You pick up the walkie-talkie and reply "Copy dog patch 6"


"New events have come up that need your immediate presence" replied the voice with an acute touch of urgency


"Errr, I am........."


"Its a level 1 situation, gather your team and get to M&T bank at Queensferry and Seagate immediately over" cut in the voice 


You jump onto your feet and run into the house. You dress quickly and run out. As you run out of your bed room remember you have not told your wife that you are leaving.

You run outside the house

You decide that you don't have the time to talk to your wife and you rush out ,jump onto your SUV and pull away from the parking lot in a hurry. You step on the accelerator as you hit the highway.


Meanwhile your wife rushes outside and finds the SUV tearing away from the parking lot at high speed. Unaware that it was you driving away, she immediately thinks the car has been stolen and rushes to call the police to report the theft.


"What is your emergency?'' Asks the telephone operator on the other end


"I am reporting a stolen vehicle" she replies


She describes the vehicle  and  its last seen location.


"We have officers on that road, just give me a moment."


The line goes quiet for a moment and then the operator speaks,"officers have placed a road block on all roads.we shall inform you of all new developments. meanwhile stay in touch in case we need clarification."

You roadblock

You have been driving at high speed for the last 4 minutes. Suddenly you notice a traffic jam forming ahead of you. You pull out of the road and drive along the walk way honking as you snake your way through the lines of vehicles. You get to a junction and an officer signals for you to stop. Before you explain your situation 3 officers point guns at your face as the rest close the road. 


They force you out the vehicle and cuff you on the ground. As you try to explain yourself you are whisked away and the vehicle is searched for weapons. They find a walkie-talkie and service pistol and they immediately take you to a police station 20 minutes away. Unfortunately you have forgotten your badge and cannot prove that you are an agent.


The 1st opportunity you get to speak is at the interview room when you are being questioned. You explain the day's predicaments and by the time you finish your wife appears in the questioning room. She informs the police that you are her husband and they let you go after apologizing. They hand you back your pistol, walkie-talkie and car. Just as you are about to leave the station you catch a glimpse of the television at the reception.


It has been the perfect rest day. You lie on the couch and switch on the Television. There is breaking news showing terrorism attack in your city. 139 civilians and 23 agents of the Anti-terrorism Unit are reported dead from an explosion that rocked a bank in your city. The terrorists are said to have demanded for release of a well known prisoner but the security forces decided to launch an attack to rescue the hostages. Unknown to them, the whole building had been rigged to blow in case a rescue mission was attempted.


You shoot to your feet, mouth agape as you take in the bad news. Your whole team has been wiped out  in the attack. As you are still pondering, your cell phone rings. It is your brother's wife calling. 


You pick up the call and listen.


"Halo........he is gone, he is gone" sobs your sister in law


"who is gone? where...." You ask


"Tim was killed in the attack"she answers and continues to cry until the line goes dead.


You fall onto your knees and hold your head in anguish

You retribution

You pull out of your grief in an instant. You call your senior and learn that the explosion has devastated your security force. You jump into your SUV and hit the road once more. Its a furious drive to the site and your feet hit the ground as the car screeches to a halt. You can feel adrenaline coursing  through your veins as you walk over the site to look for clues, the kind that you usually felt when jumping off planes and dodging bullets back in the army.


A couple of rescuers are on site to pull the hostages from the  debris. Your eyes pore over as you look for what could be the bodies of the dead terrorists.


A gaping hole welcomes you to one corner office at the far left of the banking hole. You peer into the hole and discover an underground tunnel. It seems old  but wide enough to snuggle through. None of the bodies outside matched the profile of terrorists. You realize this could be the gunmen's escape route.

You pursuit

You look around you and notice an armored truck pulling over at the bank's foyer. Its a replenishment of agents from your force. You immediately talk to a team leader disembarking from one of the vehicles.


You walk over your findings with him. He spreads out  a security map indicating old underground tunnels leading to an abandoned septic tank 3 blocks away. He assigns you a 10 man detail  and a vehicle and selects another 10 men to pursue the attackers from the bank through the tunnels.

You go to the ambush

You get there and immediately you alight from your vehicle a fire fight begins. The robbers seem to be heavily armed and pin down your officers. Your team is annihilated and taken down. Your  M16 rifle  runs out of ammunition  and you find yourself surrounded by  5 masked men. They get to your position but hesitate once they see your face. the leader of the team raises his arm and clenches a fist to command the men to hold fire - special forces style. As you wonder why you are being spared a 5th man emerges from the tunnel and shouts "tunnels are boobytrapped." He screeches to a stop when he notices you lying on the floor like a deer amidst a pack of wolves. 


Your eyes meet and for a moment your faces show bewilderment. "Jack? Is that you?" You ask as he looks down. The rest of the men peel off their masks.

You unlikely reunion

"Rohn, Lewis, Sean, Larry and Beck" you muse  as you stand up to regard them.


They were all part of another team of your  special forces unit that had been regarded Killed in Action during a search and rescue mission two years ago in a Siberian bank heist. The discovery finally solved a mystery in which both the team, the robbers and the money were never found. 


You remain speechless as the revelation hits you piece by piece. No wonder the heist was executed with pin point precision.


"We don't have time." muttered Jack. He picks a box full of cash and places it at your feet and signals the team to pack off.


You are still in a dilemma as the team leaves you standing and walks away towards a parking lot guns in hand.