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woman replied.
    Ian nodded. "I see. Miss, we are talking about all of the cartels, everywhere, in every country. If they are involved in drug production and/or trafficking, they will be arrested, regardless of social standing or political position."
    "Ah, I see," the woman replied. "That is certainly going to be a problem for my superiors. I told them how you handled the terrorists and that you would insist on full autonomy. I think they assumed you would stop when told to." She grinned. "Personally, I'm all for it. Our hands have been tied by this from the beginning. Still, they agreed to let me submit the request to the UN." She hesitated. "Admiral, I feel that there is something else going on here; something to either get your technology or to put you in a bad position with the people. I don't have any proof mind you; just a feeling.
    "Shortly after I was allowed to make the request, one of my people over-heard a conversation about a strike mission involving a certain mercenary unit. Normally, this would not bother me as we try to track and prevent atrocities as well. However, the people speaking were not form the counter-terrorism unit, but from operations. My man felt they were speaking of a planned mission that was dependent on another event," she replied nervously. "I feel that the event they were speaking of is your first mission here."
    "Madam Shapiro, if your office is bugged, you will be killed for telling me that," Ian replied.
    She smiled sadly. "I know. I am certain I will not see another sunrise, but I felt you had to be warned. The corruption infecting the governments of this planet is not limited to just them. The head of operations is Vladimir Ivankov; a former KGB senior officer. He should never have been selected for this organization, but because of connections, he was chosen. He is supposedly former Bratva and made many political connection in the Russian Federation. He has been hailed as a champion of reform. Admiral, the only former members of Bratva are dead, and he is more likely than not one of the people you will want to arrest."
    "One moment please, Miss Shapiro," Ian asked. When she nodded, he muted the channel.  "Alex, I need to see Major Dancer and have the Damocles prepare for departure. I'll need to speak to Cindy too, but she needs to leave right away."
    "The Major is on her way, The Damocles is responding to the alert and preparing for take off. Colonel Williams is standing by on channel five," Alex said as she opened the door to admit Star into the office. Since Ian was on the comm, she used the door instead of just materializing in the office.
    "Star, I need you to hack the Interpol databases and capture as much data as you can. They've asked us for assistance with drug intervention, but it's beginning to look like it's a set up. Please inform Operations I will be sending the Damocles down to retrieve Mrs. Olivia Shapiro, the Head of the Drug Task Force for Interpol. We'll need quarters for her as well," Ian finished.
    Star nodded. "I'll request extra data storage from Engineering; that is a very large database."
    "Thanks Star," Ian replied, smiling and dismissing her. He opened the comm to Cindy. "Hey sweetheart, I need you to go get someone. She put her life on the line to get us some information and now she needs our protection. Miss Olivia Shapiro, she's at the main Interpol compound in France."
    "Understood, Lissa says she can find her in route. Is this a quiet extraction?" Cindy asked.
    "She needs to be 'dead'. Stage her suicide in her office, but the priority is getting her out safely. Her office is being monitored," Ian replied. "No one can know you were involved."
    "Understood Sir. Damocles is sneakin'," Cindy said. She winked at him and closed the connection.
    Star nodded and left the office. Ian returned to the call while he waited for Cindy to arrive. "May apologies. Mrs. Shapiro. There was another matter I had to deal with." Ian tapped his ear to let her know he was speaking