Dreams I'll Never See (Intersex gxgxg)

Chapter 14

"You want to go in from the water?" Joe didn't seem too surprised.

"Yeah. If I can find a member with a boat, I can anchor it nearby, and let the girls stay on board while I work. I can get some snorkel gear and check any other boats before I start so we have a clean getaway in an emergency. Even better, stash a car in one of these nearby places if it goes well." I pointed to several restaurants in the area. "Either way, they stay safe and available to back me up, or run. How many girls are we expecting to find there? Is there a chance we can get a bus of some sort nearby to get them to a hospital?"

He nodded slowly. "I can handle the bus, don't worry. Will you be able to carry all the equipment you need in the water?

"Absolutely. I can bring a little float for some of it, but a lot of it will be explosives I use with a remote detonator in case of emergencies. I don't want to use them near the girls, but they're good to have. I'll also need to make sure your transmitter is in a waterproof case, but the rest is just weapons, and I've swam with those many times." On a lot of the missions that I'd been on, I was coming ashore in a similar fashion, and I needed to carry multiple days' worth of gear, and it added up. Yes, the body armor would take up weight, but I could go in with my knives, a couple guns, and a bunch of ammo. Worst case, I could pick up weapons from the bodies of the fallen guards. That was something I'd done many times as well and was one of the reasons I never got attached to a gun. I'd used to many over the years, that one was as good as another in most cases.

My knives were an entirely different matter. I'd had those hand made in Toledo, Spain and never wanted to use another. They'd been custom fitted to me and were like an extension of my arm. Those were personal.

"That makes sense then. Going in by air would be too risky, and a car leaves your friends more exposed."

"Exactly. So, what kind of weapons do you have for me?"

He rubbed his hands together like he was opening a present, then popped the lid of the second container. He took out the first gun and handed it over. "This is an USAS-12 automatic shotgun made in South Korea. It has a 20 round drum loaded with 12 gauge slugs, and I have 5 spare drums. I didn't want to give you a machine gun in close quarters, and the shells are loaded with slugs instead of buckshot to minimize the chance of bystanders getting hit."

I nodded quickly, as I could understand the thinking there. With captive girls, I didn't need any of them to be hit by stray bullets or pellets. I loved it! "Looks perfect to me. Good start!"

He pulled a pair of pistols out, and to my surprise they were both Smith and Wesson M&P 45 calibers. I loved them because the grips were solid when wet, and they were more compact in design, so they tucked away easily. Joe was giving me some good stuff today! "I know the magazine capacity is a little smaller, but I seem to remember you asking for these a few years ago." I didn't mind the smaller capacity. 2 less bullets might be an issue if you were firing blindly and were trying to keep someone's head down, but I was usually trying to shoot that head instead of making it duck.

"This is exactly what I needed. Keep everything nice and controlled, and hopefully get all the girls out of there. You're probably going to want to get a clinic or hospital in the area set up to handle multiple victims of abuse." I had to pause for a moment, remembering what Lessa had looked like, and then the girls I'd rescued from the first house. "They're going to need a lot of treatment, and you might need several therapists on hand. We don't know how many girls will be there, but there were more than 2 dozen last time."

Joe quickly held up a finger, and then started typing up a text. "That's a good idea. We'll make it happen." He paused for a moment. "When do you think you'll go in?"