A Ghost in the Rainbow.

Cody

2 Weeks Later.
Huntsville Tx.
Early in the morning.

It was an early Autumn morning in Huntsville. A lone figure was jogging down the road, said figure was 6' ft, and had two large tattoos on his arms, the first was a sleeve going down his right arm, an intricate Nordic tattoo, the other was a large ghostly skull, it was highly detailed. The man was wearing an Army t-shirt, black workout shorts, and black running shoes. This man was named Cody Hallum, to his neighbors, he seemed quiet and reserved. He was hardly ever at his home. He lived alone, and was just out of a 5 year relationship. He had just gotten back home from a mission. 

He was given a lengthy amount of time to rest, two months of leave, then back to doing spooky stuff. He always liked running, and it was a beautiful morning. As he rounded the last corner to his home, he saw one of his neighbors outside, they waved to him, he waved back. He went up to his home's door, unlocked it and went in. He set his keys in the kitchen, and made his way to the shower, after a brisk shower, he went back to the kitchen to cook some breakfast. bacon and Eggs, it was his usual. After he finished breakfast an cleaned up the kitchen, he headed to his office, where he either tried to fiddle with the blueprints to his prototypes, or read the latest news. Today, he was going to do the latter.

The top Article was interesting, "The Leader of Team Rainbow, Resigns." it said, another title caught Cody's eye "Ukrainian Military, Still Dumbfounded as to Who Destroyed Terrorist Cell." "Wonder who did that?" Cody said. Cody checked his watch, it was 9:30, there was still time in the day. Cody grabbed is keys, put his laptop into is bag, and went outside, locking the door behind him. He entered his truck and drove into town.

On days like this he liked to go into town, he always stopped by The Morning Brew, a mom and pop coffee shop. The owners were nice, they even started to offer Cody a discount, as he was basically in there every other day when he was in town. He entered and was immediantly greeted, "Good Morning Mr. Hallum, same as usual?" one of the Baristas said. Cody nodded and headed to his usual seat, he always sat in the back. He pulled out his computer and started to read the news. A couple minutes later a Barista came up to him with his drink.

Unknown to Cody, a blacked out, bullet proof SUV pulled up outside the Coffee Shop. Three people got out, A large bald headed man, A Red Headed woman, and an Indian looking Man. They walked up to the door and entered.

Cody noticed them right away, they didn't seem like they knew where they were. The Indian man walked up to the cash register and did flashed something, he couldn't see what it was. Soon enough, the entire coffee shop cleared out. The three strangers walked up to cody's seat, Cody put a hand on his concealed handgun, a .45 caliber 1911 Kimber.

"Staff Sergeant Hallum, you're a difficult man to find." the Indian looking man said with a strong British Accent. The man mad a gesture to the other two, the Bald man went to watch the front, while the woman went to the back. "Staff Sergeant, you wont be needing that." The man said, he had noticed Cody's hand. Cody took his hand off his gun.

"Who are you?" Cody asked the man. "My name is Harry, but I'm not here about me, I'm here about you." Harry said. "May I?" He asked, gesturing to the empty seat across from Cody. Cody nodded and Harry sat down. He reached into a bag that he had and pulled out a large stack of files. "Staff Sergeant Cody Hallum, I must say, you have a rather impressive list of accomplish ments. 2018 Afghanistan sent alone on a search and recover mission of a missing Delta Force Lieutenant." He slammed a file down. "Fall 2018 Somalia, an entire pirate group has their base infiltrated, everyone there found dead." Another file slams onto the desk. 

"Oh, my favorite one though, Three Weeks ago, Ukraine, an Ultranationalist group responsible for the bombing of an American Cruise Ship, found by Ukrainian special forces, totally destroyed." The final file. These were Cody's mission files, these were highly classified, beyond secret. How did this man get them? "Staff Sergeant, there are more files, but I choose my personal favorites." Harry said

"Who are you really?" Cody asked. " Cause There's no way, someone whom I assuming works in intelligence would even have access to my files." Cody said. "Staff Sergeant, are you familiar with Team Rainbow?" Harry asked. "Yeah, counter terrorism unit, comprised of multiple countries, dissolved in '08, reformed in '17 following a rise in terrorism levels." Cody answered. "Sharp aren't you Staff Sergeant, I lead Rainbow." Harry said. "Ok, so you lead an international terrorism unit, what does any of this have to do with me?" Cody asked. 

"One of my newer members mentioned your callsign from one of her missions last year, she said that you had a very specific set of skills, skills that I think Team Rainbow could benefit greatly from having." Harry said. Cody kept listening. "I've already had a discussion with Major Mitchell,  he's already granted us permission, plus i'll offer you an increase in your pay, and access to some of the finest tactical minds in the world, all in exchange for joining." Harry said. Cody stayed silent.

"Like I said staff sergeant, all I need is an answer from you, but I've held you up long enough, I understand that you are still on leave, so I will respect it, here is my card. When you've made your decision, please let me know." Harry said, giving Cody a business card. It had Harry's name and number on it. Cody kept looking at it while Harry and his entourage left the shop.