I Want Her Badly

Little Exercise

LITTLE EXERCISE

Alex POV

“Finally, we have a mission”, I smiled while looking at the mission file.

“I have never seen you excited about an ordinary escort mission before”, Paul said.

“Well. There is a first time for everything. Xander, will you join us?”, I asked while reading the file.

“No, I have a date. Besides, it is a bit overkill for both of you to go on this mission without adding me”, he said while chatting on his phone and smiling sheepishly.

Paul and I looked at him while shaking our heads.

“This might not be an uneventful journey. The information says the Russians have been very active on this territory lately”, Paul said.

“Yeah, they have been hitting the warehouses and stealing the supplies of the English. Does Vladimir want to start a war?”, I asked aloud.

“It might not be him. Rumor says he left the overseas operations on this side to Natasha”, Xander said.

Paul and I were surprised.

“She might be here?”, I asked.

“She might or might not be. No one has confirmed her presence yet”, he said and left after patting Paul’s shoulder.

“Will you go?”, I asked Paul worriedly.

He kept silent for a while, “Of course, I can’t let you have all the fun without me. The matter was a year ago, a lot of time has passed”.

I stared at him but he didn’t say anything else. I sighed and said, “I am going to round them up. Be ready in an hour”.

NARRATOR POV:

One hour later, Paul and Alex were strapped in the car and ready to go.

“I am the lead on this operation. You already know my style, I like to be quick and efficient. The vans are at the warehouse on Johnson Street. We go and escort them to the base at the farmhouse. We follow the planned route. This means that there is only one ambush point available. I don’t know who might be stupid enough to try and rob us but if it happens, don’t hold back. Are we clear?”, Alex said.

“Yes!!”, her team chorused.

“Move out”, she said and the convoy began to move.

“You have been quiet”, she said while polishing her twin guns. She didn’t get any reply from Paul.

“If you see her, what will you say?”, she asked him.

“I don’t know”, Paul answered and the conversation ended there.

After 30 minutes, they got to the warehouse. Alex confirmed the goods and they moved out. The journey was silent for a while but after they got to the tunnel which was the only available ambush point the lead car’s tire busted.

“I told you it might be eventful”, Paul told Alex while getting out of the car.

They looked for cover while observing and also put on their masks. After 30 seconds, a smoke bomb lit up and there was smoke everywhere. As the smoke spread, the two of them signaled each other and separated while putting on thermal goggles. Alex took 3 guys to the left and before the enemy on the opposite side could shoot, she took them out. The other enemies panicked and started looking around. Paul and 2 others went to the right and quickly shot and stopped the machine gunner from shooting.

Alex noticed someone with a bazooka and quickly threw a knife killing him before he could shoot. By the time the smoke dispersed, they had subdued the rest.

“Who sent you?”, Paul asked while pointing a gun at one of the subdued men. The man refused to answer and Paul was about to shoot him and he caved.

“Madam Natasha”, Paul looked shocked but before he could continue, Alex stepped in.

“Don’t be deceived. Do you think Tasha would send this kind of amateurs to steal from us? Let me guess who they are. They should be a gang in the middle reaches who make a living selling information. They had heard the rumors about the Russians and Tasha, so they thought let’s use this chance to steal from the French whose attention isn’t here, and blame it on the Russians. As you can see, all their guns are Russian but their plan wasn’t foolproof. First of all, they didn’t bother studying the patterns of the Russians at all. Also, they are amateurs and lastly, we were the ones in charge. Am I right?”, she said while looking at them amusingly.

They looked guilty and tried avoiding Alex’s eyes. Paul signaled someone to hold them up and asked Alex’s question again angrily. They nodded positively and Paul was very angry. He was about to shoot them but Alex shook her head. He angrily shot one in the leg and got inside the car.

“Since you are in information, guess who we are?”, she asked and they looked confused. One started thinking and concluded.

“You are Devil and Temptress. You are really in town. Please don’t kill me. I will do anything”, he said while bowing down trembling. The others noticed he was telling the truth and started begging for their lives.

The first man noticed that she wasn’t moved and said, “I have information that you will surely be interested in. I will exchange it for my life”.

“Go on”, she said while being amused.

The guy looked unsure but still said, “Ghost has been looking for you two. He has gone to all the information stations and put a heavy bounty on your news. One of the reasons we did this operation was to see if we would squeeze anything out of your guys. I am pretty sure he is on his way now”.

“Interesting. So he didn’t know we were here in the first place. Dispose of them and do it cleanly”, she said while walking to the car. She didn’t listen to the cries of mercy behind her and ordered everyone to clean up. They were done in five minutes and left.

A few moments later, a van arrived and the occupants searched the area.

“Boss, there is no sign of any battle here. I don’t think they are in town”, Swift said to Ghost.

“Swift, your honeymoon period has dulled your thinking. The only person who is a total clean freak after battles is Temptress. Our info on a fight going on here and the French cargo passing through here isn’t wrong. So it is confirmed they are here. We will meet sooner or later. Pack up!”