Steve Abbott: Devil's Gambit

Sean shook his head. “Why don’t I tell you what I do know.” Sean leveled his weapon at Verkatt’s chest. “You were approached by North Korea about procuring three nuclear devices. Preferably those fitted to SCUD-C rockets. You were able to steal these from a base located in the Republic of Georgia from a Soviet Mobile Rocket Forces base at the cost of three Soviet officers’ lives and one ex-citizen of East Germany. The units were transported by boat to the Turkish port of Carasamba. From there, you flew them to Cape Town, where you personally delivered them to a North Korean cover operation and where they were subsequently loaded onboard a freighter of North Korean registry. The warheads were then transferred off the coast of Madagascar to a submarine, which then destroyed said freighter. The warheads were successfully and with loss of life on both sides taken to the North Korean port of Chanjon. And if you follow the news, my bigoted friend, you know that there was a nuclear accident of undisclosed origin there.” Sean tapped Verkatt on the knee again with the butt of his SMG just to make sure he had the man’s attention. It brought a welcome grimace. Sean continued. “We have pictures, we have tape and we have your driver. More than enough to put you away for the rest of your life. Your little escapade in greed has caused a lot of misery. So tell me all that you know or I will shoot off the toes of your left foot one at a time.”

A light went on in Verkatt’s eyes. “You’re English.” His laugh was full of contempt. “It is not in your nature to torture.”

Sean did not deny or confirm Verkatt’s statement. He placed the barrel of his MP5 on Verkatt’s left big toe. “Shall we test my resolve?” He flicked his fire select switch to single shot with a snap. Verkatt twitched. “Thought as much.” Sean checked his watch purposely. “You don’t talk, ten seconds from now your rug gets a new dye job.” Sean looked at his watch again. “Five seconds, Andrew, and then this little piggy goes to market.”

Verkatt saw Sean’s trigger finger begin to tighten. Sweat popped out on his forehead. The smell of Verkatt’s fear washed off him in waves. He did a quick mental calculation. Client confidentiality aside, this had never been in the Korean contract.

It took thirty minutes for him to relay everything. His initial meeting with the deputy director’s assistant Sung in the Congo, the next surprise meeting at their Cape Town operation and his use of the Georgian drug dealer Smirnoff to speed his own and the Koreans’ ends. By the time he got to the final loading of the warheads on the Nung Il, Yeung he was spent man. Sean pressured Verkatt to reveal more, but it was obvious that the Koreans had compartmentalized. Verkatt was just the delivery boy.

Sean sat back. “Now, that wasn’t so hard, was it?”

Verkatt’s reply dripped venom, “It was the least I could do.”

“You know what comes next.”

Verkatt shook his head, “I will put five million dollars into any account you want if you let me live.”

Sean considered the offer for a second. “Tempting, I’ll warrant you that but if I just did this sort of thing for the money. I’d be no better than you.” He placed the silencer of his pistol against Verkatt’s forehead. “And that just turns my stomach.”

Sean pulled the trigger.

Steve Abbotthas written numerous screenplays and had two feature films produced. He also wrote briefly for a Canadian “True” Ghost Story show, where he learned that parapsychology is not all it’s cracked up to be. He lives in Mississauga, Ontario with his wife, two kids and his Bengal cats. He’s also an avid Photographer and Long Distance Motorcyclist. Something that bugs his wife to no end (the motorcycle thing – she could care less about the photography stuff).

He can be followed on his blog The Rough Draft

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Two Wheeled Maniac – Eight Years and 75,000Km on a V-Strom

Reliance

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Devil’s Gambit

By

Steve Abbott

Copyright 2014 Steve Abbott

Published by Sabot Productions Inc.

ISBN: 9781511466288

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