May 2020 BCE
Southern Iran
Three guards on the rooftop.
Two walking inside the fenced in perimeter. The 10 foot concrete wall was adorned with 2 rows of circular barbed wire. It was a testament to the value of the prize within.
Paul had scoped this place for a week tracking shipments, counting personel, and writing down daily movement schedules, especially the changing of the guards. There were 27 in total, but the barracks were inside the compound so he hadn't been able to definitively track their sleep schedule.
The level of security was hardly unexpected, he had known this would be a tough assignment from the start. Nobody offers a 1.2 million dollar bounty for an easy job, but Paul wasn't in the habit of taking easy jobs anyways. If he had wanted the easy cash, he would have stayed with the U.S. Navy in DEVGRU, but where was gut wrenching thrill in knowing that your teammate would always have your back? Not to mention having to cover for their less than perfect planning and reactions. No, it was much better riding solo, and that's exactly what he intended to do.
Paul's breathing slowed and he put the rooftop guard in his sights. There were three of them, but only one was close to the wooden rooftop door. Running through the motions, he put each one in his sights. 1, 2, and 3, then the two perimeter guards and last up, anyone who was foolish enough to check the window.
"Here goes nothing", Paul thought in mental preperation.
His breathing stopped altogether and he squeezed the trigger.
Two walking inside the fenced in perimeter. The 10 foot concrete wall was adorned with 2 rows of circular barbed wire. It was a testament to the value of the prize within.
Paul had scoped this place for a week tracking shipments, counting personel, and writing down daily movement schedules, especially the changing of the guards. There were 27 in total, but the barracks were inside the compound so he hadn't been able to definitively track their sleep schedule.
The level of security was hardly unexpected, he had known this would be a tough assignment from the start. Nobody offers a 1.2 million dollar bounty for an easy job, but Paul wasn't in the habit of taking easy jobs anyways. If he had wanted the easy cash, he would have stayed with the U.S. Navy in DEVGRU, but where was gut wrenching thrill in knowing that your teammate would always have your back? Not to mention having to cover for their less than perfect planning and reactions. No, it was much better riding solo, and that's exactly what he intended to do.
Paul's breathing slowed and he put the rooftop guard in his sights. There were three of them, but only one was close to the wooden rooftop door. Running through the motions, he put each one in his sights. 1, 2, and 3, then the two perimeter guards and last up, anyone who was foolish enough to check the window.
"Here goes nothing", Paul thought in mental preperation.
His breathing stopped altogether and he squeezed the trigger.
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