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Celebes Sea ― on the cargo ship Hail Nucleus

The computer in Hail’s stateroom spun up his email program.

The screen was bright in the dark room and it took a minute for Hail’s eyes to adjust.

Hail sat in front of the PC and took a moment to compose his thoughts. It had been years since he had corresponded with his friend. Their last meeting had been sad and dispiriting.

Hail placed his hands on the keyboard and began to type.

To: TrevorRogers@fbi.gov

Hi Trev, I hope you have been doing well. I am writing to inform you of the demise of the Minister of the People’s Armed Forces of North Korea, Kim Yong Chang. Under my direction, his life was terminated as of about ten minutes ago. Attached is the footage of his final minutes on this earth. I am sure that your sources or your CIA counterpart sources will be able to confirm this information. The FBI website has offered a reward of twenty-five million for his termination. I am officially requesting payment of this reward. You can make the check out to Hail Industries and send it to my main office. Please address it to me. Unrelated, I can’t tell you how much it meant to me that you showed up at the funeral. I’m sorry I was such a mess. I would like to say that I am doing better now, but I would be lying. I miss seeing you. I am very proud of you and your new job as the Director of the FBI. You deserved it, my friend. Your Dad would be beaming proud as well.

Take care.

Marshall

Hail hit the SEND icon and pushed back from his desk.

He had about eleven hours until nightfall and he wanted to be present for the extraction of the drones. He stood and went into his bedroom and got dressed in shorts and a tee-shirt. He removed a bottle of water from the refrigerator, grabbed a towel and headed for the ship’s gym. He had an abundance of nervous energy to burn off, not to mention a couple inches of flab that had mysteriously grown over his belly when he hadn’t been looking.