She had specifically requested that she should be included in the mission along with Lucas as soon as Havana was at stake. It was her plan all the way. She had planted evidence leading to the vindication and elimination of Major Kapoor as a supposed ISI agent. What followed next was the fake kidnapping in Havana followed by a few superficial wounds at the Castle which would ensure that Lucas fell for the amount of suffering she had to go through. She had bugged Lucas with the APTS module to track his movement, while she ensured that Maria’s place was taken down. She had also given away the details of the hotel and room to the Viper agents, in order to ensure Lucas’s demise. However to her surprise, Lucas managed to escape and follow her trail at Tropicana casino first and then at Castillo De La Real Fuerza. So she had to play the role of the tortured prisoner, hoping that Lucas would be taken down.
When her plans failed and Lucas managed to destroy the base and rescue her, she looked for the right moment to take him down. By this time, a new plan had struck her mind. She could use the rescue mission of Lucas as an excuse to transport the triggering device to India territory using Indian logistics itself and work on assassinating the Indian PM and President. So she knocked Lucas down and sent him over to the tanker purposely ensuring that he was not heavily guarded. The rest of the rescue mission was a diversion that served two purposes. Firstly, the tanker got away with the cargo without getting seized by the US authorities. Secondly, it was ensured that that the device that would be used to possibly eliminate the PM and the President, had been brought into Indian soil by the ANNT personnel themselves. To create a diversion and to escape with the device, she had walked up into the Serpent’s office, manipulated the conversation to temporarily make Lucas believe that the Serpent was the mole, and assassinated him before he could plead his innocence and call up the IMA authorities to help him out. Lucas felt like a jack ass. With his level of experience he should have never ever felt for such a trap. Annie had perfectly double crossed them. No wonder she was known as the Ghost. A few days later, an independent panel determined that Lucas was guilty of negligence from his side and was indirectly involved in the incidents that led to the assassination of the Colonel. Officially Lucas was relieved of his duties. However, the President had formed a secret committee who determined that Lucas would need to work independently outside the system.
The rules had changed; there weren’t any rules any more. Lucas would need to hunt down the Rattle snake and the King Cobra by any means necessary. If he was captured or killed in action, his acquaintance with the Indian government would be disavowed. He would once again be the lone wolf. With a clear knowledge of his mission, Lucas set off for the US; the BRICS convention in Dallas.