TERRA EMPIRE: ON THE EVE OF WORLD WAR

Episode 32: SORRY I BROUGHT YOU HERE

After the second explosion that occurred on the fifth floor of – that alarmed everyone – circumstances turned quiet. Walkie-talkies do not listen to any movement from within so everyone gathered on the page can only guess, most likely the ******* still going to try to force open the door of the CEO room somehow again.

The SFPD still did not dare to storm back into Machina Factory even though the President, Duncan Tramp, Professor McQueen, and others had come out safely from captivity or because of the position of ******* concentrating on the fifth floor certainly makes it easier for the apparatus to do the framing without endangering the hostages.

Lieutenant Mills decided to wait, a number of police who are there now is not enough to do a rescue action, let alone they have just been hit by bombs installed by the *******, he wanted to recover the spirit of his men first.

The death of his colleague, Ron, the commander of the SWAT team squad due to a bomb explosion when they were about to storm in was also a crushing blow. Not to mention the second explosion on the top floor just now.either how many bombs the ******* that..so despite having enough information from the Secret Service that managed to come out, so even though it has got a lot of information from the Secret Service that managed to get out, but that has not been an advantage for his side….

Therefore, the man did not want to rush.some of his men need a break to discourage fear and additional energy to be brought in by the Headquarters is certainly very supportive for it. Lieutenant Mills also did not want any civilians caught in the shootout situation, which most likely could happen in the future, and he was upset that he could not immediately return them to the city because most of the police cars in the area were destroyed by the explosion.

President Tramp is also waiting for a pickup in a Secret Service helicopter, which Jordan heard some time earlier from Jack Higgins talks and was hurtling from a nearby town. Others like Tramp Junior, Professor McQueen, Jordan and Lana, were unlikely to leave before an extra police car ordered by Lieutenant Mills came to pick up.

So everything is in a waiting situation…

“You are planning to go back inside there right, Lieutenant Mills?” The bored Jack waited finally asking for the sake of breaking the atmosphere.

“At the right time..if my people are enough..” sahut the Lieutenant.

“You have been involved in this kind of situation?”

“Confectionary do you mean?”

“Yup..”.

“Two times. A bank robbery in Tulsa, 1993 and an armed madman who captured a school in Springfield High, 2002. But none of that involved the President.”

“I think there will always be a first time,” Jack can't help but smile.

“It must be difficult to do your job..escorting the President..there are always threats everywhere,” Lieutenant Mills commented back.

“Not as difficult as you think..just just..well, there are always unexpected things, especially for people who sometimes like to be public enemies.”.

“I think the difficult thing is to escort the person you want him not to win in the election,” Lieutenant Mills said.

“Can't resist destiny, just as can't deny who we were born with.”

Lieutenant Mills smiled, “Then it felt like I was appreciating my work with its light weight. It is much easier without the media. Therefore I always want this all resolved as soon as possible before the media.” smells

“I agree. It would be much easier to say this is just plain terror than the media is telling there was an attempted assassination of the President inside there.”

“I think we agreed on that, Mr. Higgins!”

When Jordan was enjoying the conversation of the two adult men, Lana who had been staring at the teenager then approached him and reprimanded him. Somehow the girl's face again looked anxious, “How's your rib? You're better, right?”

“As you can see..I can already walk again, kok!” Jordan grinned, trying to give a feeling of calm for Lana even though she realized her body had begun to bruise due to a hard impact on the emergency stairs.

“Thank God! I almost thought you were killed when the bullet hit you.”

“Luckily I didn't know you when I was a kid. So I don't need to see what kind of fall you said was severe it was,” said the girl scowled.

“By the way..” Jordan tried to distract from the conversation that made the atmosphere clunky. “...kok you can know there is a hiding room above the warehouse storage of cleaning tools? What the hell is that place exactly?”

“The place is used as an entrance to fix the air ducts on the ceiling. They made it during the renovation of air conditioning as a temporary driveway until it was later moved to another place near pantry.”

“How did you find it?”

“When I was a kid I used to fad around here and there, and it just so happens daddy is more often in this place than at home.”

“Your own father oversaw the construction of this place? Amazing,” praise Jordan.

“I also brought him along as well, can you imagine that?”

“Luckily I didn't know you as a child yet, so I didn't have to play hide-and-seek and half-dead looking for you like the ***** that.”

Lana laughs, “Sorry yes you have to experience all this.”

“Why are you apologizing?”

“If I hadn't brought you here we wouldn't have experienced this terrible event,” replied Lana.

“Do not think. I'm glad you invited me to dinner at your house.”.

“Eatnight at my house?” Lana laughed crisply. “It's not even close to dinner at my house at all.”

“Second home, maybe.considering this place like home is also for you and your father,” Jordan smiled widely.

“Jordan Cross, if you don't call me, next time I promise I'll give you dinner at my house properly.

“I'm waiting for your promise, Lana McQueen.

The noisy roar of machines emerging from the sky cut through the conversation of the two, Jack and Lieutenant Mills looked up and several hundred meters to the south, appearing a form of light gliding rapidly across the star-filled sky. The light was getting closer and once it was above the Machina Factory courtyard, it paused for a while before descending about fifty meters from the spot where Jordan and the others were.

The propeller that remained spinning as it landed on the ground scattered a series of winds that not only shook the leaves of trees around but also waved the clothes and hair of many people. Lana stared with a look of admiration, “Newly know there is such a sophisticated helicopter.”

Jordan brought her mouth closer to Lana's ear so that her voice could overcome the roar of the propeller, “Name Apache! The helicopter is capable of flying twice as fast as a regular helicopter and is equipped with full armament that can be activated with controllers in the pilot cabin. It makes it very difficult to attack in a normal way. Unfortunately, that thing can't bring a lot of people.so I'm curious who would go in there other than President Tramp.”.

“Kok you know a lot about war vehicles?”

“Only something I read in my spare time,” Jordan shrugs.

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