of such devices and they intended to enter the US.
There is a major convention scheduled next month where the leaders of the BRICS nations as well as the president of United States are supposed to meet in Dallas. They will be signing up several major treaties on several major issues ranging from counter terrorism operations to global warming. Presence of the heads of state for Russia, China, India and the USA at the same place is supposed to make this conference a historic one. I think they will try to eliminate all the leaders together along with our Prime Minister. Even if they don’t eliminate them all, the panic such an attack is going to create will be a nightmare. Also we cannot rule out chemical weapons if the information about the new virus is true. I believe we need to get as much information as quickly as possible and locate and eliminate these criminals even before they are ready to strike’
Lucas also wanted to talk to the Serpent about what had happened in Cuba. He strongly believed that there was a mole in the system that had been continuously leaking out confidential information about the mission in every step. As soon as he brought up the issue, they were interrupted by Annie’s arrival. ‘Have you delivered them to the test lab?’ asked the Serpent. ‘Yes, we shall have all the information available by evening. They will email you the details. I’ll personally collect the hard copies and the devices from the lab.’ ‘Make sure you bring up the reports first to my office. No one should know about these apart from me. I’ll let you know the details and then will divulge the appropriate information to the ministry. The President needs to be made aware as well.’ Lucas was getting anxious on having the conversation about the mole. ’Well, can you tell me how it is possible that the details of the top secret mission that we undertook was already known to Rosmus and his team? We had been compromised from the very first moment after we had selected to accept the mission. How did Rosmus and his team know about our travel itinerary and our hotel? How did he come to know about Maria? She had been operating discretely for a very long time without any problem. So how did she get exposed this time? I really feel that the ANNT headquarters have been compromised and the personnel we are working with can no longer be trusted upon. The mole could be you; it could be me; it could be any one of us. Being the director of the organization, don’t you have any clue regarding this?’
The Serpent’s facial expression had changed. His eye brows pulled down together, his facial muscles tensed and the face reddened up. Before he could provide a response, Annie dealt a killer blow. ‘We also want to know what really happened to Major Kapoor after we left for Havana. Was he really an ISI agent? Based on the reports that I have received, Major Kapoor could have been captured alive; instead you chose to shoot him. What is your master plan Colonel? Why did you value the contents of the briefcase more than Lucas’s life? You wanted me to bring home the contents at any cost. Tell Lucas about the Bleeding Sun. Tell him how you have always known what Romanovich and Rosmus had been working on. Tell him how the lethal gas when released will instantly infect every human being within a radius of one kilometer. Tell him about the Bleeding Sun, how it is just an oil tanker from outside but a genetic research lab in reality. Tell him Colonel. Tell him how you knew all about these before sending us on the mission but didn’t bother to tell us anything. Is there something that you still may want to share with us, Serpent? Like why did you choose your code name as Serpent in the first place? Or should I call you Viper.’
The Colonel had heard enough of these. Annie’s comments took his rage beyond the limits. He rose up quickly, pulled out the drawer and made an attempt to bring out