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Steve -vs- HacKZor

“Blue Leader this is Blue Three, come in.”

“Go ahead Blue Three”

“Enemy sniper ahead. Sending visual to your screen.”

“Good job Blue Three. Moving into position now. I have him in my sights.”

A muffled shot sounded about fifty meters to my right. It was nothing like the polite little ‘spit’ sound you hear in the movies when someone fires a silenced rifle, but it was a lot quieter than not using a silencer at all. My state of the art Bluetooth earpiece beeped.

“Sniper down. You’re clear Blue Three.”

I moved carefully out of the cover of the dense undergrowth, alert for signs of enemy activity. Just ahead I could see the compound belonging to the notorious Mexican drug baron known only as “Las Iguana.” Las Iguana was responsible for the distribution of literally two-thirds of the newest designer drug to hit the streets. Its street name was Blue Betty but it was nowhere near as cute as it sounded. The combination of crystal meth and a new synthetic heroin compound was very addictive and could be deadly. I set the third of three triangulation markers that would pinpoint the position of the compound to the air support units waiting to leave Sheppard Air Force base just over the border in Texas and flicked the switch.
“Blue Leader, this is Blue Three. The target is lit up. We are good to go on airstrike. Confirm we are go for airstrike…”