Afghanistan was a big place and everytime Blue looked at his watch he knew that Molly's life was slipping away from him and he couldn't stop it. They were on the American base that they had been on when Molly had been shot but at least this time they didn't have Antonio with them because he was sure that he would want to pummel his face in to the ground.
They used any information the American's could give them, like aerial surveillance from drones or anything else they had in the area. It was putting the guys on edge because they wanted to bring Molly home right now.
"And nothing has shown up?" Elvis asked the American soldier at the controls of the drone who shook his head "Ok keep looking" he patted the younger male on the shoulder before he turned to look at Blue. He knew the other Captain was getting in over his head when it came to his feelings for Molly but who was he to judge when he had been in this exact same position.
"We are going to find her, Blue, it's only a matter of time before these idiots slip up they usually do" Elvis knew that it was going to take them long passed the time to find her at this rate but he was going to make damn sure that they did take her home in one piece. He owed her family that much especially with all the shit that he has put on Molly over the last few months. Elvis had been the reason why she had been shot especially when he had walked back on to the base like there was no problem and then allowed people to see them together because he had been an idiot.
"We're not going to let the guy they want go so once they come to realise that she's as good as dead"
"Have faith in what we can do, you usually do" Elvis said and put his hands on his hips. He knew that it was hard to be like this and that's why Blue should never have come but when he was told to stay where he was he used a word that started with F and ended in U then got on the plane.
"We might have something" the controller of the drone called out to them and then said "The last few days haven't been busy with traffic up in these regions but yesterday these cars turned up and it looks like they are still there today"
"Send us the coordinates, thanks man" Elvis said before he walked out the ops room with Blue and they got suited up.
They nicked one of the American's helicopters but they would give it back no matter what.
In a matter of a few minutes from the time they were told that they might have a potential place to when they were in the air it took no longer than four minutes and then they got the coordinates that they needed and were heading in the direction of there. Of course they were going to put the helicopter down somewhere and then get a better look because if they went in there and Molly wasn't there then they were going to look like twats once again.
"Comms check" Blue said out.
"Check" they all said but at different times and Blue looked out at the buildings that they passed and the FOBs that soldiers had stayed in while they had been out here at war. A few of them they had even stayed in themselves.
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Molly wasn't sure how long it had been between her water breaks but she did manage to get a little bit of sleep and then she was being woke up once more to have another drink and this time some food. "I can't eat it with my hands tied" she said and had been glad when the hood had been pulled up from her head.
Her hands were then untied but she realised that they hadn't left her any knife or fork due to the fact that they didn't want her to escape or kill one of them. But her stomach was grumbling and she picked up the bowl and then started to eat with her fingers and then she got a dreaded thought...this would be her last meal.
But Molly pushed passed that thought because she could feel the tears burning the back of her eyes and she refused to let these bastards break her down. She was Molly fucking Dawes and she was going to hold her head up high and get through this with so much dignity that she was going to even surprise herself. So she then started eating again.
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The helicopter was set down a couple or so miles away from where they think or at least hoped where Molly was being held and then they started the walk up to the compound.
When they got there they made sure that they were invisible to those that might be looking out for them. Spanner managed to get over the wall to see if Molly was infact in this compound or whether they were just wasting their time with this one. For once they would like a mission where they found their primary in the first place they looked but they were never that lucky and who knows maybe this time they would be lucky and get Molly out.
It wasn't as busy as it had probably looked on the drone "The two cars are still here" Spanner whispered into his comms as he made his way through the compound then into a building to his right. Luckily no one was on the other side of this door or that would be really awkward and dangerous.
He came to some doors and prayed that none of them actually made a noise when he opened them and there was only one way to find out when he pulled on one of the doors and it opened up without a squeak he breathed out a sigh of relief because the last thing he needed was to be caught looking around this place.
Nope Molly wasn't in there.
Spanner looked through room after room and he never saw anyone tied up or well anything and then it came to the last one and unfortunately this door did give a squeak and he winced a little because he prayed no one was coming his way. But unfortunately this room was empty too. "She's not here" he said softly in to the comm in his ear. "I'm heading back, make sure the route is clear"
"Everything is clear at the moment, head back" came the Welsh voice of Jackson.
So Spanner headed back along the way that he had come and then was at the main door when another voice came across "Wait, there's someone heading towards you" Elvis said and then Spanner hid in one of the rooms, he had been tempted to shoot them but he hoped to get out of here without anyone being shot because they didn't want to alert the others that they were coming for Molly.
He shut the door up enought that they couldn't see him but so that he could make sure that they headed down and away from him. This was actually the exciting part because there was always danger when in places like this and his heart was hammering in his chest at the thought that he was so close to another terrorist. Spanner watched as they walked away from his hiding spot and then he managed to get out of the room and out the door.
"It's clear all the way back to us" Jackson said to him.
Spanner hopped over the wall and back on the side where his teammates were waiting for him. "If she had been in there then she's not there now"
"Fuck" Blue swore out and sighed.
They headed back to the helicopter that was waiting for them a few miles away and then were back in the air.
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After Molly finished up her food she put her dish back on the floor and then leaned her head back against the wall behind her. Then something came to her the day that she was taken she had been listening to the radio and a song came on and now it was stuck in her head and even though she couldn't sing for shit she could remember the first two verses of it. So what Molly did was she sang it to herself to keep herself sane.
Though war rages on
You'll be at my side
Through it all
Through hardships unseen
We still survive, fortified
Please don't pass me by
Can't you hear me calling out your name
Forgive the things I do
Don't turn your back when I need you
Though war rages on
She prayed that Special Forces would find her before dark but it was looking unlikely right now.
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Blue checked his watch once more. "Times nearly up fellas"
Then a voice came across his ear and said something and it made him look at the others and with that they were heading off.