The heavy gunfire was starting to get hard to escape. They had been running for a good hour but it was useless. They had airlifted themselves into a trap.
"What now Cowboy?" Illya huffed as he looked around as they both hide for a minute.
"I'm thinking." Napoleon rolled his eyes. "I'm open to suggestions Gaby." He said into his radio.
"You were the one who wanted to go in." Gaby's anger came over the radio. "We can't get a lock on your location." She sighed fearing for her friends
"They are probably listening." Illya huffed taking the radio from Solo and turning it off.
"Well then what?" They looked at each other and tried to wait out the fire. "We are stuck in enemy territory, our covers are beyond blow, and I would rather not bleed out here." Solo said looking down at his side.
"You're shot?" Illya asked quickly not knowing about his partners wound.
"It's fine." He grunted, no doubt in pain.
"Can you swim?" Illya finally found their way out. There was a small bay not far. If they both had their strength they could swim until their trackers locked on to a signal.
"Of course." Napoleon rolled his eyes.
"Good. Run." Illya said pointing to bay.
Napoleon sighed deeply and dropped his head. They both took a second to catch their breaths. As soon as they started running the bullets started to rain again. Napoleon was slowed down by the bulletin his side and Illya sped in front of him.
The bay got closer and it made Illya slow a bit. He knew Solo was struggling but was trying. Suddenly he watched Solo stumble and grunt angrily in pain. "Damn it." He swore looking down at his arm and the other side of his chest. Two more bullets.
"Come on Cowboy." Illya yelled for him.
Solo got back up and ran as fast as he could. He was in pain but nothing compared to other injuries he had suffered. The splash they both made was large and loud. The enemy would find them if they didn't swim fast enough.
"So they know your names, all your aliases, and Andre Higgins has vanished. Not before he put out a bounty on you two." Waverly spoke as the paced back and fourth. His two agents sat in front of him, both soaking wet, one beyond pissed off and the other dealing with the extraction of three bullets.
"A bounty?" Illya asked with a laugh. "He thinks someone will sell us out? Or happen to know us?" He asked with a shrug. "He has nothing."
"Maybe so, but he is in the wind with that code."
Their mission was supposed to be simple. They had all the research and recon. They just had to infiltrate a simple computer factory in Berlin. Andre Higgins was a very smart and fast computer programer. He had developed a code that could surpass all security systems and even break into the CIA data base and Air Force One. He was a risk that they just had to silence or recruit. Unfortunately Higgins was to fast and smarter than they believed. He had already cracked the CIA data base that exposed both Solo and everyone he was affiliated with.
"He is going to be in hiding for a while." Solo pointed out as a nurse who was a very pretty blonde, tried to stop the bleeding.
"So should you." Waverly pointed out and both agents looked up.
"You want us to go into hiding?" Illya asked.
"Just for a few weeks at most. Just to reset your file and get this mess cleaned up." Waverly sighed rubbing his face. "Napoleon, anyone close to you that we should know about?"
"Why?" he asked.
"If the CIA knows about anyone you are close with, so will Higgins."
"Well than I guess it's good I don't have attachments." He smirked a bit and Gaby who sat in the corner shot him a very sad look.
"Nobody?" She asked feeling bad for him. Illya looked over at Gaby confused by her tone.
"Nope." He smiled kindly at the nurse who finished her work and walked away. He watched her walk away and shot her a wink when she turned to smile. "So we go into hiding. Where?"
"Well that's another problem." Waverly sighed sitting behind his large mahogany desk. "All our safe houses were comprised when Higgins got into the CIA." He sighed.
"I know place we can be safe." Illy sighed as he stood up.
"You do?" Solo was almost shocked by that. "A Russian with a safe house, odd." He smirked a bit.
"You joke, but this is our only option." He sighed.
"You don't looked to pleased about it." Gaby pointed out.
"I wished not to have to use this place." he sighed again.
"Where?" Waverly asked.
"Madrid." He said quickly.
"That's a bit populated for hiding." Solo said.
"Not this place. It is secluded. Safe" Illya explained and nodded.
