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Operation Inner Light : GI Joe vs. The Corps!
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11-25-2016, 02:11 AM
DerStahlhelm
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Chapter Ten: Silent Night
December 2nd, 1984, the Jones Broadcasting Group building, New York City
Even after a week, Jeffrey Martins was still furious
"How can he do this, Burt?! Those were supposed to be confidential sources!" He practically screamed at his boss.
Burt Silver rubbed his temples in exasperation. "We've been over this, Martins! You don't know he looked at your notes. And even if he did, you're an idiot for leaving them unsecured!" The president of GNN yelled back. This had been going on for a week now.
"Unsecured?! They were in a desk drawer in a locked office! That little speech he gave to the reporters on Teach's Cay was damn near verbatim from my notes. I spent weeks getting in with those dirtbags, and only published on the promise on anonymity. No names, no places. What do you suppose is gonna happen to me when they put two and two together? Not to mention, I'm a reporter not a goddamned spy!"
"Fine, Jeff. I'll talk to him. Just keep this quiet until I have a chance to fix it, okay?" Burt said.
Martins stalked out of the office and slammed the door with enough force that Silver was surprised it was still hanging on the hinges. Once he could no longer hear Jeffrey mumbling his way down the hall he reached for his phone.
This was going to be trouble, Silver thought.
December 4th, 1984, Queens Center Mall, Queens, NY
Hector Ramirez took a second to admire the green sweater the mannequin was wearing. He had left work a little bit earlier than usual today, and rather than go home to his house in New Jersey, he had come into Queens to do a little bit of Christmas shopping. A few people had recognized him tonight, but he had grown up in Queens and the people here generally still treated him like one of their own. His mom still lived in the same little house on 98th in Corona that he had grown up in, back when his unlikely aspiration had simply been to be a lawyer, rather than the impossible dream of being a national news celebrity. Mom had stubbornly refused to move out of their Hispanic neighborhood , or even at least let him buy her a bigger house after he had become famous. He was headed up there as soon as he was done here, but he realized he had something more pressing to attend to first.
Tony Tanner and Billy had been tailing Ramirez for the last two days. Right now they sat on a bench in the mall outside of Ohrbach's, watching the asshole shop for sweaters. It may have been the most boring job Tanner had ever had.
"There, mate, I think he's headed to the dunny." Billy said.
Tony's reply was to loudly slurp the last of his Orange Julius and hook shot the cup into a near by trash can.
"Let's do this."
The pair navigated through the throng of shoppers, making their way towards the department store's men's room. Once inside, Tony began to wash his hands in one of the three sinks, while Billy stood by the swinging door. Once the old man who had been using the urinal had departed, Tony discreetly checked under the stall doors. Finding only one pair of feet, he turned and nodded silently to Billy, who gently locked the restroom door. Both men pulled down their knit caps into ski masks and unzipped their coats.
Having finished his business, Hector unlocked the stall door and stepped out to wash his hands. Standing in his way was a masked man in jeans and a black flight jacket. He made eye contact with the man, who even with the mask was noticeably grinning from ear to ear. Despite the smile, the eyes that met his were cold. Where has he seen this man before?
Tony's swing connected his his six cell Maglite directly with Ramirez's nose. It was smashed nearly flat by the impact of the metal flashlight and blood immediately began to pour from both nostrils. He then brought the light into an overhead swing that smashed down onto his left shoulder. Ramirez stumbled to the left from the impact, but Tony followed up with a kick to the stomach that sent him flying back into the stall, Hector's back crashing into the metal stem of the toilet's flushing system. Ramirez sat sprawled on the toilet for a half second before Tony was on top of him. He pressed his Maglite against the reporter's throat.
"You'd better stick to reporting about skinheads and crack whores, shithead, because this is the only warning you're gonna get." Tanner hissed, is face a bare inch from his victim's. He shifted his light to his left hand and drew a silenced S&W auto from his jacket and fired two shots into the tile directly next to Ramirez's face.
With a small giggle he turned and the two men left then restroom and melted into the mass of holiday shoppers.
Hector sat limply on the toilet, blood flowing from his face and onto the tile floor. His thoughts were oddly fixated on the music drifting down from the store's sound system. Sinatra, Silent Night, he thought idly before unconsciousness claimed him.
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