Unknown Enemy by Nick S. Thomas

Author:Nick S. Thomas [Thomas, Nick S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-27T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

"Hey, Donny," Pope asked.

"Yeah?"

"We’re gonna get through this, right?"

"We made it this far. We can make it a little further."

Pope was still weak and exhausted.

"Those things, what are we even fighting?"

"I don't know."

"How? How can you not know?"

"I think it's fair to say nobody saw this coming."

"How? Aren't a lot of people paid a lot of money to know these things?"

He sighed as he nodded in agreement.

"I mean, you're not wrong, and yet here we are."

"But these guys, Master Sergeant Ross and his team, they'll get us through, won't they?"

Donny looked to Olsen, who looked no more confident that he did.

"If anyone can, these guys can," replied Donny.

He lifted his rifle. He’d noticed a rustling in the trees ahead. He had the door of the truck open and the window down, using it as a shield. Though he wondered how useful it would be against the power of the weapons he had seen. His pulse was racing once more. Olsen lifted his weapon, too, but he was barely able to get out of his seat, as he was so sore.

"Coming out!"

He recognised the voice, but Donny remained vigilant and suspicious until he could see them. Ross was leading the way, and Donny was relieved to see he’d brought everyone back with him. He lowered his rifle and sighed in relief. That’s when he spotted the pilot. His response was just as much a shock as it had been for Ross.

"This is Major Kelly," declared Ross.

"The pilot?"

"You must be the bright one," she joked.

Donny couldn't help but laugh.

"Yes, Ma'am, that's what they tell me."

"Please, it's Kim. Up there I'm a leader. Down here, I'm just a liability."

"I'm sure you can handle yourself," he replied jovially.

"I guess we're gonna find out, aren't we? So you're what's left of Boyd's platoon?"

"You knew about that op?"

"We were briefed about a missing platoon in the area, but nothing more. We were told to keep our eyes out. Can't say I expected to find you. But Major Boyd?"

"We've not seen him in days."

She grimaced and nodded in agreement.

"I feared you'd say that."

"I wish I had better news for you, Ma'am, I really do."

She gave him a wicked look at the way he had addressed her again, but it was all in good humour. He needed that right now.

"So what now?" she asked.

"We need to establish comms. None of our gear is working," said Ross.

"You don't have a sat phone?"

"Yeah, but we can't get anything."

"That's weird."

"Everything about this op has been weird," replied Ortiz.

"We've got nothing that works. No radios, no cell service, no sat phone. We’ll get back to town. See if we can use a good old hard line to reach out, and find out what the hell is happening around here."

"Whatever this is. This enemy, any idea of their strength?"

"None, we are in the dark as much as you. That's another thing. They don't seem to like daylight, or light at all."

"What do you mean?"

"So far we've only seen them at night. And any bright lights seem to cause them all sorts of trouble.

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