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drying on his body.

"Word is, it's a chemical spill," Hirami said, and
Carlos thought he could hear a thread of unease in the
squad leader's voice. "Something that's making peo-
ple... making them act differently."

Carlos frowned. "Differently how?"

Hirami sighed. "They don't pay us to ask questions,
Oliveira, do they? Now you know as much as I do. Just
get here."

"Yes, sir," Carlos said, but Hirami had already
hung up.

Carlos dropped the receiver into its cradle, not sure if
he should feel excited or nervous about his first
U.B.C.S. operation. Umbrella Bio-Hazard Countermea-
sure Service: an impressive title for a group of hired
ex-mercenaries and ex-military, most with combat ex-
perience and shady backgrounds. The recruiter in Hon-
duras had said that they'd be called upon to "deal" with
situations that Umbrella needed handled quickly and
aggressivelyтАФand legally. After three years of fighting
in private little wars between rival gangs and revolu-
tionaries, of living in mud shacks and eating out of
cans, the promise of real employmentтАФand at an as-
tonishingly good wageтАФwas like an answered prayer.

Too good to be true, that's what I thought... and
what if it turns out that I was right?

Carlos shook his head. He wasn't going to find out
standing around in a towel. In any case, it couldn't pos-
sibly be worse man shooting it out with a bunch of
coked-uppendejos in some anonymous jungle, wonder-
ing if he'd hear the bullet that finally took him out

He had an hour, and it was a twenty-minute walk to
the office. He turned toward the bedroom, suddenly de-
termined to show up early, to see if he could get any
more out of Hirami about what was going on. Already,
he could feel the warm build of nervous adrenaline in
his gut, a feeling he'd grown up with and knew better
than any otherтАФpart anticipation, part excitement, and
a healthy dose of fear...

Carlos grinned as he finished toweling off, amused at
himself. He'd spent too much time in the jungle. He was