Chapter 26: The Russians

Zane spoke "First off, I'm dying to ask, you Russians say you're the bad guys, and you've attempted to hire me for consulting purposes, which indirectly makes me the bad guy too. Why is it I'm always made out to be the bad guy. I'm like-able aren't I?"

"Nyet, you are lawyer, no one like lawyer, ever" said Agent Leon.

"I'm honest though?"

"Again Nyet, nothing in your residence was paid for, not even the house which is registered to a Mr. Killme Antakemihous. Supposedly Mr. Antakemihous went missing around the time you moved in according to our Intel."

"Uh well see the thing is he was dead when I found him. And I thought hey don't let a good house go to waste especially since I went through the trouble of killing...err...finding his body, his memory could live on if I used the residence as my own." Zane looked around uneasy. "You make a compelling argument though, how can I be of assistance?"

"Yes we monitor The Two here. It is project assigned to us by Mother Russia and we jump at opportunity to recruit inside man to assist with our mission. You will help us to lure them into trap so we may capture them to harness their combined power."

Zane looked doubtful. "Why not go straight for them. You obviously had the resources to find me, why not just nab them and be done with it?"

"Ah is easy question, protected by three guardians." Agent Nickolas pulled up the image of three cats on one of the large monitors in the room. These are quite formidable enemy guardians, especially the little grey one."

Zane groaned and rubbed his head. "You have no idea, that little one was the cause of the hole in my, err Mr. Antakemihous's residence. I can't prove anything but I think they were trying to kill me when they were over a couple days ago."

"Nyet, we know first hand what guardians capable of, they originally work for Russians many years ago, but defect and now work for The Two. Very skilled in weapon use and explosives. Also highly trained fighters. Little grey one recently tap into Russian resources to gain access to surplus rocket launchers, cause much havoc. We send strike team to deal with problem, destroy their vehicle, but very elusive these guardians are and they escape attack, big thorn in our side for many years now. They were once trusted comrades, now some of Russia's most dangerous enemies. That is why project so important."

"Actually that does explain a lot, I felt like their actions had a certain organized feel to it you only ever find in trained soldiers." Zane looked up at another one of the monitors which seem to be a satellite view of Jade, Nikki, and Ethan's house. "So you have Russian satellites monitoring them then?"

"Nyet, that monitor is connected to Goggle Planet, is much better then Russian satellite resources. We have not unlocked ability to activate laser capabilities Goggle satellite has. We Russians amazed rest of world let Goggle take it over so easily. Goggle claims they are not evil, Russia ready to surrender if they ever decide to become evil. All of Russia already use their email client, gives great storage space capacity for all Russian secrets."

"So what do I have to do to help you?" Zane asked still confused on what part he was to play.

"You will bring Russian tracking device and place on The Two and attempt to lure them into a location where the guardians can not help them. Here is tracking device." Agent Leon pointed at a large helmet with a small satellite dish mounted on the top.

"Is that the best you have, its a little..I don't know, obvious, it looks heavy too. Yeah this thing weighs like 10 pounds, putting that on their head without them noticing would be impossible."

"OK tracking device maybe not feasible, always good to ask though."

Zane continued "And have you tried to grab them while they're at work?"

"Nyet, the lab The Two work at has great combat defense capabilities. Would be suicide mission for sure, Russians not like being shot at."

"I can't imagine why not" Zane said sarcastically.

"Because it would kill us."

Zane dropped his head into his hands. "OK well you answered my question at least. So what is all this equipment doing then?"

"Nothing really, its mostly for show, we sometimes use the big screen to play pong on, is latest hit in Russia, is state of the art game technology."

Zane thought for a moment. "I am in need of your restroom"

"Right this way" Agent Nickolas said leading him to the restrooms, a set of two doors, one marked "Comrade" and the other marked "Comradette".

Zane immediately after he was alone in the restroom pried open the air vent in the ceiling and climbed into the air ducts making his way through the maze until he found himself outside. "With allies like that, who needs enemies, oh look they left their vehicle out in the open where anyone could break the window, hot wire it and drive it away."

A couple hours later, Agents Leon and Nickolas are standing at the entrance to the restroom looking at each other occasionally saying "He'll probably be finished soon." "Ya any minute now".