Superhero by Night Omnibus by Jeffery H Haskell

Author:Jeffery H Haskell [Haskell, Jeffery H]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781795082969
Publisher: Molten Press
Published: 2019-10-21T22:00:00+00:00

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The airboat was loud; too loud. She had to plug her ears with both hands, and no one offered her hearing protection. It forced her to leave her cell tucked away in the waterproof pocket of her twenty-dollar jacket where it would do her no good.

She took the time to study every aspect of these men. They were operators through and through. Unlike some of her colleagues, she hadn’t embedded with the military in any of the recent wars. There was always a conflict somewhere; a seemingly endless amount of man’s inhumanity to man in which the US could get involved.

The last such war was in Russia; after the Th’un invasion they had seen the worst of the aftermath. Not only had their two primary energy plants suffered total catastrophe, most of their army was destroyed when the alien probes attacked, leaving them wide open for attack. Everyone from England to China took advantage; while it wasn’t an official war, the US found themselves in the unenviable position of trying to save Russia from total disaster.

However, Krisan wasn’t as interested in foreign affairs or politics as other journalists. In the grand scheme, those meant next to nothing in the lives of actual people. Crime, on the other hand—crime impacted their daily lives. That was why she followed the stories she did. Why she was determined to follow The Wraith wherever she went. There would always be a meaningful story just behind her vengeful friend.

The roar of the fan cut out suddenly and the boat settled into the water; the forward momentum ended so fast Krisan had to grab the side rail to keep from falling off her seat.

“We’re here, boss,” Zim said as he turned the boat to hit a small muddy berm.

“Rico, drones up, five mikes,” Bill ordered.

Krisan had traveled with highly skilled men before, usually swat or other types of police; they didn’t hold a candle to Bill’s team. Wordlessly, Rico broke out the boxes with the hi-tech drones and began assembling them. The quiet one, Felix, opened up long boxes and handed out M4 rifles to the rest of the crew, who immediately pulled the slides back to check their loads.

In less than five minutes Rico had four drones silently floating in the air, relaying images back to his handheld controller and another monitor in the boat. Everyone else was loaded for bear.

“Krisan,” Bill said, turning to her with his serious face. “Don’t leave the boat, don’t make any noise. If we’re not back in four hours, call the police. Understood?”

She nodded. “Be safe,” she replied.

He smiled. “Safe is not part of the job.”

As if they had telepathic communications the five-man team moved out, trudging silently through the swamp to their destination a mile away. Once they were out of sight, she watched their progress on the monitor and whipped out her cell phone to commit all her notes to the Internet.

She looked up from her phone for a moment when she sensed movement but it was only an alligator swimming slowly along the surface, searching for prey.

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