Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:05:48 +0800 From: Johnny Kape Subject: The Voice That Can't Be Heard - Chapter 2 Before this chapter: All rights reserved. Every word of this story is fiction. Just like my other story, "The Captive Boy", this story is also a work of my early imaginations. The main character and the background of this story were formed in my early teens, maybe 12 or 13 years old. They had been in my mind for more than 20 years. Not long ago, I had a dream, which made me start to form the whole story. Hope you enjoy it. All my stories committed into Nifty are listed in the prolific author list, under the name "Pedrick Oman / Johnny Kape". If you like this story, please also have a look at them. Finally, special thanks to my editor, Matthew Templar, who helped me a lot in many aspects besides my English. His stories are listed in the prolific author list, too. I recommended everyone to read his stories, especially "One Gift To Give", which I enjoyed very much. I just heard from him that he is working on the continuation of "One Gift To Give". Wow, I'm so excited. Go, Matt! I'm looking forward to read it! All story writers like to receive your feedback, and I am no exception. I'd love to hear from you about your thoughts, comments and criticisms of all my stories. I'll answer all emails. Thank you. -- Johnny Kape The Voice That Can't Be Heard - Chapter 2 Ben hid behind the clump of bushes and observed carefully. This mission seemed to be very tough. Bob argued with his boss in front of Ben for a long time. His boss didn't agree with this action, but Bob insisted to let Ben execute this tough mission. The location was in the Embassy of Feroga. Actually, Ben didn't quite understand what "Embassy" meant. However, he knew that it meant the security would be very strict and he would definitely fall into hell if he was caught, because Bob and his boss would never come to rescue him. It rained very hard. The rain provided both good and bad conditions to this mission. The rain and the noise it made could cover Ben's action and the guards outside the building would be fewer and less often. The rain would even affect their automatic weapons so that they would have more difficulties to detecting intruders.. It would be easier for Ben to sneak into the Embassy; that's why they decided to execute this mission in such a heavy rain. However, the totally wet clothes would leave water on the floor when sneaking into the Embassy, to make the guards notice; so he needed to take off all his clothes after sneaking inside and change into another bodysuit in a very short time, or continue in the nude. Ben climbed up to a big tree beside the Embassy and jumped into the area of the Embassy easily in the gap that guards didn't notice and automatic weapons couldn't detect. The area of the Embassy wasn't large, but there were some automatic weapons. Ben's mission was to sneak into the Embassy and install wiretaps in some places. He found two automatic guns. One was on a wall of the Embassy building and another was on a tree. He estimated the path that of the bullets go after being fired, and then crawled on all fours carefully. It was summer, but the heavy rain hitting his back stung him and made him feel cold. He advanced very carefully, until he reached the bushes beside the building. There seemed to be only one possible entrance -- the window on the 2nd floor. It was not difficult to climb up, because there were many protrusions on the wall on this side of the building. However, his time was very tight. If he was found when climbing up, he would have no way to survive. Besides, according to the floor plan Bob gave him, inside the window should be the Ambassador's office. The window would certainly be locked and the room was still lit. There might be someone in the office. Ben thought for a while. He decided to take some risk. He waited for the guards to pass by him, then he started to climb up. He got to the windowsill very quickly and took a look inside. Nobody was there. He tried to push the window open. The window wouldn't open. He observed the window for a while and tried again by pulling it this time. To his surprise, the window wasn't locked! Ben couldn't believe how lucky he was. He pulled the window and jumped in, then he closed the window. He looked outside. There was a big tree which was not too far from the window. He planned for his escape path in case of an emergency, then he turned his attention back to the inside. The lamp on the ambassador's desk was still lit. He seemed to have left just a short time before, and might be back soon. Ben took off his clothes without leaving too much water on the floor. He took a dry rag from one of his two waterproof bags and put his wet bodysuit into the bag. He dried himself and both bags and put the wet rag into the bag. Then he fixed both bags onto his nude body. Ben listened carefully. He heard that there were two people arguing very loudly, from behind a door in the office. Ben couldn't hear them clearly. However, it was a wonderful time to eavesdrop. Bob was waiting. He took a wiretap from the bag and put it into the crack between the door and the floor. He planned to install it in that office later. He looked around to find a place to hide. There was a small space between the big shelf and the ceiling. It could be a good place for Ben to hide. He climbed up the shelf, and curled his body into the small space. There, he waited quietly. Ben was naked. He felt a bit cold. Fortunately it was summer, so it was bearable for Ben. He didn't wait for a long time. Two men walked into the room he was hiding in. They were still arguing. "Please tell the Prime Minister, I don't agree with his decision," said one man angrily. "Do you want to defy his order? You should know the result," said the other coldly. "Do you know the possible result of this decision?" the first man said, still angry. "Can you afford the result of leading us to a war?" "Follow our orders. No war will be started," said the other. He left the office without looking at the first man again. The first man stood there, trying to calm himself down. After a while, he hit the shelf with his fist heavily. Ben was startled and held his breath. The man turned off the lamp and left the office. Ben waited for a while to make sure that the second man left that part of the Embassy and there wasn't any other sound. He jumped down from the shelf. Ben entered the meeting room through the door where he'd placed the wiretap. There was a big table and several chairs in the room. Ben took the wiretap from under the door and installed it under the big table. Back in the ambassador's office, Ben installed a wiretap under the desk and in the phone. He left the office when he was done. According to Bob's plan, he needed to install wiretaps in the guest meeting room on the first floor, the office of the ambassador and another meeting room on the second floor, and the ambassador's bedroom on the third floor. He had done the part on the second floor. The only difficulty would be how to install the wiretap in the ambassador's bedroom. He decided to install the next wiretap in the guest meeting room first. Ben listened. It seemed that all of the guards were chatting in another room. The whole security was much looser than Bob and he expected. He sneaked into the guest meeting room and installed a wiretap. He could accomplish the mission after installing the last wiretap in the bedroom of the ambassador. He walked up the stairs to the third floor. There were two rooms on the third floor. One was the ambassador's bedroom. The other room's door was just half closed. He thought about his tactics. He decided to sneak into the other room first. Only a small lamp was lit in the room. He pushed the door open a little more and entered the room. The whole room was faint, however it was quite warm. It made Ben, who was in the nude, feel very comfortable. There was a sweet smell in the room. The walls were brightly painted, full of colors and graphics. The ceiling looked like a sky full of stars. There were many dolls hanging from the ceiling. There were also many toys in the room. There was a small bed in the center of the room. Ben walked to it. An infant was sleeping on the bed. Ben stared at the infant. He didn't know how old the infant was. He had never been with children his age, let alone such a small baby. The face of the infant looked so... so... Ben didn't know how to describe it. Anyway, the face of the infant attracted Ben very much. The infant had gold and sparse hair, a tiny nose, little ears, a small mouth, red and plump cheeks, and a pair of tightly closed eyes. Ben was attracted by the charm of the baby so deeply. Suddenly Ben had an impulse. He wanted to touch the small baby. He touched the baby's small face with his fingers. He had never touched something like that. Contrary to Ben's coarse fingers full of callus, the baby's face was so smooth, so soft, so... The infant shuddered and started crying. Ben was taken back. He didn't expect the infant would cry. He didn't know how to deal with that either. Soon the door of the ambassador's bedroom opened and a woman walked into the room. She faced Ben. The woman looked at Ben, who was naked and with two bags on his body. Her chin dropped. Time froze. After a long time, no, maybe just a second, the woman started to scream. Scream loudly. Scream very loudly. "Ahhh~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help! Help! Thief!!" 'Shit!' Ben cursed to himself in his mind. He rushed out of the room and almost jumped all the way down to the second floor along the stairs. Many guards rushed up from the stairs, too. They saw Ben rushing into the ambassador's office. "There! A naked boy! Freeze, kid!!!" The building was full of a baby crying, a woman's screams, and the guards' roar. Then came two gun shots. PANG! PANG! Ben felt a sting in his right arm that quickly began to hurt badly. He was still running to the window in the office. He jumped up onto the windowsill, pushed the window open, and jumped out as far as he could. PANG! PANG! PANG! PANG! More gunshots came from inside the office and the automatic weapons outside. Ben didn't know how many places he was shot. He jumped into the tree near the window and again jumped with the bounce of the tree to outside of the Embassy area. That was the emergency escape path he had just planned. The wire mesh with thorns atop the fence slashed Ben's thigh. However, he still made it all the way out of the Embassy area. The uproar in the Embassy area kept up. He ran to the street as fast as he could. The heavy rain hit Ben's naked body. The rain could wash away his blood, to avoid his enemies tracking. However he felt cold and hurt. Not only the sting as the rain hit his body, but also the hurt from his wounds. He ran and ran. Ben didn't know how long he ran. He saw an abandoned building. He ran into it. Ben sat in the corner, gasping for breath. He felt cold. His whole body trembled. He tried to gather himself up and examine his wounds. Both of his arms, left belly and right thigh were injured and bleeding. He untied his bags and took his bodysuit out. He used his knife to cut his bodysuit into strips and started to bandage himself. His hands were still trembling. He tried to hang on. After he was done, he put the remaining suit into bag and fixed both bags onto his body again. He stood up. He had to go back to the point Bob assigned, or go back to Bob's house by himself. He just stood up and a dizzy and nauseated feeling came upon him. He retched for a while, but he tried to prop up against the wall. He walked two steps, and felt the world was spinning. He fell down and fainted. -- To be continued.