Goodbye's Handler Report (Ending #4)

Objective Status: Ciao was deployed as handler for the Goodbye Girls to London, on the trail of Vaarvel and Au Revoir. The two stole a CEDIT Gambit; with their intentions unknown, we assumed them to be our enemies and viewed Ciao's intervention as our only means of stopping their rogue behavior. Au Revoir appears to have been the chief perpetrator, while evidence points towards the fact that Vaarvel followed her in an unsuccessful attempt to thwart her. In the end, we lost not only Ciao and Vaarvel to Au Revoir's violent rampage, but also, numerous London personnel including security officers and scientists. The casualties are detailed more fully in Madison's report.

Au Revoir's target in London was a secretive project known only to those of the highest security levels. On paper, the goal of this project was to use Nora Goldstein's research to counteract the Adder mind-control drug known as Bound Blood. However, the details Washington's team has compiled and which are now being presented to the global committee allude to an attempt to reverse engineer Bound Blood, to be used as a new control agent. Au Revoir escaped the compound and is currently at large, however, I now question whether her attack was one of blind rage. It seems to me as though she was tipped off to the research and angrily destroyed not just it, but the whole science team involved in the production of the new drug. The Goodbye Girls team members who died were unfortunate casualties in her wake.

The fact that all of this happened right under Madison's nose is sure to come down upon her and, to be frank, the loss of three out of five of my active agents has effectively disbanded the Goodbye Girls. I'll likely retain a temporary role as mission handler, until this last mission is through. Tschau and Despedida's skills will be critical in tracking down Au Revoir and bringing her to justice, but those two together can't function to the level that the former team did. Once the mission's over, I expect that the three of us will be integrated back into Washington's main operations.

If a terrorist organization has been waiting for an opportunity to strike at high value targets with little fear of retaliation, I'm concerned they'll find the world in a vulnerable state. Then again, maybe that's exactly what this was: someone's opportunity to use Au Revoir to destroy the Goodbye Girls while they were split between two objectives.

We need agents who are capable of standing up to these sorts of threats without the strings attached that Au Revoir had, but until Tschau and Despedida stop Au Revoir, it remains to be proven if there is a better agent than our defective one left anywhere in CEDIT's ranks.

Operation Closed Beta, handled by Washington, will be detailed in a separate report.

-Pamela Goodby

Operative Status:

Ciao- Deceased.

Goodbye- Active.

Vaarvel- Deceased.

Au Revoir- Rogue, MIA.

Tschau- Active.

Despedida- Active.

Looking Forward / Next Steps:

The Goodbye Girls will be disbanded and reintegrated into CEDIT Washington, following the apprehension of Au Revoir by the remaining members.