Speaker 1: Calarogu Shark Media. Welcome to Pager Protocol Episode eight. Mirrors
and smoke.
Speaker 2: The bunker beneath Nexus Headquarters shook with another impact as
Crescent Shields missiles continued to rain down on Zion City.
Eli Cohen gripped the edge of the command console, his
mind racing. Something about this attack pattern seemed wrong, too precise,
too coordinated for an organization supposedly in chaos. Sir, He
called to General Ben David. These aren't random strikes. They're
targeting specific locations, our locations. Ben David's face hardened as
he studied the impact map. Someone gave them our coordinates.
We have a leak. Before either man could process this revelation,
an analyst burst into the room, Sir, news from Crescent
Shield Territory. Tarik Alsa'ied is dead. The room fell silent.
Ben David's eyes narrowed. Our operation, No, sir, the analyst replied,
his voice shaking. He was assassinated. Moments before the missile launch,
single shot close range professional job. Eli felt a chill
run down his spine. They weren't the only players in
this game anymore. Across the globe, Sarah Miller stood in
Director Thompson's office, Her evidence spread across his desk. Look
at these communication patterns, she said, pointing to a complex diagram.
The same encryption signature that triggered the pages appears in
transmissions from at least three different intelligence agencies. Thompson leaned forward,
his face grave. You're saying multiple agencies had access to
the detonation codes, not just access, Sarah replied. I think
they were working together Nexus certainly, but also, she hesitated,
hardly believing her own conclusion, elements within our own government. Meanwhile,
in a safe house on the outskirts of Hong Kong,
Jade Chen huddled over a laptop, her fingers flying across
the keyboard. She had finally managed to crack the encrypted
files she'd stolen from Silver Tech Communications. What she found
made her blood run cold. The Pager operation hadn't been compromised.
It had been designed to be compromised from the start.
A coalition of intelligence agencies had worked together, using Nexus's
operation as cover for a much larger agenda. Her screen
suddenly flickered and a message appeared, You've seen too much.
Jade barely had time to grab her go bag before
the first bullets shattered the safe house windows. Back in
the next bunker, doctor Rachel Levy made a disturbing discovery
of her own. Analyzing the chemical signatures from the pager explosions,
she found evidence of not one, but three different explosive compounds. Eli.
She called over the secure line. Remember those anomalous blast patterns,
they weren't accidents. Different agencies used different explosives. This was coordinated.
Before Eli could respond, the bunker's lights flickered, emergency protocols
engaged automatically sealing all exits security breach in section seven.
The automated system announced unauthorized access detected. In the chaos
that followed, ELI caught glimpses of shadows moving through the
emergency lighting, professional infiltrators, somehow inside their most secure facility.
Rachel he hissed into his calm, get out of their
head to extraction point Delta, Trust no one. As Eli
navigated the dark and corridors, his mind raced through the implications.
The pages, the walky talkies, the precise missile strikes, Alsa'id's assassination,
all pieces of a larger puzzle. His secure phone buzzed
with a message from Jade. Echo was never about the explosions.
It's about what comes next, find Sarah Miller. She knows
in Langley, Sarah was reaching the same conclusion. The Pager
operation hadn't just been about crippling Crescent Shield. It was
about destabilizing an entire region, creating a power vacuum that
multiple agencies could exploit. Director She began, but stopped short.
Thompson's office was empty, his computer displaying a single message
protocol Echo initiated, all assets activated. The ground shook as
another wave of missiles struck Zion City. In the chaos,
few noticed the small drones deploying from hidden locations across
the city, releasing an invisible payload in b to the air.
General Ben David, watching from a secondary command center, received
a coded message that made his weathered face pale Echo
successful commence Phase three. He looked up at the monitors
showing the missile attacks, the riots breaking out in major cities,
the surge in hospital admissions from an unknown respiratory ailment.
Everything was proceeding according to plan, just not his plan.
In a secure conference room somewhere in Europe, representatives from
multiple intelligence agencies watched the chaos unfold. The Pager operation
exceeded expectations. One said Nexus performed their role perfectly, never
suspecting they were just one part of a much larger operation,
and Ben David another asked he played his part expendable
now like the others. As dawn broke over a region
in turmoil, Eli Cohen made his way through the underground
tunnels beneath Zion City, heading for a rendezvous. He wasn't
sure he should trust. Rachel's last transmission had been cut short,
Jade was still in the wind, and Sarah Miller's warning
about protocol Echo remained cryptic. The pages had been devastating
the walkie talkie's tragic but they were mere prelude. The
real operation was just beginning, and somewhere in the shadows,
its true architects were moving their pieces into position. In
his pocket, Eli's phone buzzed one final time, Welcome to
Phase three. The real game begins now above ground, As
sirens wailed an emergency, veers raced through smoke filled streets.
Few noticed the strange shimmer in the air, or the
first signs that something far worse than explosions had been
unleashed upon an unsuspecting world. The echo of the pages
continued to resonate, but its true purpose was only now
becoming clear, and in the deadly game of shadows and
secrets that was unfolding, no one, not even its architects,
could predict the final outcome.
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producers Mark Francis and John McDermott. Portions of this podcast
may have been produced with the assistance of AI. This
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