Samine went in search of Latia hoping to catch scent of her terrible smelling perfume. Walking past a large set of doors she stopped and took a few steps back while sniffing the air. Grimacing at the odor she stepped back and kicked open the doors pointing her Sauer into the room. Towards the center of the room was Latia just hanging up a cell phone. She turned to face Samine as she slowly smiled and watched Samine.
"Where is Monoclay?" Samine asked pointing the gun at Latia.
Latia cockily smiled as she said, "Go and fuck your partner."
Samine cocked the gun and cocked an eyebrow at Latia.
"I'll ask one more time. Where is Monoclay?"
In a mere second Latia spun as her foot lashed out and kicked the gun from Samine's hand. It clattered across the floor and Samine looked at the gun and back at Latia.
"Damn! The whore has some moves other than sexual ones."
Samine slowly took off her pack as the two of them circled each other sizing the other up. Tossing the pack behind her, Samine watched for any slight movement to tell her if Latia was going to move first. Latia moved towards her and prepared to punch Samine. Simply deflecting the punch and stepping to the side Samine ran her arm up Latia's jaw line and slammed her onto the ground. Holding onto the arm she popped it in the wrong direction and heard the tendons snap along with Latia's scream. Noticing her other arm to late, she pulled Samine's legs out from under her; sending her crashing to the ground. Sitting up, Latia backhanded Samine back to the ground before straddling her. Grabbing Samine's head she banged it against the floor once before Samine bucked her entire body and flipped them. Grabbing Latia's head she sharply twisted her head and heard the sharp snap. She looked at the empty eyes and carefully felt her new split lip and grimaced.
"Dammit. I should have killed you when I first met you."
Standing up she picked up the cell phone that Latia used and dialed a number as she picked up her pack and Sauer. Walking towards the door she head quick footsteps from the hall as someone finally picked up.
"This is Samine Nalia."
Holding onto the door frame with one hand her leg swung up and hit another guard at the very top of his chest close to his neck. Her hand clamped over his mouth and held him against the wall.
"I need a trace on the last call this phone made and need it now." A few seconds later the NSA operator gave her the exact origin within a few blocks. "Call Gibbons in." She brought her knee into his gun and as he was falling, grabbed his chin and snapped his neck. "Have him meet me there; trace this call and send the proper authorities."
She tossed the phone behind her onto the dead body as she walked away. Listening closer she heard gunfire coming from the largest room of the place near the front doors. Slipping behind a column she glanced around it and saw X trapped behind one of the pool tables that was tipped on its side. Wondering how she could get his attention she slowly smiled and pointed her Sauer towards him. The bullet buried itself into the pool table's leg directly next to him.
"Looks like you got yourself into a jam," she yelled when he looked at her.
"Yeah and my own partner is shooting at me!"
Samine smiled and took a deep breath before running from her hiding spot towards X. A shower of bullets followed her as she dove and slid next to Xander. Pulling her pack off she threw open the top flap and pulled out about ten small black balls with a minute antennae sticking out of the top.
"X, help me with these. Throw them everywhere but not near us."
"We don't have time to play with little black balls Samine!"
"It's a little present from Shavers."
He looked over at her and down at the bag. Shavers's presents always came in handy in a jam. Grabbing a few he tossed while he continued to shot at people. Once all of the balls were gone Samine pulled out her small hand held set and punched a few buttons.
"Get ready for a big bang."
Covering her head she curled into a small ball and felt Xander wrap his arms around her sheltering her a bit. Looking up into his eyes she held up the set as she smiled.
"Blow it."
The next second the lights blew, throwing them into darkness. Another second and all of the small balls exploded sending their own mini shockwaves. Chunks of the walls were blown away and bodies were flying across the room from the blast. Xander looked over his shoulder and saw a heavy ornate chair falling towards them.
"Move!" he yelled pushing Samine to one side and he dove to the other side.
Samine lifted her head and looked at the burning chair a few feet away from her. Looking over at X she shrugged her shoulders and smiled.
"Guess we threw a few too many."
Xander slowly stood up and looked at all the destruction caused by Shavers's little bombs. A chunk of ceiling fell and Samine flinched at the sound.
"Yeah, definitely a few too many," she concluded nodding her head.
"Come on, we have only a few hours till the sun comes up and we still have to find Monoclay. And get to Gevinin on top of that," he said stepping over debris with Samine following.
He stopped a turned holding up his gun and fired a few shots past Samine. She spun and saw one of Monoclay's men fall to the floor again. Turning back to Xander she looked at him shocked as he lowered his arm and looked at her.
"I have good reflexes."
He started walking again and Samine started to follow again. She tossed her pack into the backseat and slid into the passenger seat as Xander turned the car towards the exit. Half way down the mountain they passed the Prague police on their way up the mountain.
"We have a small problem," Samine said as she looked at the screen connected to the GTO's dashboard.
"What is it? You can't find Gevinin?"
"No, we can't get up there. Late last night and early this morning the mountain got covered with snow. The only road into the town is none passable. We have to find another way into the town," she said looking over at Xander.
He hit the steering wheel with the palm of his hand in anger. They had gotten too far to be stopped by this now. He glanced at the sign giving the distance to Vienna as an idea struck him and he glanced over at Samine.
"Do you know how to snowboard?" Samine nodded. "How about sky diving?"
"Are you thinking of what I think you're thinking? You want to sky board onto the mountain and board down to the town don't you? Don't lie to me X," she warned watching his expression.
"It's the quickest way into the town. Both of us can handle it. I say lets go for it. Pass me the cell phone," he said pointing at the phone in her hand.
She grudgingly passed him the phone and sat back while he worked his magic.
A few hours later Xander and Samine were air-born ready to sky board down a few thousand feet and down a snow covered mountain. Xander tapped Samine's shoulder and pointed down at the road that was partially blocked by the avalanche. She pulled him closer to her so he could hear what she was about to say.
"Monoclay will launch the missile somewhere in the woods so no one can find him. He needs an open space to launch," she yelled over the roar of the engines and wind.
"That paperwork you got from Laslos said Monoclay owns a winter cottage up here. On the west side of the mountain, very secluded. He must be there," Xander said and Samine nodded.
Tapping the pilot on his shoulder she told him to circle the top of the mountain again. Moving back to Xander she slipped her ear warmers on a wiggled it to fit on her forehead and under her ponytail. Making sure her sunglasses were snug and her feet were locked on the board she looked over at Xander and nodded.
"When you hit the snow detach and get going. Stay low to the snow and keep pace with me," he yelled as they both readied to jump.
"Try and keep up sexy," she smiled and pulled herself out the doorway.