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Recapturing a Fugitive
Topic Started: Feb 23 2014, 08:42 PM (1,041 Views)
Demoness
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In an unspecified Third World Country...

Crafty Roukai was mostly satisfied with the way her life had gone so far. She was in her late twenties, naturally pretty, and athletic, but best of all, she worked with a mercenary group called the Hessi. She would have preferred a private military company, as they provided better pay and benefits, but her current situation and contacts only provided her with so many resources. She was still wanted by Demonessian authorities for her role in the 2011 ITC Patin attack, among other reasons, and so she could only be involved in low visibility operations.

Even if she was living in what some would consider terrible conditions, it wasn't too bad. During her time with the Apostates, she had discovered she had a talent for destruction and her current line of work allowed her to explore it. The Hessi were enforcers for a local warlord and though she lived in a misogynistic environment, she had earned fear by reputation: she didn't shy away from brutal techniques to quell the local population and she had disemboweled the first man who had tried to take her by force. While she was not in a position of power, she was respected.

That wasn't to say she hadn't suffered. Her athletic build had become slimmer since food in the Watari region was scarce, even for the Hessi. News traveled slowly, so she couldn't stay informed on her wanted status, and the equipment she used was nowhere near the standards she had used as Special Tactics. She had acquired a few scars along the way and malaria had nearly killed her the first month in Watari.

She now lived in the Hessi compound, which was a collection of six buildings - more accurately a collection of sheds - and smaller huts that also housed Hessi families. The compound was walled with tin and barbed wire and had an armed guard in a tower. Crafty should have been boarded with another mercenary, but after disemboweling the last one she ended up housed with a young pregnant girl named Darli; Crafty didn't know her story since Darli didn't speak English, but she strongly suspected Darli wasn't here willingly. The Hessi compound was approximately ten miles from the nearest town, a goat farming village with no name, and fifteen miles from Warlord Ekard, who lived in a much better guarded compound in an isolated mountain. Tomorrow, Crafty would take the Jeep with a few other Hessi and head up to Ekard's place to replace the guards. She liked it better up there - there was clean water - and she planned to catch Ekard's eye, but she never saw him.
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Topaz frowned. "<Will it not attract attention? I did not believe that there were many vehicles on the road at present aside from military.>"
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Erryn shook his head. "<Not on the route we have. Joakim has been delivering fresh produce to a checkpoint for the past few weeks. He did a test run yesterday; we'll be behind a false wall of crates full of produce he's going to give to the guards.>"
Edited by Fenwick, Jun 17 2014, 11:54 PM.
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Topaz concentrated a moment since some of the words he used were unfamiliar to her. "<So then we will come out from this wall at a later time?>" she asked.
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"<Right. If we don't get stopped at the checkpoint, no big deal. If we do, we'll be behind the other produce unnoticed. We'll get to the second stop and we'll all disembark there and continue on our way.>"
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Topaz nodded; it seemed like a reasonable plan. "<How far will we go?>"
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"<I believe that the second stop is approximately 50 kilometers from here,>" Erryn replied. "<I am not one hundred percent certain of that, though.>"
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Topaz continued nodding, building a map in her head. It would be a long walk, but it would likely be much safer than trying to cross the border in a vehicle and the distance to the border was much too far to cross on foot. "<When do we leave?>" she asked eagerly.
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As if on cue, Joakim walked over. "<We should probably start loading up. I'll need someone to ride up front with me after you help finish stacking crates.>"

Erryn nodded. "<Perhaps have Oleksandr ride up front? His leg might be better in the cab than in the back.>"

Joakim nodded and waved to the others in the group. "<OK everyone! Let's get this produce into the truck!>"
Edited by Fenwick, Jun 22 2014, 09:56 PM.
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Topaz temporarily put her backpack down and then helped load the truck.
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The loading of the truck went surprisingly quickly as all the refugees helped stack the cases into place. Everyone was encouraged to get into position and the fake backing was slid into place. From inside the compartment, one could hear the last few crates being stacked to give the illusion of a full truck.

A few minutes later, the truck rumbled to life as the diesel engine turned over and then idled. Within moments, the truck was bouncing down the road toward their destination. Erryn turned to Topaz. "<Not the most comfortable, but better than staying in a war zone, eh?>"
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