small hole in the fence she thought she could squeeze under, but it was right in front of where the soldiers were sitting. A third soldier came around the back and motioned for them to follow him. Annie waited until they were out of sight and then rushed down the hill and under the fence where she squeezed through the opening. She poked her head in the tent to see if anyone was inside. It was empty.
Hult came back into the tent. He nodded to Jim, “It’s time to get started.” Jim threw on a cap and wrapped a bandana around his mouth to help conceal his face.
Jim handed Hult the drive before they left the tent and the two set off to where Matt was being held. There was only one guard at the front door entrance. Jim hung back as Hult walked up to him with a friendly smile and the two shook hands. He saw Hult slide the drive into the guard’s hand when they shook.
Hult came back over to where Jim stood next to a gas truck and nodded. “He’s got it. In ten minutes he’ll go in to check on him, then we’re on watch.”
Samantha and Coyle crawled the last hundred feet as they got closer to the backside of the camp. The sun was getting lower behind them as they peaked over the last dune before the gate. Coyle pointed towards the small opening at the bottom. “She probably went through there,” he said.
Samantha grabbed the pistol out of Coyle’s cargo pocket and tucked it in her belt under her shirt. “What are you doing?” he asked. “Getting my daughter,” she replied.
She started to get up, but Coyle pulled her back down immediately as two soldiers came back around the tent in front of the opening in the gate.
“Do you want to get yourself killed?” Coyle whispered angrily. “Wait here,” he commanded. He crawled back down the backside of the dune and took off at a run keeping his head and body low. She watched him go about a hundred yards down and then stop. She heard him fire off a few rounds into the air. The two soldiers at the tent immediately started running towards the gunfire. Samantha glanced back down at Coyle who was taking off at a sprint in the opposite direction. She checked the perimeter of the fence once more. Nobody was there.
She took her chance and sprinted down towards the hole. The wires cut her deep across her clothes and the skin along her back as she pulled herself inside the base. Jim and Hult shot each other a look when they heard the gunfire. Sirens started to go off as men were running towards the back of the camp.
“The girls,” he whispered through the cloth of the bandana. He started to move forward, but Hult held him back. “No, we don’t know what that is. We have to finish this,” Hult said. He signaled over to the guard who nodded and went inside the door.
Hult motioned to Jim as he started walking. “C’mon, we’re up.” Annie ducked under a tent when she heard the gun fire go off. Luckily it was empty, but filled quickly with soldiers running in and grabbing their gear. She tucked herself under a cot that was in the corner and watched the boots scuttle around the floor as men shouted at each other. Then she heard a faint meowing over the sounds of the soldiers leaving the tent. The sound came from the corner of the tent. Once the last soldier had left, she darted towards the corner of the tent and found Tigs’s cage stacked up against a desk.
“Tigs!” she cried. Tigs looked up at her through the cage door. Annie opened it and the cat jumped up into her arms. “C’mon,” she said, “let’s go find dad.”
Samantha’s back was bleeding as she knelt hidden behind a tank. She pulled the pistol out of her waist band and clicked the safety off. She stayed crouched behind the tank as soldiers rushed past the front of it. The cell to Matt’s door flew open as he sat listening to the distant sound of the sirens going off. A guard stormed into the cell and grabbed him. Matt jolted up and was taken down the
Hult came back into the tent. He nodded to Jim, “It’s time to get started.” Jim threw on a cap and wrapped a bandana around his mouth to help conceal his face.
Jim handed Hult the drive before they left the tent and the two set off to where Matt was being held. There was only one guard at the front door entrance. Jim hung back as Hult walked up to him with a friendly smile and the two shook hands. He saw Hult slide the drive into the guard’s hand when they shook.
Hult came back over to where Jim stood next to a gas truck and nodded. “He’s got it. In ten minutes he’ll go in to check on him, then we’re on watch.”
Samantha and Coyle crawled the last hundred feet as they got closer to the backside of the camp. The sun was getting lower behind them as they peaked over the last dune before the gate. Coyle pointed towards the small opening at the bottom. “She probably went through there,” he said.
Samantha grabbed the pistol out of Coyle’s cargo pocket and tucked it in her belt under her shirt. “What are you doing?” he asked. “Getting my daughter,” she replied.
She started to get up, but Coyle pulled her back down immediately as two soldiers came back around the tent in front of the opening in the gate.
“Do you want to get yourself killed?” Coyle whispered angrily. “Wait here,” he commanded. He crawled back down the backside of the dune and took off at a run keeping his head and body low. She watched him go about a hundred yards down and then stop. She heard him fire off a few rounds into the air. The two soldiers at the tent immediately started running towards the gunfire. Samantha glanced back down at Coyle who was taking off at a sprint in the opposite direction. She checked the perimeter of the fence once more. Nobody was there.
She took her chance and sprinted down towards the hole. The wires cut her deep across her clothes and the skin along her back as she pulled herself inside the base. Jim and Hult shot each other a look when they heard the gunfire. Sirens started to go off as men were running towards the back of the camp.
“The girls,” he whispered through the cloth of the bandana. He started to move forward, but Hult held him back. “No, we don’t know what that is. We have to finish this,” Hult said. He signaled over to the guard who nodded and went inside the door.
Hult motioned to Jim as he started walking. “C’mon, we’re up.” Annie ducked under a tent when she heard the gun fire go off. Luckily it was empty, but filled quickly with soldiers running in and grabbing their gear. She tucked herself under a cot that was in the corner and watched the boots scuttle around the floor as men shouted at each other. Then she heard a faint meowing over the sounds of the soldiers leaving the tent. The sound came from the corner of the tent. Once the last soldier had left, she darted towards the corner of the tent and found Tigs’s cage stacked up against a desk.
“Tigs!” she cried. Tigs looked up at her through the cage door. Annie opened it and the cat jumped up into her arms. “C’mon,” she said, “let’s go find dad.”
Samantha’s back was bleeding as she knelt hidden behind a tank. She pulled the pistol out of her waist band and clicked the safety off. She stayed crouched behind the tank as soldiers rushed past the front of it. The cell to Matt’s door flew open as he sat listening to the distant sound of the sirens going off. A guard stormed into the cell and grabbed him. Matt jolted up and was taken down the
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