The Baldrick defence...
Having followed some of the criminals involved in the Eastcastle Street postal van robbery to several business premises and finally to their homes, MI6s team of enhanced individuals are getting ready to snatch one of the hijackers. MI6s team consists of Alfie Baldrick, the one man rifle section; Mimi Dubois, maîtresse of skills; Madeline Forsyth, the living shadow; and Sven Hyse, the Norwegian shapeshifter. London, England, August 1948 In a hospital ward within Hyde Park Barracks, Madeline listens to the coming and goings of medical staff. She manages to overhear that the captured hijacker is called Edward William Hughes, and that he is to be sedated and secured awaiting pickup from another military unit. Madeline bides her time until a squad of troops, under the command of a Captain, enters the room and informs Doctor Finlay that they are there to transfer the patient to Hanslope Park via military ambulance. Madeline weighs up if this might be a deception, but finally decides to let t...