Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Latest fromthe Janitors, Asps, and Other Books - Sedona Chip (Janitors Series) - Janitors make return visit to Canada.



Today’s excerpt is from Sedona Chip, Book #9 of the Janitors Series.  Janitors take down four terrorists at a former al-Qaida camp in Canada.  Enjoy and have a great day.

m.j.

 

It was midnight before the four terrorists arrived. The Janitors up at that time were Jim, monitoring the sensor screen; Hector, in a sniper position; and Dan, acting as lookout, a bit south of the camp.  The two crewmembers up were Goose and his son Chet.  As it turned out, the terrorists had gotten lost and came in from west of the camp.  Luckily they had no real experience in such matters and their headlights broadcast their arrival in plenty of time for the Janitors to know they were coming.  Until they reached the runway, their lights were bouncing up and down.  After reaching it, the lights steadied. 

By then, Jim had already muttered into his headset, “Whoever’s awake under the netting, get Harry and Bruce up, please.  Hector, after they reach the runway and get near the plane, take their vehicle out—engine first, then the lights so our vision goggles are a benefit again.  Dan, you hold firm where you’re at, just in case these aren’t the guys we’re waiting on—or they aren’t alone.  I’m gonna hold firm also, to keep an eye on the sensor screen.”

As the vehicle—an SUV, as it turned out—neared the plane’s parking spot, Harry and Bruce reported that they were up.

Jim pointed.  “Guys, run the opposite direction of their vehicle, to get behind it.”

Neither man replied, but both ducked under the netting on the opposite side of the plane from the runway, and hurried west as the SUV drove east on the runway.

Hector, who had replaced the anti-personnel rounds in his sniper rifle with armor-piercing rounds, took careful aim and squeezed of a shot that went through the radiator and tore into the vehicle’s engine.  The engine shut down immediately and the vehicle slowed, as Hector took out one headlight, then quickly the other one.

The first shot Hector fired had made an awful racket as it tore the engine of the SUV apart, so the terrorists knew they were under fire.  The driver took a few seconds before he tried to stop the vehicle.  The terrorist in the rear seat was much quicker.  He pushed his door open and rolled out of the still-moving SUV.  When he righted himself, he ran in the direction of the plane.  Fortunately for Goose, the man was carrying a gun.  Goose had no hesitation when he fired through the netting and hit the terrorist in the throat.  The terrorist died never knowing he was running toward a plane.  His intent had been to reach the wooded area around it. 

Meanwhile, another of the terrorists had gotten out the other—right—side of the SUV and Hector shot him in the chest.  Since he was still using armor-piercing rounds, the shot went right on through, without killing him.  He lived only a short time longer, however, as Hector shot him again and killed him.  While he fired those two shots, Harry and Bruce approached the vehicle from the rear-left, just as the driver got out.  Both men fired and hit him.  He was dead before he hit the ground.

The last terrorist got out of the SUV with his hands raised.  Harry looked at Bruce, Bruce looked at Harry and shrugged just as Hector—now having changed back to anti-personnel rounds—shot him in the temple.  The round exploded in his head and he fell to the ground.  He also had two more shots hit his head before he fell.  Both Harry and Bruce had fired as well.

Jim asked, “All down?”

Bruce and Harry—who were by then standing near the SUV, three dead bodies, and could see the fourth near the netting—both answered, “Yeah.”

Jim headed toward them.  “Dan, Hec, hold firm.  I’m gonna have a look.”

Jim had put the monitoring gear for the sensors in one of the dune buggies and drove it to a point between the SUV and the fourth dead terrorist.  As he walked up to the terrorist Goose had killed, he noted the shot to the throat and asked, “Who did this one?”

Goose, who had come from under the netting and was standing near the dead body, answered, “Me.”

“Nice shooting.”

“Not really.  At fifteen feet, I was aiming at his head.”

“He’s dead, Goose.  Thanks for the help.”

 

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