Phoenix

17.

Montego ice shelf.

The group of three assassins was sitting on a slope 200 feet high from Brighton Technology's giant dome.
They were wearing white camouflage clothing, along with equipment and weapons which were also camouflaged. They can't be differentiated easily In this world of white snow. In the case of concealment of their existence, praise shouldn't be only given to their camouflaged clothing but also to these three people too.
Nobody else knows how to make themselves invisible in plain eyesight better than they do.

They were not ordinary mercenaries, All three of them were former members of the US Army's Delta Force- the force having the toughest training in the world.
they could have still served the country if they wanted. But they cared about themselves more than the country itself. They wanted money and power rather than serving sovereignty. That's why they have chosen the job of assassination over serving.

But that doesn't mean their skills have been rusted over time. Delta Force training is done to soldiers to become an infallible tool to kill people. They make mean killing machines.
They are incomparable in killing the enemy with skillful tactics and incredible speed.

They have proven themselves in the last six missions skillfully. Six people were removed from the face of the earth through solid planning in such a way that there has not been the slightest stir somewhere about those being murders.
But the three assassins were feeling helpless when they come to target number seven. 
Even if the work was possible through a risky course of action, they still succeeded in the assassination of Duit Gardner.

But there was not even such an opportunity here, let alone causing any 'accident'.
Time was running out. They were already two days behind the deadline.
They jumped down with parachutes on the ice shelf in the dark of night exactly seven days ago.
They couldn't do anything but run reconnaissance secretly ever since. The situation was becoming more and more unbearable - it may be possible to pass another day with the food left with them, but the weather was causing the most trouble. Spending the night without a good shelter in the arctic environment is like a curse.  When thousands of restrictions are imposed for fear of being exposed, then the whole thing becomes more painful than hell. Even if you light a fire, you have to make it small so that it makes less smoke.
The small tent that they have with them cannot be used unless it is night in a fear of getting spotted if it reflects sunlight in the daytime.
Because of taking a position on the slope, they have to endure the tyrant of the Cabatic wind all the time. This
Suffering cannot be compared to anything else in the world.

The team has survived only due to their strength of training, still, after seven days, the situation was such that they could collapse at any moment. 

The fierce-faced young man, the leader of the assassins had no desire to go through so much trouble especially when he realized that the target can't be killed masking it as an accident here only after keeping eyes on them for three days. He wanted to do the job in an alternative way, but permission wasn't given by their client. 

One hundred people or thirty security personnel of the research project weren't any problems to them. They had experience, skills, and necessary weapons to attack directly and go inside the facility and eliminate the target easily. But their client, In radio communication who identifies as Alpha-Zero...That person was very careful and not willing to use extreme methods unless compelled. 

Listening to this, this team of three which was named 'Alpha Team' in radio language, was suffering in this hell for the last seven days.
Alpha-Zero Ordered them to stay here until the supply runs out and to try to cause an accident until the last moment.

Lying on their chest in a small cliff-like place, the leader of the murderers and his assistant are keeping eyes on the research facility- their codenames were being used as Alpha-One and Alpha-Two.
The third member, meaning Alpha-Three, was sitting a few yards away
In the back, wearing headphones. 
A portable satellite dish one foot in diameter has been installed there facing the sky. with the help of it
They were monitoring the communication of the research facility with the outside world as well as maintaining communications among themselves.