Chapter 1: Death of a Business Man

Traffic in Berlin is hell, especially in an over-polished, silver BMW sedan. A young man with light-brown hair, a pale face, and innocent blue eyes was in the back, thinking about his meeting with a very dangerous man later, totally ignored the most busiest traffic in the world, which would make him late to this important meeting, probably the most important meeting in his life. Most criminal meeting, too. The man he was supposed to meet with has been known throughout the world as one of the most notorious terrorists in the Europe. But that was beside the point. This young man would be paid millions of dollars to take part in this evil task with this evil man.

The BMW sedan came to an abrupt stop in front of a gray building. The building looked unimportant, just blending in with the German Metropolitan scene.

"We have arrived Mr. Frankenberg," the young man's driver said as he held the door open.

"Thank you Josef," the young man replied.

The young man's name was Heinz Frankenberg, he was a business man in his prime, making more money than one would expect a young man just out of college to do so.

The driver held an umbrella over the young man's head and carried his suitcase into the gray building.
"My dear, Heinz," A mysterious voice greeted, "What a pleasure to meet you."

Heinz was relieved once he saw a short man in a blue suit make his way down the stairs. This man was Jaeger Nuten.

My free pass to a truckload of money, Heinz thought.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Nuten," Heinz said.

"Call me Jaeger," Jaeger replied. "Shall we commence?"

"Let's get started," Heinz said, concurring with Jaeger.

Jaeger led Heinz to a round conference table where five other people were waiting. Among them were Natalia Neacheav a notorious Ukrainian criminal mastermind, Tao Li a Chinese doctor, with a diverse knowledge in medicine, vaccines, and poisons, Norm 'Hack" Carson, an American "techy" known as a famous hacker (hence the nickname: Hack), Roberto Gomez, a Chilean contract killer with talents in several martial art styles and gun knowledge, and Achmed Khan, an Egyptian specialist in bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

"The Canadian government has been making me very mad lately," Jaeger stated. "They have imprisoned one of my top snipers for a reason with no representation, and know there is no bail, so my best sniper is trapped and I feel we may have a hard time getting down to business."

"The reason why I called you all here today is to think of something to get back at the Canadian government. My good friend Heinz has come up with a brilliant idea, so sit back, relax, and enjoy what he has to say."

Heinz expected applause, but the room remained silent as he took the stage and started his presentation.

"As you may know, I am the CEO of Latham snacks and we are very popular throughout Europe and we plan to debut in America soon."

"Mr. Nuten and I have had an idea of an energy drink that would make kids depressed and possibly suicidal. The Canadians will soon notice an unusual increase in suicide rates. Any questions?"

"What does this have do to with us?" Achmed Kahn asked irritated

"We all know that in the past, most of you have had some run-ins with the Canadians, in which most occasions, your reputation became tarnished." Jaeger replied.

"So all of this is just for revenge?" Hack Carson asked incredulously.

"You could say that," Jaeger said. "So what do you say?"

There were scattered nods and yes's until each person agreed.

"Then meet back here tomorrow to commence project: Maple-Side," Jaeger said.

While Heinz was walking back to his car in the heavy Berlin rain, it dawned upon him that this wasn't such a good idea, so he raced back inside.

"Mr. Nuten," Heinz said to Jaeger once he was back inside. "I don't know if I want to be a part of this."

"Why the change of heart, Heinz?" Jaeger asked.

"I don't know about killing so many children and teens," Heinz replied.

"Okay, but thank you for coming," Jaeger sighed.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Nuten," Heinz said shaking hands and leaving the door back into his normal life, safe from crime.

As Heinz walked into the back seat of his car, he felt a feeling of comfort in the smooth leather car seat and he felt relived he backed out of the project.

A moment later Heinz lost his feeling of comfort. He also lost his life.

Only a few hundred yards away, Jaeger Nuten grinned and returned to his normal life, in the face of crime.