Daniel Gillis

Operation Defiance

He parked a block in a half from his flat near a park so as to be discrete. He was in a company car, a black Mercedes G-class SUV with diplomat plates which blended in fine in Langley or D.C., but here in Glen Echo he had misled his neighbors into believing he was in medical sales. He hurriedly walked under an amber street lamp clutching a patent leather suitcase tightly heading towards his unremarkable suburban home which also functioned as a safe house and interrogation site, unofficially and unsanctioned by the CIA. He himself had recently undergone fingerprint removal and had his identity and complete personal history erased permanently. He was officially a John Doe, though he carried a false identity with the highest diplomatic security credential’s as well as a dozen others he could use for greater discretion on assignment. Although, his assignments came from the highest places in world leadership his acceptance and methods for achievement of their goals was left to his own judgement. He was chosen for this placement not due to his unerring willingness to follow orders, but his total unwavering integrity to his personal moral code and his incredible ability to carry out absolutely any operative he deemed necessary. John was trusted and respected by all he dealt with which was an incredibly small number that new his role and authority. John was shielded from many corruptions that were still to thoroughly enmeshed in the political powers to unleash his seemingly divine will upon them without chaos. The true powers that be over the world strive to create and maintain order while gradually uprooting evil and never allow rogue agents of chaos to lose control and reign down vigilante justice without immense behind the scenes planning. They had long ago learned the level of set backs that could occur for humanity in that type of power vacuum.