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."Hewas a danger.You all are.This Agency needed to be cleansed.""And now it has been."Kassian didn't flinch when he pulled the trigger, and blood and bits of brainsplattered al over his face.He sat for a moment, still breathing hard, but got to hisfeet when Ryan's voice rang out across the courtyard.Kassian stepped over thebody, and rushed to the Tower once again.He could see Jeffrey dragging Owen towards the training complex while Archer ranfor cover with Carhart slung over one shoulder, and Doug provided cover.The fighthad spread, and now field agents from Euro were fighting agents from the originalregime.Luke Gerant shouted orders to his guards to assist and block off entrancesto the surrounding buildings.Kassian bypassed them al , shoving his way through the chaos.As the crowdshifted, he saw Bex, Emilio and Ryan several yards away from where he stood.Bexwas bleeding furiously from several wounds, but had gained the upper hand duringthe fight and was pinning Emilio to the ground with her knees.Ryan threw himself ather back, but she fended him off almost effortlessly and he went flying to the side.Raising his gun, Kassian aimed at Bex's head but the chamber clicked and nothinghappened.Swearing, Kassian threw the gun to the side and pumped his legs,crossing the distance between them.Bex had her Glock to Emilio's temple as hestared up at her, his full lips spread in a red, fearless grin.Kassian shouted, somewordless, horrified sound, and expected Emilio's face to turn to pulp, but nothinghappened.Bex hesitated, and Emilio laughed, an ugly, hysterical sound that carried across thecourtyard.A new voice, identical to Bex's, rang out through the discord."Bex, you bloody idiot!"Kassian knocked Bex to the ground just as Jordan raised her weapon, finger on thetrigger.She tried to aim at Emilio around her sister's fallen form."No!" Ryan screamed, his voice high and terrified.He grabbed Emilio's discardedgun, and wrenched it upward, unloading the magazine into Jordan's chest.Jordan'seyes widened and she fell even as blood spread across her clothing."Jordan!" The grief in Bex's voice almost rivaled Emilio's, and her anguished criesonly ended when Kassian slammed his fist into her temple, knocking her out."What the fuck were you doing? Do you want to fucking die?" Kassian roared atEmilio, getting to his feet and leaving the twins on the ground.He grabbed Ryan,and jerked the smaller man up."Fuck off, Blondie," Emilio sneered, and got to his feet unsteadily.He staggered, andRyan rushed to his side."I'm not leaving without you," Ryan said fiercely."If you want to do this, you'll get usall killed.""Ryan--""Shut up, Kassian!"Emilio untangled himself from Ryan, and shoved him forward."Just fucking go.I'mright behind you," he said flatly.With the rest of the Agency engaged in combat, they slipped through the trees andtook the back way to the training complex.Kassian kept his eyes on Emilio thewhole time, not trusting the other man not to go throw himself into the thick of thingsonce again.Vegas didn't give up that easily.If Emilio had a death wish, he wasgoing to make it happen one way or the other.They ran into the squat, long building that housed the training center.Doug was justinside, a shotgun gripped in his hands as he stood pressed against the wall next tothe entrance.As soon as they were in, Doug smashed his fingers against thekeycode next to the door."All in?" Emilio asked, his voice still flat and dead."Yup.And them fucks will have a goddamn hel of a time getting in once they figureout who's fighting whom.First time I think it's good that we keep the rookies lockedin this bloody building."When Emilio didn't respond, Doug's mouth pressed into a thin line, and he did notmove his intense gaze from the other man's face.Kassian wondered if someunspoken communication was passing between the two.Before he could demand how the next phase of the plan had been modified and ifthey had found Blair, voices echoed down the corridor.Owen appeared to havebeen trying to run back to the entrance, but Jeffrey had seemingly yanked him back."What the hell is wrong with you?" Owen snapped furiously.He twisted and shovedJeffrey away roughly."Get off me already!""Then stop being such an idiot and trying to go back out there! You're going to getyourself kil ed." Jeffrey looked ready to grab Owen again, but the red-haired manonly sneered."Like you fucking care."Jeffrey's face twisted into an indignant glare."We're al here," Ryan cal ed out to Owen, his voice thin and weary.Owen startedmoving toward them faster.When Jeffrey caught sight of the others, he suddenlyslowed his step.His arms crossed his chest defensively."What the hell is he doing here?" Kassian barked, pointing at Jeffrey."Isn't he asellout?""Fucker wouldn't let me go--" Owen was starting to say in irritation, but Jeffrey cuthim off with a heated glare and furious retort of his own."I didn't sell anyone out, you assholes.Seong called me into her office and made mechoose her or death.The reason she noticed me at all was because of Owen--""What the hell are you talking about?" Owen demanded.Waving the question off, Jeffrey continued hurriedly."She wanted someonewatching the unit.Especially Boyd and Carhart.'Just in case,' she said.I didn't knowwho else she had reporting back if I acted like I wasn't complying.I was too scaredto do anything else at first but then I figured out I just had to be obvious and no onewould do anything around me I'd have to report."Jeffrey shifted his sour stare away from them."Obviously none of that mattersanymore, so now I'm not going to watch you morons kill yourselves."Owen eyed him suspiciously, but relented on his glare."Right." Emilio reached for Doug's shotgun."I'll go back out and distract them," hesaid flatly."No, you are fucking not, Vega," Doug growled."I been waiting for you this wholefuckin' time, and if you think I'm lettin' you go back out now, you're goddamn mad.Just because they got Zachary--""Whoa, whoa, wait!" Owen said in alarm, waving his hands.He moved betweenthem and the door, and grabbed onto Emilio's upper arm."Don't do anything stupid,Senior.Or any of you.He's still alive."Emilio's empty gaze jerked to Owen, but he didn't move.Not even when Ryansprinted down the corridor.Kassian started to follow, but one look in Emilio'sdirection rooted him to the spot.In the sudden silence, there was a barely audible dripping sound that wasaccompanied by smal , crimson splatters that had begun to pool beneath one ofEmilio's dangling hands.It was then that Kassian noticed how damaged Emilio was.How the steadily darkening stains of blood on his clothing couldn't possibly belong tosomeone else, and how his olive complexion looked chalky."Let's go, mate," Doug said quietly.He put a hand on one of Emilio's shoulders, anddidn't move it even when the other man flinched as if he'd been abruptly brought outof a trance [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]