A/N: This week is my Finals week. You can say I'm on leave for fanfic lol. Updates will be delayed, but I might finish everything on the next update. We're really close.
Missing Link
Pamela Landy was reading the documents that came from Bourne. Not only did it contain information about Jake Long, it also contained information on the other members of this body. As she was reading, her phone beeped. It was Parson. The conversation was short but the message was straight. As soon as the conversation ended, Tom Cronin came in.
"Anything?" Cronin asked.
"We almost traced Bourne, but he hung up. He said he'll report after. You?" Landy said.
"Well… I looked for Project Discovery in our database?"
"And…?"
"Nothing. We don't have any record of it."
"But that's impossible. Then what am I holding?"
"Yeah and get this. About four years ago, Abbott made a visit to New York to inspect the facilities on 71st street."
"Treadstone facility."
"Exactly. He was in New York but no inspection occurred."
"What happened?"
"There was a change in plan. Instead of the inspection, a meeting was organized to an influential businessman here in Manhattan. See where I'm going?"
"Pandarus. Okay, continue."
"Well the following days, Abbott invested five million dollars worth of CIA money to the company's stock. He was almost charged for misuse of government funds but his case was eventually dismissed when he claimed that the money was used for research on some kind of pharmaceutical. I checked the imports of this company from Customs and it turns out there was a shipment. I checked the country of origin and it turns out it came from Russia. The problem is that those aren't the original documents. They were already doctored. It doesn't say what the shipment was or who it came from. The good news is that Customs made copies of these. Unfortunately, the copies were taken and were never returned. I checked who borrowed the documents and I saw one name… Pandarus."
"You're suggesting that he's the missing link to our man."
"Most likely. I'll send in a team."
"What about Jake Long?"
"I wasn't able to look much of it. I couldn't find him on our database. But a colleague based here told me that Treadstone was trying to hide the truth since the secret was very sensitive. I asked him what it was but he said that I wouldn't believe him."
"Did he tell you?"
"Yeah"
"So what is it?"
"That Project Discovery was using Treadstone training to its agents which are dragons. Can you believe that?"
Cronin laughed a bit but Landy did not even chuckle.
Cronin then stopped. "Youre not suggesting that they're…"
Landy shows him Jake Long's file.
"Wait a minute! You thought Bourne was misleading you." Cronin asked.
"I was just making sure." Landy continued. " So, I guess these dragon stuff are real. Who was your source anyway?"
"You remember Danny Zorn?"
"Hmmm… Interesting. He came along with Parsons."
