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    George smirked. Dames,


    But George never stayed depressed. This, like many others, was only a momentary burst of ill-will, and George entertained himself by trying to spot potential troublemakers as the crew did their post-flight dance. George did his usual game of figuring out who he’d need to kill first in the event that they turned out to be commie agents trying to hijack the plane. Wait, no, scratch that, they’d landed. That was a little bit of a relief. George was sure that if he pulled out the butterfly knife he could tackle the big guy down the way who was definitely pretending to sleep, but that would open him up to the woman with the screaming baby that could definitely just be a clever ventriloquist’s dummy being used to conceal a gun. No, she’d need to be top priority, and he wasn’t sure he could get over to her with the garotte in time. So it was good they couldn’t spring their cunning plan. They’d waited too long! But oh, if they’d made a move, he would have been ready.


    Sir?” came a voice from behind him, and George resisted the urge to reverse the blade and defend himself with a quick, lethal thrust. Evil intention would not have announced itself,


    Kids. George hated kids. Other children had grown up soft. Coddled. Not like him. They had it easy.fair.


    Shit! This could blow the whole op! I need a distraction!


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    I mean, I used the spare one we’ve got for getting dinner when we’re working late,” Burrows blinked. He had that look in his eyes that George knew well, the look of men who’d never been truly tested. Men who had been trained to bow to authority, no matter where it came from. Perfect,This is my ticket! I need to ride this train as far as it’ll go!


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    They?” George saw the whites of Rodney’s eyes widen. “Who’s they


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    And it wasn’t fair.


    George wanted to fight for his country. George had tried to go fight the commies. Had gone so far as to try to enlist to fight the commies for his country in Korea! But no one in Basic Training had truly understood


    They’d assigned him to Denver, Colorado, and to his great surprise, the place was pretty barren of any sort of action. Well, of the kind he was looking for, anyway. And his joy at being a card-carrying, gun-wielding secret agent


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    George kept his poker face on. Shit, this guy’s got some steel in him after all. Well of course he does, he’s FBI.


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