17-02-2020, 02:24 AM
A few seconds after Dietz opened fire, the shots on shore were heard in the launch leaving the LCS Avanti, running silent in the harbor. Generalissimo Hernando Ramirez, Detective Inspector Luc Tomas Allaine, and the Ultimados accompanying them hunkered down in their body armor. The pilot turned the prow of the launch toward the docks and the engines roared to life.
"Shots fired!" Came over the Generalissimo's radio, confirming what they'd heard a moment before. A few moments later came the message "He says they've wired the building."
Behind them, the Ammiraglio ordered the ship powered up. Ramirez gave Luc a look that asked if he thought Dietz was telling the truth.
"We think we've accounted for all the C-4 in Scott's crate!" Luc shouted over all the engine noise. "He may have had more! Dietz is in a panic; he's never come this close to being caught! He'll say or do anything now, so a bluff is just as likely!"
"If he's got hostages," Ramirez shouted back. "he hasn't said!"
The pilot turned off the engine and glided toward a dock with two large speedboats tied to it. Ultimados jumped out and secured them while the pilot of their craft did the same. The two of them drew their weapons and stepped onto the wooden planks.
"I think we've just found his escape route." Luc commented before turning to Ramirez. "There are no hostages. He'd have been sure to tell us. He would have needed to take them before blowing up their last hideout. With the entire country watching out for him and his team, grabbing someone off the street wasn't an option. The bluff would last as long as it took your people to do a thermal scan of the building, which I'm sure has already been done."
"Si." Ramirez said in a low tone as they entered the middle of the Ultimados moving up the ramp to the shore. "They confirm four people inside. Three have taken up defensive positions; the fourth, from his movements, appears to be changing clothing."
"That's Dietz!" Luc said back in an excited whisper. "If he were changing into a disguise, all of them would be doing so. This is an act of vanity in a moment of crisis. He's dressing for his swan song."
"Generalissimo," the voice of Capitan Ortega said to both of them from the headsets on their helmets. "Hold your advance. SU: LFC is en route to your position."
He groaned before ordering the Ultimados to take cover in the alley they'd been moving through while they waited. Luc followed him.
"SU stands for 'Special Unit," I would imagine. LFC?" Luc asked.
"La Fucking Contessa." Helen explained from the shadows. A moment later, she and Mander emerged. Mander had changed from his usual shorts and t-shirt into black slacks and a matching turtleneck. Helen was dressed in a black catsuit, her Prada bag slung over her shoulder.
"You got to us quickly." Ramirez stated with the tone of a man who knew he was about to be asked to do something he didn't want to do.
"Well, Mander and I know a thing or two about sneaking through back alleys." She replied, lighting a cigarette. The Generalissimo took that to mean they'd be holding position for a bit and ordered the troops to keep watch.
In his head, the Generalissimo went through the things he should say. That La Contessa shouldn't be here. That it was dangerous and about to get more dangerous. That she should go back behind the barricades and let the professionals handle it. He'd also had enough similar discussions with La Contessa to recognize that he wasn't going to win at this point.
"We found the boats they planned to escape in and cut off their route." Ramirez told her. "They have no way out."
"Dietz has concluded this by now." Luc added. "He's learned how your country feels about Nazis and that he wouldn't survive seventy-two hours in prison here. The only place he has to run from here is Valhalla."
"That's why I don't plan to give him the option." Helen replied. She turned to Ramirez. "He's got guns, he might have bombs, we're reasonably sure he's carrying cyanide like the others. We've got him boxed in. And I promised these fuckers weren't going to kill anyone else, remember? I didn't decree it or anything, but I'm doing it one now! And there's only way we're going to take him alive without more of The People being hurt."
Helen took a drag of her cigarette. Everyone knew what her next thought would be.
"Get me in close enough to make him surrender."
"Shots fired!" Came over the Generalissimo's radio, confirming what they'd heard a moment before. A few moments later came the message "He says they've wired the building."
Behind them, the Ammiraglio ordered the ship powered up. Ramirez gave Luc a look that asked if he thought Dietz was telling the truth.
"We think we've accounted for all the C-4 in Scott's crate!" Luc shouted over all the engine noise. "He may have had more! Dietz is in a panic; he's never come this close to being caught! He'll say or do anything now, so a bluff is just as likely!"
"If he's got hostages," Ramirez shouted back. "he hasn't said!"
The pilot turned off the engine and glided toward a dock with two large speedboats tied to it. Ultimados jumped out and secured them while the pilot of their craft did the same. The two of them drew their weapons and stepped onto the wooden planks.
"I think we've just found his escape route." Luc commented before turning to Ramirez. "There are no hostages. He'd have been sure to tell us. He would have needed to take them before blowing up their last hideout. With the entire country watching out for him and his team, grabbing someone off the street wasn't an option. The bluff would last as long as it took your people to do a thermal scan of the building, which I'm sure has already been done."
"Si." Ramirez said in a low tone as they entered the middle of the Ultimados moving up the ramp to the shore. "They confirm four people inside. Three have taken up defensive positions; the fourth, from his movements, appears to be changing clothing."
"That's Dietz!" Luc said back in an excited whisper. "If he were changing into a disguise, all of them would be doing so. This is an act of vanity in a moment of crisis. He's dressing for his swan song."
"Generalissimo," the voice of Capitan Ortega said to both of them from the headsets on their helmets. "Hold your advance. SU: LFC is en route to your position."
He groaned before ordering the Ultimados to take cover in the alley they'd been moving through while they waited. Luc followed him.
"SU stands for 'Special Unit," I would imagine. LFC?" Luc asked.
"La Fucking Contessa." Helen explained from the shadows. A moment later, she and Mander emerged. Mander had changed from his usual shorts and t-shirt into black slacks and a matching turtleneck. Helen was dressed in a black catsuit, her Prada bag slung over her shoulder.
"You got to us quickly." Ramirez stated with the tone of a man who knew he was about to be asked to do something he didn't want to do.
"Well, Mander and I know a thing or two about sneaking through back alleys." She replied, lighting a cigarette. The Generalissimo took that to mean they'd be holding position for a bit and ordered the troops to keep watch.
In his head, the Generalissimo went through the things he should say. That La Contessa shouldn't be here. That it was dangerous and about to get more dangerous. That she should go back behind the barricades and let the professionals handle it. He'd also had enough similar discussions with La Contessa to recognize that he wasn't going to win at this point.
"We found the boats they planned to escape in and cut off their route." Ramirez told her. "They have no way out."
"Dietz has concluded this by now." Luc added. "He's learned how your country feels about Nazis and that he wouldn't survive seventy-two hours in prison here. The only place he has to run from here is Valhalla."
"That's why I don't plan to give him the option." Helen replied. She turned to Ramirez. "He's got guns, he might have bombs, we're reasonably sure he's carrying cyanide like the others. We've got him boxed in. And I promised these fuckers weren't going to kill anyone else, remember? I didn't decree it or anything, but I'm doing it one now! And there's only way we're going to take him alive without more of The People being hurt."
Helen took a drag of her cigarette. Everyone knew what her next thought would be.
"Get me in close enough to make him surrender."
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