Lore/SPECTRE - A Desperate Ploy

Lilith was in hiding. Simple as that. She needed time to rest following her stressful time as a Major and the final days of the SPECTRE-Deathwatch War. Her demotion to Sergeant gave her a perfect excuse to do that. She sat now in the "Super Secret SPECTRE Shack", overlooking Reaper HQ. She had been hoping to run into Oliver there. He hadn't showed up in weeks.

It worried her. The last time she spoke with him was on the beach after the final, climactic battle. Now she wasn't sure what to do. Most of the other agents were in hiding as well, or dead. She had lost too many good men. Like it or not, SPECTRE needed some new recruits. Dante Knox had come in a few times, mostly drunk, stammering about something or another. Usually she tolerated it. Sometimes she didn't. Dante needed to shape up if he wanted to be an effective SPECTRE. As for Jason and his mission with Faceless... that was another story.

She sighed and checked her cameras in the Ular Temple SPECTRE Hideout, surprised to see her sister, Shae, crouching by a monitor. She couldn't make out the screen, but it looked like an email on the secure SPECTRE server. She bounced to her feet and opened up an access point of her own. She was surprised to see a message from Oliver. She hesitated for a moment, then opened it.

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TERMINAL UNLOCKED. . . CONNECTION ESTABLISHED.

ARROW: It's me. I’m afraid that my time is coming to an end soon. We need to meet, but not right now. I’m sending you this in case you haven’t already known, but it seems that Commander Bolo Santosi is truly after me, and she is using Izzy as leverage, despite Izzy having left the Reapers. Me staying here in Panau means Izzy’s life will always be in danger, so I’ve devised a plan to fix this.

I want you to kill me. Fake my death, to clarify. I have a plan, but it will have to be public so the news is carried throughout Panau. I will tell Izzy that I’m not dead, but I will have to leave Panau after this. For now, can you do me a favor and open up the investigation into me about the failed assassination attempt on ex-President Catherine Green? I want you to coordinate with some of the other detectives from the Enforcers, preferably Don Jose, and issue out an immediate warrant for my arrest.

Contact me once this is done, and I’ll tell you the rest of the plan. I need this to happen quick though, I believe Bolo is using Jane and a few other Avengers to get to me and Izzy, and I can’t risk this any longer.

Good luck.

CONNECTION TERMINATED. . . TERMINAL LOCKED.

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"Motherfucking Santosi..." she muttered. She tried to send a reply, only to find that the connection had been terminated... permanently. She tried opening up another connection to Izzy. Nothing. "The idiot doesn't even know that Don isn't even an Enforcer anymore!" She slammed her hand against the desk.

After taking a few moments to calm down, she formulated a plan. She created another access point, this time sending out secure connections to former Chief Rut Jole, Secretary Don Jose, Unit Chief Shae Vizla, and Major Naku Vizla, as well as a CC to newest Vizla Clan member, Sabine Vizla. "I need all the information you can get on two subjects: one, Bolo Santosi and her manipulation of current Reaper Elites. Keywords: McQueen, Valkyrie, and Arrow. Second, reopen up old Case File 324, Shae that's you, and pull up some old files, Rut, that means you. Try and link it to his assassination of Niels Black as well. It would be easier if we could prove that this is a repetition crime rather than an isolated incident. Don, you be our political front. Naku, I need you to set up a lifelike mannequin and snipe the shit out of it. Make sure your scope camera is on. Make sure everybody can see the blood and the exploding brains. I don't care how you do it, just make it look real. Understood?"

She didn't wait for a reply. She terminated the connection.

SPECTRE never abandons an agent in need. Ever.

She looked to old framed picture of her, Adrian Yootz, and Anthony Salvatore. She once failed to react fast enough, and it cost her two of her best agents...and friends. She would never let it happen again. Not with Oliver. Not with any other SPECTREs, or family members. Never again.