That evening Cally and the girls stood on the front steps of guild hall . Marcus was introducing Hal and Eagle to Cally . She had requested a sniper and a spotter to join her to take out Ivar before he could reach Clan Home . "Cally, Eagle here is one of our best snipers . He served in Vietnam and has one of the most impressive Kill books I have seen . Hal usually is Eagle's spotter so you are getting an excellent team . " The two gentlemen were both about 5 foot 11 inches, Brown hair, tan skin, muscular and appeared more like siblings than partners . " Eagle is your call sign?" Cally had a few questions she wanted clarified before putting herself in a car with these two for hours . Eagle gave her a short nod, "Yes Ma'am . " Neither Eagle or Hal had hardly any expression .
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"What type weapon do you use?" To Cally this was an important question . A sniper could be defined by how he took care of his weapon . "I use a scoped M2 Browning machine gun - purpose-built . 50 caliber sniper rifle when hunting weres . " Cally gave him a hard look, "You have better than 90 confirmed kills don't you?" Eagle gave her a bit of a surprised look, "Yes, Ma'am . " She smiled and said "The marines taught you well . You answer everything short, sweet and to the point . " "Thank you Ma'am . " He thought for a moment and asked how did you know I was a Marine?" Cally turned and headed to the waiting car . "Once a Marine always a Marine . " This wasn't an answer but Hal and Eagle thought it was .
Marcus held the back door of the range rover as Cally slipped in . She looked up at him and gave him a beautiful smile . "Hold the fort while I'm gone? Miss me a little bit too . " He gave her a slight smile in front of the others and replied, "Hurry home . " She nodded happily, yes home . "Bye girls! Stay inside and don't worry . I'll be back in a couple days . " Hal started the rover and headed North on the coastal highway . They had a long road ahead . Cally estimated that with Ivar on foot he should be about 400-500 miles north heading their way .
Cally noticed an unusual vibe in the car . The guys in the front were mostly silent; not to unusual, as they were hunters on a mission . She could smell just a trace of a sickly sweet smell coming from Hal . He smelled of excitement and a touch of fear . Odd . "Hal, how long have you been partnered with Eagle?" "I was Eagle's spotter in 'Nam . " Hmm "When did you go to Vietnam?" Hal thought for a moment, "It must have been in the summer of 1952 . " Cally was quiet again while she thought things over . "So you are as close as two coats of paint . " It was a statement . They were werewolves, brothers in arms and had worked together for over half a century . "Yes Ma'am . " She looked out the window at the evening sky . There was no good reason for Hal to be nervous, no good reason .
Conversation after that petered out . They traveled 200 miles before they again spoke . This time they discussed how and where to draw Ivar out into the open . Where to set up the sniper's nest . So Cally said if the area hadn't changed to much, she knew a place along the coast, it was open to the north end but narrowing down towards the southern end . Eagle could set up in a tree blind . With a purpose built M2 Browning Eagle could take out a target at 2,500 meters . Easy Peasy . Eagle turned and asked, "Ma'am, How are you going to draw him to that spot?" Cally returned Eagle's stare for a moment before replying "Blood . " She then turned to look back out the window .
Chapter end
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