The Mantis: KGB's Best to Their Most Wanted by Jack Walker

Author:Jack Walker [Walker, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hudson Indie Ink
Published: 2024-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

17

Knock knock knock.

“Come in,” said the elderly man sitting behind the desk. His hand held a slight tremble as he lifted the papers and arranged them into one stack, tapping them against the top of the desk. Placing them to the side, the door moved open quickly and a young soldier burst into the room.

“Sir, she's back," the young man said with a quivering voice.

"She's back?" the older man asked. "You need to be more specific. There's been a lot of women in my life."

Giving a slight snicker to his own joke, the older man leaned back in the chair and straightened the front of his military uniform. With glasses in his front pocket for reading, he was a long way from the young man he used to be that lead one of the most secret operations in the history of the Russian military.

"The she... The she is Gabriella." This caused the old man to lift his eyes up and look at the young soldier. "She helped a prisoner escape. They got her on film a few times and ran her through the recognition software. She was right back here in Moscow."

"So, Gabriella has returned," mused the older man. "I wonder if this trip is strictly business or whether she's going to visit her old friend."

"Sir, shall I arrange security?" asked the young soldier standing at attention.

"Security? From Gabriella?" huffed the old man. "Young man, I don’t need any security for me. Gabriella and I go a long way back. I raised the child until she left here. I taught her everything she knows. There's no way she would hurt me. She is no more than the little girl that she left here as."

Placing the tips of all his fingers together and leaning his head forward, the older man searched into his mind, finding the image of the young girl who escaped all those years ago. The blank over stare, the rigidity with what she held herself, her unwavering discipline and ability to follow orders, better than he'd ever seen in any soldier. A smile drew over her his face remembering the perfect weapon he had been creating.

"You see, young man, Gabriella would not hurt her father." The older man spoke with confidence. "And that's what I am, I am her father. The only one she's ever known. The only one that spent time with her. The only one that looked after her and trained her, gave her the confidence to be the best that she could possibly be."

Nodding his head quickly the young man dismissed himself and walked out of the room, closing the door quickly behind him.

Reaching to the file on the side of the desk the older man opened it up, seeing the letter that had been forwarded to him by the KGB.

"I don't worry about Gabriella; I do worry about this one though. He'll kill us all, and he doesn't care."

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