Sergei and I went to the area where the family was staying. Ivan was talking to his father, presumably about letting him hold a gun, but his father seemed calm, not the slightest surprise or panic.

I came to Natasha's side, and she was distributing food to everyone with her old mother. I patted him lightly and whispered, "Can you have a few words?" ”

Natasha looked at me, "Of course. Wait a minute. ”

The old mother looked at me and smiled, snatching Natasha's things, "Go ahead, dear." There are always a lot of whispers from relatives. ”

I smiled apologetically at my old mother, and Natasha followed me to the antechamber after wiping her hands clean. I glanced at her, and she looked at me and said, "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”

"No, no, no. It's nothing. I just have something to ask you for. "I said and said a rough idea of what we had discussed, and then I told her that I wanted her to lead the way and take everyone through the evacuation and transfer when something happened.

Natasha looked surprised at what I said, "Let me come?" Is this really the case as you say? ”

I nodded, "I don't want to talk about that. But... I can't glorify where we are now. That would be irresponsible. It's going to kill everyone. This is a last resort. So.. May I? ”

Natasha thought for a moment and said, "It's not like I said I could do it... I'm afraid that when the time comes... I couldn't do it at all, I had never done anything like this. ”

I nodded, "Of course." No one wants to do such a thing. Even I don't want to. "When I said this, I suddenly thought of a man's wife, what would happen if Natasha was a man's mother-in-law? Are you clamoring to kill the other party again? Maybe the man's wife is reliable in terms of courage and combat skills, but if you think about it carefully, the woman is a time bomb, and this kind of person is not reliable when she really works.

I said and sighed, "I suddenly remembered when I first followed Paul to Chechnya. I was much worse than you are now. Honestly, I wanted to pee my pants, really. ”

Natasha looked at me and smiled, "That's really... Did I mean really come down? ”

"Wetting your pants? Luckily, I held it back. I smiled as I spoke.

"Did you feel more and more confident after that? I mean experience ... Don't think you can't do it or anything? Natasha asked.

"Honestly?" After Natasha nodded, I continued, "Truth be told, I'm getting more and more scared... You know? In fact, the most terrifying thing is not when it happens, or when the battle begins. What's really scary is waiting, or after. I said, gesturing to my head, "People always use their imagination. But compared to reality, the feeling of fighting is actually not that scary. ”

"Are you trying to tell me that by that time the adrenaline has made you forget about your fears?" Natasha asked with a smile.

"That's how I feel, anyway." I nodded.

Natasha didn't speak immediately, but looked at me after a moment of silence between the two of us and said, "If this time is over." Can you stop Victor from doing that to you? ”

"I do my best." I thought about it and added, "If I'm still alive." ”

Natasha held out her hand to me, "Give it to me." ”

I pulled out my MP443 and said, "This pistol... ”

"Give it to me. I'll use this. It's just that I've only hit the target... Natasha said.

"Good." I handed her the gun, followed by a magazine. “

Then one of the four of us will guide you, you, Sergei and Ivan's father. All three of you will have guns. If none of the four of us are around, they will be commanded and led by you. ”

Natasha fiddled with the gun in her hand, "Where am I taking them?" ”

I stood up, "Follow me." Let's take a look. ”

So I took Natasha to the place where everyone was resting, and I looked at Sergey, "Come here." And also... ”

"You can call me old Ivan, sir." Ivan's father said and stood up.

"Uh... I'll call you Uncle Ivan. I said, "Uncle Ivan, can you come over for a moment?" ”

Uncle Ivan smiled at me and walked over, "No problem. The only thing I'm proud of now is that my legs and feet are okay. ”

I opened the door of the passage and led them down, and when I entered, I said, "When something happens, you organize everyone to enter here. Especially you Sergey, you have to help. ”

Sergei nodded, "No problem." ”

"Good." I nodded, "One more thing to make clear to you, if there is a situation where all four of us are not around, or we are all dead. Please be sure to lead everyone under Natasha's command, escape according to the plan and then hide. ”

Old Ivan and Sergey looked at each other and both nodded. I pointed to the exit of the passageway, "From here to the exit, go out in order, make sure everyone is in order, maintain order and try to be quiet." ”

Soon we climbed out of the passageway, and I led them all the way into the woods. I looked back and pointed to the house and said, "Remember this direction, you must keep it firmly in mind." It doesn't have to be daytime, it's probably night. There will be a big difference between day and night. So be sure to find some reliable signs by yourself, so that you can find this place in the shortest possible time. Never go off the rails, there's no time to waste. Got it, how many? ”

After all three of them nodded, I continued, "You may not have experience, but if you have no one to help you and you want to go on your own, I suggest you take the exit as the coordinates and choose a straight line. Don't change direction indiscriminately, it's easy to get lost in the night. Then I asked them to get acquainted with the environment, and Sergei seemed so excited that he made a few trips from the exit to here.

After the three of them said yes, I continued with them. And indoctrinate them with the route of escape, as Ivan did before.

When I got to the place where the car was hidden, I said, "There will be a map and where you are going." If you're driving yourself, don't panic. According to our plan, we will cover you and delay each other as much as possible. So you don't need to panic too much, calm everyone and then see the direction before driving. ”

"We're gone, so what are you going to do?" Sergey asked.

I looked at him and smiled, "Big nephew, you don't have to worry about this. As long as you run away, we'll figure it out ourselves. ”

"If we run away, the people who want to capture us won't be in love. Because the target has already run. Ivan Sr. said.

I nodded, "That's right, Uncle Ivan." So don't worry about us. "Sergei is a good deceit, and when I hear old Ivan and I say this, I immediately seem to be relieved. Natasha looked at me and stopped talking.

Then I continued with them, and following the route set by Ivan, I led them to find the way they were going to go after driving.

"Don't hesitate to get on the road. Go directly to the designated location. I will inform Ivan as soon as the situation arises, and he will arrange the following things. I said.

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p; "Did you do this a lot before?" Sergei asked, "Why aren't you afraid?" You're talking as if you're not involved in these things. ”

"Before? I want to hear the story and wait for a chance in the future. Now, everyone, you should hurry up and familiarize yourself with this route. Hurry. ”

It didn't take long for Ivan to come and he looked at me and said, "We have to go." How are they? ”

I looked at him, "It should be good." ”

Ivan nodded, looked at old Ivan, who was familiar with the direction and road with Sergei, and said, "If something happens, remember to notify me as soon as possible." ”

I nodded and said, "I'll remember." Be careful yourself. ”