Friday, April 24, 2015

Latest from the Janitors, Asps, and Other Books - Billy's Rescue (Asps Series) - Billy trying to escape from terrorists.



Today’s excerpt is from Billy’s Rescue, Book #7 of the nine-book Asps series.  Billy making progress in escaping from the terrorists holding him prisoner.  Enjoy and have a wonderful day.

m.j.

 

In a matter of seconds, Billy had the shackle off his leg, and was at the discarded first-aid kit all Asps wore.  Billy muttered aloud, “Sure glad those idiots were more concerned with weapons than the thing I need most right now.”

The first order of business was to give himself a shot of morphine.  After doing so, he took a deep breath, then set the four broken fingers on his left hand.  In spite of the morphine, he nearly passed out getting the fingers lined up properly.  He tied the two fingers nearest his thumb together with tape, before he did the same with the other two fingers.  That done, he decided the only other thing needing immediate attention was the cut on his hip from the cutting off of his underpants.  When he had the wound tacked together with butterfly bandages and disinfected, he covered it with gauze and tape.  Billy hurriedly dressed, the most time spent getting his shoelace from the saving boot rethreaded properly into the boot. 

Fully dressed and on his feet, Billy thought, “Okay, now to get out of here.”

He went to the door.  He saw there was no inside keyhole to pick.  Instead there was a flat plate, which told him the door was only keyed to the outside, much as a connecting door to two hotel rooms.  He sighed, but then remembered how his large knife was thrown at the door, so when the door was closed, it went to the outside of the door.  He smiled as he glanced to his right, at the side of the door away from the lock side.  He  nearly busted out laughing when he saw two hinges—on the inside of the door. 

After he controlled the urge to laugh, he thought, “Only idiots like the Taliban and al-Qaida would hinge the door to a jail cell on the inside!”

While getting dressed, Billy had put away the lock pick and taken out a four-inch flat knife without a proper handle.  He had wrapped his trusty underwear around the handle and now used the knife to pry up one of the hinge pins, almost all the way out, then did the same with the other one.  He eased the two pins out before he used his knife as a wedge to move the hinges apart.  The door fell on its edge, but made little noise, as it fell on the dirt floor.  Next he grasped the door by the upper hinge to open it slightly.  There stood a sentry with his back to Billy.  Billy dropped the knife into one of the utility pockets on his pants as he reached down to get his large, over-sized hunting knife from where it still stuck in the door.

Knife in hand, he eased the door open further.  When he did, it made a noise and the sentry started to turn.  Using his backhand, Billy sent the knife flying.  It caught the terrorist in the throat, just as he completed his turn.  Billy was through the doorway to the man, even as he started to fall, while he tried to grasp the knife in his throat and was making a gurgling sound all at the same time.  Billy grabbed the knife, then finished the job of killing the terrorist.  He dragged the man into the recess between the cell and the front of the small building.

 

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