EpilogueAfter getting himself free from his parachute, Stratos was surprised to see Khushrenada approaching him with his gun raised.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" he cried out, "I'm not the Colonel. It was Insanolord and I just eliminated him."
"Alright. I believe you but you do realize we're still going to have to check your story out and vet you, right?" Khushrenada answered back, "So, help start proving your innocence by handing me your gun and coming in peacefully while we do a quick investigation to confirm that."
"Ok. Alright. Here," Stratos responded, slowly taking out his weapon and putting it on the ground kicking it over to Khushrenada. Khushrenada picked it up and put it in his pocket.
"Good man," he said, smiling at Stratos, "Now let's get out of here."
As they walked to the rooftop exit, the Bureau Chief of the American Spy Service came out of it. Suddenly, there was a shot. He looked startled for a moment but then relaxed. Stratos was also shaken up and confused by it and then he suddenly felt a warm burning sensation in his chest. He looked down to see his shirt had an ever growing red spot forming on it. Feeling weak, he collapsed as he realized he had been shot. Looking at Khushrenada, he saw that he was holding a still smoking gun.
"But.... why?" he asked.
"Sorry, Stratos. It's just easier this way. With you and Insanolord both wiped out, we don't have to worry and wonder who's actually innocent or not and this whole double agent fiasco can get swept under the rug. It's just the spy business," he explained. Then he turned and walked over to the Bureau Chief.
"Another mission well done," the Chief congratulated him.
"Thank you, sir. Here's you gun back," Khushrenada said, handing him back the murder weapon, "I handled it just like you instructed me too when you got here on the scene."
"I knew I could count on you. But now, there's one last thing I need you to do," the Chief responded.
"What's that?" asked Khushrenada.
"Die!" answered the Chief, who then pointed the gun at Khushrenada and pulled the trigger.
But nothing happened. The gun was empty. "What the....?" the Chief wondered aloud, confused.
Khushrenada held out a magazine of bullets. "Looking for these?" he asked. The Chief looked at him in anger while Khushrenada pulled out Stratos's gun on him. Gesturing for the Chief to move away from the door, he then instructed him to go stand by Stratos's body while keeping the gun trained on him the whole time.
"What is this?" asked the Chief.
"Just you being outwitted. When you instructed me to eliminate Stratos to tie up any loose ends, I had a feeling that you might not hesitate to consider me a loose end as well from how things have developed. That's why I tossed my gun away downstairs and had to suddenly borrow yours before stepping out here. I needed to make sure you'd be disarmed. I took the magazine out, leaving the one bullet in the chamber and eliminated Stratos with that, leaving you to think the weapon was still loaded while I pocketed Stratos weapon in case I needed the protection," Khushrenada explained.
"Alright. Listen. You're still a tight spot. If you shoot me, as the only other person on the roof, you're still going to be under suspicion and it is going to be a black mark on your record to have your superior office die under your watch and care. If we walk down together, I'll repay the favor and you won't be killed but I am going to have to retire you from the Service. Think about it," the Chief reasoned.
"But I have. You'll have shot Stratos unarmed in order to keep him from exposing you as The Colonel. Unfortunately, for you, you will have died in the attempt, thereby allowing me to become Chief and hero for weeding out The Colonel and a traitor in our midst," Khushrenada shot back.
"I'm not The Colonel," protested The Chief.
"Well, of course, you aren't. I know that. I'm the bloody Colonel, for crying out loud. It's just the story I'm going to tell everyone to cover my tracks and tie up the loose ends in a way that benefits me," Khushrenada bragged.
"Ha ha ha! You're The Colonel? And you think you can shoot me and get away with it?! There's no way! No way in hell! Like I said, you are going to be investigated in the matter of a Bureau Chief's murder. You'll be exposed and disposed so fast in a manner so unpleasant, you'll wish you have let me shoot you here and now," the Chief exclaimed.
Khushrenada laughed as he opened the door to exit the rooftop. Turning back with the door now partially in front of him from being half closed, he replied back, "Not if I don't shoot you."
"If you don't shoot me then how do you hope to get away with it?" the Chief asked, bewildered.
"By making it look like an accident. Like I said, you killed Stratos who was unarmed from your gun to cover up what he was about to expose on you, and don't worry I've got evidence to plant about in your life to help the investigation in my claims, but you were killed in your cover-up by something you did not see coming making it a fortunate accident for everyone involved in the case," Khushrenada clarified.
"What kind of accident would I not see coming?" the Chief asked, with his hands in the air from the befuddlement he was in with Khushrenada's explanations.
"Apparently, I'm the only one who remembered about Stratos's helicopter," Khushrenada answered as a smile grew across his face and then he closed the door. The Chief slowly turned around as he heard a growing noise from behind him to see Stratos's helicopter spinning wildly and bearing down on the rooftop spot where he was standing at an extreme speed. He froze as his brain took in the horrible fate about to befall him unable to come up with any famous last words.
The collision of the helicopter on the roof and subsequent explosion caused the stairwell Khushrenada was strolling down to shake a bit. That had to hurt, he thought to himself. Pulling out his phone, he pressed a button on it which detonated a bomb eliminating the hacker he had used earlier for the CIA heist. With that, all the evidence and trail of people that could expose him as the Colonel were now eliminated. Soon, he'd be the new Bureau Chief and continue to expand his criminal empire further while he kept moving on up the chain of power and command. He began to whistle a happy tune as he made his descended on down the stairwell.
THE ENDWow! What a masterpiece. So glad I took the time to add more of a story to this game. Totally worth it.