A New World [7] Takedown

Authors: John O'brien

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“The radio call is hushed as it exits from the cockpit speaker but startles me awake nonetheless.
“Sir?” the soldier on watch in the cockpit says.
“I heard it and I’m up,” I reply, climbing out of my sleeping bag into the chilled air.
“Shall I wake the others?” he asks.
“Let’s wait and see what’s up first,” I answer.
I step across the steel deck feeling the cold seep through my socks. The night is still filled with night runners prowling the ramp; some exiting while others emerge from between th...e hangars. I hope there isn’t a problem with anyone in the other aircraft parked along the ramp adjacent to us. If there is, with the number of night runners out, there really won’t be much that we can do to assist.
“Jack, this is Tim. Did you catch that?” I hear over the radio.
“Yeah. I caught that. I’m about to try and make contact. Any idea of who it might be?”
“Not a clue,” he answers.
“Okay. I’ll call you back if I find out anything,” I say and switch the radio to transmit over the emergency channel.MoreLess Read More Read Less