Last part, not going to say much here. Bit of violence, bit of sex, few deaths, bit of mystery sums it up. If you've not followed it, backup a few chapters for a midway summary as a header.
I'm a Brit. so should find the English, English. Remember, this is a story that lives in the Literotica Hall of Mirrors. It's not real, just shadows on distorted truth, and then some. It references the Royal Family, but not by names. Again, it's the Royal Family that lives in those Lit. Mirrors.
If anyone don't like this ending feel free to write your own, I'm curious how else it could be made to look. If you do, let me know, I'd want a peek. Again, thanks to Frank & especially Tim1135 who edited for me. I've made some minor changes since then, cock-ups are on me.
The whole of the saga is the work of
INKENT
and is published solely on the
Literotica platform
. If you encounter it elsewhere, please let me know, in fact, I'd imagine that any author on here who's work is stolen and published elsewhere would like you to do the same for them.
<<<<Action, Reaction and Consequences, Chapter X>>>>
As the lorry pulled into the old railway siding, around twenty Albanians got out of several vehicles. All were armed. Before the lorry had come to a halt, a helicopter suddenly swooped into view with a bright searchlight. An amplified voice boomed form the helicopter, commanded them all to put down any weapons and lay on the floor with their hands on their heads. This was met by a couple of pot-shots at the helicopter. The pilot increased its height for safety but, kept the bright light shining on the lorry below.
Over the next thirty minutes, a short battle raged until, all the Albanians were either dead or captured. But, Mr. Smith noticed a worrying aspect of the raid. There was no Mickey 'Two Guns', Lucas Jones or Tanya present. He had been sold a pup by Paulie Tomlinson. He would now go on the list alongside Mickey as one of the UK's most wanted criminals. As they were surveying the contents of the articulated trailer and confirming that they were, in fact, automotive parts, an aide spoke to Mr. Smith.
"There appears to be some major fracas over on the other side of the river. There are several people either dead or badly wounded and there are reports of a substantial number of weapons on site, following some sort of battle."
Mr. Smith cursed and called the helicopter down then, climbed aboard for the very short hop over to Essex. There was a sea of blue lights and they managed to land around 400 metres away from the crux of all the activity. A Police car drove up to the helicopter as it powered down. Mr. Smith produced a letter and some credentials, got into the car and headed down towards the corrugated steel building alongside the river.
There was a mass of people moving around, plus two crashed vehicles and indications of a gun battle. What drew his attention was a body, covered by a blanket and it looked like they paramedics were frantically trying to revive someone close by to the body but, he couldn't tell who. He started to stride inside and was stopped by a Policeman. He pulled out his credentials, plus a letter, from the Home Secretary, stating that he had powers and privileges under operation
Doomsday
and this was therefore, under his jurisdiction now.
Seeing him arrive, the unnamed person that had met Matt, in the hospital with Lance, strode over to see Mr. Smith. His name was Tristan Cooper, and he was a senior figure in MI5. He passed a letter to Trevor Austin-Campbell, aka Mr. Smith.
"Hello Trevor, figured you'd show up at some point. It seems my letter from the Prime Minister trumps your letter from the Home Secretary."
Tristan turned and walked away. As he did, Mr. Smith shouted after him.
"This is a
Z class
operation Tristan, extend me the professional courtesy of letting me into the building."
Tristan stopped, walked back briskly to Trevor, and grabbed him by the jacket pulling him close.
"There are men in here that would love to do nothing more than put a bullet in your head. You're scum, there's not one shred of a decent human being in you. From what I see, you've laid waste to at least two good men, Mark and Graham, plus trashed others, including Matt and his wife Tanya."
He let go of Trevor's coat and stepped back. Trevor calmly adjusted his jacket.
"Can I at least speak to Tanya?"
Tristan pulled a handgun from his holster and pushed it under Trevor's chin.
"If you get on your knees, I'll send you to meet her."
"But she had the answer to close out operation
Pรณrnฤ
."
"Too late Trevor. Like I said, I'll happily send you to meet her."
Trevor Austin-Campbell turned on his heels and left. He had high hopes that operation
Doomsday
would achieve what operation
Pรณrnฤ
so nearly delivered. He thought about Tanya as he walked away and gave her credit. She tried, right until the end. Shame she had died, but hell, that's the business they live in. He would move on without shedding a tear.
Four weeks after it was over, Matt and Ann attended Tanya's funeral, Matt had arrived in an ambulance and was placed into a wheelchair. she was buried a hero who had put her country first and made the ultimate sacrifice. Her life. There was a huge turnout and it was full of pomp and circumstance with senior Police officials addressing the mourners at the funeral. As her coffin was lowered into the ground, Matt was wheeled away in the wheelchair by Ann. There was no indication of loss on his face, just a blank, empty stare. Matt had closed the chapter in his life, to maintain his own sanity, he never asked after the babies she was carrying and assumed they had died with her, and the government had simply dealt with it.
A Jaguar, with a window partial down, moved away as the congregation around the grave broke up. The ceremony had been captured on a video camera filming from within the Jaguar and streamed back to a private hospital room. The occupant, laying in a hospital bed, had seen enough to satisfy their morbid curiosity.
Six months later, Matt, aided by a walking stick and his wife walked into Thames House, the home of MI5. They were issued temporary passes and escorted into a meeting room. They were reunited with Lance, Kevin and Rick. Also there, the man now known to them as Tristan. It transpired he was somebody of importance in MI5. Sitting in the room was a person they did not expect to see. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
They sat, somewhat dumbfounded, at this unexpected visitor. The Prime Minister put a hand to his mouth and coughed to draw everyone's attention, before reading a statement;
"The King, and his Mother, the Queen before him, as the heads of state, recognised the huge commitment to agree to undertake this operation and subsequent sacrifice made by Tanya Andrews and hereby decrees that she receive the posthumous award of the George Cross for her action. Due to the critical nature of the operation in which she was involved, there shall be no public record of the award, a fact I hope you can all understand."
He beckoned Matt to stand and approach him. He held out the medal for Matt to accept, expressing his sorrow at Matt's loss. Instead, Matt just looked into the Prime Minister's face before speaking.
"You make me sick; you think that's a fair trade? That bit of tinny metal for all that's been endured?
You
agreed to, and signed, the agreement I was
forced
to sign.
You
knew where this would lead,
you
knew what she would have to do. She was
my
wife and, you just signed a bit of paper to dismiss
our
lives.
After Matt finished and returned to his seat, the Prime Minister sat holding the medal, completely flummoxed by this unexpected turn of events. He put the medal back on the table with his other papers.
Trying to regain his composure, The Prime Minister continued his speech;
"Additionally, we recognize the valuable assistance provided by the private company KLR Security belonging to Kevin, Lance and Rick and have afforded them substantial financial compensation. We have also made a considerable financial contribution to the Fire Service Benevolent Fund as a form of recompense, regarding the tragic explosion that claimed the life of a firefighter and wounded several others."
"We have also made a significant payment to the Police Officer's widow who tried to intervene in this misguided mission."
"This brings us around to the last piece in the puzzle which is you, Mr. Andrews. The Government has found itself in an abhorrent predicament. We have reviewed the document that you signed. Additionally, we acknowledge it was not of your free will and we will implement stringent protocols to ensure there is never a repeat of this but, of course, this is now your history, not your future. The Government wishes to make an offer to you today, in the hope it goes someway to make amends for the past."