BooksBarbecue
Back The Asset
Chapters (86)
  1. Foreword
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5
  7. 6
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 9
  11. 10
  12. 11
  13. 12
  14. 13
  15. 14
  16. 15
  17. 16
  18. 17
  19. 18
  20. 19
  21. 20
  22. 21
  23. 22
  24. 23
  25. 24
  26. 25
  27. 26
  28. 27
  29. 28
  30. 29
  31. 30
  32. 31
  33. 32
  34. 33
  35. 34
  36. 35
  37. 36
  38. 37
  39. 38
  40. 39
  41. 40
  42. 41
  43. 42
  44. 43
  45. 44
  46. 45
  47. 46
  48. 47
  49. 48
  50. 49
  51. 50
  52. 51
  53. 52
  54. 53
  55. 54
  56. 55
  57. 56
  58. 57
  59. 58
  60. 59
  61. 60
  62. 61
  63. 62
  64. 63
  65. 64
  66. 65
  67. 66
  68. 67
  69. 68
  70. 69
  71. 70
  72. 71
  73. 72
  74. 73
  75. 74
  76. 75
  77. 76
  78. 77
  79. 78
  80. 79
  81. 80
  82. 81
  83. 82
  84. 83
  85. 84
  86. Afterword

“We should stay together,” Sofia said.

Lance shook his head. “It’s not going to be easy to get out of here,” he said. “Once they realize we’re in the lab, it’s going to be a shit show.”

“We’re not leaving you here,” Vasily said. “I want to fight these bastards.”

Lance looked at him. “You ever fired a gun?”

Vasily smiled. He took the silenced pistol from Lance and pointed it at one of the dead soldiers and pulled the trigger. The bullet hit the man in the chest.

“All right,” Lance said.

Both men looked at Sofia.

She snatched the pistol from Vasily and put a bullet in one of the other soldiers, right in the center of the man’s face.

Lance and Vasily looked at each other. Neither knew if she’d done it on purpose.

“All right,” Lance said, taking the gun back from Sofia. He went to the dead soldiers and took three side arms and three AK-12 assault rifles from the bodies, as well as ammo and a radio.

“Don’t use them unless you have to,” he said as he passed out the guns. “They’ll give us away.”

They nodded.

“The plan’s simple,” Lance said. “We’re going to use the stairs to the second floor. From there, we’ll stay low and make our way to the main lab. You two stay behind me. We only have one silencer.”

“What if we’re seen?” Sofia said.

“I’ll take care of it,” Lance said. “We stay together no matter what. Under no circumstances use your guns unless the alarm’s already been raised. Right now, they’re still running around trying to figure out what happened outside.”

“What happens at the lab?” Sofia said.

“When we get there, we can set off the explosives on the servers. That will create another huge distraction. If we’re lucky, the chaos will allow us to incinerate the virus strains without being seen.”

“And if we’re not lucky?” Sofia said.

“If we have to light them up, we light them up. Then we’ll fight our way back to the east loading bay.”

Vasily looked ready.

Sofia looked worried.

“Look,” Lance said. “Hopefully it doesn’t come to that. They’re carrying assault rifles. We do not want a gunfight. If that happens, there’s a very slim chance all of us get out.”

Vasily and Sofia nodded.

“Just stay low and don’t get seen,” Lance said.

They went back to the stairwell. At the fourth floor, a soldier was sitting on the steps beneath them, smoking a cigarette. Lance took him out with a pistol shot to the top of his head.