"Excuse me, Sir what are you doing here? Present your badge please!" a security guard hollers to Michael as he walks into the lobby of the MI6 building.
"Oh, I'm sorry Sir. Major Smith from the Military Intelligence unit should have put me on the visitors list."
"Oh, let me check. Are you Sergeant Stonebridge? May I see some I.D. please?"
Michael shows the security guard his identification and moments later he was headed upstairs.
"Welcome to my office Sergeant Stonebridge, go ahead have a seat" said Major Emma Smith as she sat down at her Desk.
"As you've heard, I'm now the director of the special operations unit within British Military Intelligence. Now, assuming that you haven't been living under a rock North Korea is become an increasing threat to the international community…"
"Okay, I do apologize for interrupting Major, but what does this have to do with me?" says Michael with a confused look on his face.
"So Sergeant Stonebridge, I understand that from your file you also used to be part of the special operations unit called Section 20."
"Yes Ma'am" said Michael
With a smirk on her face Major Smith continues, "Well, other than disobeying a direct order on your last mission from 3 years ago, you were an excellent soldier. If I remember correctly, Locke even said that you enjoy "soildering" don't you? So without dragging this out any longer I'm going to have the pleasure of telling you that I'm reinstating Section 20!"
With the most stunned expression on his face Michael said, "Yes ma'am, so I guess I'm going back to work and being sent out into the field? So where is my next location and when do I meet my new team?"
"Well, not quite yet Sergeant Stonebridge. The good news is that you'll be able to handpick your new team from the SAS training academy in awhile. The bad news is that I'll have to be lending you to a CIA and FBI joint task force in the United States for awhile. You'll also be meeting up with your buddy Scott in the U.S. too so feel free to recruit him back to Section 20 if you wish" Major Smith said with a smile.
"So what is all this U.S.A. stuff all about?" said Michael.
"So as previous field reports state, the last situation you've encountered during your time at Section 20 put you in the path of a rogue North Korean terrorist Li-Na right"
"Yes, indeed" said Michael.
"Well, according to intelligence reports from global agencies, it seems that rogue North Koreans have made its way onto American soil and are possibly on the way to European soil. There might also be suggestions that an imminent terrorist attack is waiting to happen. Because you and Scott has had previous experience dealing with this exact situation both you and Scott will be working in the joint task force. Also you've been booked on a flight to New York JFK tonight and your situation has already been cleared with your superiors at Airbus already." said Major Smith.
"Yes ma'am, I'll get started and get read to go right away." said Michael.
"Wait…" said Major Smith
This time in a more relaxed tone Major Smith said, "So Michael, I understand that last time you met with the superior managing Section 20, you handed him the dog tags of your team that unfortunately passed away in the line of duty. These personal effects have been sitting in my drawers for awhile now and I thought maybe you'd like to have these back. I understand that it'll never replace your team members but maybe it might bring back a sense of your family now that you've come back to British Military Intelligence."
Major Smith handed those dog tags of Locke and Richmond to Michael. She also pulled out Scott's old dog tag and continued, "I suppose you could also give Sergeant Scott's dog tag back to him?"
"Thank you, Ma'am" said Michael as he proceed to walk out of Major Smith's office.
Michael was still processing everything that just happened as he was back in his apartment packing up. He never thought that he would get a chance to come back to this kind of life, but at least he knew he would time to think and process what life is going to be like on the 7 hour plane ride over to America.
