The Wild Geese Page #3

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He's right here in this building

Behind the men's loo, there's a stairway

Top floor, first room on the left

Shawn, it's Allen

Not even a hearty hand-shake

or a "Shawn, my boy

how are you?"

- Clown

"Clown"? At least that's a start

Do you mind telling me

what you're doing here, thank God?

If we live, I'll tell you why. Idiot

Clown and idiot... you always were a

flatterer

You never change, do you Shawn?

A whole army out there and

you're still making jokes

- Let's get out of here.

- Now you're making jokes. Where to?

Don't worry

Allen, open up

A car just pulled up at the back door

- Rafer, what are you doing here?

- Cycling a bike!

- Maniac.

- Everybody's calling me names

Another car in front.

We'd better do a little praying

- Somebody's trying to lift this

contract. - What contract?

- Who? Would somebody tell me what's

going on? - Rafer, what you carrying?

This... and this

Sort of balances me up

Mr Martin, I do appreciate you coming at

such short notice

It's 4 o'clock in the morning, I should

imagine you would

And I want to get home to bed

and go to sleep

What do you want?

I want you to lift

the contract on Shawn Fynn

He killed my brother's son

From what I've learned, your brother's

better off without that son

You tell him that. He's grieving

He'll get over it.

Let's get down to facts

Now, I control a number of newspapers

I guarantee you, the day

after Shawn Fynn dies,

you and your family will be

amongst the most written-about

and photographed men in England

Wrong room

Frankie!

Get out, the contract's lifted

I'll be damned!

These gents should've waited 3 minutes

Let's get out of here,

before the police arrive

You're right

- Very gentle, the circles you move in.

- Heather, I'm sorry

She's the one who

told them the wrong room

Get a doctor

You know nothing, right?

I will pay you back, I swear

You run along, love

It was a pleasure helping you out, if I

still have my teeth

Thanks. Well thank her, you clowns

- Thanks, you're a good girl.

- Kiss her and come on

Isn't he a love?

I don't wish to appear rude, Thomas,

but exactly who the devil is he?

Let's just say he's a military adviser

Where's he from?

A government dept who has as much

interest in Limbani as we...

- Which dept?

- And that is all you get to know

Now he's going to say "yea"

or "nay" to your plan

His decision is final, so you

might as well start your briefing

There's no need to be hostile,

Colonel Faulkner

We'd very much like this to succeed

So do we Rafer...

Alright, from the top... we use 50 men

4 officers, 4 NCO's, 40 enlisted men,

1 medic

and one sergeant major who'll be in

charge of training and discipline

Who's the fourth officer?

- Mr Fynn has someone in mind

Pieter... - Coetzee

He's a South African

He served on border security

and knows the bush as good as anyone

He'll be good, I can guarantee it

And we're interviewing him

when you proceed to sign

We'll recruit in London,

group and train in Swaziland.

I assume you can arrange that

We fly from Swaziland here

and we drop from a Hercules cargo 'plane

that's on a scheduled flight to Rwanda

You're going to parachute in?

No, we will be free-falling

from 25,000 feet

You'll be using oxygen?

Could you allow him to pause?

Thanks, Allen

Oxygen, no

The cabin will be pressurised and then

de-pressurised 3 mins before the jump

Parachutes open at 1,500ft. They

won't hear the plane or see us land

The plane will continue, re-fuel, come back,

pick us up

We'll be on the ground

for exactly 3 hours

You're doing beautifully, continue

There's a plateau, here, 7 miles from

Zembala, here

We drop and split into two groups.

The first group,

led by Allen, will take the barracks,

which will be 4 miles from the drop zone

here. The second group,

led by Shawn,

will take the airport here,

which is 3 miles from the barracks

The first group will take Limbani out

and go to the airport

With proper timing, the plane should

land 10-15 minutes

later, and pick us up

And your plan of the barracks?

These barracks were designed to hold 200

men, if my information is correct

It is, I corroborate

25 of you are going to take Limbani

out from 200 men, how?

While they're asleep.

We'll dispose of the guards,

here... here... here

Cut the wires, enter here, proceed

to the barracks here, here and here

With gas masks + cyanide gas canisters,

they really won't know what hit them

My God, you mean to say that

you intend to kill them all

Can you think of a better way?

The UN will go mad

Not if we get Limbani out

General Ndofa won't say a word,

otherwise he'll have too

much explaining to do

to his own people.

You see he's told them that Limbani is dead

And our objective is to get Limbani out

Quite right

Your plan is approved, gentlemen

- Well done, Rafer

- Thank you

Oh, there's one small change.

We received some updated info this morning

The operation's been moved

forward 3 weeks

I assume you can handle that

Excellent. Goodbye gentlemen

If his back was any straighter his spine

would snap

Here's the signed contract

Read it

"Open-ended check-in account on a Swiss

bank. All expenses for weapons,

and equipment etc to be itemised

One third of all wages

to be paid in advance

Fair enough

100,000 for you?

50,000 for Janders

30,000 for each of the other officers

20,000 for NCO's and the RSM

10,000 for the enlisted men

And one half of all amounts

if the mission fails

That's absolutely outrageous!

My sentiments exactly

Sign here

And here

Here's your copy.

You can go and scream in the corridor

Shawn, would you be good enough

to show Mr Balfour out?

Yes of course

- I had no idea.

- I know

There'll be other holidays

Allen, I'd like your approval

on this equipment request

Excuse me, would you know

of someone called Sandy Young?

Colonel Faulkner, sir!

How are you, Sandy?

Couldn't be better, sir! Yourself?

Not bad

I can't say what a pleasure

it is to see you sir

It brings back memories

I never thought I'd hidden

Let me invite you in, sir

- Is your wife at home?

- Yes, she'll be delighted

I don't think so.

I think we'd better talk out here

How's your retirement?

It has its points, sir

Such as?

The f***ing rose bushes are whipping

into shape sir, and that's about it

How do you fancy

whipping 50 men into shape for me?

- You're serious?

I need a sergeant-major

and you're the best

- I'm not too old?

- What do you think?

Sir, where do I report and when?

- Tea's ready

- Look who's here, love

Good afternoon

Yes, I see

I hoped I'd never see him again

That's no way to treat an

old friend, Marjorie

He's not my friend

Tea's on the table

You're not welcome here, Mr Faulkner

My apologies, sir

I understand

She'll be crying now, won't she?

A good deal of it, but

she'll get over it. She's a lovely girl

Yes, she is

Well, you go in...

and call me at this number tonight

- Sandy.

- Sir

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