Chapter 15: The raid[1]
The atmosphere in the car was tense and If one listened closely enough, they could hear the loud, fast pounding of hearts which sounded like race horses on a track.
If one observed carefully enough, they would see the little unwelcome droplets of sweat on the foreheads of some of the occupants of the car as if they were seated in a furnace rather than an air conditioned large armored vehicle.
The occupants of this vehicle were none other than Chi Lian, her brothers and special soldiers who had been assigned the mission of taking down a group of rebels that was planning to bomb different places in different cities of the empire.
From the information gathered, the kidnapped children were to be transported to different cities and armed with bombs which would go off at the same time.
Such a catastrophe would instill a fear in the citizens of the empire and spread word that the network of the rebels was far wider than they thought.
A team of special elite soldiers and state agents had been put together to execute the rebels, save the children and disarm the explosives.
Chi Lian and her brothers were forced to travel with the soldiers by the state minister for security for their own protection. It had been one thing to fantasize about the operation and another to actually take part in it.
While Chi Lian was hardly nervous because she did this sort of work in her former life, her brothers on the other hand were nervous wrecks.
Chi Rui in particular was gripping her hand so tightly that if he could break her bones easily, they would already be broken.
The three armored vehicles were speedily but stealth fully making their way to Muyu slums where the rebels were holed up and preparing for their mission tomorrow.
"I want to pee." Chi Rui whispered.