It was day 3 and the package did not arrive yet. Sam has not slept or ate since the phone call; his eyes are bloodshot, his hair a mess, and his beard unshaved, showing that he is not a young man anymore cause of his salt and pepper stubble. His bed is covered with pictures of Sarah; many of them have tearstains. Someone is ringing the door. Sam jumps of his bed and rushes to the door. Sam opens the door and sees the mailman with a brown envelope. The mailman is shocked at the appearance of Sam as Sam emerges from the inside of his house. His unshaved beard, puffy red eyes, and his unkempt hair gave Sam the appearance of a madman.

"Mr. Sam Fisher?" asked the mailman.

"Yeah, that's me", answered Sam in a hoarse voice.

"There is a package for you, but there is no return address and I hope you…"

"Just give me the damn package", snaps Sam.

"I am sorry for annoying you sir, but it's just protocol of our company to make sure that the customer is aware of any peculiarity of…."

"I know who the hell is it from, so just f off. ALRIGHT", shouts Sam and looking ready to kill the mailman.

"Sorry sir, here you go and please sign here", says the mailman nervously and hands Sam the envelope.

Sam signs the pad, snatches the envelope, and slams the door on the mailman's face. He rushes back to the bedroom, carefully moves all the pictures of Sarah aside, and sits on the edge of the bed. He carefully opens the envelope and pulls out two sheets of paper and a smaller envelope. The first one is a letter:

Hello Mr. Sam Fisher,

It surly has been a very long time since we saw each other last. I am not sure if you remember me but I surely do remember you; for now you can call me SHADOW. You must be wondering what I want you to do for me, well, it's something very simple but I will reveal objectives as we, I mean, you go on the mission. Complete the mission and then you will get Sarah back in one piece; if you fail to complete the mission, then all you will get back of Sarah is her head.

You might think this is an empty threat, well, if you want to test me you are more than welcome Mr. Fisher. I am not afraid to kill anyone. Now that we got that clear, there is more sheet of paper and an envelope with a SIM attached with this letter. In the second paper has a map of a place, KEEP THIS SAFELY WITH YOU, if you lose this map well you cannot complete the mission resulting in the death of Sarah. The X marked on the map is the second place you will have to go. Once you reach there I will call you. Make sure you put the SIM card in you cell now. You have 2 days to get ready for the mission of your life, or shall I say, the mission for your daughter's life.

Thank you for your cooperation.

P.S. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT LET ANYONE FIND ABOUT THIS.

SHADOW.

Sam was full of rage. He knew shadow was playing games with him, but he could not do anything to anger Shadow else he would lose his only daughter. Sam hears the private phone ringing. Sam dashes down the stairs and picks up the phone.

Hesitantly and nervously Sam says, "Hello?"