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When Night Turns to Day
Chapter 6:
They all took up their positions and waited. They knew what their roles were, now it was time to play them.
Face held his breath as he heard the cage door open. 'Mistake number one on their part. They didn't ask anyone to move to the rear.' he thought to himself, as he readied to make his move.
He heard the guard laugh then felt his presence .Seconds later he was staring at the expressionless corpse on the ground as he stripped him from his weapons.
Behind him he heard the other guard go down.
"Let's move. Eyes open!" Hannibal hissed at them as he herded them out of their former prison.
B.A took point as Murdock scanned his eyes over the camp, looking for anything or anyone that could threaten them. Face was next. In his mind he knew he what he had to do, but he could feel Hannibal's gaze upon his back.
Ray, Murdock and B.A quickly and quietly took out the next three guards.
Show them no mercy.
They were almost to the were going to easy to sit well with Hannibal. He didn't expect a lot of trouble, but nothing? Something wasn't right.
"The path is straight ahead, just beyond that hut. Run East, don't look back. I'm setting up the distraction. Keep to the plan...Everyone." Hannibal ordered,his eyes lingering on his lieutenant.
They all nodded and headed in that direction. He watched them dissappear and doubled back.
They reached the path and their heads jerked back as they heard knew that was Hannibal's distraction. It was now or never.
Face silently followed B.A, Murdock and Ray. He smiled as they dissapeared in front of him on the path. He hid in nearby bushes,wincing and almost crying out from the pain. He couldnt' see what his stomach and chest looked like in the dark, but he could bet it wasn't pretty. His breathing was labored and he felt nauseous and dizzy.
Minutes later the form of Hannibal made his way right past him,and soon he was just a shadow in the night.
'Good Luck guys' he thought to himself as he checked his weapon and headed back into the camp.
He entered the hut where his suffering took place, and as he looked around he could still hear Murdock screaming his name and rank in agony.
He sensed movement behind him and he turned in a flash to stare directly into the eyes of General Thai.
For Murdock.
Without hesitation, Face brought the gun up and squeezed the trigger. General Thai dropped to the floor in a boneless heap,and Face moved on.
Hannibal had been running for only a few minutes when fear gripped him. With his gun ready he stopped and looked around. He couldn't put his finger on it, but something was off...
Face took shot after shot, the VC dropping like flies. A sudden pain sent him to his knees. He could feel the blood flowing freely from a wound in his side. He looked around and dead bodies lay all around him. He did it, the team had a good chance of getting out. He crawled to a patch of grass and layed his head down, closing his eyes.
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen
He didn't hear the last guard come up behind him, but his eyes shot open when he heard the crack of a gunshot.
With his last bit of energy he raised his head and and saw the body of a vietcong soldier drop next to him. He looked around and there stood Hannibal, his gun still trained on the dead body.
"Knew you'd do something stupid." Hannibal muttered as he squatted down next to his injured second.
"You weren't supposed to come back. Didn't follow plan." Face gasped.
Hannibal smirked.
"Yeah, I know, neither did you. Let's get the hell out of here."