The air in the safe house was thick with tension. The Mossad agents had finally settled in, but their wary eyes remained locked onto Surya and Shadow. Trust, even among allies, was a fragile thing.
Surya tapped on his laptop, scrolling through the decrypted files from the traitor's phone. His mind worked at lightning speed, connecting the dots. The Israeli agents were expecting answers, and he had them.
Taking a deep breath, he turned to the Mossad agents. "Your mission was to monitor the Pakistani general's convoy en route to China, correct?"
The lead Mossad agent, Levi, nodded cautiously. "Yes. We received intelligence suggesting a possible assassination attempt. Our orders were to observe, not engage."
Surya nodded. "And yet, ISI is already preparing to blame you for the assassination before it has even happened."
The female Mossad agent, Yael, frowned. "What are you saying?"
Surya pulled up an email from the traitor's phone and projected it onto his laptop screen. The decrypted message was brief but damning:
*'Confirm execution on scheduled time. Frame Mossad involvement. Western narrative must align with counter-intelligence operation. Assets secured for post-op dissemination.'*
Levi's face darkened as he read the email. "They're setting us up."
Surya nodded. "Yes. And it gets worse." He brought up another file, a series of call logs between ISI operatives and unknown foreign contacts. "This isn't just an ISI plan. The CIA is involved."
Yael's eyes narrowed. "Explain."
Surya leaned forward, his voice steady. "The Pakistani general has been getting too close to China. He's facilitating new military agreements that the U.S. doesn't like. The ISI, always playing both sides, is using this opportunity to eliminate him while keeping their hands clean. The CIA, meanwhile, benefits by ensuring Pakistan doesn't drift further into China's orbit."
Levi exhaled sharply. "And we're the scapegoats."
"Exactly." Surya tapped the screen again, showing an intercepted message exchange between an ISI informant and a suspected CIA handler:
**ISI Operative:** "Target confirmed. Post-op narrative established."
**CIA Handler:** "Ensure clean execution. International response is priority."
Yael's jaw tightened. "They want us in the crosshairs."
Surya nodded. "If the world believes Mossad is responsible, it destabilizes Israeli-Pakistani relations. Meanwhile, the ISI strengthens its grip on internal politics, and the CIA ensures Pakistan stays in check."
Shadow, who had been silent so far, finally spoke. "And now that we know this, what's the move?"
Surya exhaled. "We have two priorities. One, stopping the assassination. Two, ensuring the truth gets out before ISI and CIA control the narrative."
Levi and Yael exchanged glances. They were trained operatives, used to navigating complex political games. But this mission had just become far more dangerous than they'd anticipated.
Yael turned back to Surya. "You've done your part in uncovering this. But how do we stop it?"
Surya's lips curled into a slight smirk. "I have a plan."
Shadow suddenly stepped forward, gripping the Mossad traitor's arm and twisting it behind his back. "First things first," he said coldly. "We deal with the leak."
Levi nodded in agreement. "We'll take him into our custody. We need to extract more intel before deciding his fate."
The Mossad traitor struggled but knew resistance was futile. He had been exposed, and now, the game had turned against him.