Authors note: - This is a follow on to the previous episodes of Becca XXX Dangerous Cargo. Please read them before reading this or you will not understand the plot or characters
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Becca XXX. Dangerous Cargo. Ch 14
I woke up in an empty bed, feeling refreshed and ready to move on with the next stage of the assignment. I stretched out in all directions to squeeze the lactic acid from my tired muscles, letting out a huge yawn in the process. As I rolled onto Lexa's side of the bed, I noticed that it still felt warm and smelled of her. She hadn't been up for long.
I sat up and got out of bed, pulling my long, baggy T-shirt down and smoothing it out. It hung from my shoulder as it was too big for me, but at least it covered my ass and tits.
I went downstairs and found the love of my life in the kitchen with her laptop open on the island-worktop. She was also wearing a long T-shirt which didn't fit properly, only hers was white and mine was red.
"Morning, sexy," she said, kissing me softly on the cheek. "There's some coffee in the pot."
"Thanks babe. What's happening?"
"You're just in time," she replied. "I'm about to link up on an encrypted video call. We need to discuss the mission with Tony, Ethan, Arran and Tristan. Come and say hi."
I poured myself a cup of coffee and stood next to Lexa as her laptop screen burst into life with four male faces staring back at us.
"Morning girls," said Ethan. "How are you both?"
"We're fine," Lexa replied. "How did it go with the police at the Cedars estate? We left a bit of a mess for them to clean up."
"You certainly did. It went pretty much as expected. I've cleared things up with the police and told them that as far as they are concerned, you were never there. There was a lot of terrified residents after your escapades, but the police have put their minds at rest. It was a hell of a thing that you pair did."
"I'll second that," smiled Tony. "That was quite a body count."
"Thanks," I giggled. "I'm guessing that the police are more than pleased with the result. There can't be many of the gang members left on either side after what we did to them. Maybe that'll teach them for coming after me."
"Quite. The local law enforcement are very grateful for your contribution and they are arresting what's left of The Lees and the Mancs as we speak. The dangerous cargo is off the streets and two ruthless drug gangs are about to be closed down. I've told the police to keep you both out of the media. They are going to say that it was a drug war over territory." Ethan continued. "Well done to both of you, but especially you Becca. That was outstanding work."
"Thank you, boss," I replied proudly. "It's nice to be appreciated."
"Appreciated is an understatement. If bringing The Lees and The Mancs down wasn't enough; you've also solved the riddle of the numbers."
"It was weird how it happened," I replied. "It was like an epiphany when those two goons from The Mancs mentioned two of the numbers which happened to match our sequence."
"Well, I don't care how you figured it out. All that matters is that we now know what their plan is. They are going to attack the motorway network."
"It looks that way. Does this mean that we can bring all this to a close then?" I asked. "Surely we can arrest Shaw and his group and do a raid on the bomb makers?"
"Hmmmm, it's not quite as simple as that," he grimaced.
I felt a little let down to say the least, but I'd learned to keep my mouth shut until I had all the facts. I had a fiery temper when things didn't go my way, but I tried to remain calm. I'd thought that my work would have given our team enough intel to bring them down, but it turned out that I was mistaken.
"I understand that things are complicated, but here are the facts as I see them. We know that Ryan is the source of the MP7's. There's no way that anyone else could be supplying them to Shaw. That model of weapon is just too rare in this country. Ryan is meeting with someone to exchange the weapons tomorrow night. It all seems to fit in with the terror attack theory."
"We think so too, but at the moment there's no actual evidence that he's meeting with Shaw," Ethan replied. "We'll need to see if it actually takes place."
"It's going to be difficult to keep track of Shaw now that Nat's gone dark. Have you heard anything from her?" I asked, trying to force the issue.
"No, nothing."
"Have you tracked her phone?"
"Of course we have. It hasn't moved in days so we're assuming that she's been told to ditch it until their mission is over."
"That would make sense," said Lexa. "They'll be communicating on burner phones by now. She might try to make contact from the burner, but only if it doesn't blow her cover."
"Agreed," said Ethan. "She's a big girl, she can take care of herself."
"But what if she needs help? What if her cover is already blown and she's waiting for someone to come and rescue her?" I replied.
I kept my voice low and soft, as I knew that I could sometimes come across as aggressive. I took deep breaths and spoke calmly to appear non-threatening.
"There's no way of knowing what's happened to her, but we can't jeopardise the bigger picture for one person," he dismissed it.
"Well, let's hope you're never the one who needs rescuing," I scoffed.
Tony let out an audible laugh at my comment and Lexa jabbed me in the ribs to tell me to shut up.
"I have been in her position, many times, Becca. All of our agents know the sacrifice they might need to make in order to complete an assignment. Natalie has been in worse situations than this one and lived to tell the tale. Don't worry, she'll be fine," Ethan wasn't rising to it.
"If Natalie has gone off the radar, then you have no way of tracking Shaw," Tony pointed out. "I think it would be worthwhile if we were at the meeting."
"The weapons exchange?" quizzed Ethan.
"No, the local PTA meeting," he replied sarcastically. "Of course the fucking weapons exchange."
I heard muffled laughter from Tony's end of the call. I imagined that the rest of the Grey Ghosts were just out of the camera's view, laughing their heads off. I knew Tony didn't like Ethan and I guessed the rest of his team felt the same way.
Ethan shuffled on the screen and tried to keep his composure.
"There's no need for sarcasm, Sergeant Fox," he replied. "The weapons are being tracked along with Ryan's car, thanks to Becca. We'll know when the exchange takes place."
"Yes, but we won't know who he's exchanging them with. There's no way of tracking Shaw and Natalie, now that her phones gone dark."
"Ah, I see your point."
"We can put Becca on it," Lexa butted in, interrupting the testosterone show. "She's about to be moved over to Tony's team anyway."
"She doesn't have enough experience on tracking a target," Ethan disagreed. "She could blow the whole mission."