Ken Flynn was the childhood friend of Rick Anthony. The two grew up and Flynn became a secret service agent originally known as K-5. Anthony became a mercenary. He was so well known as such that even wrote a book about his occupation called Solider of Fortune. The two would end up on opisite side of a war and Anthony would be executed with a bullet to the back of his head for refusing to fire on his friend. K-5 would fire back at Anthony's executioner and leader of the rebel forces but it was little conciliation for a dead friend.