The Storm

hotshot will put a bullet in your head as well as your team one by one. Those are your options with them."

"When they got the word that your mission was compromised and the Vietcong high brass sent the Cong regulars after you, they had radioed, that they were after the Ghost team. We received that transmission and orders were sent out to us to search and destroy. Not the enemy but you. We are all expendable and that’s what we signed up for, but I just have a hard time killin' my own guys. Now I can explain this to you, and you can go with it or I can drop you and your men out of this chopper onto the jungle floor from 800 feet for not taking my offer. I or my team will not be the fall guys for some misguided duty after we just saved you and your men’s lives. So that puts my life and my team's life in your hands, so return the favor and keep this to yourself." Gunny continued, "I can explain the seriousness of the issue to your men, or you can. We will be landin' at the far end of the base tonight and a truck will take you and your wounded off base to a location that will be safe for your safety and treatment. This isn’t new to me. I've had to do it before, and it has worked for me and others so far. I will not kill my own guys, and so you don’t kill me and my team. You are still alive because of us. I will be debriefed on the situation, and I will say that in the ensuin' fight with Vietcong regulars that were going to capture you and your team, that your whole squad was killed." Henry looked at me with perplexed eyes, as if he was living the situation all over again, and said, “Honestly, Zach, I didn’ t know what to say, but thought it through for what was

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