The Secrets that we Keep (4)
Outside the Arrivals Terminal at Minsk International Airport
She was collected by a black Range Rover from Minsk Airport. The driver was sullen and drove with the shaded security glass raised.
Yulia relaxed back into the plush leather seat. Her Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Minsk had taken one hour and thirty minutes and so she felt fresh and ready for whatever the assignment held.
She had called Roger Moore on a cheap ‘burner’ phone following which she had crushed the phone with the heel of her boot and dropped the SIM into a side-street drain.
“I will gather the intelligence you require Roger and find out whatever else I can. But I will be in Minsk for a few days, and then maybe back in Moscow for a debrief. But do not worry, I will be back with you in London as soon as possible.” She added after a slight pause, “Yes, I will miss you too.”
And now the beautiful Double-Agent was here in Minsk. The E30 was busy. It was rush hour and the forty-five-minute journey from the Airport to the Presidential building seemed to be taking forever. They had been on the road for a very long time and Yulia was beginning to doze. She looked out of the window and saw that the Range Rover had driven off the main highway and was slowing down as it pulled into what looked like a deserted suburb.
She leaned forward, tapped on the glass, which was obligingly opened.
“Excuse me, but I wish to go to the Palace of the Republic, not take a City Tour.”
“We stop now,” said the driver in deep monotonic tones. He stopped so suddenly that Yulia jerked forward and almost bumped her head on the glass. As she gasped and fell back in the seat both rear doors opened and two dark suited men got in, one either side of her.
“You make no noise,” the one to her left said as he held a long-bladed knife to her breast.
Yulia inhaled, aware that her situation seemed to have taken a turn for the worse. She certainly did not like the look of either man, but in such a confined space and with the sharp blade pushing against her flesh, there was nothing the Agent could do.
So, she chose to hold back any threats, did not mention the reason for her visit nor the name of Comrade Colonel Tretykov, and remained silent. The sharp point of the knife began to loiter at the top fastened button on her white blouse.
“Please don’t hurt me, I have money, Russian notes in my handbag. Take it, just don’t hurt me.” Yulia was playing scared in her best efforts to force them into being complacent.
The man on her right grinned. “We wouldn’t dream of harming a pretty little Babushka like you. All we intend to do is take you for a little ride.”
“No, no you can’t. I have a meeting, I must …” Yulia now voiced her objection. “I won’t give you any trouble, please, just don’t cut me.”
Now smirks lined the faces of both men. “Then you will behave for us like a good girl, but we need just to make sure.” From the side pocket of his jacket the man without the knife produced a small dark box. Having carefully laid it out on his lap, he opened the lid and took out a hypodermic needle.
“Oh shit,” was the thought that rushed into the Agent’s head. This had taken her by surprise, but with the knife blade still resting upon her breast there was nothing that Yulia could do. A moment later the needle was being pushed forcefully into her arm.
Somewhere in a suburb of Minsk, Belarus.
Yulia awoke to a headache and a bitter taste in her mouth. Her head felt hazy, her mind dazed by a peculiar feeling of half comfort and half pain. It was then she realised that she was tied to the frame of a bed, spread-eagled, each wrist handcuffed to the outside bar at the head of the iron frame, and each ankle similarly secured to the bars at the foot. She was naked.
Whilst that fact in itself did not cause her the embarrassment and humiliation her captors, whoever they were, might assume, her overall predicament was very much a cause for concern.
The room was warm and as far she could tell they had not ‘done’ anything to her as yet, apart from strip and secure her, of course. They had removed her jewellery, her ear rings and necklace but a short turn of her head and she them laying on a small table. For some reason the fact they were still there provided a kind of bizarre comfort to the bound Agent.
Yulia heard movement and turned her head once more, this time in the opposite direction. A woman had been seated all along in a chair by the window, and now she stood and moved towards the bed.
She was older than Yulia, in her forties perhaps, and had a cold, ruthless expression on her face. The woman turned towards the room door, which was slightly ajar.
“Arkady,” she called, “… the girl is awake.”
Fuck! Yulia thought, she was in deeper trouble than she might have supposed, though if she had been thinking clearly the Russian Agent would have guessed immediately who her kidnappers had to be, and now she was absolutely helpless unless they chose to release her.
There was a sound of heavy footfall on bare wooden stairs, and then the man known as Akady Bogdan came in, accompanied by two other men, one of them, somewhat melodramatically, carrying an RPL light machine gun, a Russian weapon that Yulia recognised straight away.
“Agent Novikova,’ Bogdan said with a slow, malicious undertone infusing his words, “You are every bit as beautiful as your photograph suggests, in fact in the flesh …” he paused to let his gaze roam every inch of her widespread naked body, “… you are even more striking.”
“Who are you?” Yulia countered.
The man smiled, “My name is Arkady Bogdan.”
“I assume you are Belarusian?”
“That is correct Agent Novikova,” he was using her real name, which wasn’t a good sign.
“Are you employed by the President’s office?” She now asked, hoping to shed some light on her unexpected predicament.
Slowly Bogdan shook his head, “No Agent Novikova I am not. I am an officer in the Uruchenskaya Brigade, part of Military Unit 3214”.
(See note below).
Yulia gulped. She knew of this unit, a Belarusian Special Purpose Brigade, everyone in Russia did. They had a ruthless reputation for seeking out and putting down any Anti-Terrorism related problems. Is that why she was here … an Anti-Terrorist related problem?
“May I have something to drink please, my mouth is very dry.”
Bogdan snapped his fingers and a moment later the woman was holding a glass to Yulia’s parched lips, raising her head in order to do so. The bound girl knew the clear liquid was Vodka and not water and so she sipped instead of gulping it down. Her mouth burned but at least now some of the dryness had gone.
“You not like to finish the drink?” Bogdan smiled.
“No, thank you,” Yulia replied.
“Well, maybe later. You are very calm Agent Novikova.”
Deciding that a calm demeanour was the better part of any defence she was to mount, Yulia glared at him. “I am actually very angry. I have been sent here by order of the SVR to work as a part of President Lukashenko’s Office as our countries become closer allies. Did you know that?”
Once again, the man smiled, “Of course.”
Yulia continued, “Good, then you will also know that you will be arrested unless I am immediately released and should you or your men think about raping me then that will be considered an act of war!” The Agent sounded far more confident than she felt.
With the menacing expression that he wore on his face looking ever more threatening, Bogdan sat down on the bare mattress to which Yulia was secured. His presence caused a depression in the surface as he grinned, reached out, held her jaw and moved her head from side to side.
“What you do not realise Agent Novikova, is that I know everything about you. I know that you are a wanted criminal in Belarus”
Fuck! Fuck! Fuuuccckkk!
His hand moved from her jaw to stroke the smooth skin of her neck, caressing the flesh but squeezing with just enough pressure to let her know how strong his grip actually was. For all her determination not to panic, Yulia caught her breath.
“I also know the nature of your crimes. You arranged the execution of our Diplomat, Anatol Radkov, in Washington DC last year.”
(See Swallow’s Nest).
‘Oh God, please help me …’ these words of pleading prayer were spoken inside her head.
To Yulia’s relief his hand left her neck, but then slid lower, and she realised that it was to be a very long evening that stretched out before her.
“Please just speak with Comrade Colonel Tretykov in Moscow, he will explain why I am here, I have immunity from …” Her words were silenced by a hard slap to her cheek, followed by the sound of hearty laughter.
“It is your so-called Comrade Colonel that arranged for you to be here Agent Novikova. Your arrest and detention in Belarus is part of the deal that our two Presidents have made if we are to, how did you say it … become closer allies.”
FUUUUCCCKKKKK! She had been set up by her own people. Did they know she was a double Agent for MI6? Was that why the bastard Tretykov had sold her out? Or was it simply that in the context of the greater good for the Motherland she was deemed to be expendable? Either way made absolutely no difference to the danger she was now facing. If only she could somehow get a message to Roger Moore, but he wasn’t expecting to hear from her for at least a few days. She was on her own … again.
“Are you going to put me on trial?”
Bogdan’s hand had reached her breasts and he caressed the firm curves, pulling at her distended nipples until she gasped.
“I am told you enjoy this Agent Novikova, being treated with sexual disregard, without consideration, bound and dominated.” The man grinned at her.
“Yes, you will be tried in a specially convened court, one that will sit just for you.
‘A specially convened court!’ Yulia knew what that meant …
Bogdan’s hands left her breasts and slid down to her flat, taught stomach whereupon he proceeded to gently massage the soft flesh. “You are marked with scars Agent, and these welts are from the whip, no?”
Yulia turned her head to one side, away from him, as his touch become ever more insistent.
“You will have to pay for your crimes Ekaterina Novikova, and I can promise you that you will beg for execution a long time before it comes.” He traced his index finger along the longest scar. “Did other people do this to you?”
Before she could answer his hand moved between her legs and his fingers began to probe. Yulia whimpered but forced herself to breathe through the invasion of her body, her chest rising and falling with an even motion.
“Oh yes,” Bogdan continued, “You will entertain us all before you die … So, for now why don’t you just lie back and enjoy it.”
Despite her best efforts, Yulia’s breath was now coming very hard, because no matter how determined she had been not to let him get to her, she could not prevent the sensations that were now spreading throughout her groin and into her stomach. If this bastard should bring her to orgasm here, in this manner, she would die of shame … but Kat could feel the climax steadily building as his touch became deeper within the slick moisture of her soft folds …
To Be Continued …
NOTE: The Minsk based 3rd Separate Red Banner Special-Purpose Brigade also known as Military Unit 3214 and nicknamed the Uruchenskaya Brigade is a formation of the Internal Troops of Belarus, is part of the Special Police system in the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs. One of its primary roles is in Anti-Terrorism and is based in the district of Uruchie in Minsk and is under the command of Vladimir Zhiznevsky.