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Automatic weapon fire shattered the early-morning silence. It had come from behind him.
RAT-AT-AT-AT-AT!
Another burst came from ahead.
Suddenly there was gunfire all around him!
He hit the ground and started to crawl through the shallow creek deeper into the forest.
The MI6 commander’s voice blasted over the radio. “Speak up! What’s going on out there?”
The only replies were screams and more gunfire.
Dammit!
Finally, one of the team members shouted through the shared frequency. “Bohdan’s brought in a bloody auxiliary unit to take us down. I’ve already lost two men. Watch your backs! They’re coming from all—”
RAT-AT-AT-AT-AT-AT!
The agent was silenced.
Rodland kept on crawling. What was the status? If he didn’t find a way to take down those bastards, it could well be terminal.
***
Jane joined Caleb at the train car window as the shots continued. “What the hell’s going on out there?”
“I don’t know.” Caleb looked down at his phone. “Rodland isn’t answering. I need to get you out of here.”
“To where?”
“I’m working on it. Presumably anywhere they won’t be looking for us.”
There was a sound at the rear of the train car. Someone was tampering with the locked door!
Caleb pulled out his gun and crept toward the door. The knob jiggered.
Caleb’s phone vibrated.
It was a message from Rodland:IT’S ME. LET ME IN.
Still keeping the gun trained in front of him, Caleb unlocked the door and flung it open.
It was Rodland, and he was covered in mud and blood.
“Oh, God.” Jane rushed toward him.
Rodland stepped inside and closed the door behind him. “Don’t worry. I’m okay. The blood isn’t mine.”
“Then whose is it?”
Rodland walked over and peered out the window. “Two gunmen who tried to ambush me on the access road after I’d jerked Adams away from Bohdan’s troop and sent him into the forest to hide out. Bohdan had sent word to stagger the number of his military forces to keep MI6 from knowing the exact number; he wanted to keep them off guard until he was ready to strike. It turned out to be a massacre. I may be the only survivor.”
“What?” Jane said.
“I saw eight dead MI6 agents on the way over here. Bohdan’s mercenaries are swarming all over the roads.” His gaze was searching the darkness outside the window. “He really wants you, Caleb.”
“Then we need to get out of here,” Jane said.
