John Randall pulled on a black sweatshirt over the kevlar vest he was wearing. He picked up the Glock 9mm sitting on the passenger front seat of his black SUV and headed out into the darkness of the woods. His contact was somewhere out here, he knew that, put he had long forgotten the directions of where he was supposed to go. Sweating slightly from anticipation he quickly put about a mile between him and his car. Suddenly he heard a stick snap somewhere in front of him. Slowly, he pulled his gun up and squinted into the darkness. "You made it, and only 19 minutes late this time." He knew the voice instantly, it was his employer, or maybe his puppetier, he still wasn't quite sure what this all was leading to. "I have enough men now" John replied still not sure of where in the darkness the man was. He reached for his flashlight but the man stopped him, "I think it would be better if we did not see each other face to face" he said matter-of-factly. "Okay, I still need the weapons and some body armor, and, of course, I still need to know what this is all about." John told the man. It was true, he had no idea what this man had in mind for him and his men, it had all started about two weeks ago.
John had always had a disdain for government, for America, and for the world. He hated what is was turning into. He always thought if he could have some power, he could do it differently, and most importantly better. That's how he had first gotten started in terrorism. But at first it was nothing big, he was a member of a militia in Arizona who were about as dangerous as a garden snake. He had spent most of his time there picketing city halls to push some stupid law or legislation the militia agreed with. That wasn't enough for John, he craved power, so he moved to California bought a rifle and joined the anti-government group know as the Anarchist America Society. It was there John got his first real taste of terrorism. About once every 3 years the group would plan something, a bombing, a riot, or maybe an assassination. He had personally been a part of two bombings. One at the daycare of some high ranking legislatures 3 year old children. All in the building were killed, the death toll was 27 kids all under six years old and the 5 women who ran the daycare. The other was a small bomb in the home of Daniel Fisher president of a company working closely with the government on top secret projects. Both him and his wife escaped the blast with their lives. But none of that was what John was famous for, none of that was the reason he was now working for this man with unknown intentions. Four years ago when he was 31, then AAS long disintgrated, he had personally set up the successful assassination of President George W. Bush. Although he had not personally taken the shot, he had contracted the men and planned the whole thing himself. For that he was a hero to all anti-government groups around the world. No one was ever charged for that shooting, although unknown the government the sniper had been shot by the French Police after entering the headquarters of the French company International Computer Technologies Inc, a company known to in the pocket of the US government, with a shotgun. Finally John had gotten what he had always wanted, power and fame. For the next four years he had worked as an underground terrorist contractor. He knew where every terrorist was in the world at any time, and how to contact them. John had set up quite a few missions in the four years since the assassination, but nothing like this. This time he was working for someone. All his other missions had just been to satisfy his own feelings of superiority, but now someone else was calling the shots.
The man he was meeting with now had first made contact with John on May 3rd. It was a short 10 second message on John's answering machine saying simply "I know who you are, further instructions to follow." At first John was terrified he figured someone had it out for him, at least until he received the phone call two days later. "I will pay you if you do a job for me, I will tell you where to find more information tomorrow." John spent almost the whole day sitting next to the phone waiting for it to ring. Around 3:30 pm it finally did, he could clearly hear the obviously distorted voice. "Winston Park, tree next to men' room, knothole, find it quickly." He could hear the click as the caller hung up. Racing down the streets in his Ford Explorer he made it to the park, which was 7 miles away, in about 9 minutes. The men's room was in the middle of the park, it took John only a few minutes to reach it. He quickly found the tree the man had told him about and reached into the knothole in the bark. John pulled out a manilla envelope the size of a normal sheet of paper. Knowing he couldn't just start reading it there he tucked it into his pocket and made his way back to the parking lot. As soon as he got inside his car he ripped the envelope open. There was simply one sheet of paper in it. Pulling it out he read, "Get men, meet me at Hart's Woods at 12:30 am in five days." On May 11th at about 12:59 am, John parked his car next to the woods and then followed the only parked trail he could find deeper into the woods. He had heard the voice, the same on he was hearing now, "You're late, I didn't think you would show." "Sorry 'bout that," he replied "I have 5 men ready for a mission, so what's up?" "I can't tell you that now, get 5 more men and meet me in 2 days same time, here again." "Alright, I'll try," he told the man and walked back to his SUV. That's what brought him to today, May 13th, standing in the coldness of the woods, talking to man he had never seen, planning a mission he knew nothing about. "Oh, yes... you don't know about the mission yet, well I can tell you this, it won't be easy. I have some friends, and well, these friends would be very, very thankful if I could do a favor for them. You see, my friends work with the TFFA, Terrorism For a Free America, its a new group, they haven't really made a name for themselves yet. These friends, they could help this, um... group, very much by getting some documents from the vacation house of a member of the CIA. Also, this TFFA isn't too well funded at the moment so you would need to also take the CIA man and his wife hostage for around, hmmm... 40 million. If you agree to do this I will pay you 3 million. If you complete the mission successfully I will give yuo another 7 million. Also I will supply each member of your team a mp5/10, its a mp5 chambered for a 10mm round, nice and deadly, and kevlar equipment. Well, I must think this is a lot to think about. Talk to your team, see if they'll agree, you'll really need about 10 men to have any chance of pulling of this mission off."
"Okay, I am more then ready for this and I'm sure my men will be too." "Good, very good, I'll call you in 3 days, I have some matters to attend too." With that John could hear the man walk off deeper into the forest. Damn, John thought, this is a really great opportunity. He could get into a new terrorism group from the ground up. He'd be their hero too, man, if he could pull this off, damn it would be sweet. With that thought in mind he drove off.
John had always had a disdain for government, for America, and for the world. He hated what is was turning into. He always thought if he could have some power, he could do it differently, and most importantly better. That's how he had first gotten started in terrorism. But at first it was nothing big, he was a member of a militia in Arizona who were about as dangerous as a garden snake. He had spent most of his time there picketing city halls to push some stupid law or legislation the militia agreed with. That wasn't enough for John, he craved power, so he moved to California bought a rifle and joined the anti-government group know as the Anarchist America Society. It was there John got his first real taste of terrorism. About once every 3 years the group would plan something, a bombing, a riot, or maybe an assassination. He had personally been a part of two bombings. One at the daycare of some high ranking legislatures 3 year old children. All in the building were killed, the death toll was 27 kids all under six years old and the 5 women who ran the daycare. The other was a small bomb in the home of Daniel Fisher president of a company working closely with the government on top secret projects. Both him and his wife escaped the blast with their lives. But none of that was what John was famous for, none of that was the reason he was now working for this man with unknown intentions. Four years ago when he was 31, then AAS long disintgrated, he had personally set up the successful assassination of President George W. Bush. Although he had not personally taken the shot, he had contracted the men and planned the whole thing himself. For that he was a hero to all anti-government groups around the world. No one was ever charged for that shooting, although unknown the government the sniper had been shot by the French Police after entering the headquarters of the French company International Computer Technologies Inc, a company known to in the pocket of the US government, with a shotgun. Finally John had gotten what he had always wanted, power and fame. For the next four years he had worked as an underground terrorist contractor. He knew where every terrorist was in the world at any time, and how to contact them. John had set up quite a few missions in the four years since the assassination, but nothing like this. This time he was working for someone. All his other missions had just been to satisfy his own feelings of superiority, but now someone else was calling the shots.
The man he was meeting with now had first made contact with John on May 3rd. It was a short 10 second message on John's answering machine saying simply "I know who you are, further instructions to follow." At first John was terrified he figured someone had it out for him, at least until he received the phone call two days later. "I will pay you if you do a job for me, I will tell you where to find more information tomorrow." John spent almost the whole day sitting next to the phone waiting for it to ring. Around 3:30 pm it finally did, he could clearly hear the obviously distorted voice. "Winston Park, tree next to men' room, knothole, find it quickly." He could hear the click as the caller hung up. Racing down the streets in his Ford Explorer he made it to the park, which was 7 miles away, in about 9 minutes. The men's room was in the middle of the park, it took John only a few minutes to reach it. He quickly found the tree the man had told him about and reached into the knothole in the bark. John pulled out a manilla envelope the size of a normal sheet of paper. Knowing he couldn't just start reading it there he tucked it into his pocket and made his way back to the parking lot. As soon as he got inside his car he ripped the envelope open. There was simply one sheet of paper in it. Pulling it out he read, "Get men, meet me at Hart's Woods at 12:30 am in five days." On May 11th at about 12:59 am, John parked his car next to the woods and then followed the only parked trail he could find deeper into the woods. He had heard the voice, the same on he was hearing now, "You're late, I didn't think you would show." "Sorry 'bout that," he replied "I have 5 men ready for a mission, so what's up?" "I can't tell you that now, get 5 more men and meet me in 2 days same time, here again." "Alright, I'll try," he told the man and walked back to his SUV. That's what brought him to today, May 13th, standing in the coldness of the woods, talking to man he had never seen, planning a mission he knew nothing about. "Oh, yes... you don't know about the mission yet, well I can tell you this, it won't be easy. I have some friends, and well, these friends would be very, very thankful if I could do a favor for them. You see, my friends work with the TFFA, Terrorism For a Free America, its a new group, they haven't really made a name for themselves yet. These friends, they could help this, um... group, very much by getting some documents from the vacation house of a member of the CIA. Also, this TFFA isn't too well funded at the moment so you would need to also take the CIA man and his wife hostage for around, hmmm... 40 million. If you agree to do this I will pay you 3 million. If you complete the mission successfully I will give yuo another 7 million. Also I will supply each member of your team a mp5/10, its a mp5 chambered for a 10mm round, nice and deadly, and kevlar equipment. Well, I must think this is a lot to think about. Talk to your team, see if they'll agree, you'll really need about 10 men to have any chance of pulling of this mission off."
"Okay, I am more then ready for this and I'm sure my men will be too." "Good, very good, I'll call you in 3 days, I have some matters to attend too." With that John could hear the man walk off deeper into the forest. Damn, John thought, this is a really great opportunity. He could get into a new terrorism group from the ground up. He'd be their hero too, man, if he could pull this off, damn it would be sweet. With that thought in mind he drove off.