Hey everyone, I decided to split this one in two chapters, which is why it is a little short. Thank you for the reviews, you guys are amazing.
Ackmeli escaped. Those two words shot through Jaz as if she was walking through a tornado. Breath shortening, heat rising, along with anger. Taking in what Adam just said to her made her feel nervous, with the feeling of revenge.
Taking a few steps away from Adam to turn around so he could not read her emotions that she was displaying so much, Jaz took a few breathes to calm her down. "Okay, what does this mean."
Adam walked around Jaz to see her face, which was directed down to the floor. Lifting her chin up so his eyes met hers, "We are going to find Ackmeli, and make sure he stays in prison for the rest of his life."
Looking at Dalton, "What about me, am Is it too personal for me to be on this one. I know I can do this."
Adam then pulled Jaz into a hug, "I know you can. Just don't let me down." Breaking from their embrace, he proceeded into paging the rest of the team.
Both of them sitting on the table in the kitchen, close, but not close enough for the others to be suspicious. Adam reached over to Jaz's hand to give her a reassuring squeeze. They soon heard laughter before seeing Amir, Preach, and McG walking in. Taking his hand away, Dalton made eye contact with Preach, whom then looked at Jaz and knew something was wrong.
"What is wrong Dalton?" Preach said, which made McG and Amir look at Jaz and then top.
"I just got news from Deputy Director Campbell, Ackmeli escaped." Adam said while giving glances towards Jaz.
"What the hell! How!" Amir said with force. While McG just looked at Jaz, trying to comfort her without using any words.
Jaz stuttered at first then proceeded, "Sh-she said that while they were on transit to the airplane in Istanbul to take him to GitMo, they were ambushed. And Ackmeli escaped."
Hearing Jaz stutter this, broke everyone's heart a little bit in this room. Seeing their strong, fierce sniper, nervous and worried hurt them, but brought anger as well.
"Jaz, are you —" Preach asked before Jaz interrupted abruptly.
"Guys, I appreciate the concern. But I am fine. Let's get this son of a bitch." Jaz jumped down from the table she was sitting on and stood with her back tall and her head held high.
"Hell yeah" McG agreed.
All coming to the table, Amir asked, "Alright Top, what is the plan." Adam was looking at Jaz, letting his eyes linger. He then responded, "Alright, it is going to go like this…"
Adam discussed the plan that he and Jaz had come up with, with the help of command. They knew Ackmeli was still in Istanbul, their plan is to ambush Ackmeli, on the way back to Iraq. Hannah found that Ackmeli would leave for Iraq via train, which was a quick way to get in and get out.
All nodding in approval, Adam turned to Jaz, "Alright, you can do this right. And no going off the plan for this one."
"I can do this." Jaz said strongly.
"Alright lets get changed and head out, no automatic weapons, just glocks." Adam said and then walked to his room to get changed to look more like a civilian.
Jaz watched Adam leave, which made her rub her bandages that were covering her burns. Doing this brought attention to McG, "Jaz, do they hurt? Did you want me to check them out?"
Putting her hand down quickly, Jaz looked at McG and then Amir, "I'm fine. Let's get this over with. Amir you might want to shower, you smell."
McG let out a laugh and then shoved Amir, "Yeah you should." Both of them left, leaving concerning Preach and Jaz alone.
The smile on Jaz's face dropped when she looked at him, "Preach, do you think I can do this."
Preach stepped forward, and looked at Jaz in her eyes and giving her a reassuring smile. "Girl, you can do anything you set your mind to. I do believe you can this, the only question is.. do you believe in yourself?"
Preach didn't wait for Jaz to respond, and walked away.
Jaz took more than the twenty minutes Dalton gave them to get ready. Dressed for the op and sitting on her bed, she let her mind wander and understand what Preach had said to her. Telling herself she can do this, that this one person took a part of her and she wants It back. She didn't notice Adam standing at her door looking at her.
"Hey—um sorry, Is it time to go?" Jaz said while walking to Dalton.
Softly laughing, Adam walked fully into Jaz's room, "it was time to go ten minutes ago. Listen, I need you to be there, not your revenge eager self."
"Adam, let's do this. And then we can have more time on that couch again together." Jaz said with a smile.
Adam bent his head down, and gave her a soft quiet kiss. Adam turned to lead her out, which is when Jaz let her fake smile fall. Walking out to the rest of the team, Adam gave more orders, "McG you and Jaz are in the middle of the train, Amir you and I will start up front working our way back. Preach you start in the rear and go forward."
Nodding in agreement, Jaz spoke, "Let's get this bastard."
McG nodded, "Hell yeah"
Preach and Amir smiled and agreed with Jaz. Adam didn't say anything. He looked at Jaz to see that 'revenge' look in her eye. Dalton knew he had to keep an eye on her, or this OP can go sideways real quick.