1 PM St. Petersburg jail, St Petersburg, Russia
Hong and Arakelian were dressed in black jumpsuits being escorted from the jail to the FSS safehouse by 4 FSS agents into a black van where Kalinin was waiting.
"You will be transported to our safehouse in Pushkin, since you plan on testifying against The Shadow Corp. You 2 should be lucky...you could have face the death penalty for terrorism" Kalinin said.
The prisoners were loaded in into the van accompanied by Kalinin. The driver turned the key but the van didn't turn on.
"что за херня? (What the fuck?)" The driver said.
The driver turned the key again and in an instant the van exploded in flames sending debris flying. As the van became engulfed in flames people looked on in shock and horror.
Moscow Hotel, Moscow, Russia
Paul and Monique were shooting pool and MacDougall was sitting the at the bar with a blonde woman when Wallace walked in with a distressed look.
"What is it lad?" MacDougall
"Bring Monique and Paul as well, they need to hear this" Wallace said.
MacDougall motioned to Paul and Monique to come over and then motioned for the woman to leave.
"I got a call from Martinov...FUCKING KANDINSKY!" Wallace yelled slamming his fist into a table.
"What's the problem?" Paul asked.
Wallace took a breath and spoke.
"Got a call from Martinov..and the van transporting Arakelian and Hong to the safehouse was blown up. They were killed along with Kalinin and 4 others.
Everyone was shocked by the news.
"That bastard, why would he do something like that?" MacDougall asked.
"He probably got word that they were gonna cooperate with us. How he found out? I'm not sure" Wallace said.
"If it was a car bomb then it was likely Seung who did it" Paul said.
"That's exactly what happened, Seung's faction is tasked with bombing and arson. We need to know who told Kandinsky about his lieutenants cooperating with us" MacDougall said.
"I'll tell Hernandez and Drake to talk to Martinov, if Kandinsky knew about them trying to cooperate that means someone told him" Wallace said.
"It Wouldn't surprise me, Kandinsky even has connections in governments around the world. Back in 2004 I was in Saudi Arabia on a mission to capture Kandinsky, it was a joint operation with the CIA and the French DGSE. He was at a party in an office building in downtown Riyadh and me and a few CIA operatives had just arrived to capture him when he was alerted. His armed guards opened fire killing, numerous people" Monique explained.
"Yeah the Riyadh Massacre, Kandinsky and his goons ended up shooting their way out of that building. 34 dead and 16 were injured and the bastard slipped away in a helicopter" MacDougall added.
Hernandez and Drake arrived shortly along with Drake and Karim.
"Well looks like we're at another dead end" Hernandez said.
"How so?" MacDougall asked.
Well as you know Arakelian and Hong cut a deal with the FSS agreeing to testify against Kandinsky's syndicate" Hernandez explained.
"Well we'll find out out later for sure" MacDougall said.
At a around 6:45 pm the group started going over the plan when meeting Seung.
"Look, after what happened to Kalinin and the others we need to be careful just in case they might be on to us. Somebody in the FSS could be working for Kandinsky" MacDougall said. Paul then spoke up.
"I think Roman you should wait in the car incase anything happens, and if shit does kick off come in guns blazing"
"Agree, you guys keep your phones on and I'll be able to hear from the cars radio, shit happens I'll know" Wallace cockily said taking a sip of water.
"Good, thinking lad I'll keep my phone on speaker" MacDougall said.
At 7:00 the 3 headed to their vehicles, it was raining so they decided not to race. MacDougall then spoke over the cars radio.
"So, remember from here on out we use the aliases and we stick to the plan" MacDougall instructed. MacDougall then turned to Wallace who was sitting next to him.
"And you'll be waiting here on standby"
They got to the club around 7:30, Wallace stayed behind as planned. The 3 noticed Karim was working security and they walked over to greet him.
"Evening friends" Karim greeted with a smile.
"Evening Karim, is Seung there yet?" MacDougall asked shaking Karim's hand.
"Not yet however you are free to enjoy yourselves in the meantime" Karim said letting the trio in.
"I'm going to go to the washroom Monique said.
"We'll be by the bar waiting" MacDougall said.
MacDougall and Paul sat at the bar. The bartender was a woman with blond almost brownish hair and brown eyes with full red lips. She wore a white dress with gold trims and black heels that made her slightly taller than she appeared"
"Can, I get you something" the bartender asked in an attractive russian accent.
"I'll have a vodka on rocks" MacDougall answered.
"And I'll just have a coke" Paul said wanting to avoid drinking on the job.
"What are ya, a child? MacDougall teased.
"Just don't feel like drinking, especially after yesterday" Paul retorted.
Monique left the bathroom and made her way to where the Paul and MacDougall were.
"Ugh" Monique grunted as she tried to move past people some who stepped on her boots annoying her. As she made her way through the dancefloor she bumbed into a man tall man with brown hair wearing a blue dress shirt and black slacks and loafers.
"Whoa, watch where ya walkin" The man called out in what Monique assumed was an Irish accent. She could also tell he had been drinking.
"Well, watch where you're stumbling you drunk" Monique shot back.
"Come on darling don't let that шлюха (whore) ruin our night" a woman with black hair wearing a red dress interrupted grabbing him by his arm.
"I don't have time for this" Monique said before walking off before stopping.
"Wait, an Irish accent...could that have been Kennedy McCarthy?" Monique thought. "Unfortunately we're not here for him"
Monique finally made it to the bar to meet up with the guys.
"You're just in time lass, Paul here was in the middle of one of his stories" MacDougall said listening to Paul's story
"So after the bastard hit the spike strips, he spun out and tried to bail but was able to pin him inside the car. Deciding to take no risks we smashed out the windows and dragged him out. All that over a damn traffic warrant" Paul said laughing.
"We'll here's a better story" Monique said. "On my way here I bumped into Kennedy McCarthy..well more like he bumped into me"
"You're kidding, he's here too?" Paul asked surprised.
"Well this is where Kandinsky meets with his associates, so it's likely most of the people here are connected to him somehow" MacDougall said.
A few minutes later MacDougall saw Karim approaching with another man with long hair and east asian features wearing a black trench coat.
"No doubt about it, that's the bastard right there" MacDougall muttered before standing up.