Confidential

The officer then stepped out of the room to go to his partner.

"Anything?" asked a Canadian naval officer.

"None. Whoever this man is, he doesn't seem to be Canadian. We better send this information to the Americans. They might offer some help" the other naval officer asked. Apparently the two officers are field agents from the Canadian Security Intelligence System based in Halifax.

CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia 7:00 a.m.

Ward Abbott was in his office when his assistant paged him.

"Sir, you need to see this." The information was sent on his computer screen.

"My God. It's Jake Long."

He stared at the screen for a while. He then paged his assistant.

"Tell the CSIS to exercise caution until further notice."

"Yes sir."

"And one more thing! Get me Alexander Conklin."

Abbott was still a little startled. He thought Long was dead and yet he was spotted by the CSIS. He then picked up his cell phone and started dialing.

"Jake Long is still alive."

"What! That means?"

"Pandarus is still alive. Yes I know."

"Incompetent human! You almost lost our best dragon and you failed to terminate Pandarus."

"I'll find a way but I think I'm gonna need your cooperation."

"Fine. I'll be there wherever you need me to be. Do control the situation or this will be the end of the both of us." The voice hung up.