213 Ambrosia Cartel: Part 20 (1/2)

Patrick waited below the water level with his scuba gear. He breathed in and out slowly as he waited for further communication from Nathan. Waiting was not his best idea and not his best interest as of now. He just wanted to find the entry for the ICBM base that was located underwater according to the intel that Herring brought. There might be any abandoned water channel that he could use to enter the hidden ICBM base. But no, there wasn't anything like that.

Nathan: ”Is this working? Alright, It's me, Herring. You should find a cooling tunnel below where you're currently swimming. It should lead to the heart of the ICBM base. Don't worry, it's inoperational so you wouldn't see anyone or anything. However, if what the pilot said was true, you will be in big trouble.”

Patrick looked down and found a big water grate that could be cut by his hydro cutter that he brought on his back. He brought that since he had thought about the whole nature of the operation. It was very likely for him to find anything that needed to be cut or break. Patrick swam through the direction of that water grate and turned on his hydro cutter.

The cutter was designed to operate underwater where regular blowtorch wouldn't turn on or even melt any metal. Patrick cut the hinge of the water grate one by one. The water grate should lead to the secret ICBM base that the United States built during the Cuban missile crisis. Patrick lifted the grate that only could fit one person.

Patrick dived down into the cooling tunnel that seemed to be a very large pipe. The purpose of that cooling tunnel was to cool down the climate inside of the ICBM base. It was the same system that the main base used to cool down the temperature inside of the interior of the base. It was used to cool the hot coolant that would be put into the compressor.

Patrick swam inside of that red pipe that led to the maintenance zone inside of the ICBM base according to Herring. Herring gave him a job to gain access to the ICBM base mainframe. The only one who had access to the mainframe was the United States government, but the base seemed to be activated by some external powers.

Herring: ”The job is simple. Get to the control room. Plugin the flash disk inside of the mainframe and upload the files.”

Patrick continued swimming until he saw a hatch on the side of the pipe. The hatch could perfectly fit him and his equipment. Patrick grabbed onto that hatch and he opened it. He climbed out of the red pipe that fit him. He closed the hatch afterward. The maintenance room was a room with a lot of circuit breakers.

Well, the location where Patrick was standing wasn't the main maintenance area. He was in the cooling system section of the maintenance area. Patrick took off his frog boots and put it on his belt that had a place to attach the boots.

”Solid copy Charlie Papa, please progress to Control Room in B8.”

Patrick heard footsteps in front of him. He hid behind one of the lockers inside of that section. Two people were walking inside that base. Those people were cartels. One could find out just by looking at their faces that were full of tattoos. Their weaponry was an AK that had been modernized. In short, these people were well funded by some unknown source. They weren't Russian either since if they were Russian, Marinka would have informed him.

Patrick aimed at those two people and pulled the trigger of his P90. Two 5.7x28mm bullets were flying in the direction of those two cartels. Those two dropped dead on the floor and Patrick proceeded to the maintenance area. He opened the door that led to the maintenance area. The door inside of that ICBM base had a similar appearance to the door that one would find inside of a submarine.

It was most likely to be built like that so the door could act as an airlock in case there were a leak and the needs of sealing the room arisen. The maintenance room itself was a room with a very huge machinery that was shielded inside of a dome. Patrick guessed that it was the reactor that powered the whole base. It was quite impressive seeing that reactor that more than thrice of his age was still functioning.