condensed master

The Reluctant Agent
A Compelling Story of Espionage
"What can I do for you Dan?"
Dan's face hardened and he shuffled from one foot to the other. The mere
fact that he was hesitating seemed to be a godsend. It wasn't changing Will's
desperate plight any, but it was giving him precious breathing space to try to
extradite himself from the situation that he was in. He stepped back, closer to
the electronic equipment rack.
Out of the corner of his eye he could see the 440 volt copper bus prongs
which were still exposed and electrically alive, but the trailing cables were too
short for him to use the high voltage rack as a weapon. His movement
instigated a reaction from Dan and in the next moment Will was looking down
the barrel of the same pistol he had seen that night at Margaret's house. The
circumstances were ominously different this time however, with the gun trained
directly at his chest.
"It's pay back time Brenner, your turn to suffer the consequences." The
pistol barrel moved slightly to the left. "Get away from the racks!"
Everything was happening in seconds, but to Will it seemed that slow
motion was in effect. He moved away from the racks out into the open and
Dan took up the position that Will had vacated and he was about to find out
why. "It's going to look like you were careless and accidentally got
electrocuted."
"No one will ever believe that, I'm too good at my job."
"There's always a first time for everything and I'll make certain this is
yours!" His eyes were jumping all over the place, trying to evaluate the
contents of the cabinet, at the same time keeping Will in the sights of his gun.
He hasn't got a clue what he's looking at, Will was thinking. Dan's left
hand was getting perilously close to the high voltage prongs. Will was praying
for the obvious and within a flash it happened.
Intending to open the cabinet door to give better access for what he
wanted to do Dan grasped the rack. His body shook violently as the 440 volt
electrical current passed through his body and with each convulsion the pistol
in his right hand discharged. The sound of bullets ricochetted around the
building, but the sharpness of their echoes were dulled by the roaring of the
water rushing over the spillway, only a few paces away.
The next violent contraction of Dan's body propelled him away from the
cabinet and he rolled over and over on the floor before coming to rest only two
or three feet from where Will was standing. He's got to be dead after being
charged with that much electricity. Will stood transfixed waiting for signs, but
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