Built for Espionage: Chapter Fifteen
'We're moving in' Ordered Wolf, he and Eagle had been awaiting the signal from either Snake or Yassen, and that signal had come from both nearly simultaneously from the two after about fifty minutes in Sasha Makedonsky's house. Both men moved, armed each with a semi-automatic pistol, a hand knife to the thigh and protective equipment. Eagle also carried a light-weight med-kit for any immediate patching up as Snake wasn't able to take one in with him.
'This feels horrible' Eagle muttered as they left the typical black suv that Eagle had sworn made them the 'bad guys' and moved in covert towards the house.
'What's wrong Eagle?' Wolf's tone wasn't compassionate or kind in anyway, it was the tone he used when he was annoyed and focused on something other than your problems.
'We're normally a team of four, but we're a team of three and an assassin, and right now you and I are a team of two. I'm just so used to doing SAS training and missions with support- this is my first K-unit only mission' While Fox was the youngest of their team, Eagle was the most inexperienced, and Wolf took a moment to meet Eagle's eyes before he spoke as they approached the house.
'We're going to be fine, this Sasha guy isn't expecting a massive attack, he's got a few hired guards and a creepy house Kolade, we'll get Ben and Cub back, then grab Dave and maybe Yassen and book it' Wolf wasn't leader because he was the strongest, or the meanest- though many would argue. No, he was leader because he was a natural leader, someone that could plan and play to every one of his team members strengths and succeed.
Eagle gave Wolf a thoughtful look, using their real names was band in the field, but Wolf had used his name, and Fox's and Snakes because he knew it would reassure Eagle of the situation. It wasn't a standard mission; this was a private mission self-assigned to save their teammates.
'Thanks Ashley' He smirked at the glare he received, poor guy, with a name so clearly not Wolf.
Yassen sent his alert to K-unit as he made it in time to watch Sasha close and lock a door in the hallway, he quickly noticed Alex's absence and got his conclusion.
'Boy's do keep Yassen entertained while I dismiss my guests' Sasha ordered, waiters who had been standing at the doorway into the sitting room moved to grab Yassen, and he sudden was surrounded by hired guards- nowhere near his level, how he wished K-unit were here, they could handle the amateurs, he wanted to get Alex and get out.
He listened as Sasha told his guests that his current ward Alexander had fallen ill and that he'd be ending the evening early, Sasha then shooed his guest out the front door, completely avoiding the hallway where not only he'd locked his 'ill' ward in a room but where Yassen was easily taking down the four guards attacking him.
As Sasha walked some guests out the front door, Yassen took his chance. Without a thought he wiped the four guards out, knocking three unconscious and snapping the neck of the fourth who was more trouble than he was worth. Then he dashed to where Sasha he locked the door and listened before talking.
'Alex I'm kicking the door in, stand as far away as you can' As much as he trusted little Alex's own abilities to get out of the locked room, he didn't have time to waste and neither did the K-unit who he was waiting for. The plan hadn't gone quite to their every step, but he was about to get Alex and that was honestly his only plan.
He heard a confirmation from Alex before taking another second and kicking the door twice before it fell in on itself. Another second and finally he had Alex in his sights again, the boy was still in the annoying outfit that Yassen assumed Sasha forced him into, however, as Alex left the closet, he was removing the vest and throwing it to the side.
'Thanks, lets get to Ben and get out of here' Breathless for some reason Alex's words came out quiet and he wondered if he had been hurt since Sasha had taken the boy out of his sight not five minutes ago.
'No, your unit are going for Ben, we're getting out of here' Yassen moved over to Alex, awaiting the moment when he knew the boy would fight against the plan- or more, fight against him. Yassen was certain that if it had been Wolf who had to get the teen out of here he would've gone quietly.
'What no! Ben's a hostage right now, Sasha's going to have him killed' argued Alex, Yassen quickly considered whether he could risk knocking Alex unconscious to get him out of here or if he should just force the boy out. One would be much easier than the other, but he also didn't want to worsen an injury his there was one to the boy's head.
'Do you ever get tired of detesting me Alex?' He sighed, he knew the pain he was in for before he even had a solid plan with K-unit, Alex wasn't going to ever go quietly and suddenly he knew that even if Wolf was here the boy would protest.
'Do you never get tired of giving me reasons for that Yassen' Footsteps coming towards them instantly gained Yassen's attention, acting in a second he had Alex hidden behind him and his gun out.
'Shit Yassen, don't shoot' Cried out a familiar voice, Eagle if he was correct, which he always was. The K-unit member rounded the corner and following came Wolf, both men came to a stop, clearly Wolf still had his doubts about him. Smart man.
'Eagle, Wolf!' Called Alex, the boy moving swiftly from behind him and coming to stand just barely in front of him. The house had grown oddly quiet since Sasha had dismissed the guests and Yassen found himself doubting the safety the quiet was promising. This was Sasha Makedonsky's house, the man wouldn't abandon it, and based on his hold over Alex, Yassen couldn't imagine the man would leave without a fight.
'Cub you alright?' Cried Eagle, the SAS solider already choosing to bypass the risk of getting close to Yassen and made towards Alex, everyone's eyes were checking the boy for injuries, and yet all they could find was a friction burn on the fourteen year old's knees and an 'X' cross cut on his cheek. Yassen knew Sasha was a sadist, surely Alex, a young boy, would have more injuries.
'Yeah I'm fine, but we need to get to Ben' Alex's insistence to find Ben was growing annoying rather quickly and Yassen needed an out, he met Wolf's eyes. They exchanged a single look before Wolf was nodding to him, continue with the plan, they could handle Sasha and finding Ben, Yassen was to get Alex out.
Sasha wasn't an advanced fighter or anyone to fear in a fight, Yassen knew for a fact that the man was sloppy with his operations and this one was no different. K-unit of SAS could handle the man.
'Cub go with Yassen, Snake's getting Ben and we'll go help out, we'll see you soon' Wolf elbowed Eagle, the other nodded, said bye to Alex and the two K-unit members were disappearing down a doorway down to where Yassen knew Alex and Ben had been being held. Something felt off still, it was quiet and the house was empty.
'Let's go Alex' He reached behind him and pulled out a second gun as he moved to escort Alex out of the house, pausing only to push the gun into Alex's hands. The boy refused to move and only met his eyes as he now held a semi-automatic pistol, standard weapons for the British military, in other words rather normal and low-key for an assassin like Yassen.
'You're giving me a gun?'
'Yes, now move' Alex now glared up at him, it nearly made Yassen second-guess himself.
'Not until I see Ben'
'For-gods-sake Alex, your unit is rescuing their missing agent, I'm to get you out of here before we have Sasha breathing down our necks, now move Rider' He adopted a firm voice, his own glare pointed at the boy before him. Why was Alex making this such a slow and painstaking process?
Ten minutes searching the so-named 'Basement' level of Sasha Makedonsky's house before something really bothered Snake. The lack of guards, the lack of any other person in a countless route of hallways and empty rooms/cells. Yassen had mentioned the fact that Makedonsky was only working with a small team of hired men right now, but there was small and then there was uselessly small.
Eight men, an estimate of eight men were working for Makedonsky. Four as waiters upstairs, two were guards outside the house doing a shit job of a patrol, that meant two were down here with him. But there was nobody here.
Another corridor, zero people, guards or prisoners or Ben.
And another corridor, zero people, guards or prisoners or Ben.
And again corridor, zero people, guards or prisoners or Ben.
Shit.
He ran down another corridor, and turned expecting no-one again. Wrong. However, he shouldn't've gotten so impatient because now the guard had seen him and he'd seen them. The guard had been casually leaning against the wall beside a door, one Snake was willing to bet held Ben.
The guard called out, his voice clearly aimed at someone behind the door, before Snake ran at the man and sent a roundhouse kick straight into his side. The man was winded for a second, long enough for Snake to kick his legs out from under him and the man went down to the ground, hitting his head and being effectively knock-unconscious before the door of the cell even opened.
He may be K-unit's medic, but damn if that didn't mean he was just as good as them.
His victory was cut short as the door was pulled open and revealed the last guard that was expected to be down here. Only issue, this guard was already warned, armed and aiming at him. Snake felt a whisper of a swear release as he watched the man.
'Let me guess, you're Yassen's friend' The man posed, the smirk on his lips growing as he spoke. God if Snake hadn't seen someone this arrogant before. He didn't answer the man, like hell would he boost this pricks ego, and apparently his silence pissed the man off more than any witty response would have.
'Fine, I haven't got order to kill you, but I don't think the boss'll mind if I take out some garbage' All the years of ignoring Eagle's horribly cliché lines that he'd picked up from tv or movies was suddenly coming to mind. All that practice to deal with a guy like this, inflated ego, and as arrogant as was humanly possible. He gave out an exhausted sigh.
Snakes interest peeked when he saw a flash of movement behind the guard and before he could even figure out if he was supposed to warn the guard or not, Fox had swung a chair and it quickly knocked the man to the ground. Snake's surprise was short lived as he acted to gave a swift kick to the guard as he was trying to get back up. The guard landed on the ground, as unconscious as the other guard he'd knocked out before.
Snake looked up from the guard and relief filled him as he saw Fox.
'Oh, my god, Ben are you okay' He quickly moved to his friend and teammate's side, sliding an arm under his left arm but keeping a small gap between them.
'Oh yeah, you know, gunshot wound here, brand there, I'm not dead yet' Ben joked and Snake quickly checked over the man's still bleeding wound in his right bicep.
'How long ago was this?'
'Give or take a few minutes'
'Shit Ben, okay we've got to get you out of here, you can walk without too much pain, right?' Ben nodded at his question and as fast as they could, he and Ben were walking through the halls towards the stairs, one arm loosely supporting Ben as they walked.