Wolk
The howny wabbit
- Joined
- Sep 21, 2002
- Posts
- 3,537
The blessing of living in a wealthy neighbourhood of Dublin was that each house, even in the very area where real estate was so valuable, had a plot of land so large that one need never even meet one's neighbours or be disturbed by their sounds. So was the curse.
The night created many good places in the forested lot that held the Worthings' house. There, in the shadows, three masked men lurked.
"Alpha: clear."
"Charlie: clear. Package is in the house."
The words, barely whispered, were picked up by throat-mounted microphones and carried through super-short waves of tactical radios to those they were ment for. Say what the papers might - especially those controlled by Dublin's rats - but Michael Flaherty had a professional team, even if they did not serve anyone but their own beliefs.
It was all plain and simple to Michael, really. The Catholics broke off part of what rightfully beloned to England. People like them, made the Empire fall. And, as much as Michael would deny personal reasons, they killed his father. This was not something easy to foret and forgive.
Worthing, Commander Worthing, was in his way since that day he had first foiled Michael's crew's operation and put three of his men into jail. It could not be explained by merely doing his duty to his post, no. The man was a fanatic, and enemy fanatics deserved anything that Michael could throw at them. He had smiled when he first thought of this plan. It would be most exquisite to not only secure financing for his future operations, but to make his enemy provide the money.
"Echo, report." Michael whispered.
"Echo standing by."
"Alpha, provide overwatch. Charlie and Bravo moving in."
Silently, the two men crept up to the house. Thankfully, the Commander did not keep dogs, and his house alarm system was off, even though both he and his son were away. After all, there were still people in the house. Right?
Ten seconds with a universal key and the back door was opened, allowing Michael and his "trailer" - the man following the group leader - inside. Seeing a maid aroudn the corner, Michael raised an odd-looking pistol and fired. There was little sound, and instead of a bullet, out flew a small dart, bearing with it a tiny canister of chlorophorm-based sedative. The maid collapsed softly onto the floor, not to wake up for several hours.
Thusly, they made their way upstairs and into the bedroom of their target. Shaylee, the sweet thing of a daughter of accursed Worthing. The girl only barely had time to turn around and gasp at the sight of masked men, before she fell down unconscious just like the maid did before. Michael motioned to the other man, who picked the young girl and carried her over his shoulder.
"Echo, move in to extract." Michael said quietly.
In another minute, they were out of the hosue, and in three, all were safely loaded into a pair of luxury cars with powerful engines. Before the breaking-in was ever found, Michael, one other man and Shaylee were safely hunkered down at one of the group's numerous hideouts in the countryside, where nobody would think of looking.
The room in the basement that was used more than once to hold prisoners before was brought up to standards a little bit for Shaylee. She was, after all, a young lady, even if she was Catholic and the daughter of his foe. Still, it was quite secure and had no windows, even if the bed and furniture were quite decent. Michael laid her down onto the bed, and couldn't help but admire for several moments how beautiful she was. Then, he stood up and left, locking the sturdy metal door behind him.
The night created many good places in the forested lot that held the Worthings' house. There, in the shadows, three masked men lurked.
"Alpha: clear."
"Charlie: clear. Package is in the house."
The words, barely whispered, were picked up by throat-mounted microphones and carried through super-short waves of tactical radios to those they were ment for. Say what the papers might - especially those controlled by Dublin's rats - but Michael Flaherty had a professional team, even if they did not serve anyone but their own beliefs.
It was all plain and simple to Michael, really. The Catholics broke off part of what rightfully beloned to England. People like them, made the Empire fall. And, as much as Michael would deny personal reasons, they killed his father. This was not something easy to foret and forgive.
Worthing, Commander Worthing, was in his way since that day he had first foiled Michael's crew's operation and put three of his men into jail. It could not be explained by merely doing his duty to his post, no. The man was a fanatic, and enemy fanatics deserved anything that Michael could throw at them. He had smiled when he first thought of this plan. It would be most exquisite to not only secure financing for his future operations, but to make his enemy provide the money.
"Echo, report." Michael whispered.
"Echo standing by."
"Alpha, provide overwatch. Charlie and Bravo moving in."
Silently, the two men crept up to the house. Thankfully, the Commander did not keep dogs, and his house alarm system was off, even though both he and his son were away. After all, there were still people in the house. Right?
Ten seconds with a universal key and the back door was opened, allowing Michael and his "trailer" - the man following the group leader - inside. Seeing a maid aroudn the corner, Michael raised an odd-looking pistol and fired. There was little sound, and instead of a bullet, out flew a small dart, bearing with it a tiny canister of chlorophorm-based sedative. The maid collapsed softly onto the floor, not to wake up for several hours.
Thusly, they made their way upstairs and into the bedroom of their target. Shaylee, the sweet thing of a daughter of accursed Worthing. The girl only barely had time to turn around and gasp at the sight of masked men, before she fell down unconscious just like the maid did before. Michael motioned to the other man, who picked the young girl and carried her over his shoulder.
"Echo, move in to extract." Michael said quietly.
In another minute, they were out of the hosue, and in three, all were safely loaded into a pair of luxury cars with powerful engines. Before the breaking-in was ever found, Michael, one other man and Shaylee were safely hunkered down at one of the group's numerous hideouts in the countryside, where nobody would think of looking.
The room in the basement that was used more than once to hold prisoners before was brought up to standards a little bit for Shaylee. She was, after all, a young lady, even if she was Catholic and the daughter of his foe. Still, it was quite secure and had no windows, even if the bed and furniture were quite decent. Michael laid her down onto the bed, and couldn't help but admire for several moments how beautiful she was. Then, he stood up and left, locking the sturdy metal door behind him.