Re: Intruder Alert...
The lack of immediate response along with what might have been a whisper, though with the background noise it was hard to tell, did not bode well for Corrigan. He had hoped to hook back up with the group he had gotten separated from a while ago, but it did not seem like his luck was holding he only hoped his luck did not get any worse.
"Corrigan, Andrew, Warrant Officer Class Two, 22nd SAS British Army! Please respond!" he said, loudly enough to be heard upstairs hoping to ward off a volley of rounds that might be heading in his direction. Immediately after speaking though, knowing his location would have been easier to determine now, he moved silently to the side, careful of the windows, intent upon putting some distance between himself and the stairs. His trained eye judged the angles a grenade might come down towards him as he hefted the RPK, covering the stairs as best he could.
Having given another chance to respond to anyone who might be there, he figured it was their turn to either accept his olive branch, or not. Either way he did not intend to give them an easy target if they chose to fire.
[Private to Nuked: What, if any, cover is available to him? As he might need it the way things are going... :-)]