The Four Mafia Men and Their Prize by M C

83 – Time to Play

Jason POV

We are standing at the base of a vast mountain range. We walked 10 miles from the main road. We drove about two hours after a three–hour plane ride on our superjet. That baby is like a Concord, built for speed. We chose an airport further away from our destination to hopefully not alert the scum to our arrival. This is his turf. No telling how many spies he has or what pockets be has lined.

Waiting at the coordinates given, we let out an exasperated huff. “Where the fuck is this person?” Charlie asks.

“I don’t know!” I exclaim. I checked my Apple Watch that Ben programmed again. We are where we are supposed to be.

The men are all taking a break. Many are sitting on the ground, leaning against the many trees lining the base of the giant mountains in front of us. The air is thinner and much colder. The sun is almost set. The blueish glow before the black sky appears against the thick tree line casts an eerie feeling and yet still seems tranquil

We continue to catch our breath and rest our bodies until the sun tas set fully and the blackness of right now covers the land. We all perk up when we hear a thick rumble sound. There are light vibrations under my feet. I look at the rocks in front of me only to watch them move. A large cutout of stone swings out toward us. A fucking wall! A real secret fucking wall in the side of a mountain! The tiny sliver of a nerd in me is all giddy inside, but I mask it with my stoic face. 1 hear Ben say in my earpiece “I don’t care how we do it, but I want one.” Thy guys and I all chuckled lowly and I silently agreed.

We see a dark tall figure emerge, cast in a shadow, and all our guns are instantly pulled and pointed at this lone dark figure. Those men that were on the ground, are all now standing in position, their weapons trained for the kill shot.

“Woah, gentlemen!” The deep voice proclaims. We can see his hands up by his head in a form of surrender. “I come in peace!” He exclaims and chuckles lightly to himself.

Charlie barks out an order and a few of our men in the Delta team go to this man and pat him down before bringing him to us. The cover of the night makes it difficult for us to see him properly until he is right in front of us. The glow of the moon helps illuminate the surrounding space.

He looks oddly familiar, but I can’t place him.

“You know, if you look closely, you can see the Orion star system just above us” the man calmly says. This is the guy. That is the code we were given. I say back “And over there is the Sagittarius constellation, but I prefer to gaze at the Big Dipper.” Finishing my words with a smirk on my face.

The guy smiles and extends his hand for me to shake it. “Im Jason,” I sternly say to him. This is Charlie and Kal” 1 point to my best friends. The guys also shake his hand.

is in trouble.” he says quickly and instructs us to follow him. That sets my insides into an inferno of rage while

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concrete castle building peeking through the dense forest canopy, lights blazing in the distance,

took the Delta team to the northwest. These teams are the sweepers, our brute strength force. Kai took the Omega Team to the south. Kai has just 6 men with him, but they are by far the deadliest mercenary SOBS we have ever seen. They are part of his team. If he’s not with us or Aurora, he is with that lot. They are

anyone could do it, it would be Oscar. Kai found Oscar during a small stint in a Russian

combat.

Aurora, to do it and get her out and get her home. No stopping, no looking back, no matter the circumstances. We are all expendable, including Charlie, Kai, and L. We will either be leaving with Aurora in our arms or our bodies will be lying on

going at full speed to take us through the man- made tunnels under the mountain. It was designed for special transport. A great hiding spot too. Stephen was noticeably quiet for most of the trek. We all

my gut. He was the one who sent us the detailed blueprints of the Marco compound. It was in that letter we received a few weeks ago. He included the map of traps and he agreed to

of his contract and to live far away from the life he had. We would help him with that new life when

open, and our weapons were always ready h by our side just in

by, each with its own security system and traps. Charlie released a few of Ben’s black drones in the air once we cleared the base of the mountain. These drones have a special reflector on them that helps them be camouflaged even in the daytime. These drones will give a boost to our systems and allow Ben and his team to access the security systems. If we didn’t have these bots, it would fry

arrows and toxic gas. There was a man–made stream that reminded me of a lazy river at a resort and it went around the whole compound. Stephen had noted that it was laced with a special knockout drug and two other levels of traps with

path that wouldn’t set off any of the traps but it was very specific to avoid the cameras and so we had to follow in

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