Another man, Yuri, was working on a different plan. Last week Yuri had had a feeling he was being followed when he left the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown. After he pulled into his garage and closed the overhead door, he went quickly out the back door, cut through three deserted backyards to a place where he could clearly see the entire block. Sure enough, trusting his instincts had paid off. A car was parked 50 feet farther up the street with a man slouched behind the wheel. This was no coincidence. Using a small pocket telescope, Yuri recognized the renegade KGB officer he had once known as Ivan Kalin when they were both mid-level KGB Officers. This man was dangerous, capable of killing him without a second thought. He had to move fast, but he also needed some help. You didn’t take on Kalin without professional help. With hands shaking so much he could barely note the license number, he took one last look and, with a dry mouth and pounding heart, hurried back to his house. He had a phone call to make later that night. It would take two days to get his Charleston cell up to D.C., and some time to run them through an attack plan.

For the first time in a very long time, Yuri was frightened. He had long, repressed memories of killing Kalin’s wife and infant daughter years ago. Kalin would give him no mercy. Yuri had been waiting for Kalin to find him ever since. Just when he had thought he finally could stop worrying about Kalin, there he was parked just up the street. Tonight he would alert his most experienced team to come up from Charleston. He had Kalin’s license number, and tonight he would use his internet skills to tap into the DMV and find the name he was using and his address.

When the Berlin Wall came down and the Soviet Union fell apart, Yuri hi-jacked the KGB cells under his supervision which gave him a constant source of funds. The cell members spread throughout the United States thought Yuri was still following Moscow orders. In fact, all his cells were profit generators. Assassinations and terrorist acts for clients brought in most of the money. If all went according to plan, Yuri could retire next year.