenched out. The shape was ordinary and so was the colour. In fact, the only thing remarkable about it was the single word boldly stencilled upon it in blood-red paint - DIABLOS.

‘And there are another fifty of these lying around somewhere?’

‘According to Al there could well be. After the Consortium had been defeated, he saw a stack of these in the back of the truck being driven by Mr Blackman.

At the time, Al didn’t realise the significance of course. It was only when he got back to Laroque and found the empty crate and the lid lying nearby, that he realised what it was he had seen in the lorry.’

‘Do you think they know what they’ve got?’

‘I think so,’ interrupted the Admiral. ‘For two reasons. Firstly, there was a wrecked helicopter near the tracking station. I remember Al reporting in when he first landed about the fact that the wreckage looked as if it had been totally pulverized.’

‘Could just one small missile do that amount of damage?’

‘Oh yes,’ said the Commander.

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