Chapter 9 – Shadow from the Past
July 31st, 10:45 am
Kaesong, North Korea
"Some shitty assignment" A North Korean soldier complained to himself, he was stationed at a security checkpoint just outside the city of Kaesong. The city wasn't as populated compared to the capitol city since only those approved by the government were allowed to transit or live in it.
"Try not to sleep on the job" another soldier warned the disgruntled sentry as he noticed he was dosing off "You know what would happen if you get caught sleeping"
"Yes sir" The young soldier replied.
It seemed business as usual until a black vehicle approached at high speed.
"Who can that be" The young soldier muttered.
Two other soldiers posted on watch towers aimed their machine guns at the speeding vehicle.
The black Nissan GT-R driven by Marcus Rodriguez slowed down with a loud roar coming from the exhaust, a result from downshifting. The car made a complete stop and the young private cautiously got close to the car with his AK-47 aimed at the front of the car. The passenger window rolled down.
"Our great leader is very pissed at you for letting him down!" A Chinese operative, one of Xian's subordinates disguised as a North Korean soldier yelled.
"What's going on?" The soldier was very nervous.
"He's coming over and he's gonna kill all of you for letting some enemy spies thru, we caught them in Pyongyang and they confessed passing thru here" The Chinese spy replied.
"You're kidding, you know we do our best to keep spies out" the soldier pleaded.
"You explain your fuck up to him" The spy chuckled
One of the North Korean soldiers on the watch tower pulled his binoculars and saw from a distance two limousines with North Korean flags on the front, a Corvette and an Aston Martin Vanquish escorting them. The soldier dropped his binoculars in panic "They're coming!"
The soldiers ran from their post, to them disappointing the Kim family meant death by execution or spend the rest of their lives in a labor camp. The Chinese operative rolled his window up, Marcus only smiled as he saw the soldiers running.
"Time to get out of Dodge, boys" Marcus smirked.
The GT-R drove into the city and shortly after that the two limousines along with the Corvette and the Vanquish made it into the city as well.
Inside the city was filled with tall buildings to which they were mostly a façade since at one point there were many joint ventures between North and South Korean companies and the North regime had to put a pretty picture for the media. One thing Dalton, Marcus and Kira noticed were the female traffic officers directing traffic. Word of their supreme leader spread like wildfire and many of these officers bowed to the entourage with the outmost respect.
"It was a great idea but how long can we keep the charade before they find out the truth?" Kira was concerned about their cover.
"We'll create a diversion to keep them busy" Dalton said.
"What do you have in mind?" Xian who was in one of the limousines asked over the radio.
"I'll just blow something up, that will get their attention" Dalton replied.
Marcus heard the conversation "That's not hard to do"
The entourage drove thru one of the main streets into the downtown area, from there they would go east just on the outskirts where the military facility was located. All that was needed was a diversion to keep even the soldiers in the base busy and gain access into the facility.
"According to the GPS we should turn left on the upcoming street" said Kira.
The entourage turned left and kept on driving into a street, one of the advantages of Kaesong was that its streets were empty since not many citizens had access to private vehicles. It was the total opposite of cities like Tri City, Fairhaven or Olympic City where rush hour traffic was a nightmare.
"You know Dalton, I've been thinking I could take you on in a race right here, right now" Kira said jokingly.
"You can dream about it, too bad we can't do it now but I tell you what. I'll race you once this mission is over" Dalton replied.
"Deal" said Kira.
As they were passing a city block they saw a military transport truck with soldiers beating a bunch of civilians consisting of men, women and children.
"What a fuck are they doing to these people?" Marcus looked at the beating these people were getting. The entourage stopped for a moment. Xian took a closer look.
"They're getting arrested and probably they're being taken to a labor camp" Xian replied.
"But why?" Dalton asked as he started to prepare the Vulcan Stingray's weapons system.
"More than likely for petty stuff like being in possession of South Korean DVD's, music or magazines. To the North that's negative propaganda" Xian was familiar with the do's and don'ts when it came to the totalitarian regime.
"That's horrible" Kira couldn't stand watch innocent people get the short end of the stick, even as a CIA operative she didn't like what she was witnessing.
"This is our diversion, can we fit those people in one of the limos?" Dalton asked, in total he saw about 15 people.
"Dalton, this is crazy and may compromise the mission" Xian protested.
"Imagine it was you getting beaten" Marcus said, he was disgusted at Xian's indifference.
Kira looked at the soldiers and saw they were about ten soldiers. Marcus engaged the weapons system in his GT-R "Night Raven".
"I'll attack them and you get the people inside the limo, I'll meet you at the base" said Marcus.
Xian took a deep breathe "Ok but you'll figure out how to get them out of country, they'll become wanted fugitives"
Marcus revved the engine and made a 180 spin, facing the truck. The soldiers took notice at the stunt and aimed their assault rifles at the car. Machine guns also emerged from the GT-R as well, Marcus took aim at the soldiers and opened fire. The soldiers fell to the ground, the Chinese agent that was with Marcus exited the car and guided the victimized civilians to the limo.
"Now get out of here. I'll keep them busy and I'll meet you at the base" Marcus commanded as he took aim at five more soldiers that were coming at him.
"Ok Marcus, we're counting on you" said Kira.
"Stay alive. Remember there's that lady waiting on you and you need to propose to her" Dalton was the first to move out of the scene.
The two limousines along with the Corvette and the Aston Martin drove off towards the base while the GT-R headed to a back alley with more enemy soldiers on their way to provide back up. The GT-R ran them over.
"Come on boys! Come at me with everything you got" said Marcus as he exited the alley and turned left to another street. Three Jeeps started to pursue the sports car.
"What is that car?" One soldier said to himself.
One of the Jeeps had a 50 caliber gun with armor piercing rounds, one soldier took aim and shot at the car without causing any damage. Much to their dismay.
"Who is this guy?" the soldier handling the big gun said.
A small hatch from the back of the Night Raven opened and a couple of grenades came out, they exploded and caused two Jeeps to roll leaving one in pursuit. Marcus turned right and to his surprise there was a road block composed by two large military trucks. He switched to missiles and fired on the trucks. Enemy soldiers ran for their lives.
Back at the command post in Osan Air Force base in South Korea.
"Colonel, we were able to hack into the North Korean army's transmission" Sun Yeung said.
"Tell me what they are talking about" Col. Duncan looked at a screen displaying a real time satellite image, it showed the GT-R making its way around the streets of Kaesong.
"A black sports car attacked a platoon while they were arresting a bunch of traitors" Sun Yeung translated the conversation.
Dr. Wade Mulligan walked into the room and took notice of what was going on.
"Doctor, your cars are exceeding expectations" Col. Duncan said.
"They'll make great additions to intelligence agencies once we mass produce them" Wade replied.
"Don't do anything stupid, Dalton" said Sun Yeung as she looked at the screen.
"You still care about him, don't you?" Jade stood behind Sun Yeung.
"I'm human… I want them to come back alive" Sun Yeung dismissed Jade's question.
Back on the streets of Kaesong…
Marcus cleared many of the back up units that were called in.
"Dalton, are you guys at the base yet?" Marcus asked.
"Almost there…. How are things?" Dalton replied.
"I'm on my way, I think these assholes are gonna be looking for a ghost" Marcus chuckled.
Suddenly the GT-R was rammed by a silver BMW M3.
"What a hell?" Marcus said after he was shaken up.
"What's going on? Talk to me buddy" Dalton said.
Machine guns emerged from the side fenders of the M3 and open fire on the GT-R.
"Of all the people that the CIA could've sent I've never thought they'd sent you" a female spoke on the radio, to Marcus that voice sounded familiar.
"So it's true what they said" Marcus replied with anger in his voice.
"It's been a long time, Marcus" The woman driving the BMW M3 replied, she was wearing a white business outfit.
"So you regained your memory, Chase" said Marcus.
The BMW M3 was heavy modified in the same fashion as the GT-R, in fact Chase Lihn was very familiar with Marcus' driving style and could read him like an open book. Marcus stepped on the accelerator and gained some distance and flipped a 180 turn as both cars came to a complete stop.
"Tell me Chase, how did you escape prison?" Marcus demanded answers.
"I guess you're entitled to answers, that's the least I can do before I kill you" Chase Lihn replied.
Both cars stood still facing each other on an empty street.
"I was given a shot so it looked like I flat lined, the guard that found me hanging was actually one of Rasheed Al Nazari's people. I was supposed to meet up with him after I killed Chau Wu but it was you who fucked everything up. He wasn't too happy about it and he made sure I never forget my mistake" Chase ran her index finger on a scar that ran on her right cheek bone.
"So you killed him in Cairo" Marcus deducted the rest of the story.
"You're a bright one" Chase taunted.
"I thought you were just a greedy bitch. But after you helping the North Koreans attack their neighbors with the Red Lazarus, all I can say is that you're bat shit insane" said Marcus.
"I don't care what these assholes do. They paid me top dollar and after they launch the Red Lazarus, I'm leaving this god-forsaken place" Chase said.
"Marcus, are you ok?" Kira said over the radio.
"I'm not but I'll will be once I'm done with her" Marcus responded
"Life's been good to you, right Marcus?" Chase continued to taunt.
"What?" Marcus was getting even angrier.
"After the Chau Wu case you dated that med student Carmen, then she left you because you were so dedicated to your police work and last year after the whole case with Jerome Sauniere and that DEA agent, you started to date that girl Izumi from Fairhaven… You could've stayed there and be happy instead of coming to this depressing place to die" Chase mocked in a patronizing tone.
"Chase…. How do you.." Marcus was cut short by Chase.
"Not that it makes any difference now, I was planning to kill everyone who crossed me back in Tri City starting with you. I was thinking of killing your girlfriend in front of you before I killed you" Chase's taunting continued.
"I swear you'll either end in a grave or in prison by the end of the day" Marcus revved the GT-R's engine.
"Keep that hope alive" Chase Lihn said before she stepped on the accelerator.
The Junkie's notes: My dear peeps, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting on the next chapter. Tons of work and on top of that I was out of town again. This time it was for vacations so now that I'm back it's time to keep writing more chapters and I'm still working on another fanfic like I've said before. Thank you guys for your patience. God bless you all and One Love!