Today’s excerpt is from The
Zimo Hunt, Book #2 of the Asps Series.
Bear takes out another bomb-maker.
Also, the terrorist safe house to be watched trying to find Zimo. Enjoy and have a great day.
m.j.
About the time
Jim spoke, Bear had Kye stop, right outside the new bomb factory…with
instructions to keep the car running. He
got out, leaving the door open, took one step, pushed the countdown button on
the bomblet, and threw it through a window.
He jumped back into the car and didn’t have to tell Kye anything, as she
darted into traffic and drove as fast as she could. She was actually surprised how far a car
could go in five seconds.
Inside the
house, the bomb-maker and his crew were stunned for a second when the bomblet
came crashing through the window. None
of them reacted quickly enough to get the ticking bomb and toss it back out the
window. One of them was reaching for it
when it exploded, igniting the other explosives in the house.
Kye drove on,
even as debris from the bomb factory rained down on their car, as well as
everything nearby. One chunk of the
building landed on the trunk of the car, but slid right off, leaving a nasty
gash in the awful paint job of the car.
As she drove,
Kye kidded, “Nice work, Bear. Though I
must admit you scared the crap out of me.
Whatever hit the rear of the car sure made a thud when it hit,” then she
laughed and added, “not that Harry’s car will ever know the difference.”
Bear laughed and
ordered, “Home, James.”
·
Back at the safe
house, Bear and Kye reported their exploits since last seen, with Kye telling
Harry his car had been damaged, but still ran as poorly as it had
previously. Harry took the ribbing about
the car with good humor, looked at Drew and Boris, and asked, “Now what?”
Boris answered,
“Now we watch the safe house Drew and I just visited, front and back, around
the clock, and follow whoever shows up there.
It probably won’t be Zimo—or should I say, Marwan Hanania. But it almost certainly will be one of his
people, sent by him to bring those two in for consultation. When said individual sees the two dead
bodies, my guess will be he will hurry back to his leader to tell him what has
happened.”
Drew, who had
been at their computer printing copies of the pictures they had of Hanania, nodded
his head and started passing out the pictures to everyone in the room. “Just in case he shows up himself, take
him…alive if possible, but don’t miss him.
We may only get one chance.”
Jim looked at
Holly. “Shall we take first watch?”
Holly nodded as Harry
stood up. “I’ll take the first watch,
also. You game, Jack?”
“Sure. Jim, you want the front or the back?”
Holly answered,
“We’ll take the back.”
Jim shrugged and
nodded, then headed for the door, with Holly at his side. As he walked, he tossed the keys to his
rental to Drew. “We’ll take one of
Harry’s wrecks…be less conspicuous that way.”
Harry joked,
“I’m glad someone has the sense to know why I got older cars.”
Drew exclaimed,
“Older! Are you nuts? Those cars are older than old. And they’re pieces of crap on top of it.”
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