Sam slides out of the vent onto the floor and puts away her gun. Both Abdul and Kirill lie dead on the floor.

"Fancy bit of shooting Sam." says Bengal breathlessly.

"Are you all right?"

"It was just a cattle prod. Parvo put me through worse when he made me. Get me down, would ya."

Sam takes out a pocket knife and cuts Bengal down. He nurses his body for a minute then gets dressed.

"I overheard what Nikita is planning." says Sam "An automated minisub filled with a biological gas developed during the Cold War.

"Is he ready to launch yet?"

"I don't know. Come on, we have find out."

Sam goes to the door and peeks out both ways. Bengal sniffs the air and nods.

"Clear for now. Come on."

The rumble of an explosion goes through the place and gunfire is heard.

"What's that?" says Bengal

"I don't know. Come on, we have to get to that control room I saw."

They run down the corridor and find a firefight in progress between base troops and the Russian military.

"Special Forces?" says Sam "What are they doing here?"

One of the soldiers spots the two of them.

"Officer Samantha McTeague?"

"Yes?"

"Colonel Rogov, what are you doing here?" says Bengal

"It's a surprise to see you to Comrade."

"You two know each other?" says Sam

"We met last week on Ivanoff Island." says Bengal "What brings you here?"

"Sam as you comrade, to stop these terrorists. Where is the control room?"

"This way." says Sam.

Rogov calls several soldiers to follow and they head for the control room.

"Try not to destroy the equipment, we'll need it to figure out Nikita's plans." says Sam.

Colonel Rogov has one of his men blast the doors open and gunfire erupts from inside and the lead soldier is shredded in gunfire. The others return fire and soon no return fire comes. They head in and find the equipment mostly intact. One wounded man is crawling towards the door and Bengal stops him.

"Where's Nikita?"

The man chuckles.

"Your too late. By now....he's launching."

He giggles, chokes and dies.

"Come on!" shouts Bengal

Bengal, Sam, Rogov and several soldiers go through the door and down steps to find a underground dock. The sub has already left and Nikita is in a boat, revving it up. He spots them enter, shouts an obscenity at them and zooms out down the underground river. Bengal takes Rogov's machine gun and goes the cave entrance and starts firing, but misses.

"Stand aside!" says Sam

Holding a bazooka, she takes aim and fires. The missile hits Nikita's boat dead on and explodes.

"Come on, we have to stop Hurricane from reaching its target!" says Sam

"This river leads out to the ocean." says Rogov. "And its destination is the U.S. Comrade Bengal, we could contact your vessel and have them destroy it."

"Right. Let's go."

They head back up the stairs to the control room.

"How'd you know where to find this place Colonel?" says Sam.

"We've had you followed ever since you came to Kamchatka."

"Colonel, we have the Retriever and we've accessed the plans for Hurricane." says a soldier.

Rogov motions for Bengal and he picks up the reciever.

"Can you hear me okay captain?"

"Loud and clear Bengal." says Emerald "What's this about a minisub?"

"It's coming from Kamchatka ma'am. Its destination is the U.S. and its fully automated. Hurricane is going to launch a biological agent when it gets in range."

"Got it. Launching our mini-sub now. Get back here as soon as you can. We need you back here."

"Roger that Captain. I'm on my way."

Bengal heads out and goes to his minijet in the woods. After a quick goodbye to Sam, Bengal takes off.

"Bengal calling Retriever, I have it in site. Relaying current coordinates to you."

"Roger that."

****

At the controls of Stingray, the ships minisub, Slide and Pandora are at work.

"There it is." says Slide "Ready torpedoes."

"Armed and ready." says Pandora.

"Fire!"

Two mini torpedoes fire from the sub. But before they reach their target Hurricane takes evasive action and the torpedoes miss.

"Laser gun!"

"Ready."

"Fire!"

From the nose of Stingray, an underwater laser fires and slices through the engines. Hurricane angles down and sinks.

"Torpedoes again. Fire!"

The torpedoes hit their mark and destroy Hurricane.

"This is Stingray calling Retriever, target destroyed."

"Roger that Stingray.

*****

Emerald's office. Bengal stands here at attention.

"Colonel Rogov and Miss McTeague, send their regards on a job well done." says Emerald.

"Thank you, ma'am."

"You ready to go back to duty?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Dismissed. And Bengal, nicely done."

"Thanks."

The End