Chapter Six
Jake, Will, and Liz (who was driving) were inside a van, following the first agent they were supposed to replace. The agent was sitting in a cafe, facing a girl, talking and laughing with her. Jake and his companions were eavesdropping on them,waiting for a suitable opportunity to eliminate the agent. They heard the agent telling the girl about a mission he had been on in Granland:
· "Granland has very beautiful buildings." The girl said:
· "Are they very tall?"
· "Not very tall, but with very beautiful architecture. I went there for a big deal. We were supposed to buy some cars from Granland and import them into the country." "I was the best negotiator among my colleagues,and the boss trusted me. So he sent me."
· "Well, how did the deal go?"
· "We bought them with the highest profit." Will said with great amazement:
· "Wow, that was the coolest lie I've ever heard." Liz said:
· "Poor girl, she's so naive." The girl said:
· "Yeah, it's obvious you're a good negotiator. With that tongue of yours, you've won my heart, my love." Then the girl leaned towards the agent to kiss him. The agent said drunkenly:
· "For you, I'd negotiate with the whole world." And they kissed each other. Jake and his companions felt very sick watching this scene. Jake said:
· "That was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen." Liz replied:
· "It's too bad we'll be exposed; otherwise, I'd go outside and throw up." Will said:
· "True, but it's almost over. Bear with it, friends; they're about to separate now."
After the agent kissed his fiancée, they talked for a bit, then said goodbye, and the agent headed to his car. He got in and drove off. Will started the van and followed the car. All their attention was on the car.Six eyes following one car. The car entered an alley. Jake said:
· "Now's the time. Will, go." Will accelerated,turned around the street, drove the van to the other end of the alley, and parked. The alley was L-shaped. After parking the van,Liz and Jake got out and approached the car. They didn't show themselves. They secretly peeked around the corner of the wall from the other end of the alley. The agent was in his car,talking on his phone. They waited. Jake said:
· "After he's done on the phone, we get close to him." Liz said:
· "How?" Jake said:
· "Hold my hand." The call ended,and then they sprang into action. The two of them held hands like a couple and walked towards the car.Closer and closer. The agent was getting out. He threw something under a trash can. Jake squeezed Liz's hand, and Liz understood. A blow to the back of the knee.The agent fell to the ground. Liz was about to deliver a second blow to his face to knock him out. The agent blocked the blow and countered the previous strikes with a punch to the knee and then to Liz's jaw. Liz staggered back a few steps, dazed. The agent stood up. Ready to fight.He saw Jake facing him. He threw a right punch. Jake only had two moves in mind.Dodge. Now he had to return the blows to Liz and the thrown punch. A punch to the face. So hard that all the sweat on the agent's face suspended in the air. After impact,the agent fell to the ground, unconscious. Jake first went to Liz and helped her up.Simultaneously, he said with concern:
· "Are you okay? Does it hurt?" Liz said:
· "I'm fine. What a punch you threw! The sound echoed in the alley. I bet his facial bones are shattered." Jake smiled,happy that Liz was okay. After Liz got up,they went to the car, took all the necessary documents, and got rid of the agent. They went to the trash can and checked the object. It was a GPS and a flash drive. Jake said:
· "The next agent is coming here. We have to move the car from here and wait." Liz said:
· "Will isn't patient at all. I predict he's going to complain a lot."
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Joe, Steve, and MacMillan were parked in a car opposite a house, waiting for the guard who was supposed to go to his shift at the tower on time. The neighborhood was very clean and beautiful.Very green, with neat, well-built houses. Mac said:
· "But credit where it's due, the neighborhood is very nice, isn't it, guys?" Joe said:
· "Yeah, imagine being in this neighborhood, then meeting the neighbors and criticizing their lives." Mac looked at Joe in surprise. Steve said laughing:
· "It's okay, Mac, you'll get used to his nonsense." Mac said:
· "Well, I hope I can handle his jokes." Steve said:
· "Yeah, but first you have to learn to understand which of my brother's words are jokes and which are truth." After this sentence,both Joe and Steve laughed. Mac said with surprise and a slightly raised voice:
· "Brother? You two are brothers??" Joe looked at Mac through the rearview mirror. Steve said:
· "Umm. Yeah." Mac said:
· "Well, why didn't you tell anyone all this time?" Steve said:
· "Uhh... why? Everyone knows. Just you, since you're new, didn't know." Mac said:
· "Well, why didn't you say so from the beginning?" Steve said:
· "Well, we're brothers. Is that good?" Mac stared in amazement and said:
· "Who are you guys really?"
The suspect came out of the house. Mac rolled down the window to hear better. The man's wife was seeing him off at the door.Mac and his companions' car was quite close to the house, and due to the echo, they could hear what they were saying. The wife was reminding him,saying with concern:
· "Take care of yourself. Here, I packed this food container; eat it in the car. You're getting thin. These are your headache pills; take them on time so you get better sooner. You said I can't call to remind you, so make sure you take them. Take care of yourself. Take these gums; you have the night shift tonight; you might get sleepy." The man,with immense love, as if his life was standing before him, said:
· "Okay, sweetheart, I won't forget. Take care of yourself; sleep early tonight so you have energy in the morning." The woman said:
· "Okay, you take care of yourself too. I don't want you to get sick again, okay?" The man said to his wife with a smile:
· "Yes, ma'am. Anything else?" The woman smiled and said:
· "Nothing. Just go there like a man." They both smiled at each other when suddenly a very cute and beautiful little girl came out. The little girl said in a thin voice with incomplete words:
· "Daddy, take care of yourself, okayyyy? Don't forget to buy me ice cream when you come back. I... I'll wait for you." The man hugged his daughter,kissed her, and said:
· "Yes, my beautiful girl, I'll definitely buy it." The girl thanked her father,and after a kiss on the woman's lips, he headed to his car and was about to leave. Mac and his companions watched this scene. Their consciences had been struck.They were going to destroy a family tonight.
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The suspect's car stopped at a red light, and Mac's car was behind it. No one in the car had spoken yet. Steve said:
· "What if we just knock him out?" Silence. Mac broke the silence and said:
· "That way, after the operation, it'll be exposed that we infiltrated." Steve said:
· "Well, we can take him across the border and leave him somewhere far where he can't return." Joe said:
· "Steve, we all know what your intention is, but how is that different from killing him?" Mac said:
· "Yeah. He still won't be able to buy ice cream for his daughter."
Traffic. They were still driving behind the suspect's car,but the traffic had turned their 30-minute route into 2 hours. Mac said:
· "How are we supposed to grab him in this crowd?" Joe said:
· "I don't know. God is great." Steve said:
· "Look, he's going to the right. He signaled." Mac said:
· "Joe, just follow the signs and follow him." They followed the car.The car entered the side streets. Mac said:
· "He's bypassing the traffic. He knows this area. This is a good opportunity. We have to get him here." They followed him.Mac was looking at the map. His face was very troubled. His brain was processing rapidly. Suddenly,he said loudly:
· "Go right." Joe turned immediately.Then he said loudly:
· "Why did we turn? Why did you tell me to turn?" Mac said:
· "Never mind, just go. Now turn right again." Joe turned right again.Steve said:
· "Mac, are you sure we're going the right way?" Mac said:
· "Yeah, if we continue on this path, we'll cut him off." Joe pressed his foot on the gas.Their 8-cylinder car downshifted; the sound of the turbo spooling reached all three of them. Mac said quickly:
· "Left now!!" Joe turned left and continued speedily. Mac said:
· "Stop!" They stopped.The alley was empty. No one, not even stray dogs, was there. All three looked at the empty alley.Steve said:
· "Great. Thanks, Mac. You really messed up our mission." Joe said:
· "Yeah, yeah. To be honest, right now I feel like aiming a tank at your face and shooting it." Steve said with great pressure:
· "Well, why do you guide us wrong when you don't know the ways?? What do we do now, huh? Go for a smoke?" Mac said:
· "Look there." Joe and Steve turned back to the alley.The guard's car was there. He was driving very slowly. Steve and Joe fell silent. Mac said:
· "Well? You were saying?" Steve said:
· "Yeah, sorry. We'll settle this with you later." Steve got out of the car. Mac was about to get out when Joe said:
· "I'll gift you a fighter jet." Mac got out and muttered under his breath:
· "More nonsense." Joe drove the car to the side of the alley,and Mac and Steve moved towards the car that was driving towards them. The car almost reached them when Steve jumped into the middle of the road. The guard's car braked hard and stopped.He honked and raised his hands in protest. Mac went to the driver's window. He knocked on the glass. The guard cautiously rolled down the window,and Mac said:
· "Sorry. There's no other way." Mac raised his silenced weapon and aimed,and the guard also raised his weapon.
(Puff)
A moment later, it was blood that filled the entire guard's car. Mac was shocked.He had killed many people so far, but this was different from the others. Today, he had destroyed a family and orphaned an innocent girl. His hand was shaking.He remembered his sister. Steve, who was watching Mac, approached him, took his hand, and lowered it. Steve said:
· "Mac, come on, we have to go quickly." Mac came to himself,shook his head a little, and said:
· "Right, right. Let's go." They took all the documents.And then they got rid of the car and the body.
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After completing the first step, Jake went to a nearby shop and bought three cold lemonades. He gave one to Will, who was in the van, and one to Liz, who was leaning against the wall at the end of the alley. Jake and Liz were drinking their lemonades together. Liz said excitedly:
· "On our first date, I joked with you so much until we reached the square. If I had known your punch was that powerful, I would never have done that. For a moment, you became scary." Jake,as if embarrassed, said:
· "Yeah, well, thanks. You don't have to do any of these things. It's not in my blood." Liz said:
· "Yeah, I know." After a brief pause,Liz said:
· "I need to work on myself more. I shouldn't have gotten beaten up like that." Jake said:
· "It's okay. I didn't think he'd be that skilled either. If you want, I'll teach you myself." Liz said happily:
· "Thank you. For underestimating him, I have to endure this bruise on my face." Jake said sheepishly:
· "Well, you know.... Actually... you... you're pretty even with this bruise." Jake blushed a little. Liz was embarrassed by Jake's words,but when she saw Jake's slightly red face, she gathered her confidence and said:
· "Thank you. Today I found out you're very shy." Jake said:
· "Thank... yeah, well... sorry." They both started drinking their lemonades again.And just like that, they waited for the second agent to arrive. Liz pushed herself off the wall and took a few steps forward.Now Jake was behind Liz, and Liz was looking down the empty alley, waiting for the second agent. Jake drank again.His drink was almost finished. He thought. (Can I hold her hand?) He really wanted to. He wanted to hold Liz's hand,but it was harder than anything else. Why? He wanted to tell her he liked her,but he couldn't. Why? He had managed to ask Liz out on a date,but he couldn't express his feelings. It was strange.Someone who had survived deadly operations couldn't express his feelings. Jake felt weak. Just then,a small car arrived. Liz and Jake hid. Jake quickly drew his silenced pistol and aimed. The agent got out.He checked his surroundings very thoroughly. He went to the trash can and took out two objects from underneath it. He went to his car. He opened the car door. Jake, Liz, and Will were listening. The bug in the car was working well. The agent opened the door,and suddenly his phone rang. He picked it up and answered:
· "Hello? Yes, speaking. Oh, yes, yes, hello, Doctor. The test results? Yes, yes, well, what was the result, Doctor?" The agent's face broke into a wide smile.
· "I can't believe it. So the chemotherapy actually worked? Doctor, am I going to live?" "Wow,God, thank you. Thank God. Thank you, Doctor, thank you. I'll definitely bring you a sweet, sir. Sorry, I have to go, sir. Goodbye." The agent hung up and called someone else,saying with full enthusiasm:
· "Hello? Hi, Mom, how are you? Mom, the treatments worked; I'm cured, Mom." "Yes,yes, I'm cured. I love you, Mom, thank you. Tonight, tell Dad we're going out to celebrate; I'm treating everyone. I'll come home after my shift. Goodbye."
Jake looked at Liz. No words were exchanged. Their looks did the talking. (Should I take him out?) (I don't know.) After looking into Liz's blue eyes,Jake lowered his head. He took a deep breath. The agent said:
· "Thank you, God. I can even propose to Mary now. Thank you, God. All my problems are solved now. Nothing can ruin my day now. Nothing."
Puff
A second later, the agent was on the ground, and a rushing river of his blood flowed in the alley. He was killed.
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Jake and his companions had returned to the nest. They got out of the van and went inside to prepare for the operation. Jake saw that Liz was upset. He called her,and when Liz turned around, he said:
· "Look, Liz. I know you're upset about that. You have to forget it. It will only bother you." Liz said:
· "I know. I'll try." Jake smiled at her,and Liz left. Mac and his companions entered.They were also upset. Jake went to Mac and asked:
· "How did it go, Mac?" Mac said sadly:
· "It's done." Jake asked:
· "Well, why are you down?" Mac said:
· "He had a family. It's destroyed now." Jake stared at Mac and then said:
· "I understand you." After sharing this moment,they dispersed and went to prepare for the operation.
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Jake and Will were in the car in their disguises, waiting. Jake said over the radio:
· "From Infiltration Team to Team Alpha. Are you in position?"
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Liz and Joe, in telecommunications worker uniforms, entered the building lobby. The building guard said firmly:
· "Excuse me. We don't have any telecommunications issues. Why are you here?" Joe said:
· "You requested us. You can check on your computer." The guard went to the computer and started checking all the request files. There was nothing.The guard said:
· "No, sir, there's nothing here." Liz said:
· "It's impossible, sir. Please look more carefully." The guard started checking all the requests again.Liz and Joe exchanged a worried glance. Just then, the guard's computer updated, and a new request, apparently sent by the guard himself, appeared. The surprised guard said:
· "How? I didn't send any request. Oh, maybe my colleague did it. But we didn't have any problems." Liz said:
· "Problems can happen in a fraction of a second, sir." The guard laughed and said:
· "Yes, that's true. Please use the elevators." They thanked him and entered the elevator. Joe said:
· "To be honest, I'm in love with Alex's skills now." Liz said:
· "Everyone loves his tricks."
They reached the roof. Joe opened the bag, assembled the sniper rifle piece by piece, and took position. Liz took out the binoculars and also took position. Suddenly,a voice came over the radio. "From Infiltration Team to Team Alpha.Are you in position?" Liz answered:
· "Yes, sir. We're ready."
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Steve, in a guard's uniform for the tower, and Mac were sitting in the car, right opposite the tower parking lot. Steve said:
· "Well, now I have to take you inside like a prisoner. How hard should I hit you?" Then he laughed. Mac said:
· "Thanks. But we're getting out later, right?" Steve said:
· "Maybe not." Mac said:
· "I made a mistake coming on this mission with you." Suddenly,a voice came over the radio:
· "Is Team Bravo ready?" Mac answered:
· "Yes, sir." Jake said:
· "Begin the operation. Mac, 10 minutes after we enter, you surrender yourselves. Understood?" Mac said:
· "Received."
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Jake and Will approached the entrance. They showed their IDs to the guards and entered the tower. Jake, while scanning the surroundings, said to Liz simultaneously:
· "Team Bravo, do you have our position?" Liz said:
· "Yes, sir." Jake said to Will:
· "Well, Will, stay focused." They headed towards the elevators.Liz said to Jake over the radio:
· "Not that elevator. Position at 9 o'clock. Use that one. It's for government agents." Jake and Will went to the elevator Liz indicated and entered. Liz said: "ID card first." Jake swiped his ID card first and then said:
· "Which floor?" Will said:
· "71." Jake pressed the button,and the elevator doors closed. As they were going up the floors, Will said:
· "What happens if we get exposed by one percent?" Jake said:
· "Exposed? For what? Who are we?" Will said:
· "Don't joke around, Jake." Jake said:
· "My name is Anthony." Will understood Jake's meaning and fell silent.The elevator was glass, and they could see the building where Team Bravo was stationed from inside. Liz said over the radio:
· "You're in our field of view, sir." Jake said:
· "Good. We're continuing." The elevator finally stopped.Jake and Will got out. Two guards stopped them. One was bald and tall, and the other was short but with a full head of hair. Jake and Will gave their IDs to the guards, and after the guards checked the cards, the guards directed them towards the meeting room.
· "Welcome. Go straight down this hallway and turn left at the end. Room 346 is the meeting room."
Jake and Will thanked them and set off. They walked side by side. The hallway was clean and smelled very nice. Red carpet on the floor and beautiful paintings on the walls. They reached the end of the hallway,turned left, and found room 346. Another guard.The guard said:
· "Verify your fingerprint and retina, and then you have permission to enter." Jake and Will provided their fingerprints,and after retinal confirmation, they entered. The lenses had done their job.
Inside the room, people were sitting. About 12 people, along with guards who could be seen in every corner. Jake and Will sat together. Next to Jake sat a man with a somewhat bald head, part of whose face was burned.
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Of course. Here is the English translation of the provided Persian text, maintaining the original tone, pacing, and dialogue style for a reading experience.
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Liz was still watching the opposite building through the binoculars. Joe said: "-Well, can you see them?" Liz said irritably: "-Genius, you have binoculars too. If you can see them, so can I." Joe said: "-Well, I can't see them." Liz said: "-Well, because they're in the room. Obviously, there's no line of sight." Joe said: "-Has Mack not entered yet?" Liz said: "-Probably any moment now." Joe said: "-Aha. Okay... Did you know me and Steve are brothers?" Liz took her eyes off the binoculars and said in surprise: "-You and Steve are brothers? Really?" Joe said: "-Yeah. You didn't know either? Why doesn't anyone know?" Liz said: "-Well, because you hadn't said anything. How did you become brothers?" Joe looked at Liz's entire face and said: "-Really? How did we become brothers?" Liz,realizing what she had said, spoke: "-Aha, sorry."
Suddenly, the door opened and a guard came onto the roof. Liz and Joe turned around and found themselves eye-to-eye with the guard. The guard was frightened seeing their guns. Liz said calmly: "-Take it easy, it's nothing. We're just..." Joe cut Liz off: "-We're snooping into people's lives." Liz gave Joe a dirty look.The guard said: "-You're spying?" Liz said: "-To tell you the truth, yes. But you can't do anything about it." Liz quickly drew a weapon from her hip,aimed, and fired at the guard. The bullet hit the guard, delivering an electric shock that knocked him unconscious. Liz said: "-Lucky us. Watch him, I'll tie him up." Liz stood up,took the guard behind the door, and tied him up securely. Suddenly, they heard Mack's voice from the guard's radio: "-From Team Alpha to Team Bravo. I'm entering now." Hearing this,Liz quickly got up, went to Joe, took the binoculars, and found Mack's position. Mack was standing, waiting for Liz's confirmation. Steve was standing behind him. She said: "-From Team Bravo to Team Alpha. Confirmed, we have your position." After saying this,Steve and Mack moved towards the parking garage. They were on the verge of moving out of Liz's sight when Steve said: "- Team Bravo, they found us, I repeat, they found us." Liz said: "-Received. Stand by, Team Alpha."
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Steve had put a bag over Mack's head. They entered the parking garage. Steve saw three agents coming towards them. After reporting to Liz that they'd been found, Steve said to Mack: "-Get ready." Mack said: "-Leave it to me." The three agents came and took Mack.Without a word. After taking Mack, they started moving towards the darkness of the garage. Steve followed them. Suddenly, one of the agents blocked his path. Steve said with surprise and a bit of anger: "-What are you doing? Get out of my way, Ram." The agent said: "-You've done your job up to here. Your mission is over." Steve said: "-I was supposed to come with you." The agent said: "-No, you were supposed to come this far. Don't you remember?" Suddenly,Liz said to Steve over the radio: "-Don't argue." Steve said: "-Okay. I just wanted if possible..." The agent interrupted Steve: "-No, it's not possible. Go." And then the agent left,and Steve watched him go. After the agents disappeared, Steve said: "-Liz, can you hear me?" Liz answered: "-Loud and clear." Steve said: "-What should I do?" Liz said: "-I don't know. You can't contact Commander Jake. You have to wait."
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Will and Jake stood waiting, still silent. The room was dark and cold. Everyone in the room was looking at each other in a frightening way. At one point, Jake felt that they knew Jake and Will were infiltrators. But nevertheless, Jake didn't stop playing his role for a moment and kept his face determined. The door opened and a tall man with short white hair entered with two others. The General's companions were one soldier and his assistant. The man was wearing a green military uniform, and a scratch was visible on the corner of his face, likely an old wound. He must be the General. Upon his entry, everyone stood up. The General motioned with his hand for everyone to sit down. After everyone sat, the General began his speech:
"- Well, let me say I'm tired to all the commanders and experts who came to this meeting. Well, I'll get straight to the point. The attack on one of our border bases by Greenland 4 nights ago. On Sunday evening, we realized that the Greenland army, in a calculated operation, had carried out a very successful attack on one of our large and important border bases. They used the Rurityana missiles that were inside our base to attack one of our refineries, essentially killing two birds with one stone... We took a hard hit, friends. The country's high-ranking military officials interrogated me. We must get to the bottom of this. I sent you out over these 4 days to investigate. And now, the result?"
One person in the room raised his hand and asked for permission to speak. After the General nodded, the man stood up and said: "- Sir. My six-person team and I, after finishing our investigation, realized that the Greenlanders have changed their fighting style. They attacked using a simulation of a base and carried out their intended actions." The General said: "-How did they succeed?" The man said: "-I'm sorry, sir, but we couldn't figure that out." The General's eyes flashed.He was angry. A four-person group present; among them, one stood up and asked for permission to speak. After the General nodded, the man began to speak: "-Sir, based on our investigation, we concluded that there was no simulation at all. They attacked like always. A direct attack. The main gate of the base was broken, and we found a car that had overturned, its armor damaged in a collision." Suddenly,someone turned on a projector and showed images of the burned base. Jake felt proud of Simon after seeing these images. The man continued. "Sir, they used the machine to clear their path and entered." The General seemed satisfied.Jake had to do something. It was his turn. He interrupted the man and said: "-In that case, they should have been caught in the bombardment." All eyes turned to Jake.Jake, after getting permission to speak, continued: "- If they had attacked directly, our own forces would have resisted, and the Greenlanders' time would have run out. In that case, they would have been caught in the bombardment." The General leaned his body towards Jake.He was eager to hear Jake's words: "-Well, so how do you say they attacked?" The man sat back in his chair,and Jake said simultaneously: "-Sir, they were divided into two groups. One group, as our friend said, broke down the door with a machine and entered. From that side, all the soldiers went to defend against them. Meanwhile, the second group entered from the southeast flank." The General said:"- How are you so sure?" Jake knew he couldn't lose.He said: "-Microscopic investigation, sir. The enemy attacked from the main gate, so most of the bodies should be there. But we found bodies from that infiltration flank who only had one bullet in their body, and that was in the head. This means a covert entry." The General said: "-So Greenland has concluded it can't do anything with a direct attack." Jake said: "-Probably." The General said: "-What about the launch codes?" Jake said: "-Unfortunately, sir, we couldn't find an answer for that. But we suspect there is an infiltrator or a traitor among us." The General fell silent .No one said even a word. In an instant, the General's head moved. Tap... tap... tap... tap. Tap. The soldiers killed all 10 people present in the meeting with one shot each. Jake and Will were stunned. Cold sweat rolled down their foreheads. Blood had pooled on the table in a large quantity and was spilling over. The General said: "-What else do you know?" Jake said: "-All I knew was that, sir. But I can get more information for you, I just need time." The General stared at Jake with wide eyes,without blinking. No sound was heard. Someone entered. The person went up to the General and whispered something in his ear. The General, after hearing the person's words, said: "-You have 4 more days." And then he got up and left the room. No one was left in the room except the soldiers. Jake and Will stood up and moved towards the elevator.
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He felt suffocated. The only thing he could see was the light coming through the seams of the bag. The sound of footsteps on cement was endless. He didn't know where they were taking him. But finally, they stopped. The sound of a door knock came. The door opened. They pushed Mack inside and sat him on a chair. They took the bag off his head. The bright light bothered Mack's eyes. After his eyes adjusted, he looked around. A woman and two men were standing opposite him. To his left was a man who also seemed, like Mack, not to know where he was, and to his right was a corpse that had been killed by a shot to the head. Mack froze. The woman gave Mack a terrifying look and said to the man beside her: "- Get rid of the corpse." Then the man went towards the corpse and carried it away. At the same time, the woman looked at the man to Mack's right and said: "- Well, I'm listening." The man said:"- D-d-d... about the attack... y-y-y... or other th-th-things?" The woman said: "-The Greenland attack." The man said: "-Well, uh... yeah, I was there... they entered the base covertly. After launching the missiles and taking it out of commission. No one said anything." The woman just kept staring at the man.She turned to Mack. The woman said: "- I'm listening." Mack gave the woman an ordinary look and said: "-They divided into two groups. The first group attacked directly, and the second group infiltrated from the southeast flank to reach the control center." The woman turned to the man on the right and said:"- Well, is he right?" The man said:"- No, they entered covertly." Mack realized that if he lost this information battle against this man,he would die. Mack said: "- Then how was the base destroyed?" The man said triumphantly: "-With our own bombardment. They entered covertly." Mack said:"- If that's the case, there should be signs of a large massacre. If they were going covertly, there shouldn't be many bodies seen. There are even corpses of Greenland soldiers." The man was sweating.His eyes were bulging out of their sockets from fear. Fear had overcome him. He was mumbling. He had nothing else to say. The woman turned back to Mack and said with complete seriousness: "- How do you know this?" Mack said:"- That's none of your business. You want information, I want my money." The woman said nothing,just aimed her gun at Mack. Mack paused for a moment and said: "- I got it from someone else." The woman said:"- From who?" Mack said:"- From one of the Greenland soldiers I smuggled across the border." The woman said: "-You smuggle people across the border?" Mack said: "-Do you want to cross too?" The woman and Mack stared into each other's eyes.The woman, while looking into Mack's eyes, raised her gun. (Pfft)
A hole opened in the man's head, and blood gushed out. At that moment, the woman's assistant entered the room, and the woman said to him: "-Get rid of the corpse." The man,who looked tired, dragged the corpse out of the room. After the man left, the woman said to Mack: "- What else do you know?" Mack said: "-I haven't worked all this time in this dirty society for you to trick me, ma'am." The woman said: "-I said tell me the rest." Mack said with a smile:"Sorry." The woman aimed her gun.Mack laughed and said: "What are you trying to scare me with?" And then he pressed his forehead against the gun barrel and said: "Shoot." The woman gave a terrifying look and said:"What do you want?" Mack said: "-Your superior." The woman stood up and pulled the bag over Mack's head.She took Mack out of the room. Suddenly, she stopped. Mack only heard voices: "-Who are you?" "+I'm taking this to the boss." "-I said who are you?" "-Agent Ethan Morgan. I'll take responsibility for him." The woman said: "-Take him to the 75th floor." Mack understood nothing more.But the man started moving and took Mack with him. After walking for a while, the man said: "I could trip you right now!" Mack said with a smile: "-Good, you still won't stop your nonsense." Steve said: "-I'm the salt of the operation."
Liz said to Steve over the radio: "-I see you. Move towards the elevator. End of the hallway, left side." Several guards and personnel were passing by Steve and Mack.Steve was dragging Mack like a hostage. After passing by the people in the tower, Mack protested to Steve: "-Take it easy." Steve said:"- You're a hostage. Don't talk, or I'll kill you." Liz said:"- Steve, don't clown around. Focus on the operation!" Steve muttered under his breath:"- Okay, okay."
They reached the elevator. They entered. At that moment, two people entered the elevator. Steve took the bag off Mack's head, and again the bright light pierced Mack's eyes. After getting used to the light, Mack saw Jake and Will were in the elevator. Jake was about to press the 75th floor when suddenly Liz said: "-Don't! You have to swipe a card first." Jake said: "-I don't have a card. Why can't I press it?" Liz said: "-You have to swipe a card. If you don't, they'll know you're an infiltrator." Jake paused for a moment and said: "-Well, what should I do now?" Liz said: "-Press the 73rd floor. You need to get the card." Jake pressed the button for the 73rd floor.The elevator doors closed and moved. On the way, Steve gave Mack a handgun and a radio. The doors opened. An empty hallway. Unlike all the crowded hallways they had passed through. Jake said: "-Well, Liz, now what?" Liz said:"This hallway is very empty. There must be only 12 rooms on this floor. In rooms 3 and 5, there are 4 and 9 people respectively. But in room 11, there is one person. You can get your card from him." Jake and Mack went towards the rooms.They had covered about 14 meters of the 30-meter hallway when noises came from the rooms Liz mentioned where people were present. On the way, Jake asked Liz: "-Liz, are you sure he has the card?" Liz said: "-I saw him swipe the card and go up. Then he came back down. He's the only one who has the card." Jake and Mack reached the room.Jake gave Mack a hand signal, and Mack understood his meaning. He opened the door and entered. The man turned around and found himself eye-to-eye with Jake. The man asked in surprise: "-Why are you here? What do you want?" Jake said: "-I need to go to the 75th floor. I need that card." The man said: "-You're not allowed to go there. Go to the boss. Get permission from him." Jake said: "-I don't have time for that."
From behind Jake's neck, Mack appeared and with his weapon, he only fired a single, damned bullet.
(Pfft)
He was killed. Jake went over to the man and took his card. They turned back and entered the elevator. He inserted the card into the slot, and after it beeped and the light above the slot turned green, he pressed the desired floor button. The doors were closing when suddenly someone stopped them. Someone entered. It was the same person who had entered the meeting room with the General. Jake, Will, Steve, and Mack were surprised, and anxiety seeped into their souls. The man entered, and the door closed. They moved. The man asked: "-Where are you guys going?" Jake said: "-We're going to see the boss." The man said: "-Why?" Jake said: "-For the investigation, I need to talk to him." The man said: "-Okay." Then he turned to Mack and Steve and said: "-Who are you and what are you doing here?" Mack was about to speak,but Steve, without considering Mack, said: "-We're new. The boss summoned us." The silence became extremely heavy.Mack and Jake looked at Steve with eyes popping out of their heads. He shouldn't have said that. Had the man figured it out? The man said: "-Aha, okay." There were two more floors to go.The man raised his hand and pressed the next floor button, the 74th floor. Now the elevator would stop at this floor first. Jake signaled to Mack. In a split second, Mack raised his fist to deliver a knockout blow to the man, but the man caught his fist and slammed Mack's head against the wall. Jake grabbed the man's throat from behind, and Will punched the man in the face three times. But the man was tougher than that. He kicked Will in the chest. A terrible pain formed in Will's chest, and he fell back. Jake, who was still crushing the man's neck between his arms, with a movement, broke the man's neck. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief next to the man's corpse. The elevator doors opened. No one was in the hallway. They were lucky no one was there; otherwise, being seen with the corpse meant being exposed. They lifted the corpse and hid it in a corner where it couldn't be seen. They headed towards the target room. There were no guards there. Mack said on the way to the room: "-Why is there no one here?" Jake said: "-I don't know. Liz, report?" Liz said: "-Don't worry, you arrived exactly at shift change. Hurry. The new guards will arrive in about 5 minutes." They moved faster.They reached the door. Mack slid a very small camera under the door and checked the inside. "- He's talking to someone. If we take him out, there's no more obstacle." Jake after this said: "-Go in." Everyone prepared their weapons.(Boom) They broke down the door and entered. The boss stood up from his seat, and both turned towards the door. Steve drew his weapon and spilled the brains of the boss's companion onto the floor. The boss tried to move his foot, but Jake shot exactly at his shoe, and the boss fell to the ground. Mack and Steve quickly went to him, tied his hands, lifted him up, and tried to move, but the boss struggled and wouldn't move. They forced him along until he stopped in front of Jake. The boss said: "-You'll pay for this, Greenlander." Jake said: "-You'll be dead before that." Will said: "-Jake, we have to go, the guards are coming now!" The boss said: "-You're Jake Walker!" Jake said:"- Let's go." They moved and quickly headed towards the stairs. They were getting close to the door leading to the emergency stairs when the guards arrived and drew their weapons. Everyone stopped. There was no time to draw their weapons. The first guard said: "-You're caught." In an instant,the guard's brains spilled onto the floor. Two guards were confused. They didn't know what had happened. The second guard's brains also spilled onto the floor. The third guard turned towards the building where the sniper was, but the third bullet hit the guard in the throat. The guard gurgled and choked on his own blood and died. Joe said over the radio: "-Two headshots. If this were a game, my rank would be Grandmaster by now." They entered the stairs and began climbing.They were moving quickly when Liz said: "-The helicopter has arrived. Hurry up." They finally reached the top.The helicopter was creating a storm on the roof. They boarded the helicopter, and Jake said to the pilot: "-Good to go, move fast!" The helicopter soared.From inside the helicopter, Jake could see inside the tower, and then Liz and Joe, who were exiting the building they were in.
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