condensed master

Will Bonner
that by revisiting Waikiki beach, Diamond Head, and other places in the vicinity
before leaving.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, Gerald picked up Will at the usual
meeting place and they drove to a prearranged spot to park Aki's pick-up. It was
dark and still as they made their way through the countryside to where they would
get over the fence. Standing quietly at the spot, no sounds of movement could be
heard and Will clambered up the leaning fence post over to the other side,
followed by Gerald. So far so good, and keeping to the perimeter of the grounds
with the fence in sight, they walked without speaking for about fifteen minutes.
Gerald raised his hand for them to stop indicating that they were now near
Rodney's meeting place.
"We have to go deeper into the compound," Gerald whispered, and within
minutes the dark shapes of buildings became visible, surrounded by trees and
shrubs. "I have to wait here until I see Rodney come out of that building," he
whispered again, pointing to the building nearest to the shrubbery. His voice was
wavering, he was probably scared stiff.
Will was amazed how easy it had been to get this far without incident and he
crossed his fingers, hoping his luck would continue. Dawn began to break and they
moved deeper into the bushes to avoid being seen. It was difficult to keep
comfortable sitting on the ground, Gerald's legs were trembling, making a rustling
sound. Will lifted his own knees up to his chest, indicating that he should do the
same thing to quell the noise.
He looked apologetically at Will, but there was nothing he could do about his
nerves. At full light, activity in the area started to become evident but it was only
occasional, and no Military Police showed up. How fortunate they were to have
everything so quiet, but Will was praying that Rodney would appear so that they
could get on the move. The sound of rapid gunfire suddenly broke the silence,
followed by more of the same.
Gerald rolled over on to his face covering the back of his head, his whole body
was now trembling. He's never been under fire before Will guessed, and placing
his hand on his shoulder shook him to gain attention. Gerald turned over, a look
of fear on his face.
"There's got to be a small firing range nearby and they are probably checking
out their guns and having shooting practice before the offices open. Just try and
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