Hyena Road Page #6

but they're in costume.

Black turbans, black man jams.

These guys are not even trying

to hide who they are. Over.

66 Bravo, we have hostile action

against civilians.

Three Niner Alpha,

clarify "hostile action".

They're taking kids.

Little girls.

Three Niner Alpha, do you have

imminent threat, over?

66 Bravo, negative,

but they are grabbing

little girls

and dragging them

to their trucks.

Authorized to engage? I am

getting ready to take the shot.

No, I'm stepping in.

66 Bravo, this is Golf Niner

Whisky. Sit tight, over.

The f***?! Take them down!

Unless they pull out weapons,

we can't get involved.

- 66 Bravo, I can intervene.

- Golf Niner Whisky, negative.

Unless you see a weapon,

do not intervene.

66 Bravo, they are taking

little kids.

Golf Niner Whisky, sit tight.

66 Bravo, clarify.

Are you f***ing kidding me?

Golf Niner Whisky, unless you

see a weapon, do not engage.

- We gotta do something!

- Your guys will stand down.

- Jesus Christ!

- Settle down, Warrant! F***.

F...uck.

- You're out of line, here!

- Why didn't you override?

'Cause it's an intel op,

it's their call!

Rules of engagement.

You know that!

- It's a f***ing crime!

- We need to talk.

No, you know what?

We're good, we're good. Hey, Mitchell!

Mitchell, what are those girls,

like 8, 10 years old, huh?

And we just stand there? What's

gonna happen to them, huh?

They're gonna be sold,

that's what's gonna happen.

BDK will hand them over

to the Talis,

the Talis will put them

on the market.

Whatever they get above

5, they're gonna keep,

but BDK will get his $5,000.

And then I don't know,

they're gonna end up in...

some shitty marriage

in Dubai, or worse,

they're gonna end up sucking

dick in some brothel

outside of Fort McMurray.

You know this

and we don't intervene?

We didn't intervene because

we didn't have imminent threat.

Those are the rules

of engagement!

I had to make that call!

We didn't intervene because

BDK is protected by a roof

on top of which is a great

big f***ing sign that reads CIA!

He's their asset. Now, you wanna

bring down our general

and f*** up

the entire battle group?

Be my guest, go ahead,

shoot him.

What kind of f***ing war

are we fighting here?!

Oh, come on, it's not one war!

It's a whole bunch

of different wars.

And mine,

it's like a 3D chess game.

Half the time, I don't even know

who the f***

I'm playing against.

We're not playing games here!

No, we're not.

But we're not here

so kids can fly kites either.

Then what the f***

are we doing here?

We are rolling back the clock

and we are stacking the deck

so this time,

the complete f***ing

crazies don't win.

Haji, did you get all of that?

Yes, the relay was clear.

He's going to have to react.

He will make badal.

Okay, badal is another

one of those tribal pillars.

Come on, sit down.

Sit down.

Badal basically means, like...

revenge, or...

It's like an eye for an eye

kinda thing.

It's more about honour.

If the leader of the family

cannot restore honour to them,

then he must leave, forever.

So the Ghost has no choice.

He must act.

Here's the thing.

BDK served under the Ghost

in the war against the Russians.

Story goes that a Russian

chopper went down

and BDK ass-raped one of the pilots.

And as punishment,

the Ghost embarrassed him

in front of the rest of the muj.

- So you see, badal continues.

- BDK is a bad guy

and he needs to be brought down.

Now we can't do it,

but the Ghost can. To do that,

we gotta boost the stature

of the Ghost,

and we're gonna start

by inviting the Ghost

to the ceremony for Hyena Road.

Put them together.

Badal is possible.

I'm also gonna offer up

the safe house.

If they meet on Hyena Road,

it's political. If they meet

at the safe house, it's personal.

Either way,

there's gonna be fireworks.

Okay, there's a flight heading back to KAF

in about 10-11 Mikes, I'm gonna hop on it.

I need you to set up

a meeting with the Ghost,

we'll do it at the safe house.

And I need your team

to scope out security

at the ceremony site

and at the safe house.

Ryan...

Ryan...

Don't think I don't feel

for those girls, 'cause I do.

And we'll do what we can

to find them.

But right now, in the bigger

picture, we need the Ghost.

Travis said

you were looking for me.

Yeah...

Alright, look, I'm sorry,

I lost my sh*t.

But you know me. And

you know that most of the time,

I'm proud about what we do here

and I'm proud about

how we go about doing it,

but... those were kids.

If we can't help them, what's

the point of doing all this?

I don't... have an answer for

that, and for what it's worth,

I agree with you,

but that's not, um...

what I wanted to see you about.

Uh, do you mind just...

closing the door?

Uh...

Have a seat, I just have

to show you something.

What's this?

Uh, that's our baby.

It was... Cyprus, I guess.

It's one of the most beautiful

things I've ever seen.

The most beautiful thing.

This kind of changes things...

doesn't it?

Yeah, yeah,

it changes everything.

I think that... you know,

in terms of the brass,

we're gonna be okay because it

happened while we were on leave,

but we gotta figure out

what we're... gonna do.

Figure out

what we're gonna do?

We're gonna have a baby.

Is that what you want?

Yeah, of course it's what

I want, more than anything.

Okay, good, I'm glad.

You know,

you're making me crazy.

I know, I'm making myself crazy.

- What did you think I'd think?

- I don't know, I just was...

I was nervous. We didn't...

...leave things very well.

Come here, come here,

come here. Hey...

We're gonna have a baby.

Oh! Oh!

You sure it's mine?

Niner Niner Tac on base.

C*cks! Another IED hit

out on Hyena.

One KIA. A guy out of Kabul,

father of how many, Shorty?

- Five, sir.

- Five. F***.

Finding these pricks is like

nailing Jell-O to the wall.

I cannot keep losing civilians

if we're gonna get Hyena built.

And if we're gonna prevail

down there...

Hyena's gotta go through.

I gotta get out there,

on the ground,

gotta get my Leopard 2s rolling,

and blow them f***ers

out of their beds.

I gotta find

their weapons caches,

I gotta f*** with

their command and control

and I cannot do that bouncing

around in goddamn helicopters.

That's a kinetic imperative,

Pete.

I'm gonna need a little

help from you non-kinetic types.

I need you effects guys going

there and work your magic.

Understood, sir.

We are working on it.

My Afghan guys tell me that

BDK's behind all of this sh*t.

The more the security situation

deteriorates,

the more money he's making out

of all the gravel trucks,

all the other stuff

he's into us for.

- F***ing horrible little man.

- If he was out of the picture,

getting Hyena through

would be a hell of a lot easier.

He gets knocked of his perch,

I would not weep.

Understood, sir.

I hear the Ghost's back.

- Yes, sir.

- See a threat?

Just the opposite. I think

he could be a powerful ally.

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