Mindtease

Chapter 36

In a conference room, the three men on the black ops team watched a monitor, that showed an intense green image, and the grey-suited man occasionally took the remote and flipped through the channels...each a different night vision camera.

"Where are they now?" asked the nervous man.

"About to enter the storage unit," replied the grey-suited man.

"Orders?" asked the bald headed man, clearly showing his chain of command thinking.

"Terminate no questions," the grey-suited man said, "with maximum intensity."

Both black suited men nodded, agreeing.

The grey-suited man stopped on one night vision camera, the strike team member the one about to enter the unit.

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Zed struggled futilely against the ropes that secured him to the safe. Josh and Kirk had left him tied up against the massive steel safe, after removing the contents but resealing the door.

"Fuckers," Zed thought, and unable to free himself, focused on the numb coldness in his crotch. Zed's penis and scrotum were numb, the frozen jelly jar was melting from his body heat...but in the process it was freezing his genitals.

Zed had noticed the jelly jar when he awoke, and saw it was frozen, the grenade's pin removed, and once the ice melted, it would...trigger.

Thinking, Zed moved his legs to and fro, slowly moving the jelly jar forward, away from his crotch...which was a relief. As Zed moved the jelly jar, once it moved, the ice seemed to crack and shake...and Zed froze, afraid of shaking the grenade free from the ice. Panic set it as Zed saw the sloshing of loose ice and water, and the black hand grenade move...ever so slightly.

After regaining his composure, Zed carefully moved the jelly jar...until with a sweeping motion of his left leg, slid the jelly jar far away. Now the ice would not melt so fast, at least not against the warmth of his body...Zed sighed...glad he'd bought some time.

# # #

Josh turned on a blinker, and pulled off onto the side of the road, along a curve on a back highway.

"What are you doing Joshy?" Kirk asked.

Josh put the car in park, killed the engine, but left the ignition key in the switch, pulling a half-inch out. Turning off the lights, Josh unbuckled the safety belt, and stepped out of the car...with a gesture, indicated for Kirk to follow.

Kirk did so, and climbed into the backseat, which felt uncomfortable as it was seldom used. The bench seat still had the new, firm texture, and the smell of newness.

"Okay," Kirk said, as Josh reached forward to the driver's door and pushed the switch locking all the locks, and flipped the switch for the child safety lock.

"I don't want to be disturbed," Josh said very seriously, and looked at Kirk.

"Okay," Kirk said sardonically his tone blatant.

"And I feel safe with you here...'kay?"

"Okay," Kirk said dismissively, noticing Josh was very serious...dead serious.

"I'm going to...do a mind tease," Josh said, putting his hand first on Kirk's shoulder, and then on his thigh, patting his knee in reassurance...and to reassure himself.

"On Zed?" Kirk exclaimed. "Shit! Josh why do you want to read his mind?"

"Have to," Josh said pulling his hand away. "I want to see...it..."

"Go down?" Kirk asked pointedly.

"Yuppers," Josh responded, rubbing his temples.

"Josh...I want to," Kirk said but faltering.