The Bleeding Sun
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.

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