Escape

In the center of the city, the terrorists that are gathered are chanting and shooting their weapons to the sky. The terrorist leaders had finalized the plan to take the city from the government. They went out to see their men who are eager to execute tha plan and cheered as they were seen. Four foreigners and two locals went to the podium in the city's center.

Terrorists clad in black clothing who waved their flags greeted the foreigners. With them are five locals who cooperated with them. Masoud appeared late and sat beside a Tamil who was observing the crowd before him.

"They will become perfect cannon fodders. The lives of these locals bears no importance or whatsoever. I hope your men could perform well and please our leader." One of the Tamil said to Masoud beside of him.

"They will have no problems in excuting the plan. I hope your leaders will give their side of the bargain." Masoud replied to the Tamil man.

"Our leader is generous, may it be in Verlusian Pesos, Atlantican Dollars or Leondrian Rounds. You may choose the mode of payment if you wish. However, he only ask of you to accomplish the objectives given!" The Tamil man assured him.

"Very well, they will not fail you." Masoud thanked him.

Sebastian, clueless of what happened to his partner looks into the window. He saw a lot of the terrorists that are gathering in the center of the city. Amir, his partner should be back by now and is suspicious of what happened to him. He looked at his laptop to see the updates from Intelligence command.

"Nothing... No messages yet!" Sebastian commented in reading his mail.

He navigated but there are no recent updates, his report have no replies or whatsoever. He returned back to the window and took his binoculars. He observed the center of the city, in the plaza where the terrorists are gathered.

"What is happeneing over here?" Sebastian wondered and continued to observe the scene.

He navigated his binoculars to find something peculiar. He continued to look until he saw a bloodied body of a familiar man, dragged into the podium. Another man was beaten and also dragged into the scene. He saw four foreigners and another five locals behind the podium. The two men and one local looked familiar to him.

As one of the foreigners started to speak in the podium, the local man who was beaten by the terrorists was forced into the center. The terrorists in the plaza cheered as the man was presented in front of them.

Sebastian was shocked in seeing the familiar man in his binoculars five hundred meters away. It was Omar and he is being tortured, on the ground he saw Amir his partner whose head is covered in blood. He realized that he has to do something, the mission has failed and he must escape the city.

"Masoud has betrayed us!" Sebastian said and wrote a report hastily.

After the mail was sent ot the headquarters, Sebastian hurriedly destroyed any piece of equipment he could not bring. Save for the flash device where important data of the mission has been saved. He decided to set the place on fire to prevent any form of evidence used by the terrorists against the government.

Done with his preparations, and placing explosives in the room Sebastian dressed like the locals in the area and covered his face. He placed the explosives in a delayed timer ten minutes since he left. He doused the room with kerosene after destroying the important documents. He also placed a delayed fuse for a flamable liquid that he placed in the middle of the room.

Sebastian is out of time if he wishes to exit the city. He knows that he is on his own and he must survive to relay the information to the higher ups in the country's capital, Tondo. He went out after the alley is clear and went to a route where not many people could see him.

Meanwhile in the city center, three of the foreign guests had finished their speech. Masoud keenly looked at the reaction of the people before him and was pleased to see their enthusiasm for the cause. Cheers filled up the place as the third foreigner finished to talk. All of the foreign guests stood up and was followed by the locals. They exchanged shaking of hands, the leader of the group exited the venue. His entourage followed him and the locals remained and gathered for some small discussions.

One of the terrorists in the plaza noticed of a smoke that is coming from a certain house some five hundred meters away from them. He rushed to inform Masoud who was surprised. He called the others to take out the flame and investigate the house.

"It must be that pesky inexperienced spy!" Masoud grumbled and called the attention of the city guards. All of the access to the city has been blocked by the terrorists after that. No one was allowed to enter or exit and armed men were around the city.

Sebastian hurried to the secret passage where he thought no one would have found out. To his surprise, he saw two armed men in the area patroling and realized he could not deal with them. He went to a different way to rest for a while.

"Pssst! Over here!" A unknown man calls the attention of Sebastian who was hiding in the alley.

Sebastian glances to at his left side to see a huge foreign looking man calling him. "If you want to live, you'll have have to come with us!"

The mysterious man said to Sebastian. Thinking that he has no choice, Sebastian followed him and disappeared from the scene. The terrorists who were tailing him lost sight and stopped where Sebastian was found.

"Who are you?" Sebastian asked the person who found him.

"An ally of yours!" The huge foreign man said to him, "I am called Cobra, a government asset. There is much I want to tell you!"