The Missing Spy by J. A. Heaton

Author:J. A. Heaton [Heaton, J. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Flannel and Flashlight Press
Published: 2019-04-29T22:00:00+00:00

My God, Daniel thought to himself. 1987?

“Did we finally go to war with the Soviet Union?” Michael Devers asked. “Has NATO made it this far, and you’re here to rescue me?”

“No,” Daniel said. “We never went to war with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union ended years ago. The Cold War is over.”

“It ended?” the prisoner said, stumbling down onto the floor out of surprise.

“It basically ended in 1989 after the Berlin Wall came down,” Daniel said. “Then it was mostly just things sorting themselves out. You didn’t know the Cold War ended?”

The man shook his head, still unable to take it in.

“The Wall came down?” Michael mumbled to himself as he got back on his feet.

Not only has this man been in prison since 1987, but he also doesn’t even know the Cold War ended.

“You are in what is now known as Uzbekistan, part of the former Soviet Union,” Michael explained. “In a secret prison facility that nobody knew about for years. We Americans are here because we now have an air base in southern Uzbekistan to support the war in Afghanistan.”

“Afghanistan?” the man said. “We finally became overt in our resistance against the Soviets in Afghanistan?”

“No,” Daniel said. “Islamic terrorists took over Afghanistan, and then it became the launching pad to send terrorism all over the world, even to the United States of America.”

As Daniel said this last sentence, a picture of the burning World Trade Center flashed through his mind.

“The worst terrorist act on American soil took place about a year ago,” Daniel continued. “Islamic terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into the World Trade Center in New York, killing thousands of innocent civilians.”

“And now we’re going after them in Afghanistan?” Michael asked, struggling to keep up with the history lesson.

“I promise that once I get out of here, I’ll send in the cavalry to rescue you. But I need to know about the Russians who worked here during the Cold War. Did you know a KGB man named Dmitri?”

Michael nodded. “I don’t know if that really was his name. He always seemed nice, but I figured that he and the interrogator were just playing good cop versus bad cop.”

“Did Dmitri ever confide in you?” Daniel asked desperately.

“No,” Michael said. “I only encountered him a few times. I didn’t get out much, being here in the basement.”

“I’m going to have to go soon,” Daniel said in a hurry. “Think hard. Is there anything Dmitri ever did or said that seemed a little bit out of character? Did you ever suspect he was trying to pass on a message?”

Daniel knew he was taking a shot in the dark, but he couldn’t bear to leave Michael Devers in this hellhole for a minute longer and not get any closer to Dmitri’s secrets.

Michael responded with a definitive, “No,” as if the idea were preposterous.

“You said you work for the CIA?” Daniel asked. “Dmitri also worked for the CIA. He was our best asset within the Soviet Union for years, Agent Bishop.

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