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Chapter 3
The streetlights in downtown Portland caught the rain drops in a glimmering pulse and cast a luminescent sheen on the streets. A lonely figure negotiated his way through the sidewalk puddles to one of the last public payphones still working.

It rang just as he arrived. He picked it up, exchanged a pre-determined code and then offered a brief report.

“There was a problem in southern Oregon but it has been resolved” said the figure standing at the phone.

“They were fools. Is there any trail that can lead back to us?” asked the voice on the phone.

“No, I don’t think so, New York. And in any case, the whole operation will be over in less than a month which is hardly time for anyone to break through our security measures and track us down. And you know that only you and I have the whole plan. Everyone else is segmented into their particular cells with only a small segment for them to execute.”

“Well, that is why we decided to do a trial run.” replied New York. “We cant afford to have anything go wrong once the plan is rolled out. Timing and perfect execution means everything to our success.” If nothing else, this incident reinforced the fact that they were dealing with deadly serious materials.

With that, the call ended and the lone figure walked off into the evening rain. As he headed back to his apartment, he made a mental note that is was time for only person to know the whole plan.

Then he let the momentary thought of Melissa come to the forefront, and smiled to himself. When this was all over the two of them would make a sweet life together.

The master plan had been changed to eliminate the flaw that had been uncovered. The twosome with Master knowledge would soon become a single. The fewer possibilities for leaks, the better.

In the northern Bering Sea two fishing vessels had launched almost a month earlier from a remote station in Russia headed toward Alaska and beyond. Each carried a very expensive special cargo.

At about the same time a small freighter left port from Kuala Lumpur bound for Los Angeles. It too was carrying a special cargo.
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