46 The Russians Gambit: Part 22 (1/2)

Should I trust the Russians? For now, yes. She would have to trust the Russians because the contract said so. Amar's head was extremely expensive compared to Patrick's head.

'I really went from being a hired gun to a mercenary fighting global terrorism, life is surely surprising isn't it?' She drove the car to the Syrian border. The border crossing was located in Al-Qaim. She needed to drive back to that town in that beat-up car. She got a phone call when she was holding the steering wheel of the car.

Lynx: ”Yes?”

Unknown: ”Good. Have you retrieved Amar yet?”

Lynx: ”Maybe.”

Unknown: ”No shit. Ok, I will give you a pass so you can bypass the border crossing. Meet me at the east of Abu-Hamam.”

Lynx: ”Copy that.”

It was Russian. The voice clearly told that the person spoke Russian. Is it a death trap? Hmm, no. They wouldn't recognize Lizeth right away since her appearance was far too different from Patrick. Her voice also a pure girl's voice. Besides, 250.000$ was still a lot of money. She even couldn't believe that.

It took her an hour to drive to Al-Qaim. But once she arrived there, she was worried that someone would notice a bearded man on the back of the truck. But her worry wasn't necessary. The US army didn't even stop her from that. Maybe the view of a dead body was too common in Iraq.

The border crossing was a simple gate with some Iraqi soldiers guarding it. It was a steel gate without a roof with a soldier standing beside it. Lizeth readied her smartphone as she drove through the border crossing.

”Assalamualaikum, Habibti, \u0026$-#\u0026#\u0026#\u0026#\u0026#\u0026#\u0026-#,” he said something in Arabic.

”Hmm,” she showed her the pass that was sent to his phone and the guard nodded. He opened the gate and Lizeth dropped pass that gate. She entered a new country. Syria. A country in the middle of a civil war.

Once she crossed that border, she saw multiple pictures of Bassar Al-Assad besides a Syrian flag on the road. The road was an asphalt road between the desert. There were some trees on the side of the road. But, it wasn't enough to make the surrounding looks green.

The coordinate that the Russian sent was actually located in the middle of the desert. It was in the middle of nowhere according to Google maps. Still, you could meet Russian everywhere in Syria due to the request of support from the Syrian government to Russia. She went offroading since it was faster that way. The only things that she could notice were desert and desert and desert.

It took him around an hour until something happened to her. She drove round and round and round until she noticed that three Russian vehicles were following her car. Once she nodded behind, one of the vehicles overtook her and told her to stop or they would shoot her with a PK machine gun. It scared her, she didn't need another round to stumbled upon her body again.

Lizeth complied with that and she stopped her car. She got out of the car with her hands raised in the air to avoid suspicion. Some Russian soldiers approached him with their rifles. They were wearing a standard-issue green uniform. Most of them were wearing heavy body armor compared to Americans.