Meltdown
“The streetlights were making his task even more difficult. He pressed his gear-stick radio pressel.
'You sure he turned left into Hayward Street?' The voice coming back in Phil's ear was slow and monotonous; it had all the enthusiasm of a bank clerk counting out someone else's money.
'Correct. Target now halfway along Hayward Street.' 'Roger that.' Phil kept on checking left as he pushed his way through the traffic, with the vehicle's windscreen wipers battering to and fro.
The Predator operato...r was having no such problems with the rain. His Portacabin, erected on a vehicle trailer, was full of TV monitors, and bird's-eye views of Manchester were being picked up from two massive portable satellite dishes sitting outside on the runway.
He could see vehicle lights moving slowly along the busy streets. People were just white shapes against darker backgrounds as they walked along the pavements.
But the operator was concentrating on one vehicle in particular: the Mini with the bright white stripe that had been sprayed over it.MoreLess
'You sure he turned left into Hayward Street?' The voice coming back in Phil's ear was slow and monotonous; it had all the enthusiasm of a bank clerk counting out someone else's money.
'Correct. Target now halfway along Hayward Street.' 'Roger that.' Phil kept on checking left as he pushed his way through the traffic, with the vehicle's windscreen wipers battering to and fro.
The Predator operato...r was having no such problems with the rain. His Portacabin, erected on a vehicle trailer, was full of TV monitors, and bird's-eye views of Manchester were being picked up from two massive portable satellite dishes sitting outside on the runway.
He could see vehicle lights moving slowly along the busy streets. People were just white shapes against darker backgrounds as they walked along the pavements.
But the operator was concentrating on one vehicle in particular: the Mini with the bright white stripe that had been sprayed over it.MoreLess
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