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CHAPTER 114 - THE CHOICE
The argument erupted immediately, voices overlapping in safehouse that suddenly felt suffocatingly small for conversation that would determine whether they died as fugitives or witnesses."You had no authority to negotiate on our behalf," Ral stated, voice tight with anger masking deeper fear. "Immunity deal means federal custody, interrogation, trial, years in prison even with reduced charges. That's not survival—that's slow execution.""Running separately is fast execution," Maya countered. "We scatter across continents, live as strangers to ourselves, carry guilt alone until it destroys us. At least testimony means deaths accomplished something beyond revenge.""Testimony accomplishes our imprisonment," Dmitri observed, though his tone suggested he was evaluating rather than rejecting the proposition. "Federal authorities don't offer immunity from generosity. They want intelligence on network remnants, want testimony that justifies their own failures to prevent our campaign, want s
CHAPTER 113 - DISPERSAL
The safehouse outside Moscow felt like crypt where survivors gathered to contemplate their collective damnation. Ral sat at table littered with casualty reports, extraction schedules, and forged documents that would allow them to disappear into various corners of the world where international manhunts moved slowly."Volgograd police identified seven bodies at the scene," Dmitri reported, monitoring news feeds despite wounds that required hospital attention he couldn't risk seeking. "Louis among them. Official statement calls it gang warfare between criminal organizations. They're not mentioning international terrorism yet, which buys us maybe forty-eight hours.""Forty-eight hours to accomplish what?" Maya asked from window where she'd maintained vigil since their arrival, watching street for signs of approaching authorities."To scatter completely," Ral answered. "Separate, eliminate connections between us, disappear into different continents so if one is captured the others remain s
CHAPTER 112 - Aftermath
The silence that followed gunfire was somehow worse than the violence. Ral stood over Delta's corpse while Maya checked for additional threats and Louis limped toward them, pressing bloodied hand against shoulder wound that painted his jacket crimson."Dmitri, status report," Ral transmitted through comms.Static answered. Then weak voice barely recognizable: "Command post... overrun. Multiple casualties. I'm... alive but wounded. Teams are eliminated or scattered. We need immediate extraction before police response arrives.""How long until police?" Ral demanded."Firefight this extensive? Ten minutes maximum. Possibly less if someone called during initial engagement."Maya was already moving, checking bodies, securing weapons, operating with mechanical efficiency despite obvious shock. "Assault team is dead. All three operators. Sniper one dead, sniper two status unknown. Support team..." she trailed off, shaking her head."How many survivors total?" Ral asked."Us three. Dmitri. Ma
CHAPTER 111 - Pursuit
The industrial complex had transformed into labyrinth of violence—muzzle flashes illuminating rusted machinery, ricochets screaming off concrete, radio chatter fragmenting into desperate status updates as teams pursued Delta through the ruins."Sniper one is down," Dmitri reported with forced calm. "Took fire from secondary security team. Sniper two is pinned in position, cannot advance.""Assault team is mobile," different voice confirmed. "Three operators remaining. We have visual on target heading toward southern warehouse complex."Ral ran through debris field, lungs burning in frozen air, following assault team toward Delta's last known position. Maya's voice crackled through comms despite orders to remain at command post: "I'm flanking east perimeter. If he reaches the vehicles, he escapes.""Maya, return to command post," Ral ordered."Command post is compromised," she replied. "Security forces overran our position. Louis is wounded. I'm mobile and pursuing."The operational pl
CHAPTER 110 - Volgograd
The industrial complex materialized from winter fog like skeletal monument to Soviet ambitions—rusted machinery, collapsed warehouses, crumbling administrative buildings arranged around central courtyard where Ral would meet Delta or die trying."Teams in position," Dmitri reported through encrypted comms. "Sniper one has eyes on north approach. Sniper two covering east. Assault team positioned in warehouse with clear sight lines to meeting point. All exits secured."Ral stood in the courtyard center, exposed and vulnerable, watching his breath crystallize in subzero air. Twenty-three operators had died executing his strategy. Tonight would determine if their deaths accomplished anything beyond adding bodies to casualty count."Movement on north approach," sniper one reported. "Three vehicles, heavy escort. Estimate twelve to fifteen hostiles.""South approach also active," sniper two added. "Two vehicles. Another eight hostiles minimum.""He brought army as predicted," Dmitri observe
CHAPTER 109 - The Bait
The message went public at dawn through channels guaranteed to reach Delta within hours. Ral composed it personally, each word calibrated to trigger the paranoia that kept network founders alive through decades of criminal operations."To the architect," the message began, posted on encrypted forums where network remnants still communicated. "We possess complete documentation of your organization's structure, operations, and personnel. Every account, every transaction, every connection compiled over fifteen years of surveillance. This evidence will be released to international law enforcement and media outlets in seventy-two hours unless you present yourself for negotiation. Come alone to coordinates that will be provided. Discuss terms for mutual survival. Fail to appear, and your legacy becomes public record destroying everyone you've ever worked with. You have forty-eight hours to respond.""That is extraordinarily dangerous bluff," Dmitri observed. "If he calls it and we have noth
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