Jake was in the comms room talking to Shaun's wife.
"Shaun was a good man and an excellent pilot, he died helping me and I promise you Mrs Brader that I will find your husband's killer, whatever it takes." He could hear her distress.
"Thank you for telling me yourself instead of some representative, will his body be brought home?"
"I'll be making transport arrangements straight after this call."
"Thank you *sniff* I have to go now, make some calls of my own."
"Goodbye"
"Bye." Jake hung up then started making another call.
"Sorry the number you've dialled has not been recognised, please hang up and try again." Jake waited for the automatic voice to do four loops until he heard a man's voice.
"Where the hell are you Jake and why has it taken so long to call us?!?"
"Sorry Sir."
"So what's been happening, why didn't you land in Kingston?"
"Well, that quartz crystal I had when I was young lit up as we approached that storm you sent me to investigate-"
"You were supposed to check it out AFTER landing in Kingston but go on..."
"so I told Shaun to fly into it and well, it made us crash on the Wumpa Islands."
"Oh we all know about the islands, two of them have popped up on satellite surveillance in the past twenty-four hours."
"That's odd, how many people know?"
"Well we've been keeping this from the public interest of course but everyone here knows and can't help talking about it. So what else have you found out so far?"
"Well it turns out those three scientists who disappeared with the islands are also here alive and well, apart from Cortex by the looks of it."
"I knew they were all hiding somewhere, that's why I had that warrant updated just in case. Did you get it from the courier?"
"Yeah and just in time as well. They haven't changed much, NGin still has that mortar sticking out of his head, looks like some sort of life support system and Brio no longer has those metal bolts attached to his head and Cortex has completely yellow skin."
"I was expecting Cortex to be dead from his liver failure by now."
"Anyway, after we crashed both Shaun and Toba were knocked out. I used the quartz crystal to see if I could find the source of the energy and it lit up like crazy, I climbed onto the plane to get a better view only to be struck by lightning."
"Luck seems to follow you wherever you go doesn't it?" Jake got the joke but did not laugh.
"I was still unconscious when Shaun and Toba woke up and guess who turned up to greet them."
"Who?"
"Tropy."
"Wow, have you met him in person yet?"
"Not since our last meeting, he must have been doing a back round check on me then realised who I really was and did a runner."
"That explains the minor security breach we had yesterday. So what happened?"
"When he arrived at the crash site he killed Shaun then broke Toba's neck." There was a pause.
"DAMMIT Jake! You see, this is why you should stick to the schedule! Now I've got more collateral damage to deal with and I knew you shouldn't have taken Toba with you."
"I know, but you know how stubborn he was."
"Yes, just like you. Anyway, you sound like you've already gotten over it. I'm sorry Jake, I know how close you two were close."
"You don't have to worry about calling Shaun's family, I've already done that myself."
"Oh how considerate."
"There's more."
"*sigh* just tell me, its only going to get worse."
"I think Tropy wanted to use me as some kind of test subject so he took me back to Cortex's lab. Cortex then used some kind of machine on me, which means all of my previous forms of my identification need to be replaced."
"What happened?"
"I'm not too sure, the machine's called the copy-ray or something and guess who I was copied from."
"Who?"
"Toba, I've been turned into an anthro."
"Well I guess its not too hard to believe with everything else that's happened around the world before. So you look like Toba?."
"Yes, and there's something you should know about the other inhabitants."
"What?"
"I believe there's a small colony of Anthros living here, it's not clear as to how many though. So I hope I have your assurance that the islands will not be found by the wrong people."
"Now you know I can only do my best. How evolved are they?"
"Fully evolved, bipedal and able to talk"
"Were they born like that?"
"The young ones were but I think the adults are the results of the scientists experiments."
"They created anthros?"
"I'm not sure, I intend to find out more. I would also like transport arrangements for Shaun to be taken to Kingston."
"I'll see what I can do. Have you found out what was causing the unusual weather yet?"
"No not yet, its all sunny now."
"So what are going to do with Toba's body?"
"I would like to make sure he's taken home as well, I would take him myself but under the circumstances it would be best if I don't."
"I understand, so when do you think you'll have a full report for me?"
"I'm not sure. You know, I don't think I can leave this place just yet, there's something about it that's very familiar to me and you remember me mentioning the Wumpa islands being my birthplace."
"I understand you want to find out about your past Jake but just remember you still have a job to do."
"I know."
"Well, more than one job really. Yes don't think I know about you accepting that Black-Op in the region."
"Well I wasn't going to go to the end of the world just to check out unusual weather when there was easy money to be made. Anyway, I'm meeting the other inhabitants soon."
"Ok. Now you are to call tomorrow morning at exaclty 0700 hours my time understood?"
"Yes."
"Oh and by the way, who did the security for phone you're using."
"I think I have some idea. What, have you been trying to trace this call the whole time?"
"Did you really think I wouldn't? No matter, we have the islands on live satellite footage right now."
"How many can you see?"
"Two."
"Oh right, interesting."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I'm not sure yet, I'll hopefully let you know soon enough though."
"Remember, 0700 exaclty."
"Ok, bye then."
"Bye, and good luck with finding out about your past."
"Thanks." Jake hung up the phone and left the comms room with his bag that Tropy left behind.