PROLOGUE

The retrieval was much too easy. The men weren't even vaguely aware they were being followed even though their stalker had bumped into them twice, gone in the same bus as them and then sat right behind them in the tube, when they had gone to that fancy restaurant to celebrate the beginning of their summer leave.

Seriously, you'd expect them to be a little more wary, they were SAS after all.

A different pair had taken over from the man and had walked into the restaurant under the pretence of a couple going out for a fancy dinner. They left a couple of seconds after them and followed them slowly, gradually figuring out the names which were shouted out carelessly.

the shortish Hispanic man was called wolf and seemed to be the leader.

The youngest one had black hair and blue eyes and appeared to be most alert out of the 4, his name was fox, and he had been called ben once but had been shushed immediately.

Eagle was the silliest of the three but appeared to be suffering from a headache so appeared to be more subdued than usual.

and finally the last man was lithe with very fair hair in a military buzz cut with the name snake.

black garbed pedestrians suddenly swarmed the streets until a loose ring of black clothed men appeared around them gradually tightening until they were completely surrounded. They weren't taking any chances not after the retrieval a week ago.

That had been bad and the target had very nearly escaped. Wolf raised his hands slowly in a gesture of surrender, and the men surrounding him took a step back and took a collective breath.

A week ago this had led to pandemonium because of a hidden flash bang grenade. Finally one of them came to their senses and shot him with a tranquillizer dart.

The others dropped soon after.

They were loaded into a plain black van that vanished into the night, the men following close behind.

A/N: I hope you have enjoyed it this is the first time I have shared any of my work so all feedback is appreciated (hint hint)