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"Noted. Out."
Almost savagely, Meredith yanked the throttle back to full power.
Reinforcements, my eye
, he thought as the boat leaped forward. What Dunlop needed was a negotiating
team and that was precisely what he was going to get.
Preferably one whose members spoke at least halfway fluent Spanish.
First the flyer crash, and now this. Murphy's Law is really riding high today
.
Raising his phone, be keyed for Lieutenant Andrews and began giving orders.
"Three to an apartment, we got sometimes even four
," Matro Rodriguez's bullfrog voice bellowed out, clearly audible even over
the other shouts and the loud background muttering of the crowd. Standing to
one side, Cristobal Perez alternately gave his attention to the mob and to the
squat adobe building they faced. The building's windows were empty of official
faces, but Perez knew they were watching. Sooner or later they would decide
they'd been under siege long enough and do something about it.
Idiots
, he thought, his eyes flicking back to the
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clenched fists over their heads.
All they're going to do is get the major's back up and force him to take
action
.
They had as yet no real economic power and certainly no political power. All
they had was numbers and the threat of violence, and that only worked if those
in authority were hesitant about shooting. The soldiers, Perez knew, would be
under no such handicap.
A flicker from one of the dark windows caught Perez's eye: someone moving up
to what could only be firing position. Cursing under his breath, Perez stepped
forward, heading for the front of the crowd. He'd hoped Dunlop would hold off
a while longer, give the mob time to blow off their steam and maybe leave
peacefully. But moving troops to the windows could only mean he'd decided to
have it out right now.
Nobody seemed to notice Perez as he strode to Rodriguez's side directly
opposite the admin building's door; only a few looked quizzically at him as he
raised his hand for quiet. "Friends!" he called & but his voice didn't have
anything like
Rodriguez's carrying power. He was inhaling for a second try when, as if by
delayed action, an expectant hush swept up the hubbub.
Turning, he found himself practically nose to nose with Major Dunlop.
The major opened his mouth to speak but Perez had always been fast on the
uptake and managed to beat Dunlop to the verbal draw. "Good afternoon, Major,"
he said, managing to put both respect and righteous displeasure into his
voice.
"We would like to have some words with you about the conditions "
"
All right
, you lazy troublemakers," Dunlop bellowed without even looking at
Perez, "you've got exactly thirty seconds to clear out of here and get back to
your jobs. After that you'll wish you had. Now move
!"
His answer was a cloudburst of angry shouts and a sudden surging forth of the
mob. "Wait a minute!" Perez shouted but his voice blended with all the others
and was lost & and an instant later his body jerked with agony and numbness
and the world tilted crazily and went dark.
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"Is this," Meredith asked icily, "your idea of staying put?"
Standing with the stiffness of a sentry at the admin building door, the marks
of dragged bodies still visible in the dust around him, Dunlop nevertheless
wasn't giving an inch. "I went out to talk as you suggested. Colonel. The mob
moved forward, and my men opened fire in my defense. Frankly, sir, I don't see
the problem. We only had to stun a few of them before the rest dispersed, and
they'll think twice about starting trouble now."
" 'The problem,' as you call it, we'll discuss later," Meredith said, working
hard to keep the fury out of his voice. He had no desire to tear Dunlop apart
in front of junior officers, but that resolve was fading fast. "Now, where's
this person you arrested and what makes you think he was one of the leaders?"
"His name is Cristobal Perez, one of the field workers. He was in the front of
the mob and led the move forward."
"I want to talk to him."
"If you'd like but I can tell you right now he's not very cooperative. We're
holding him in one of the offices in back."
"All right." Meredith glanced once more at the scuffle marks on the ground and
gestured Andrews to his side. "I want you and the others to locate and get
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