A crackle at my earbuds told me someone was trying to contact me. I hung up on Charles, and barked my codename on the radio.
"Eagle 1, here."
I watched with despair the rubble and debris blocking the temple's entrance. We'll need time, dammit, time we didn't have, to clear out the door. Not to mention the excavation equipment we'll have to get to do it, too.
"Eagle 1, this is Mother Nest, do you copy?" "I copy, Mother Nest. Over."
"I'm connecting you with Sparrow 1." That was the codename for the CIA Director, who was following the operation's progress.
"Eagle 1, report."
"An explosion blocked the way to the rat's hideout, sir." "Do you think he's there?"
"Certainly, sir."
"So the rat is trapped."
"I don't think so. No, sir."
"What do you mean? Explain yourself!"