The Becket Approval by Falconer Duncan

Author:Falconer Duncan [Duncan, Falconer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lume Books
Published: 2019-09-19T05:00:00+00:00

Gunnymede watched the ambush unfold before his eyes. In less than a minute all three Toyotas were neutralised. One of the attackers looked like he was pursuing someone. He gave chase for a short distance before giving up.

When the firing ceased, the men moved in to open the doors. A shot rang out as a survivor was executed. Silence descended except for the wind gently blowing through the brittle foliage.

Gunnymede processed the situation as he watched the attackers ransack the vehicles, opening up the backs and hauling boxes onto the ground. To do absolutely nothing and stay completely still was his initial choice. Safest. Wisest. Smartest. Stay put until the attackers had gone then get out of there.

He considered the implications of the unfolding incident, the positives and negatives. Lamardi had suggested there was a significant component in the convoy connected to Saleem’s threat against the homeland. Worst case scenario, it could be a bio-chemical substance or dirty bomb material. A nuclear bomb was a distant possibility. There had been rumours for years about a few old Russian miniature suitcase nukes running about from the Cold War. It wasn’t worth thinking about. If there was anything, it was going to be bio-chem. If so, it was now in the hands of a bunch of unknowns. But then, on a positive note, GCHQ would be able to track the MINs and eventually put faces to the men. On the other hand, that might not happen until after they’d handed the device over to other players.

Gunnymede didn’t want to face what was swiftly emerging as a problem for him. He really couldn’t sit back and do nothing as these clowns walked off with what might well be a serious WMD. The main reason he couldn’t do nothing was because he was the only person who could. If the device left this location, it could end up anywhere. It could kill a lot of people.

‘Shit!’ he muttered softly. He had to make an effort at least. It wasn’t worth dying for since there might not be a device. But he couldn’t take the risk there was.

Four to one. If he was going to have any chance at all he needed them all together. It would have to be a surprise. An ambush. Swift and decisive. No chance for them to retaliate.

First thing first, he needed to get to the road and ahead of them. But which direction should he go? Would they head east towards Kazakhstan or west back into Russia? The Toyotas were shot to bits and would have to be moved for the Ford to get past. Very unlikely. And since the attackers came from within Russia the chances were they’d be returning.

West it was.

He scrambled over the rocks, keeping low as he hurried along, confident the men were too busy to watch the countryside. He soon came to the road. The vehicles were out of sight around a slight bend. But a couple of steps onto the sand and he could see the back of the Ford.

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