Chapter 16

Flashback – Ira – Undisclosed location

Female-Saluki! I had just acquired the target and my sister Mira terminated it before I could squeeze the trigger. Mira has inflicted this torture upon me for the past thirty minutes.

Flashback – Major M – Undisclosed location

The L.Cpl. complained (he was only here because he was the one that spilled the beans to the Old Man), "What in the hell are they doing?"

I looked at the Sgt. and he shook his head and instructed the L. Cpl., "It's called target practice. They are doing it to make sure they have the windage down. Now shut the hell up and give us a hand."

He again complained, "I don't think this plan is going to work."

I'd had my fill of his whining so I ordered, "Sgt., the next time he complains shoot him."

The Sgt. grinned in response, "Gladly."

The L.Cpl. began to open his mouth, thought better of it and continued to help us move the ammo boxes.

Flashback – Mira – Undisclosed location

This was an amusing pastime I never grow old of. We had the Malodorous Major M and his men trapped in the disabled vehicle and now we were shooting random pieces off the vehicle. I knew exactly which one my sister Ira would attempt next, so I would acquire it prior to her readiness and terminate it. Yes my sister Ira was the swordswoman - but I was the riflewoman.

Pause, something unexpected happened...

Flashback – Major M – Undisclosed location

I looked at my two men and announced, "Okay time to see what happens."

At first I had considered trying to cut a hole in the bottom of the Humvee and sneaking out that way, but the floor was too damn thick. However from all the Sedankina bitches firing, they showed me that they might have made a slight error in their choice of sniper locations - they were located at about a one-hundred degree angle off the front of the Humvee, which left the back of the Humvee unguarded.

I opened the back door, then the tailgate and waited, sure enough...

Flashback – Mira and Ira – Undisclosed location

I could see the back of the vehicle open so I began firing at it and my sister Ira joined me. They would not accomplish their escape that easily from us.

Then something emerged from the back of the vehicle, but I could not acquire the target...

Yes, they attempted to escape, however Mira and I fired multifarious times which stopped their immediate escape. They then discharged some waste articles from the vehicle which I chose to ignore.

The vehicle settled back down and now it was time to continue our innocent pastime ... Perhaps if I thought like an illogical harlequin...

Flashback – Major M – Undisclosed location

I smiled at the Sgt. "Well, it looks like that worked."

He said, "Yeah no one fired at the ammo can."

I agreed, "You are right. L.Cpl. how's it coming with those seats?"

He answered, "Sir, I will have them done in about another thirty minutes."

Yeah, it looked like my plan for getting us out of the Humvee would work. However, I had no idea how we would escape the Sedankina bitches after that...

Flashback – Jack – Undisclosed location

After a hasty but great as hell repair we were on the road again. I asked, "Okay Banzai what's the plan."

He stated, "Jack I don't have a plan because I have no idea what we're going to face."

I reminded him, "You do know trucks are not supposed to do what you have the Frankmonster doing."

He laughed, "Oh really, I guess you've never heard of the Dakar race. They have trucks in there that would shame my girl."

I laughed, "Only until you fired off one of the rockets, then nothing's going to catch you."

He grinned then pointed, "Jack is that what I think it is?"

I said, "Hell yes, it's the Humvee. Quick get us out of here until we can figure out a plan."

Flashback – Ben – Undisclosed location

I spun the wheel and floored my Frankentruck until I couldn't see the Humvee in my rear view, then I pulled over, stopped and asked, "Where the hell is the map?"

Jack pulled out the map, we calculated our location, then I saw it and pointed, "Jack that big assed dune will be perfect."

He agreed, "Yeah we can crawl to the top and see what the hell is going on."

I took a circuitous route, climbed the back side of the dune, stopped a hundred meters from the top, shut off the engine and tossed the camo net over the girl. I heard rifle fire and stated, "Jack that has to be one of the girls PSG-1's."

Jack stated the obvious, "Well let's go see what the hell they are shooting at."

Flashback – Mira and Ira – Undisclosed location

Fecal Matter! My sister Ira has changed the game and I could no longer predict her targets. It was as if she was as fickle as the harlequins! So I decided to write a message into the windshield!

Yes my plan worked - Mira could no longer determine my next target. Now if I could only do this when we needed a different approach at the capture the harlequins. However Mira fired at something so I observed through the scope with my ocular units and laughed...

Flashback – Major M – Undisclosed location

The L.Cpl. whined, "Sir they're shooting through the windshield."

The Sgt. stated in reply, "Well keep your head down and you might not get shot. Plus the sooner you finish with those seats the sooner we can leave."

I looked up and was shocked when I saw it...

Flashback – Jack – Undisclosed location

Son of a bitch! Banzai's luck held and we were in the perfect location. Below us on a dune was one of the girls and they were firing at the Humvee. I couldn't see the other girl but that didn't matter. Then I noticed something and said, "Banzai, look at the windshield."