The A-Team Fic: Understanding 18
Title: Understanding
Author: Glenda
copyright 2000-2010
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Violence, including torture and non-consensual m/m sex.
Summary: An enemy exacts his revenge on Face, as the 5th season team pulls together to save him.
Disclaimer: The stories here are written purely for entertainment purposes and not meant to infringe in any way on the holders of the rights of the shows
Chapter 18
Murdock watched Nathalia carefully as she led him and B.A. toward the plane while Hannibal and Frankie checked out the rest of the place.
There was something off about her; she almost seemed in a rush to get out of here. She did keep looking behind her. Murdock wondered if there wasn’t something waiting around the corner to bite them on the butt.
“Is everything all right, Miss Chao?”
“Why wouldn’t it be? You are all safe, and I have found out the truth of my father.”
“That doesn’t make most people happy,” Murdock said. “Not unless they already knew and needed confirmation. But even then...”
Nathalia shrugged. “My father and I have had our differences of opinion off and on throughout the years. He used me to do his dirty work. I had not heard from him in many years, he waited until I was settled in my new life before attempting to make contact with me. I am deeply sorry for the role I have played in this travesty.” She looked around the airfield again.
“Are you looking for someone?”
“What you talking about, fool?”
“That’s the third time she’s looked around. Now, Miss Chao, are you hoping for a rescue?”
B.A. stopped, taking her roughly by the arm. “You better start talking lady. Normally, I don’t like hurtin’ a woman but with you I’ll make an exception for anyone who wants to hurt a member of my team.”
“I...I...,” she stammered as B.A. towered over her. “After I was able to capture Captain Murdock I wasn’t supposed to leave until I got word from a trusted family friend of my father’s. It was he who was to tell me where I was to take you.”
“Shit, when is he supposed to arrive,” Murdock asked, turning back to where he last saw Hannibal.
“Soon. I’m not sure when but I was told it would be before dawn. My father said by then the plan would be under way and there was no way anyone would be able to stop it.”
“B.A, get her into the plane, and get rid of the pilot, for all we know he’s already contacted his boss.”
“Move it, lady,” Murdock heard B.A. say as he ran across the tarmac to the office he left the colonel and Frankie in.
“Hannibal,” Murdock called out as he entered the warehouse. “Forget gathering up all that stuff, we gotta go now.”
“What the problem, Captain?” Hannibal asked, slipping a cartridge into the M-16 he was holding.
“Miss Chao just mentioned someone is on their way to meet her. Some kind of family friend. Once he got here, they were to take me and be on their way to meet the bastard. Whoever he is, he’s on his way now.”
“Damn, okay. Frankie?”
“What is it, Johnny?”
“Company. Go find B.A. and help him get the plane ready. Take those guns you’ve got gathered with you. Store them in the plane and stay there. Murdock and I’ll be right behind you.”
Murdock could see that Santana has questions but now was not the time.
“What’s happening? I thought we had more time.”
“Later, Frankie, I’ll tell you what happened but now is not the time for asking questions, just follow orders,” Hannibal said.
Frankie’s face dropped. “Yes, sir,” he said turning on his heels.
“He’s not a soldier, Hannibal.”
“He may not have planned to be one, but that’s what he is now. We all know life isn’t fair but that’s the way it is. Now did Miss Chao tell you who was coming?”
“No, just a family friend. Someone her father trusted. What are you thinking?”
Hannibal paced; his cigar hanging from the corner of his mouth. “We know Chao wants Face and you. Why?”
“Revenge?”
“Exactly. He’s trying to use Face and you against us. He knows that there is no way in hell we wouldn’t try to get either of you back. He’s got some kind of sick plan to get his revenge and now we know about it, we can use his people to find out where he’s holding Face.”
“Holding Face! We don’t know that he’s been taken.”
“Murdock, you may have to deal with the fact he has already been taken, and if he hasn’t we are going to have to let Chao.”
“Are you suggesting that we let Face be taken? You want to leave him in the hands of that sadistic bastard? No, no way in hell. I won’t let you do it.” Murdock pulled out his handgun and pointed it at Hannibal.
Hannibal put his arms up. “I’m not saying we let Chao keep him. You know there is no way I would let that happen, Captain.”
“You know what that bastard did to Face all those years ago. How can you even think of letting him-”
“Murdock, stop! Don’t go there. I need you here to help me with getting Face back. I know how much he means to you. But you of all people know that the mission comes first for Face. We need to get this animal, and Face would be the first to volunteer if it meant getting Chao off the streets.”
Murdock lowered the gun. “Doesn’t mean I won’t kill you if something happens to Face?”
“If anything happens to Face I’ll pull the trigger myself. But it won’t, he’s a hell of a lot stronger than we all think. He had to be to survive all the shit life has sent his way. Now, we need to get ready for our guest.”
Murdock holstered his gun. He prayed the colonel was right, sure his plans usually worked out but they also had a tendency to go sideways first.
“What do you have in mind?” Murdock asked.
“Well, we have Chao’s daughter, we can always use another chip in the game.”
Murdock bristled at hearing Hannibal calling this whole cock up a game but he knew it was the jazz talking as well as a good commander’s ability to separate himself from the reality that he was playing with people’s lives. Didn’t mean he had to like it.
It was always a problem of his; well he didn’t think it a problem but his commanders did. He got too involved with the grunts he dropped off. He cared that he was delivering men into a war zone and not assets to a job. That was why he would always be the first in line to get them out.
He knew everyone thought he was crazy going in to some of the hottest war zones in Southeast Asia but he didn’t care. He knew that without him those men would never get home. Just like now he knew without him he would never see his beautiful Face again.
“Captain, we need to get some kind of blind made around the airplane,” Hannibal said. He was pointing around the side of the hanger where the plane was being kept. “Then I need you to get that plane ready to fly. I want everything to look like it should when Chao’s contact gets here. I figure he’ll just walk on to the plane but if he should try to get off I want B.A. and I there to convince him to stay and keep us company. You take Frankie with you. This whole thing should go down fast, and as you pointed out he’s not a soldier.”
Murdock wasn’t convinced that Hannibal had a clue but for now he had no choice, although it was taking every ounce of strength he had not to just get in the plane and take off to find Face, and to hell with the rest of the team. But for know he was willing to stay with his unit.
But at the first sign of trouble he was heading off on his own.
TBC
Author: Glenda
copyright 2000-2010
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Violence, including torture and non-consensual m/m sex.
Summary: An enemy exacts his revenge on Face, as the 5th season team pulls together to save him.
Disclaimer: The stories here are written purely for entertainment purposes and not meant to infringe in any way on the holders of the rights of the shows
Chapter 18
Murdock watched Nathalia carefully as she led him and B.A. toward the plane while Hannibal and Frankie checked out the rest of the place.
There was something off about her; she almost seemed in a rush to get out of here. She did keep looking behind her. Murdock wondered if there wasn’t something waiting around the corner to bite them on the butt.
“Is everything all right, Miss Chao?”
“Why wouldn’t it be? You are all safe, and I have found out the truth of my father.”
“That doesn’t make most people happy,” Murdock said. “Not unless they already knew and needed confirmation. But even then...”
Nathalia shrugged. “My father and I have had our differences of opinion off and on throughout the years. He used me to do his dirty work. I had not heard from him in many years, he waited until I was settled in my new life before attempting to make contact with me. I am deeply sorry for the role I have played in this travesty.” She looked around the airfield again.
“Are you looking for someone?”
“What you talking about, fool?”
“That’s the third time she’s looked around. Now, Miss Chao, are you hoping for a rescue?”
B.A. stopped, taking her roughly by the arm. “You better start talking lady. Normally, I don’t like hurtin’ a woman but with you I’ll make an exception for anyone who wants to hurt a member of my team.”
“I...I...,” she stammered as B.A. towered over her. “After I was able to capture Captain Murdock I wasn’t supposed to leave until I got word from a trusted family friend of my father’s. It was he who was to tell me where I was to take you.”
“Shit, when is he supposed to arrive,” Murdock asked, turning back to where he last saw Hannibal.
“Soon. I’m not sure when but I was told it would be before dawn. My father said by then the plan would be under way and there was no way anyone would be able to stop it.”
“B.A, get her into the plane, and get rid of the pilot, for all we know he’s already contacted his boss.”
“Move it, lady,” Murdock heard B.A. say as he ran across the tarmac to the office he left the colonel and Frankie in.
“Hannibal,” Murdock called out as he entered the warehouse. “Forget gathering up all that stuff, we gotta go now.”
“What the problem, Captain?” Hannibal asked, slipping a cartridge into the M-16 he was holding.
“Miss Chao just mentioned someone is on their way to meet her. Some kind of family friend. Once he got here, they were to take me and be on their way to meet the bastard. Whoever he is, he’s on his way now.”
“Damn, okay. Frankie?”
“What is it, Johnny?”
“Company. Go find B.A. and help him get the plane ready. Take those guns you’ve got gathered with you. Store them in the plane and stay there. Murdock and I’ll be right behind you.”
Murdock could see that Santana has questions but now was not the time.
“What’s happening? I thought we had more time.”
“Later, Frankie, I’ll tell you what happened but now is not the time for asking questions, just follow orders,” Hannibal said.
Frankie’s face dropped. “Yes, sir,” he said turning on his heels.
“He’s not a soldier, Hannibal.”
“He may not have planned to be one, but that’s what he is now. We all know life isn’t fair but that’s the way it is. Now did Miss Chao tell you who was coming?”
“No, just a family friend. Someone her father trusted. What are you thinking?”
Hannibal paced; his cigar hanging from the corner of his mouth. “We know Chao wants Face and you. Why?”
“Revenge?”
“Exactly. He’s trying to use Face and you against us. He knows that there is no way in hell we wouldn’t try to get either of you back. He’s got some kind of sick plan to get his revenge and now we know about it, we can use his people to find out where he’s holding Face.”
“Holding Face! We don’t know that he’s been taken.”
“Murdock, you may have to deal with the fact he has already been taken, and if he hasn’t we are going to have to let Chao.”
“Are you suggesting that we let Face be taken? You want to leave him in the hands of that sadistic bastard? No, no way in hell. I won’t let you do it.” Murdock pulled out his handgun and pointed it at Hannibal.
Hannibal put his arms up. “I’m not saying we let Chao keep him. You know there is no way I would let that happen, Captain.”
“You know what that bastard did to Face all those years ago. How can you even think of letting him-”
“Murdock, stop! Don’t go there. I need you here to help me with getting Face back. I know how much he means to you. But you of all people know that the mission comes first for Face. We need to get this animal, and Face would be the first to volunteer if it meant getting Chao off the streets.”
Murdock lowered the gun. “Doesn’t mean I won’t kill you if something happens to Face?”
“If anything happens to Face I’ll pull the trigger myself. But it won’t, he’s a hell of a lot stronger than we all think. He had to be to survive all the shit life has sent his way. Now, we need to get ready for our guest.”
Murdock holstered his gun. He prayed the colonel was right, sure his plans usually worked out but they also had a tendency to go sideways first.
“What do you have in mind?” Murdock asked.
“Well, we have Chao’s daughter, we can always use another chip in the game.”
Murdock bristled at hearing Hannibal calling this whole cock up a game but he knew it was the jazz talking as well as a good commander’s ability to separate himself from the reality that he was playing with people’s lives. Didn’t mean he had to like it.
It was always a problem of his; well he didn’t think it a problem but his commanders did. He got too involved with the grunts he dropped off. He cared that he was delivering men into a war zone and not assets to a job. That was why he would always be the first in line to get them out.
He knew everyone thought he was crazy going in to some of the hottest war zones in Southeast Asia but he didn’t care. He knew that without him those men would never get home. Just like now he knew without him he would never see his beautiful Face again.
“Captain, we need to get some kind of blind made around the airplane,” Hannibal said. He was pointing around the side of the hanger where the plane was being kept. “Then I need you to get that plane ready to fly. I want everything to look like it should when Chao’s contact gets here. I figure he’ll just walk on to the plane but if he should try to get off I want B.A. and I there to convince him to stay and keep us company. You take Frankie with you. This whole thing should go down fast, and as you pointed out he’s not a soldier.”
Murdock wasn’t convinced that Hannibal had a clue but for now he had no choice, although it was taking every ounce of strength he had not to just get in the plane and take off to find Face, and to hell with the rest of the team. But for know he was willing to stay with his unit.
But at the first sign of trouble he was heading off on his own.
TBC