Occult Assassin 4: Soul Jacker by Massa William

Author:Massa, William [Massa, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Critical Mass Publishing
Published: 2015-12-30T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

CAPTAIN ALAN DUMONT squinted, his eyes struggling to penetrate the thickening fog around him and his team. He’d never witnessed anything quite like it before. The mist had appeared out of nowhere, engulfing the seventh floor passageway with almost supernatural speed. Thick tendrils wrapped around the men behind him and he could barely make out the team members. Judging from the squawks bursting from his earpiece, his men were beginning to panic. Who could blame them? Neither training nor experience had prepared them for an enemy that could turn the very elements against them.

Alan scolded himself for the irrational thought. The mere notion was ludicrous. France was cold, rainy, and foggy around this time of year. The punks who called this godforsaken slum their home had nothing to do with the freaky mist. They’d just caught a lucky break. Nevertheless his attempt to rationalize the situation failed to completely silence the voice of doubt inside him. There was just something about the fog…almost as if it was spreading with a chilling purpose.

Sudden gunfire interrupted his thoughts and instincts took over. He might not be able see the enemy in this blinding mess, but there were other senses he could tap into. He pressed himself against the wall and listened to all approaching sounds. A renewed burst of panicky chatter boomed over his mic, but he turned it off. The people shooting at them lurked in the same fog, and he would let their gunshots guide the rifle. The bullets were coming from his right, suggesting the gunmen were on the other side of the hollowed-out building. He depressed the trigger and was rewarded with angry shouts of pain for his efforts.

Gotcha, cretins…

His moment of triumph turned out to be short-lived. He suppressed a cry of his own as a bullet impacted with his helmet and catapulted him backward.

Waves of darkness washed over him, and the world threatened to go pitch black.

Blood roared in his ears, and he inhaled the wet, almost sour condensation. His fragmented thoughts surged with adrenaline and turned to wife Nadege and Francois, his eight-year-old boy. Was this the end? No, it couldn’t be. He wouldn’t allow it. He was alive. Wounded, but a long way from being defeated. He brushed all sentimental thoughts aside and instead concentrated on the problem at hand. First order of business was determining how badly hurt he was. Blood covered his face, but it was from a gash and not a bullet hole. The helmet had saved his life. Lucky bastard, he thought.

The radio chatter had died down. Where were his men? Did the extremists take out the whole team? As the thought crossed his mind, the fog lifted, revealing a corridor littered with the broken bodies of the RAID team. Jean-Paul, one of his closest friends and one of the most talented officers he’d ever had the honor of serving alongside, gazed back at him with blank eyes. Anger quickened Alan’s pulse, and he stifled a cry of rage. These dead men were his comrades and brothers; they’d been to hell and back over the years.

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