Prologue

PROLOGUE 

“How about tomorrow evening?” DC asked, sipping his coffee.

“Mmm Mmm…I have an appointment with my dentist”, BV croaked.

“Yeah, we know”, BK laughed out loud. EK, silent as always, winked and returned a smile.

It was another weary day, and the four of them had decided to take a break at a coffee shop in Amsterdam. It was a calm afternoon with some shoppers scattered here and there on the promenade. The gentle breeze ruffled the leaves that were strewn around.

But little were they prepared for the single shot that would shatter this halcyon setting to smithereens. The windows of the coffee shop they were sitting in, the fiber glass panel, in spite of its durability, exploded into a million pieces, manifesting the power of the weapon that fired that shot.

They knew it will come any day, but they didn’t expect it today.

All of them ducked under their table. Being a weekday, there were few customers in the shop. And all of them screamed out in unison.

“Lie down, all of you”, shouted DC. Everyone obeyed.

BK looked at the others. They nodded. The four of them whipped out their pistols in one fluid motion. BK and BV were equipped with the advanced Glocks while EK settled for a Walther and DC,a Smith & Wesson. They consolidated their postions behind the upturned tables and walls of the shop. The assault will begin anytime. And when that happens, Agents DC, BV, EK and BK will be ready…