Betrayal

Chapter 28

Rangers PoV

October 31, 2011 2017 hours

Bodie, WA

"Hawk, Tell, and what do you want to be called?" Steph addressed the Spymaster. "Cause I will as sure as hell not call you Master." Master? "Those times are long since over. So pick a name."

"Hades will do fine." He answered with a smirk.

"Modest are we?" she teased.

"Have you met me?" he teased right back. I don´t like this familiarity. I don´t like it at all.

"Fine have it your way. As I was saying Hawk, Tell, and Hades, " she sighed dramatically waving her hand in his direction. "will each lead a team.

Hal, Adam, Manny, and Silvio you are with Tell.

Eric, Jordan, Cal, and Ram you are with Hades.

Bobby, Lester, and Ranger you are with Hawk."

She gave Hawk, Tell and Hades each a piece of the map she shredded moments.

"You will go to the points I marked. A car is waiting there, key the usual place. Check for explosives first, though. Build in surprises. Make sure Leland hasn´t tampered with them. You are going to drive to the coordinates I´ve written down. Change cars if you feel you are being followed. You will be given transportation home from there. You have to be there by 0830 hours on November 2nd. Should you miss the extraction period, for whatever reasons, call the number I´ve also written down and say:

`Where the dead men lost their bones.`16

Aid will come to you then.

"Morelli you will…"

I observed her closely as she dished out her "plan."

It´s a good plan I will give her that, thoroughly thought out and I bet it would be executed without a hitch.

She had thought of everything.

Back up cars in different locations in the perimeter, ready to go but booby-trapped should someone else try to use them.

Splitting us into teams with equal talents.

A sniper in every team; a tech guy, enough medic knowhow to keep one alive in case of an injury and brute strength.

Every team led by a legend.

Even her back-up plan has a back-up plan.

On top of that, I am willing to bet everything I own she made sure that I would be left alone from the powers that be.

But I'm also aware of what she isn´t telling.

I know what she is doing.

She is protecting me once again by sacrificing herself.

Her life for my life.

I no longer doubt her abilities.

But she cannot survive a standoff with Tanks and Leland Andersons team.

I know Anderson. I have met him and his team. It wasn´t a nice meeting.

And while he is certainly not the sharpest crayon in the box, he made it up with pure deviousness.

It´s time to stop this madness.

Steph was still gearing up while she told Morelli how he was to get back to his wife.

`Wife? I have to ask her about that later.`

I caught the eye of my men and those of Hawk, Tell, and Hades.

I could see they all knew what she was doing and my men agreed silently with me that we won´t leave her alone in this mess.

I focused on Hawk.

I know he is behind Stephanie all the way and will not stop her but I also recognized that he won´t wasn't stopping me from standing by her side.

He gave me a barely noticeable nod and an almost smile of appreciation.

Now for the hard part.

Getting through her thick skull.

"Babe stop."


A/N: I know, I know another short one but mostly these Chapters have their own mind and decide where they want to end...

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