Ingo survived but would walk with a cane for the rest of his life. Frank spent three days in the hospital, haunted by the ticking sound. Frank returned to the Cobra 11 unit, but alone. His new partner was a transfer from the homicide division: Andre Fux , a tall, calm man with a goatee and a dry sense of humor. They met in the garage.

Teller escaped through a service shaft, but not before Frank planted a tracking device on his van. The final chase took place at dawn. Teller's van raced toward the Dutch border. Frank and Andre pursued, but Teller had a new trick—he had rigged the van's rear doors with two small explosives. He detonated them, sending a shower of metal shards into the Porsche's windshield.

Nothing happened.

Their first call: a truck carrying industrial detonators had been hijacked near the same stretch of highway. Modus operandi matched the BMW case. Inside the abandoned truck, they found a single clue—a torn receipt from a gas station in the Eifel region.

Andre took the wheel when Frank was cut by glass. Blood streaming down his cheek, Frank leaned out the window and fired twice. The first shot hit the van's tire. The second hit the fuel line.