Extraction

BONUS - First Tour

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Jane

2012

"Preparation for the first tour, ladies and gents. Back out now or never.", Yaz handed out a few sheets to me and Gaspar, his words making me roll my eyes.

This was the first time that the Mercenary team was going to Afghanistan. I was more than nervous, since I had never explored any areas there, meaning I had never been sent there on a mission.

"Right, here is some relevant information about the victim and the opposition. Oh, also about the city there."

"Mhm, some luxury. Is this a hotel we staying at, mate?", Gaspar said, now leaning against the table. He nodded at the papers and then looked back at Yaz. Nik walked over from her computer and grabbed a few sheets for herself.

"Fancy shit.", I commented, nodding at Gaspar. I was happy we agreed on something. The door opened and just from the force, I had a vague idea of who it was. Tyler smiled brightly at everyone in the room and pulled his glasses off, stuffing them in his pocket. I smiled a little and looked away, feeling my cheeks heat up.

Yaz looked at Tyler and shook his head. "Never on time, Rake."

"Trademark.", Tyler responded and walked to Nik, grabbing the papers and heading towards us. Yaz shook his head once more and kept talking about our mission.

"Looking more gorgeous than ever, love.", Tyler whispered in my ear. "Pink suits you.", he continued, his eyes darting at my cheeks. I was certain the blush just intensified at his words.

We parted looks and kept our attention on Yaz and at Nik's occasional warnings.

"20 million each.", said Thiago, making me nod slowly. Great amount. "You're gonna be staying in Kandahar and no, the hotel is shit it ain't no luxury, Gaspar.", he continued, making Gaspar groan.

"Other teams are going to be sent there. As far as I know there's us, an Italian group and American. ", G said, making us nod at the information. It didn't excite me, quite frankly. This was going to be more complicated than I had anticipated. More teams, more rules, which meant that no one was really allowed to do their own thing.

"This is our first tour, so the bar is set high.", Nik said. "We'll keep in touch through the usual devices and after a week in, we'll fly there to give a hand. Questions?", I sighed at her words. What the fuck did I get myself into.

"Drug lord?", Gaspar asked, making Nik nod.

"Sounds like some mythic shit.", Tyler commented, making me snicker.

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KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN

"Two hours in. Copy."

"In possession. Copy.", I clicked on the device and grasped the bags. We were up some rocky hills along with the American group. Tyler held the other bag and Gaspar was chatting with a few men in the front. We were in a safe zone fortunately; we were finally allowed some peace.

It was a hunt of some sort. Kandahar's drug lord was looking for those bags, since there allegedly seemed to be a crazy amount of coke in there. Tyler checked, there was indeed. Complicated shit, since the bags were imported from another country I didn't even know. Gaspar almost got killed today and Tyler had a cut on his cheek.

"Team A. Back to the starting position. Copy.", Gaspar's, Tyler's and I's device started beeping with the information, making us stop. We looked at each other and confronted the Americans.