Big Time Espionage
Chapter 1
Dimitri Chernetsky wakes up as his alarm clock rings.
He looks at the clock as it shows 6:00am. The brunette stretches out a bit as he begins to lift himself out of his bed.
He then proceeds to the kitchen to prepare his breakfast of fried eggs, boiled potatoes and a slice of meat. He also boils a kettle of water for his coffee, and retrieves the half-empty bottle of vodka from one of the kitchen cabinets. When all his breakfast items have been cooked, he places them on a single plate, which he then places on his wooden dining table. He then pours hot water over the powdered black coffee inside his mug, gets a glass tumbler, then the bottle of vodka and places them all on the table. Before he begins his breakfast, he silently makes the Orthodox sign of the Cross inside his mouth using his tongue and prays the blessing before meals silently as he pretends to stare at the window.
The reason is that Dimitri is in Moscow, in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR), which forms part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) or also known as the Soviet Union. Dimitri is living under the communist leadership of Leonid Brezhnev, where all forms of religion, including the Russian Orthodox Church, is strictly and brutally forbidden.
However, Dimitri secretly defies the communist ban, for Orthodoxy is the only reason for him to keep his sanity amidst the cruel rule of the communist regime in his homeland.
But fortunately for Dimitri, even though the Soviet Government is harsh on majority of its citizens, he is at a better position than the typical Soviet citizen. The reason is that Dimitri Chernetsky is also a KGB agent - a Soviet spy.
But being a KGB agent doesn't mean he is fully immune or safe from the watchful eyes of the Soviet government. He is sure that other KGB agents are watching him even in the privacy of his own home.
And so after finishing his breakfast, as he lifts up the dishes and the now empty mug of coffee, he makes the Orthodox sign of the Cross again with his tongue and silently utter his prayer after meals. He then goes back to his table and downs himself five shots of his vodka, for even in his well-insulated house, the harsh cold weather of Russia is still making him shiver. After finishing his shots, he returns the bottle back into the cabinet and begins washing all the cookware, dishes, mugs, glasses and utensils that he used.
Afterwards, the brunette proceeds to his bathroom to take a bath and brush his teeth before work. He then dresses himself sharply today, because he has an important meeting to attend to first before proceeding with his next mission.
As he straightens up his tie and closes the buttons on his coat, he looks at his clock again: 8:00am. At the exact moment, a car horn honks from outside his lawn. Dimitri lets out a sigh as he turns off all the lights and appliances, and then locks the door as he proceeds to the black sedan waiting for him in front of his house.
And as he closes the door, his fellow KGB agent greets him and he greets him back. The car then starts moving for their short journey to the Kremlin.
They arrive at the Kremlin. Dimitri alights from the car and waves at his colleague with a smile. The fellow KGB then taps his horn lightly and mouths the words wishing him good luck in his mission. Dimitri then proceeds to one of the KGB offices inside to attend the meeting with his superiors, his fellow senior agents and his subordinates. The confidential meeting involved KGB's next batch of actions in handling their communist allies China and North Korea, and their next batch of espionage activities against the United States of America and how to counter any potential actions by the US against USSR. Dimitri is in charge of the activities involving the United States. He is also handed his documents for his next mission by his superiors.
And so, after the meeting, he walks out of the KGB office building, where a white car awaits him. Another fellow KGB senior agent is waiting for him. He enters the car and his colleague drives him to Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. The brunette KGB agent then uses his KGB-issued fake Russian passport showing his name as Vasilii Nikolayevich for his trip to the People's Republic of China, another communist country allied with the Soviet Union. In no time, Dimitri boards an Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154B which would fly him from Moscow to Beijing. Upon arriving to Beijing, Dimitri takes another flight, using his fake Russian passport to Tokyo, Japan, for the final leg of his journey.
Upon arriving in Tokyo, Japan, Dimitri once again checks-in for the final leg of his flight. His next flight is bound for Los Angeles, in the United States. As part of KGB protocol, he then uses his KGB-issued fake US passport for the flight to the States.
Dimitri's facial features will definitely be mistaken for a good-looking American's. He was a brunette, brown-eyed, pale-skinned Caucasian who is 5'9" tall, sports a medium build, and has facial features that seem like he's someone from Minnesota or Texas. And furthermore, although he speaks Russian natively, Dimitri can speak American English with an absolutely flawless accent, either with a Texan southern accent or the typical general US accent.
As he waits for his turn in the queue, Dimitri Chernetsky opens his fake US passport so he could remember what his new false name is supposed to be.
And as he turns to the page showing his passport identity data, he sees and he memorizes his new name: Logan Mitchell
To be continued...