RED SPY AT NIGHT

   Blade stepped over the cot and reached the officer while the Russian was still on his knees.  He flicked his right foot up and out, connecting, slamming his instep into the Russian's ribs, knocking the officer onto his back.
   "Blade! Stop!"  Plato cried.
   Blade's left hand grabbed the gasping officer under the chin.  He squeezed and lifted, his arm bulging, hauling the Russian from the cement floor and into the air.
   Plato went to grip Blade's arm, but Geronimo quickly stepped between them, shaking his head.
   Blade drew his right Bowie and pressed the tip into the Russian's genitals.
   The officer squirmed and thrashed, wheezing, his eyes bulging.
   Blade paused, his gray eyes boring into the officer's.  "You killed two of my Family, you son of a bitch!"

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HOUSTON RUN

THE WHIP

  "Damn!" Blade fumed, and burst from the stairwell, activating the whip.  He plunged into the mass of troopers, swinging the whip like a madman, cracking it left and right, sparks flying as the whip crackled and sizzled.
  Bedlam ensued.  Crammed close together, the troopers were unable to fan out, unable to avoid the terrible whip.  Some of them screeched as their bodies were jolted by a blow from the lash.  Others endeavored to bring their batons into action, without success.
  Blade whirled in one direction, then another, his right arm constantly in motion, knowing he couldn't afford to slacken his pace for an instant.  The muscles in his right arm bulged as he flicked the whip every which way.  He slashed a trooper's neck open and sent the trooper hurtling into those nearby.  To the left he seared a trooper's eyes.  The trooper was flung backwards, plowing into others, upending them in a tangle of limbs....