007: Road Trip

Our free ride

There's a pair of UAZs waiting on us outside.  The major and his men pile into the lead one and tell us to follow them.  I tell Leo to drive and grab shotgun.  Eddie is stuck fidgeting in the back.  I turn in the seat.  "What's going on with you and what do I need to know."

"Nothing Cap.  I don't have a clue."

Leo looks at Eddie through the rearview.  "You know, you always do that thing."  Leo grabs his ear and then rubs his chin.  "That thing, when you lie."

"How the hell would you know when I lie."

"You owe me a hundred and fifty at cards.  I read you like book."

"So Specialist, just what are you not telling us."

Eddie fidgets more in the back seat.  "I, uh.  I used to.  Uh, I mean, uh.  I helped blow up a whole lot of Polish shit."

"Eddie, we've been fighting for years.  We've all 'blown up shit'.  What makes yours different."

He looks down.  "I was a nuclear weapons tech."  He looks back up at me.  "I helped with more than 5 strikes and emplaced charges.  No telling how many I've killed."

"Eddie," softly, "why have you been holding out on us."

"Better you not know."  He waves out the window taking in the whole world.  "I just drive trucks.  Now."

I nod my understanding.  "The major said I would accompany you when the Margraf spoke with you.  Tell the truth.  You did drive trucks when you were doing that, right."

"Oh, hell yeah."