Sky Asylum
Chapter:14
Russian Roulette
Siberia, Russia 0:11:30:0 hours morning time
Siberia is an extensive geographical region constituting almost all of North Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, Siberia was part of the Soviet Union (USSR) from its beginning, as of its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire since the 16th century.
The territory of Siberia extends eastward from the Ural Mountains to the watershed between the Pacific and Arctic drainage basins. Siberia stretches southward from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan, then to the national borders of Mongolia and China. Siberia makes up about 77% of Russia's territory (13.1 million square kilometres), but is home to only 28% (40 million people) of Russia's population.
The Siberian Traps were formed by one of the largest known volcanic events of the last 500 million years of Earth's geological history. These continued for a million years and are considered the likely cause of the "Great Dying" about 250 million years ago, which is estimated to have killed 90% of species existing at the time.
In times when the Soviet Union still existed, the earlier katorga system of penal labour camps was replaced by a new one that was controlled by the GULAG state agency. According to official Soviet estimates, more than 14 million people passed through the Gulag from 1929 to 1953, with a further seven to eight million being deported and exiled to remote areas of the Soviet Union (including entire nationalities in several cases). 516,841 prisoners died in camps from 1941 to 1943 due to food shortages caused by World War II.
At other periods, mortality was comparatively lower. The size, scope, and scale of the GULAG slave labour camp remains a subject of much research and debate. Many Gulag camps were positioned in extremely remote areas of north-eastern Siberia. The best known clusters are Sevvostlag (The North-East Camps) along the Kolyma River and Norillag near Norilsk, where 69,000 prisoners were kept in 1952. Major industrial cities of Northern Siberia, such as Norilsk and Magadan, were originally camps built by prisoners and run by ex-prisoners.
Siberia is extraordinarily rich in minerals, containing ores of almost all economically valuable metals—largely because of the absence of Quaternary glaciation outside highland areas. It has some of the world's largest deposits of nickel, gold, lead, coal, molybdenum, gypsum, diamonds, diopside, silver and zinc, as well as extensive unexploited resources of oil and natural gas.
The Khanty-Mansiysk region is home to 70% of Russia's developed oil fields. Russia contains about 40% of the world's known resources of nickel at the Norilsk deposit in Siberia. Norilsk Nickel is the world's biggest nickel and palladium producer.
On top of a hill a mansion stands quiet as the snow is slowly falling upon the surrounding area. Inside the mansion is warm and cozy as a middle-aged man looks out the window. His hard but stern expression looks upon the grounds like some watch dog in a prison.
Personal effects and furniture are inside the mansion. A hot cup of coffee is sitting on his desk. You would to ask yourself who is this man as he used to hold a position of power before the downfall the Iron curtain as it brought a beginning of the new and ended the old. As the infamous KGB is no more.
He is a general.
Or at least a former one retired one.
His name is General Anatol Alexis Gogol
Then he hears a knocking at his door in which he flinched as he turned around, as he took out his gun. Ever since the KGB had fallen all those years ago he had feared his enemies may come after him, after all the cold war harbors many grudges. During that time he held an iron fist grip upon the KGB as he was respected and feared. Even to this very day he is still feared and does have friends in high places. He adjusted his reading glasses as he was reading a good book.
"Enter." said Gogol with a Russian accent.
The door opened and walked in the love of his life, an agent he married and such irony that made him still smile to this very day was a former lover of the most hated man he respected. James Bond. Oh how he hated for his enemies to out live him as it made him want to have him killed, but no….the cold war is over but it's legacy will remain as long as he lives and remembers.
The woman still has long brunette hair and lovely blue eyes eyes with clean skin despite a few wrinkles. Her code name is still triple XXX but her real name is Major Anya Amasova. She is wearing casual clothing and is holding an Ak-47 assult rifle.
"We just lost two more patrols." said Amasova "Someone is coming."
"I know." nodded Gogol "The past has a way to come back to haunt you my love."
"I won't let them kill you," growled the major "I rather die, tell me what to do."
"Nothing can be done that I already know," said the former KGB head "I will not die on this day." He lied as he knows something she doesn't know "Tell the patrols to stand down, I will confront this myself."
"What do you think he or she wants?" asked the major.
"Answers to the past." nodded gogol "Come, come my love"
Putting his gun back into his holster, he puts on his jacket and hat as he walked with Major Anya Amasova his wife as she is has a jacket and hat on as well, she is still holding her AK-47 assult rifle. They walked outside of the mansion that sits on top of the hill as he had already ordered the patrols to stand down in which several armed guards are following them as well. He knows only one person could of taken down the patrols and can easy make his way here. James Bond.
He may not be the head of the KGB but he is still respected among the current Russian government, perhaps one day, one day the Soviet Union will rise again and strike fear throught the world. If he lives long enough to see it. At the bottom of the hill they stand there and look around, it is completely silent except for the wind blowing and a wolf howling off in the distance. It is always cold in Siberia in which the way he liked it, we are all cold in our own way.
"I know you are here show yourself." called out Gogol.
There is silence as someone did step out of the shadows, Gogol immediately knew who is was as he hasn't seen him in such a long time. However he still looks the same, he grinned a bit while standing there. On the other hand Anya Amasova was surprised to see her former lover again as she hasn't seen him in a long time as well. She kept her emotions in check in which she shows a serious but stern look upon her face.
"Ah Commander Bond." narrowed the eyes of the former KGB head "Welcome, I should have you shot….I believe you are here for a reason. I take it you are not alone."
The dark knight detective dropped down from the tree line onto the snowy ground.
Gogol's guards including Anya Amasova raised their weapons as Gogol spoke in Russian to tell them to stand down.
In Russian Airspace
30 minutes ago
Above the cloud line in Russian air space an aircraft has just arrived, inside James Bond and Batman in which the dark knight is currently flying the Bat. It looks like a combination of Harrier Jump Jet, Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey and the Boeing AH-64 Apache wrapped into one. With all the modern offensive and defensive technology it has to offer all wrapped into one. The plane ride is mostly silent until finally they reached Russian air space. The stealth technology is working so Russian radar and Russian satellites cannot pick up the bat
"Tell me," said Batman "Why does General Gogal hate you?"
"His wife." said Bond "Among other situations that are considered classified."
Batman raised a brow under his mask.
"Bruce, the information states that." said Oracle "The General married a young agent named—"
"Anya Amasova" said Bond "Blue eyes and Brunette hair, codename triple XXX."
"Although I cannot find his location" said Oracle "As someone had wiped out all the old KGB files when I attempted to hack into Russian intelligence computer network."
"I'm not surprised." said Batman "Is there something I should know between you and Mrs. Amasova."
"Now Bruce," chuckled Bond "A gentleman never kisses and tells, besides when you act like a real playboy then you'll understand." He then added "Is Wonder Woman still single, I might do something that you don't have the guts to do. Ask her out."
Batman frowned a bit and kept his anger in check.
Oracle just snorted and ended the communications transmission.
"Do you know where he is located?" asked the dark knight.
Bond inputted a set of coordinates into the newer model of the plane called the Bat.
"He spends his time here in Siberia." said Bond "As he is being guarded in which he has grown a little paranoid over the years. No surprise there, the guards are former KBG guards who have high respect for the man."
The bat the new type of jet continues on its course to that very location as there is snow falling from the ground as Siberia is known to have snow storms. Bond has been to Siberia in the past before in fact he knows everything about Russia in general. The bat the new jet flies closer and closer to that very location. Finally hovering in mid air the cock pit opens up as both of them leap to the grounds. It is snowing a little bit and the wind is blowing as the both of them are properly prepared for this. Then nodding at each other as they headed in opposite directions
James Bond went in his direction using his super spy skills to move into the shadows and climbed trees to get a better vantage point. A guard smoking a cigarette is standing there as he is on duty, in which Bond loomed over him as he jumped from the tree trunk as he landed on top of the man with a slight thud sound. The man is knocked out cold as Bond ran closer and ducked behind a rock as he hears another guard heading towards the noise. The secret agent takes out a small straw like object and places a needle inside the object. Then huffing and blowing it shoots out in which that strikes the neck of the guard.
The guard stumbles and falls as he is passed out on the snow, Bond grabbed the man's body as he drags him to the bushes to hide the body. Moving through the snow isn't that difficult as he hears crackling noises up head and voices in Russian. There is camp fire with several tents around; about five people are eating lunch that smells like either deer or other form of meat that is being eaten. They didn't have their weapons on them as Bond takes a peek around a large three trunk. Taking out a small grenade like object from his pocket he pulled the pin and threw it into the fire.
The grenade exploded right in the faces of the guards as they struggle to breath and pass out from the gas that was contained inside the grenade. This type of grenade that Q designed is full of sleeping gas as Bond covered his mouth before the explosion of the grenade. Moving freely he takes out of their radios as he can hear radio chatter but it common to hear such chatter that appears that everything is normal. Trekking quietly on the ground as he can see on top of the hill the mansion of one General Gogal, he ducked from left to right a few times as he used a pine tree as cover to discover snipers perch with a sniper with his back turned.
James used the snow as cover to get under the snipers perch as the sniper is standing under him, he rolled his sleeve a little bit and pressed a button upon his watch as an invisible laser shoots out and with careful aim he is creating a hole under the sniper. Finally the hole is created as the sniper falls hard to the ground, struggling to get up he is knocked out cold to the back of the head. He overhears the radio that it has been reported that a patrol is coming considering the guards have not reported in yet. Bond moves closer and closer to the location by using his spy skills to stay out of sight.
Wondering what the dark knight is doing.
Being the worlds greatest detective he has done his homework on Russia, however some things still do elude him in which that annoyed the dark knight. So many secrets in the world and yet so much to discover. He does trust James Bond just a bit as it annoyed him on end that the man keeps on needling him about this and that. He noted they are so much alike but then again very different in many ways, James Bond kills and he doesn't. However Alfred explained the concept of a license to kill as it is a form of diplomatic immunity. To him that would be hard to swallow James Bond a diplomat. He focused his attention on his surroundings.
It is simple doing what he is doing best like he always does; Batman is wearing his camouflaged bat suit in a form of a white color that fits perfectly with the snow upon the grounds. He moves like an Olympic athlete as he leaped from one tree to another as a guard is taking a leek under him with his back turned. The dark knight leaped down from his location and with a crippling blow knocked out the guard. With that done the Dark knight jogged quietly in the snow as Batman hears voices up head as two guards are glaring at a magazine full of nude photos of woman as the guards are chuckling at this.
The dark knight narrowed his eyes as he leaped in the air and grabbed them by their heads as he came down in which he smashed their heads between the both of them. Knocking them completely out cold, he kept on moving as a patrol of guards are patrolling the grounds as the dark knight noticed the mansion up ahead that has a towering appearance upon the grounds below. Batman grabs a couple of batter rangs and throws them right at the patrol of guards as something completely shocking takes place as the patrol of guards is completely electrocuted as they will be out cold for awhile.
Climbing up a tree he continued to move and while being preached on a branch a female guard is standing right under him, so the dark knight threw a gas pellet as it exploded in which to cause the female guard to cough uncontrollably until finally the dark knight leaped down upon her with a thud noise. He knows that James Bond is nearby somewhere however he focused his attention on his surroundings this may not be Gotham but it always pays to be mindful even in a foreign land like this.
30 Minutes later
"General Gogol." nodded the secret agent "That would be hazardous to your health, all things considered and yes you do know why I am here."
When Batman arrived the guards and his old lover Anya tensed up a bit but Gogol spoke in Russian to stand down.
"I rarely get visitors." said Gogol "and Ah, the famous dark knight detective…..I've heard so many things about you."
"We need to talk alone." said Bond
"We do," said Gogol "However how can I can, guarantee you won't kill me."
"If I did." said Bond coldly tone in his voice "Then your guards would know it was me anyway, even your lovely." He winked at Anya for a moment "Would know as well, it wouldn't hurt to have a private conversation."
"Hmmm!" said the general "Very well."
"But-" said the major
Gogol spoke in Russia to order them to leave them for a bit.
"It is good to see you again James." said Anya as she walked away.
This left the three of them alone.
"Where is Sky Asylum?" asked the dark knight.
"Blunt and to the point." chuckled the General "You would have made a perfect Russian agent, detective." Then turning to Bond "That idiot son of Olivia Mansfield Mawdesy must have found out where the Sky Asylum is, how unfortunate she is dead now….good woman she was."
"So am I told." said Bond
"I won't ask twice." growled Batman
The general laughed "Please spare me your intimidation tactics Batman" said the general "Don't you understand why Sky Asylum means…..it's in the sky, but harder to find than you can ever imagine."
"Impossible," said Batman "The justice league satellites would have detected it by now."
"Nothing is as easy as it seems Batman" said Bond "There is always something hidden from the world that people don't know about in which mankind is not ready to understand."
"True, true." said Gogol "Why do you think it is called Sky Asylum in which it is secret prison that houses the worst of the worst as it used to hold many german war criminals. Even to this very day it still holds a few criminals." Gogol takes an object out of his pocket in which it is a PDA and hands it to Bond.
Bond glares at the screen to see a signal of where it might be.
"Interesting." muttered Bond
"It does make sense." said Batman looking at the PDA
"I knew you would." said Gogol, "Now go, leave me….or I will order my guards to shoot you."
Batman then signaled for his Bat the new jet to come towards them in which finally hovers in the air like a harrier jet, James Bond and Batman get in as the bat takes off into the sky. Gogol sighs deeply and watches as he is alone, he coughs a little bit and takes out his gun an old style revolver. He whirls the chamber of the gun, then placing the barrel upon his head as he pulled the trigger. However nothing happened as Gogol smiled in which he will live to another day as he has been toying for awhile about doing a Russian roulette. He placed his gun back into his holster and walked away back to his place muttering in Russian like he always does.
To Be Continued?