They watched. Was this the end? Adam and Ros watched in terror. Harry and Zaf were caught in the firing line. Jo sat motionless. Ruth, well, she was trying not to panic.
Harry looked at the leader. He had fear in his eyes. He was about to kill the head of 'Counter Terrorism' in only one of the highest security units in the world. To be a terrorist, with these guys on their backs, was a dangerous job. If you could call it that.
All Ros could do was nothing. Neither could Adam. Special forces were told not to go in, as the man would detonate soon as the door opened. They knew he would. He had been behind some of the biggest events in the last three months. Possibly all of them.
Zaf watched as Harry showed no fear. No emotion. His job. Zaf tried to do the same. Effectively he done it, but he knew anything would destroy the façade.
Adam turned to look at Ruth. She bit her lip. She didn't want the love of her life to be blown up. Zaf, whom she loved too but in a more plutonic way, she couldn't bear the thought of saying goodbye.
The man couldn't believe it. He had two members of the section he had tried to de-wit on many occasions. His team. Were in control. They had the power to say who lived and who died.
With what they hoped would be minutes left, not seconds, they tried to find away to get them out of there. Jo always cracking jokes at the wrong time,
'We could sneak in and whack them over the head with a frying pan'
'You watch too much Eastenders' said Ros in a slight dismayed tone.
Harry could feel that the man's team was very silent. They could follow orders, Oh yes. But they didn't seem to be behind him. Not as strong as Harry's team. The team. If it all ended now, what would they think? Was he brave? Or stupid for going in, in the first place?
Ruth was going to call Harry but not the best idea. But were the Comms down? Clearly not. Why weren't they using them? She tapped Malcolm on the shoulder. Pointed to the green light. Malcolm nodded.
'Harry, Zaf can you hear me? Move if you can hear me'
'Ruth what are you doing?' Questioned Adam.
Zaf slightly winked. He didn't know that they were being watched. He too thought the Comms were down. If they had made this breakthrough, surely they would get them out of there.
Jo asked Ros about the detonator device. Why she didn't go to Malcolm, she didn't know. She had to stop procrastinating and get her arse into gear. Malcolm had overheard their conversation.
'Its radio transmitted. We can detach it but we haven't got the codes.'
Harry overheard this in his ear. He had to get the Man talking. Harry started to chuckle. The man who now was enjoying the authority he had, looked at Harry. Bewildered.