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Six

Allan Onik

I roll away from the chopper as it crashes into the compound. Full dark-no moon. Operation live. Putty on the explosives on the main house walls. Set to ignite. Courier Kuwaiti neutralized in firefight at guesthouse 20 yards away. Sputter of the rounds sound like firecrackers Team One clears. Explosives ignite. Enter main house and neutralize AK wielding Abrar on first floor. Feels like Hell Week in night-vision adrenaline hue. Neutralize the daemon’s son Kahlid on staircase—falls like a lifeless doll. Our form is like a force of nature, natural and tempered. Up the stairs. Eye through crack in bedroom door. Kick it open. The man himself cowers behind female human shield. Aim your HK416 soldier-no easy day. Two shots to the head. A flurry of rounds to torso as he falls. Into mic: “For God and County.” The Present speaks to me and the Situation Room: “We got him.” No easy day soldier, no easy day.

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