Chapter 1

15 May 1943

SOE Headquarters

London England

Colonel Jack Anderson a former pilot turned Espionage agent walked down the hallway of the Baker street headquarters of the Special Operations Executive in London. He was more than a little curious why he had been jarred out of a sound sleep at three o'clock in the morning and told to rush over here.

He had to flash his ID to several guards to avoid being shot before he reached his destination. Finally he found the office he had been told to go to. Inside pacing worriedly behind his desk was Major General Rudy Gillespie.

Gillespie was in charge of coordinating intelligence operations between the US and Britain so the two agencies didn't waste time tripping over each other in the field.

"This better be important Rudy," said Jack as he entered the office, "I had a pretty good dream involving a beautiful blonde going when your phone call woke me up."

Being good friends the two men didn't waste time with rank and last names.

"Oh it's important, Jack," said Rudy as he stopped pacing, "and it's funny you should mention a beautiful blonde." Rudy reached into the file folder on the desk in front of him and pulled out a photograph. He handed it to Jack,

"This is a picture of our top agent in eastern France. Codename: Sparrow, real name: Kimberly Crawford, we just got word a half hour ago that she was betrayed to the Gestapo near Dijon while on a recon mission. Our last info was that she was to be taken to Berlin first thing this morning.

Your mission is to rescue her. She has, in her head, a list of top Nazi officers who are planning to kill Hitler. Not to mention enough info on the intelligence networks in France to cripple them."

Jack gave a low whistle.

"That is big stuff." He said. Rudy nodded and motioned Jack over to a large map of Europe that was hanging on the wall.

"We've got a bomber waiting at the Gatwick airfield to fly you over the border into Germany; you'll parachute just inside the border. Sparrow is being transported on a munitions train and she's surrounded by an entire platoon of Gestapo, so they obviously have some idea of how important she is already."

"A platoon of Gestapo," said Jack shaking his head, "you never come up with any easy ones do you Rudy?"

"Never," said Rudy, "but this time you won't have to fly completely by the seat of your pants. Dr. Milton Kruptnick the head of our research and development section will meet you at the plane with some equipment that should help you complete the mission."

"Then I'll be on my way," said Jack with a nod before striding out the door."

"Godspeed, Jack," said Rudy quietly as he watched the door of his office close, "Godspeed."

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