Love Again

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November 1961

Break! A unit of SOG men break into a single house.
"Search every inch of this dump, Gerrit Helderman has to be in there!" The leader tells his men. Men search every corner and every room in the house. Three men go into the basement but find nothing but a sofa.
"He's not here, sir!" A man whispers loudly. Suddenly, the phone rings in the kitchen. The leader orders one of his men to pick up the phone.
"Who is this?" The man asks.
"This is Gerrit Helderman. Stop hunting me!" Helderman says on the phone. Suddenly, the unit hears a beeping noise.
"Everybody out, NOW!" The leader screams. Just a second after almost everyone but two men make it out, the house explodes, catapulting the remaining members of the unit a couple of feet away from the blast. Back at the CIA headquarters, an agent brings the news to Director Allen.
"It was a trap, sir! Helderman tricked us, again," the agent says.
"Of course it was a fucking trap!" Director Allen exclaims in anger. The agent looks nervous. "What's the matter, agent?" He asks the agent.
"The president would like a word with you," the agent spits out. It seems that Allen knows why President Kennedy wants to talk him. Later, back in Russia, Helderman is talking to one of Arnold's men who informs him of the completion of the second weapon and it's move to a new location in a couple of days. Arnold approaches them.
"Excuse me, may I have a word with Gerrit, alone?" Arnold asks the man politely. The man leaves.
"I have just received word that Allen Dulles was fired from his position in the CIA," Arnold tells Helderman.
"Wait, what? What about the SERPENT files? I need those files!" A frustrated Helderman says.
"According to my mole inside the CIA, the SERPENT files were never with Dulles, they were else where. Internal mumblings suggest that whoever led the SERPENT program has the files inside his house," Arnold explains to him.
"And who led SERPENT?" Helderman questions him.
"I have no idea. But I will find out for you. Like I said, I made you promise in helping you exact vengeance on your former employers, didn't I?" Arnold questions him back.
"Yes, sir, you did," Helderman says.

November 30, 1961

"Ready! Aim! Fire!" A man screams as the new CIA Director, John A. McCone, watches. The man turns to Director McCone.
"These men belonged to the SERPENT program, highly trained and efficient in combat," the man explains to Director McCone.
"They were part of the experiments?" Director McCone asks the man.
"No, sir. These men were specially trained to take on SERPENT super spies," the man responds. Director McCone takes a look at the metal cut-out targets hit by the SERPENT operatives. He sees that all of them have perfect headshot precision, which makes him smile.
"Gentlemen, your job cannot get any simpler! Get Gerrit Helderman! Track him by any means, shoot to kill! I want Helderman dead, no exceptions! Do you understand?" Director McCone yells out.
"Yes, sir!" The men exclaim.
"Good, then fucking get to work!" Director McCone orders them. In the meantime, Helderman prepares for his mission and he is accompanied by a woman. The woman caresses Helderman's shoulder.
"When do we leave?" The woman asks him.
"Once your father gives the order, we head to the cars, take a long drive to our target location, and get that weapon," Helderman tells her.
"Well, look at you, all virtuous!" The woman compliments him in a nice attitude. Helderman smiles at her and they kiss. As they make out, the woman begins to remove his shirt, but Helderman stops her.
"Not now, your father can walk in at any moment," Helderman pleads. The woman obeys his wish, as she knows they would get in trouble if her father found out. About half an hour later, Helderman is helping her prepare for the mission when Arnold walks in.
"Gerrit, Janet, you will be leaving in thirty minutes. Good luck!" Arnold tells them.
"Father, are you sure you don't want to join us?" Janet, the woman, asks her father.
"I would love to, but I have important things to get done with here," Arnold says nicely. Arnold then kisses his daughter's forehead and then looks at Helderman.
"Make sure my daughter returns without a scratch on her," Arnold tells Helderman.
"Will do, sir, don't worry!" Helderman assures him. Arnold smiles and then leaves the room. Janet turns to Helderman.
"Are you worried at all?" Janet asks him.
"No, not at all," Helderman assures her.
"You should be. That device is important to my father," Janet tells him.
"And to me. The Americans killed my parents, gave me great grief and pain. Now I will do the same to them!" Helderman exclaims. Janet grabs his arm.
"We both will," Janet says before kissing him. As they kiss, Janet removes his shirt and pushes him onto his back. As he is about to have the night of his life, Helderman thinks to himself: I found love again.

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