After the country had fallen to chaos due to a revolution to topple the dictator, the Russian oil field security staff had such a good plan to drive all the way to the south and then just hop on a commercial flight at the first possible chance. They had taken Theresa, the German young woman working on an archaeological dig, with them and were keeping her safe. They seemed to be all ex military and their leader, Vassili a battle hardened man in his late forties, and Theresa 20 years his junior felt strongly attracted to each other.
But all good plans can fail. The group was stranded in a cue at the border. It seemed that the country had closed all its borders so none of the elite of the country to its north would have a chance to escape prosecution or could hide valuables. The dictators and his sons were hunted over half the continent. So there was no way Vassili and his group could reach the big international airport in the south or even leave this remote country as only diplomatic personnel was allowed to leave. And now they were running out of funds and also there was a threat that the revolutionary unrest would reach this part of the world as well. Sorrow showed on Vassili's face.
"Ok, I think we should just go to our Russian embassy here and see if they can get us out on a diplomatic passport," said Vassili and their small convoy turned round to drive to the capital.
The embassy was a small concrete building with a guarded gate. It took some time before they were admitted at all. A bored employee only half listened to Vassili's request for assistance. Oil workers seemed not important to him it seemed. No they just had to wait Dimitri translated to Theresa.
Suddenly Vassili barked some order and the guy snapped to attention and ran to the back returning with what seemed a higher ranked person. This guy saluted Vassili sharply and the heated discussion continued.
"Why are those two guys saluting Vassili?" Theresa whispered to Dimitri. She saw them looking towards her. The senior guy looking at her with a smirk. "What is going on Dimitri?" she whispered again.
Dimitri smiled and said: "Because Vassili is colonel Vassili Orlov. Regular fucking James Bond."
"Njet" she heard Vassili growl.
"What? What are they now saying about me?"
"He says you come too. He likes fucking you. He does not want you to be abandoned here."
"Come where? What? I do not understand."
"Russia. Military plane maybe."
Theresa felt suddenly very cold. What was this? She seemed to be in deep shit.
Vassili was still barking orders with the embassy staff shifting nervously. Then all of a sudden they were escorted to elevators. The man from the embassy went in first with Vassili and Theresa and the rest of the group with their equipment in the next one.