Morgan Sterns was sipping up the last drips of her coffee. She was going to need every last drop if she was going to work late enough to finish all of her reports. She had reports on all kinds of things. Serial killers, counterfeiters, asassination attempts, the list went on and on.
Why do the FBI get handed everything, she wondered. But what she really wanted to know was why she was the one always stuck with work when most of the other agents and anaylists were just standing around telling jokes and drinking coffee. Morgan got back to her seat and pushed her almond hair out of her eyes and focused on endless reports and problems.
Morgan Sterns was petite, fragile looking woman. But anyone who's had the unfortunate fate to be around when she was dealing with criminals would know that when she wants to she could be a vicious, merciless, fighter. But you would never guess with her pretty face, kind, hazelnut eyes, and charming personality.
A hand dropped a large report file on her desk. Morgan sighed and wondered once again why it was that she got so many reports. She was a field agent not a godamned analyist! She looked up and saw the hardened cold blue eyes of Peter Banks.
"Set aside everything Morgan, the director told me that we were working together on this project," He stated. Morgan was confused and a little cautious because anything that was that important that she was able to botch her other projects, must mean that it's extremely important.
"What about my other projects," she asked, "There are certain things in here that must be taken care of."
"Everything will be given to other agents," Peter said. Good, Morgan thought, then maybe they won't be just sitting on their fat asses all day.
This was a good thing for she had really been needing some field work. She had started to gain some pounds from just sitting at her computer all day. And she was getting tired of just sitting there. She needed to move, and feel alive.
"What is this project about?" she asked. Peter looked to her with a serious face on, instead of his usual joking, all is fun on the frontlines, look and answered, "An assassination on the Chinese leader, it was done by an American who burst into their palace. Killed almost every guard in the place, got to the president and eventually killed him too." Morgan was looking at pictures taken from the palace where the assassination took place, and she saw bodies of guards scattered throughout and bullet holes covering the walls. She was shocked, America had finally started to strengthen it's relationship with China and now one of America's citizens had killed China's leader. Communists with nuclear weapons were not good enemies to have.
Morgan knew that there must be some kind of explanation to this. She asked Peter, "Isn't there a possibility that maybe this was a some kind of military operation?"
"We already checked that, we looked for standard military files, top secret files, and even above top secret. No military assassination was ordered." Peter replied, "We've compiled a list of possible suspects and based on their recent behaviors, purchases, flights, actions, and criminal histories. We've uncovered seven possible suspects and two highly suspicious suspects. We need to check all of them throughly." Peter handed her the list and Morgan started looking over it.
There were a bunch of different kinds of people on this list. Millionaires, cult leaders, mafia members, and just normal businessmen. She realized that one of these people could be the cause of another long, violent war. But she also knew that this mystery was going to be much harder than it appeared.

Two thousand miles away, Joseph Warren was sitting in his chair, by his fireplace, in his mansion, reading an article posted by the FBI. One of his men has inside access to the FBI and has been feeding him reports about the assassination situation. He finished reading over the reports of possible suspects for the assassination. Joe smiled and took a sip of coffee. His name was not on the list.