He glanced over, and Bang gave a sharp nod. They were set to go. He waited for the signal from Trip and then was off, running toward the door he and Bang would breach.
Breaching meant you might end up with a gun shoved in your face, or they might start shooting before the second slam against the door. It was an adrenaline-fueled action, filled with faith in survival.
Just as Bang moved to position the ram, he heard gunfire. It wasn’t close to them, maybe on the other side of the building. He didn’t have time to worry about his buddies over on that side of the building. They would take care of themselves. He and Bang had to get into the building and neutralize this side.
“Taking heavy fire. Can’t breach door one,” Rider said.
“We’re in,” Foster said.
Bang hit the door, and it crumbled before him. Cy moved into position, seeing movement to his left. He fired one shot, taking the man down.
“We’re in on door five,” Cy said as he entered the building.
Other than the one guy he took out, no one else was there to greet them. He cleared the room, and then Bang took the next room, clearing it as Cy moved to the door.
“Moving into the corridor,” Cy said as he pushed open the door.
“We’re in the corridor,” Zip said over coms.
Cy saw movement at the other end of the hall, recognizing Zip and Bud in an instant. Now came the fun part, clearing every area of this huge complex with multiple buildings, some connected by long hallways, others totally on their own.
So far, they were golden. They needed to clear more areas and get the building secure. “Let’s head east and clear out this side.”
“Sure thing.” Zip took a step that positioned him closer to a hall, then darted back. “Three hostiles coming right at us.”
Zip barely had the words out when bullets started ripping past. Cy had to get into position so he could take out the guys coming toward them.
“They’re getting closer,” Zip said.
Cy kept his eyes on the hall, waiting for the terrorists to come into view. “Ready.”
After a second, he adjusted so he could see better. He only had to wait a few seconds before one of the men came into view. He took the shot, dropping the guy.
One of the other men raced forward, and Zip took the shot, dropping him to the floor. Cy waited five seconds, but the other guy wasn’t moving closer. Instead, it sounded like he was running away.
“I’m going after him,” Cy said.
“Backing you up.”
They made their way down the hall, clearing each room as they went. Though the rooms were empty, they couldn’t take thechance. At any point, one of the terrorists could pop out and blast them.
His senses were on alert as he made his way through the maze of hallways and add-ons that made up the building. The rest of the guys were clearing the other buildings. Their spotter, Hop, confirmed everything was still clear outside.
Cy heard Foster shouting, but he was engaged with clearing the large building that had way too many small rooms. After a moment, Foster gave the all clear for his area.
In less than thirty minutes, they had captured or taken down all the terrorists they knew about. Wave and Rider were figuring out if there were more terrorists hiding in the mine, but none of the terrorists were talking.
Cy didn’t want to have to go through the mine to figure out if someone was hiding down there. He hated caves and caving, and a mine was just a big cave. Someone would have to clear the mine. A team of Colombian military personnel was waiting to come in and clean up the place after they gave the all clear, but maybe they would help with clearing the mine.
“What do you think?” Foster asked.
Cy shrugged. “Don’t know. We had intel about the number of people in this cult, and we can account for all of them, but who knows? Maybe they have more people hiding from us down there.”
Zip shook his head. “I don’t think so.”
Wave snorted. “Why do you think there aren’t more people?”
“Because these people are selfish. They are in it for the money. They wouldn’t share with others.”
