Damned if you do, and double damned if you don't

by Ridcully Calvert

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Griggs sat down at his temporary station in the field HQ. Strategic thinking had always been his strong point, from his decorated military career through to running sting operations to trap drug dealers.

Then the country had started prioritising terrorist defence, and he had been reallocated to CTU . He had been hugely successful, resolving a number of terrorist threats bloodlessly, or nearly so. That was why he was here outside of this prestigious university, but he had never encountered anyone as ruthless and brilliant as this terror outfit.

Their use of a chemical lab shipment to get the explosives into the university had been a stroke of dark genius, and the fact that their unwitting accomplices had been found slaughtered like market pigs indicated that here he was dealing with a degree of ruthlessness that he had seldom witnessed, even among the Columbian drug Cartels.

He sighed and ordered Novua: “Get the chief on the line, we are going to have to call in the raveners.”

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. Damned if you do, and double damned if you don't

    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted 3 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Overall, I enjoy the backstory. Does a good job of setting up the character.
    I do think that “Except for the situation at Stanton” feels a little forced. I think you can rework the last half of that paragraph to fit the Stanton job in there, without it being such a break to the rest of the flow.
    And I’m not sure what raveners are.

  2. Damned if you do, and double damned if you don't

    Ridcully Calvert's Buddy Icon Ridcully Calvert

    Posted 3 months ago

    @john – I have taken the reference out completely, as it did not really fit.
    As to the raveners – I have some ideas, but thought that I see what someone else would come up with :-)

  3. Damned if you do, and double damned if you don't

    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted 3 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Ah, ok, so it’s not something that currently exists exactly. I thought you were referencing something specific. That makes sense then.

  4. Damned if you do, and double damned if you don't

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Cool sequel. I agree with JP, the backstory is well executed.

  5. Damned if you do, and double damned if you don't

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 3 months ago

    Awesome job with the backstory…really sets up nicely; a look into both Griggs’s character and the criminal’s. We’ll see how this plays out…

  6. Damned if you do, and double damned if you don't

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 3 months ago

    Sequeled.

  7. Damned if you do, and double damned if you don't

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Odd, I could have sworn that I already commented on this story… I love the detail that their accomplices were found slaughtered like market pigs. Bring on the raveners!

  8. Damned if you do, and double damned if you don't

    invisibility_disability's Buddy Icon invisibility_disability

    Posted 3 months ago

    great backstory. and i agree with thebetweenspace, that line is great. :)

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