Chapter 366.
<strong>Chapter 366. Operation: Fatman (8/10)</strong>
<span style="font-weight:400">A minuteter, nervously keeping an eye on the cruiser and the surroundings, the cruiser took off. I breathed out a sigh of relief.
<span style="font-weight:400">“<i><span style="font-weight:400">Alpha One, they’re rounding the block now and heading for the front entrance. Still only one threat. Over.”</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">I still didn’t know how things were going inside. Had they secured the goods yet, or not?
<span style="font-weight:400">One minuteter the cruiser rolled to a slow stop. They positioned their car diagonally in the middle of twones before they stepped out.
<span style="font-weight:400">“<i><span style="font-weight:400">Alpha One, they’re on the ground headed to the front doors now. Over.</i><span style="font-weight:400">”
<span style="font-weight:400">I remained calm. I trusted in Rosa’s abilities and continued to fulfill my duty of rying their position.
<span style="font-weight:400">“<i><span style="font-weight:400">Alpha One, they’ve got their shlights out and are clearing the surrounding perimeter. One is at the front entrance and the other is clearing around the sides of the building.</i><span style="font-weight:400"> Over.”
<i><span style="font-weight:400">“A-Alpha Two here. Control Tower, I’m sorry!</i><span style="font-weight:400">”
<span style="font-weight:400">She hadn’t even said, ‘over.’ My heart stopped for a moment before I nervously sought rification, “<i><span style="font-weight:400">Alpha Two, what’s wrong? Did something happen to Alpha One?</i><span style="font-weight:400">”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Control Tower, <i><span style="font-weight:400">nothing happened to her. I just messed up.</i><span style="font-weight:400">”
<span style="font-weight:400">I was relieved when she confirmed Rosa’s safety.
<span style="font-weight:400">I gave a quick response, “<i><span style="font-weight:400">Alpha Two, forget that for now. If you didn’t get it, it’s fine. Get out of there now. I repeat, get out of there </i><b><i>now</i></b><i><span style="font-weight:400">. They’reing in. Abort. I repeat, </i><b><i>abort</i></b><i><span style="font-weight:400">. This mission is over. Over.</i><span style="font-weight:400">”
<span style="font-weight:400">“<i><span style="font-weight:400">Control Tower, we did find it. I’ll exin what happenedter. Sorry for worrying you. We’re headed for the back exit now. Over.</i><span style="font-weight:400">”
<span style="font-weight:400">“<i><span style="font-weight:400">Alpha Two, roger that. I have lost eyes. Last known whereabouts, the front entrance. They entered together. Over.”</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">From this point on, it was really up to them. The only thing I could do now was to sit tight and await the result.
<span style="font-weight:400">The seconds ticked by. They felt agonizingly long. Being out of the loop unable to see what was happening inside was the worst.
<span style="font-weight:400">Five minutester I noticed the car turn on. They’d used the remote starter. It was a good sign. It meant they hadn’t been caught. ording to the n, Izora should be the first to run out. When she did, I had to lower the drone so she could put it in the car.
<span style="font-weight:400">Until she exited I kept a close eye on the surroundings for any more cruisers.
<span style="font-weight:400">A minuteter, Izora finally burst out the back entrance and started sprinting in a straight line to the houses across the street where the car was parked in the backne.
<span style="font-weight:400">But at that very moment, I finally caught sight of another cruiser. They were close too. I started to sweat.
<span style="font-weight:400">Izora would make it to the car just fine, but not Rosa.
<span style="font-weight:400">“<i><span style="font-weight:400">Alpha One, a second cruiser is two hundred meters away on the same street as the back entrance. They’re closing in fast. I’m lowering the drone to the extraction point. Get out of there now. Over.</i><span style="font-weight:400">” Though she was using an earpiece, I avoided yelling into the radio in case the police were following close behind her.
<span style="font-weight:400">As expected, she didn’t respond which affirmed my suspicions.
<span style="font-weight:400">A few seconds after I radioed into her, the door opened up again and Rosa dashed out toward the car.
<span style="font-weight:400">I began to lower the drone while watching her approach.
<span style="font-weight:400">The police officers from inside the building chased after her. They were approximately fifteen meters away from her. One had his taser out aimed at Rosa’s back.
<span style="font-weight:400">“<i><span style="font-weight:400">Alpha One, they’ve got tasers aimed at your back, distance about fifteen meters, don’t slow down or they’ll get in range.” I gave her a quiet heads-up over the radio.</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">The second cruiser suddenly appeared in frame, directly cutting into Rosa’s path to the car.
<span style="font-weight:400">Shit. This was pretty bad, wasn’t it?
<span style="font-weight:400">“<i><span style="font-weight:400">Alpha One, I’ll distract them with the drone. We can recover it while you’re mobile in the car. Over.</i><span style="font-weight:400">”
<span style="font-weight:400">“<i><span style="font-weight:400">Don’t.</i><span style="font-weight:400">” Stick to the n was what she meant.”
<span style="font-weight:400">The thumb on the stick that had inched forward in her direction fell back.
<span style="font-weight:400">Right as the drone descended behind a tree branch on its way down, I saw it. The police officer in the second cruiser who’d gotten out of his car. His arms as they slowly extended out toward Rosa to catch her.
<span style="font-weight:400">Rosa, who fearlessly charged directly at him as she momentarily slowed down to a stop. She dropped her body low. Rotated on her left foot clockwise in a circle performing a perfect spin move to juke him out. His handsnded on empty air as Rosa raised her right foot off the ground and jumped with her left. She slid directly over the hood of the second cruiser.
<span style="font-weight:400">The cop with the taser behind her had fired the instant she slowed down and he closed the gap. But his taser prongsnded where she was originally at in front of the police officer outside of his car. The taser prongs lodged into his arm and it was already toote.
<span style="font-weight:400">His body rattled about as the elect jolts permeated through his body and he knelt down to the ground while Rosa opened up the distance between her and the second cruiser.
<span style="font-weight:400">The officers were stunned for a moment and it looked like she’d been given ample time to make it to the car.
<span style="font-weight:400">That was thest thing I saw before the dronended in Izora’s hands and she pulled it into the car. The image on-screen went dark when the drone was stuffed into the trunk through the back seat.
<span style="font-weight:400">A few seconds in a transmission came in, “<i><span style="font-weight:400">Control Tower, extraction sessful. We’re heading your way now. That cop who got shocked should buy us more than enough time. The second officer in that cruiser will have to dump their paralyzed partner into the car and switch over to the driver’s side to take over the wheel.</i> <i><span style="font-weight:400">Over.</i><span style="font-weight:400">”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Alpha Team, great work out there.” I couldn’t deny, she looked pretty badass there.
<span style="font-weight:400">Thirty secondster, a car rounded the corner and stopped directly in front of me.
<span style="font-weight:400">Izora hopped out from the back seat in ck short shorts and… a pretty skimpy dark gray top. A bit below armpit level, the top formed an upside-down V off-center, covering more of her left breast. By the point of the upside down V was a thin strap over her shoulder connected to a small trapezoid-shaped metallic ring. Her shoulders were fully exposed, but the top had long sleeves, styled simr to the ones I usually saw her wearing, but these sleeves were part of the top itself. The sleeves ended a few inches below her armpits which were also exposed. Her midriff was simrly bare.
<span style="font-weight:400">She ran into the bushid down next to me. Well, there wasn’t very much space. Half her body was on my back. Her face was also too close forfort.
<span style="font-weight:400">Rosa didn’t stick around and drove further down the road.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Hah… hah… hah… that was hah… absolutely hah… crazy hah...” She was hyperventting trying to catch her breath after experiencing such an adrenaline rush. Her breath had a sweet scent to it and I could smell it distinctly because of how close she was to my face.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Your hair stands out too much.”
<span style="font-weight:400">I raised my left arm and wrapped it over her head to pull her down to my chest so I could hide it while we waited for the police to catch up.
<span style="font-weight:400">I looked through the bush to our left to watch out for them. Twenty secondster, a police car slowly drove by our side. It abruptly stopped a bit past the road for a moment. It seems they’d spotted Rosa further down this road.
<span style="font-weight:400">I covered Izora’s mouth with my left hand as I kept my eyes locked on the cruiser. The two of us held our breath and didn’t move an inch.
<span style="font-weight:400">The cruiser quickly reversed while turning to face our direction.
<span style="font-weight:400">The light was blindingly bright.
<span style="font-weight:400">I was terrified we’d somehow be spotted by them in spite of how thick the bush was.
<span style="font-weight:400">However, that fear was unwarranted as they quickly elerated forward down the road. The car passed right before our eyes. Thankfully, they hadn’t noticed us at all.
<span style="font-weight:400">“<i><span style="font-weight:400">Alpha One, they’ve spotted you and are headed your way. Over.</i><span style="font-weight:400">”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Control Tower, <i><span style="font-weight:400">I know. I’ve already turned off. Get out of there now. You should be in the clear. The first cruiser should only now be starting to move. They should now be heading my way to cut me off. I’ll text youter when I’m out. Over.</i><span style="font-weight:400">”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s go.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah.” Izora nodded in agreement close to my chest.
<span style="font-weight:400">With that, the two of us stood up and hopped onto the motorcycle behind us. I turned the key in the ignition and took off without hesitation. I naturally drove the speed limit to avoid getting pulled over and questioned by any police though.