Chapter 26: To the rescue
It was sometime after midnight when the dark angels arrived. They descended from the sky and moved stealthily into the concrete compound. There were five of them, all dressed completely in black, their faces covered like ninja warriors. Omar Hazib Bahar and his motley crew of men were sleeping and had no idea what was about to hit them. The dark angels had been given instructions to not fire their weapons. The sound of gunfire would attract too much notice and might bring other guerrilla fighters out of the woods, so the dark angels moved swiftly through the building snapping necks and knifing, slicing and dicing all of Bahar's men who came across their path. When they reached the back area of the compound, one of the dark angels called out, "Olivia Pope? Olivia Pope, are you here?"
Olivia, almost delirious after weeks of little sleep, thought she was dreaming. It was a voice from home, an American voice calling her name.
"OLIVIA POPE! ARE YOU HERE? IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE MAKE A NOISE!"
Could this be real? Or was this another of those cruel hallucinations that haunted her waking hours?
rat-ta-ta-ta-ta, rat-ta-ta-ta-ta, rat-ta-ta-ta-ta
A gunfight broke out. One of Bahar's lieutenants, who had been stationed outside Olivia's door, started shooting. The dark angels shot back. The staccato of gunfire sounded so real, so close, Olivia thought that perhaps maybe this wasn't a dream, that maybe this was really happening. She rolled out of the cot and shakily got to her feet. No one would hear her scream in the midst of all that gunfire. She lifted up the end of the metal cot and started to bang it against a metal pipe inside the room.
Clang, clang, clang. Clang, clang, clang.
The gunfire finally stopped, but Olivia kept banging the pipe.
Suddenly the door to the room burst wide open. Two men holding guns stood in the doorway. When they saw that Olivia was alone, one of the men ripped off the black ski mask that was covering his head. Olivia could see his face clearly. With his crew cut and clean shaven face, it was obvious he was American military.
"Ms. Pope, we're U.S. Navy Seals. Pres. Grant sent us to find you. We're taking you home."
Olivia smiled weakly and then fainted.
A/N: In the next chapter, Fitz and Olivia are finally reunited! But it's not going to be an easy reunion. Update coming later today.
P.S. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with Billy. He needs to get staked, but I'm not sure who should be the one to do it. Liv? Huck? Davi? Fitz? All of the above?
As always, thanks for reading and reviewing! Much appreciated!