Part 3
It just took took two rings for the man on the other end to pick up the phone.

"I hope you have good news," said the cold metallic voice, which sent chills through the man's skin. He took a deep breath, he knew he'd have to tell him directly,
Beating around the bush and giving explanations would be foolish, he would be wasting more time, bringing more risk to the operation. .
"Negative," he blurted, " the objective escaped, Vulcan's dead, I tried to save him, but I was assaulted too, I barely managed to escape."
He then held his breath, wondering what his fate would be.

"Tut tut, I'm dissapointed. Turn's out we're not the best after all, are we." the said the voice, it was more of a statement than a question.
"I apologise sir" he replied.
" I'll deal with you later, did you notice which way she went?" the voice asked.
" No sir, like I said, I was assaulted too, I was trying to get out of there alive!" the man replied.
" Stay where you are, someone will get in touch, I have another job for you, and I hope you won't screw up this time."
" Oh no sir",
" Wait for your instructions, and call me back after you've finished your objective. That'll be all."
The line went dead.
The man shivered in the cold air, he glanced at his watch. It showed 1:05 AM. Cursing the bitch of a woman who had shot him, he got back in his car, and waited as he'd been instructed.


12 miles away
Kate drove through the suburbs towards HQ. The powerful headlights of her SUV swept the whole street. Even though she had travelled these streets a hundred times before, they seemed alien to her. She felt lost, lonely and scared, the news she had recieved only an hour ago still played in her mind over and over again like a stuck record player. There were only a few people awake on the streets, mostly homeless who stood hudled around fires. The noise from the engine was the only thing she could hear and it sounded rude and cold . She turned on the radio, Kelly Clarkson was on, singing "Since you've been gone" which did'nt help cheer up Kate at all, but she let her continue to sing, it was better than silence anyway.

Her phone started ringing, surprised, she looked at her screen, it was her boss.
"Hello?"
"Hello Kate, where the hell have you been?" asked her boss.
"Sorry sir, I was sort of busy, there's a situation, I'll explain it later." Kate replied,
"Where are you Kate?"
"I'm heading for HQ sir."
"Report to me once you return, remember, call from a secured line, got it?" he asked.
"Yes sir."
Kate heaved a sigh, and put her phone back in its dock. She took a look around.
Seeing a brightly lit petrol bunk, she glanced at her dials and realised that she was low on fuel. She signalled and steered into the bunk. After filling up her tank, she went into the main building to pay up and buy some chocolates.


20 metres away
Four men sat in a black Ford truck observing the woman. The man in the front took out his radio,
"We have her in sight, over."
They'd been following her for the past 5 minutes, after having traced her cell phone signal, it had been easy. Now they sat and waited for her to come out.
2 minutes later, she came out, got into her JEEP and pulled back onto the road.
They gave her a headstart, waited for a few seconds and then began driving in the direction she'd gone. They were'nt in a hurry, now that they'd picked up her cell phone signal, they had her on a digital leash. They drove without the head lights on, relying on their night vision goggles to guide them.
Turning around a corner, they caught sight of her vehicle. They followed her from a distance, so that she would'nt notice them.
They followed her patiently, waiting for an empty stretch of road where no one would identify their truck.
After 5 more minutes of silent stalking, they were on a empty stretch of road. The driver slammed on the pedal and the vehicle accelerated, the truck rammed into Kate's SUV, knocking it off the road and into a tree. The force of the impact bought the tree crashing onto the vehicle, flattening the roof.

Two men got out of the truck, taking out a smoke grenade, they tossed it into the SUV. They hoped that the poisonous gas would do its job.
They got back into their truck and sped off into the dark.


so, how was it???