Omega Sanction by Bob Mayer

Author:Bob Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mysteries & Thrillers
Publisher: Cool Gus Publishing
Published: 2013-04-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

"Major Thorpe, Major Rotzinger." Master Sergeant King made the introductions in German.

Thorpe took the other's man hand, feeling the rough skin and the strong grip. Rotzinger was short, under five-six, but built like a tank, with immensely broad shoulders and a barrel chest. The German nodded his head at Thorpe, but didn't say anything as they sat down.

They were seated in a quiet gausthaus outside of the main gate for Seventh Army Headquarters in Stuttgart. King had driven Thorpe directly here from the airport and they'd waited over two hours for the other man to appear, an indication of the German's unhappiness about the meeting. Rotzinger was wearing tan slacks with a black T-shirt under a sports jacket. The coat was well tailored, as Thorpe could barely make out the bulge under the left armpit where Rotzinger's gun was concealed.

He knew GSG-9 members carried the Heckler & Koch P7, a rather radical pistol. The cocking mechanism, which was usually a slide in most pistols, was a lever along the front of the grip, which meant a firer could draw the gun and cock it with the trigger hand. Rotzinger's eyes had the shaded look of someone who had fired his weapon at live targets.

"It is good to meet you, Major," Thorpe said in German.

"It is not good for me," Rotzinger said in perfect English.

"Pleasantries are over," King said with a worried smile.

Rotzinger shifted his hard gaze to the master sergeant. "I owe you and I owe Sergeant Major Dublowski. That is why I am here. Let us get this over with."

"What can you tell me about the names you were given?" Thorpe asked.

Rotzinger splayed large hands on the top of the table and he seemed interested in only his fingernails. "They were American family members. Under the jurisdiction of your Criminal Investigation Division."

"Who disappeared in German jurisdiction," Thorpe said.

"Many people disappear," Rotzinger said. "Many Germans disappear."

"They were girls," Thorpe said. "Do you have children, Major?"

"I am not here to play emotional heartstring games," Rotzinger said.

"Why the hell are you here, then?" Thorpe leaned forward, getting close to the German. "You're a policeman, aren't you?"

"You know where I work," Rotzinger said. "I am not a flatfoot or whatever you call your regular police."

Thorpe knew he meant that GSG-9, part of Germany's border police, was a special unit designed specifically for antiterrorism work after the disaster at the 1972 Munich Olympics. They were Germany's equivalent of the army's Delta Force and the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team.

"You started as a cop," Thorpe said.

"The girls disappeared," Rotzinger said with a shrug. "It was investigated. Nothing turned up."

"One of those girls is the daughter of a friend of mine." Thorpe held himself back with a great effort. "Dan Dublowski's daughter."

"Do you know the problems we have here?" Rotzinger asked. "Everyone thinks it is so great now that the Berlin Wall is down. More than the Berlin Wall came down. We had to take in the East. With most of their police, their military now out of work.

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