The Quarry

[Rage Menelas]

[font=Lucida Sans Unicode]He managed to make his twenty minute deadline—just! He caught Liu's backside as he was cresting the first hillock heading back toward the installation. That damn ninja wasn't kidding—he wasn't waiting for ****! He hurried to try and catch him.

Ryan was feeling somewhat normal now, his headache subsiding a tad, but his energy level was not yet there. To top that off, he didn't know how far it was back to their destination—he had been out on the trip in—so he steeled himself for the worst. It was a good thing he did for that is exactly what he got! He discovered later that they were about six miles or so from their target.

He never did catch the marine during the hike but was relegated to trailing along docilely in his wake like an unwanted pup. He didn't have the breath to complain so he just did the best he could to follow along as expeditiously as possible, daydreaming about getting another shot at the ass-end of Pam-sae. (It was the only thing that kept him going.) Soon he was reduced to simply following in the foot prints left in the icy snow, Liu having all but disappeared from view, only visible now and again when he crested a far rise.

Panting and in severe pain, Ryan finally reached the destination to find his recalcitrant partner advancing cautiously toward the entrance, taking his time, checking for anyone that was watching. Ryan was thrilled at the respite; he threw himself on the blind side of the hill overlooking the installation and fought to catch his breath, his strength. Then he turned over and belly crawled up over the rise to get a peek.

Quang was disappearing into the building. Crap! Ryan hustled on down the slope in clumsy pursuit.