March on

MARCH ON

Dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of The People's Republic of China

March on

Agent Y looked out into the frozen window, he could see nothing out there on the streets but the icy fog that had stuck on the glass, it was condensed by the heat inside the house but was probably froze again, leaving lines of ugly solid sheets of ice like it was the masterpiece of a slug.

Agent Y stumbled back and made sure the door of his bedroom was locked. For sure no one was out on the streets except the hipsters and homeless people, it's almost Christmas. Last night in this disgusting country, he told himself.

Coast is clear, he told himself, even though he has done this a zillion times for as long as he could remember, somehow still deep inside his heart was this fear, he feared that the agents of the Candian security intelligence service, perhaps one of his colleagues, who had been watching in his dreams, might appear out of his closet and arrest him.

For a man like Agent Y, he had already placed the matter of life and death under as they were as heavy as a straw, if that were ever to happen, he will for sure swallow that potassium cyanide pill hidden under his collar, as long as any of Motherland's secrets were not leaked into the hands of the enemies.

When everything was set in place, Agent Y got up slowly and unlocked the hidden compartment of his working desk, inside the compartment lies a machine. With care, he took the machine out and starts typing:

Headquarters, this is Agent Y reporting duty from Borden, Ontario. The message is of the following, on December 20th, our defector mole will be meeting the agents of defense ministry at Goodwill hotel, presidential room 6704 at 22:30, which is 15 hours from now, where he will be making a deal with ministry of trading multiple triple-A intelligence for six million Canadian Dollars plus immunity with the Candian Government, Snakehead and dagger will come in as waiters and room cleaners, do whatever to stop him, as the head of this operation, I have used my connections to bride the hotel workers in advance to avoid the hotel's metal detectors, we will be using craft guns, there will be Candian security agents and we have to avoid engaging in live combat with them, they have a more superior advantage than we do, leave no one alive, including the defense minister. It is crucial that if we fail this mission, our entire spy ring in North America will be exposed, I will blow my cover when it is necessary during this operation to protect others moles in North America. After that, we will evacuate via ships to the safehouse and wait for extractions that will take us back to China. The briefing of this mission is over, waiting for further instructions. We will have coffee in Zhongnanhai after things, I can't wait to go back. Long live the People's Republic!

Before he could have a chance to put the machine away, Agent Y heard rapid footsteps in the hallway. "It's them," came to his first thought, he quickly pulled his jacket over the machine and reached for his P226, click, click, click, he aimed the pistol at the door and put his index finger over the trigger when the doorknob began to turn...

It wasn't them, it wasn't the Candian Security Intelligence service, either, it was his wife, Sharon, in her night downs, freezing at the doorstep with a scared look, she reminded Agent Y of his puppy in China...

Sharon was scared, he had never seen her husband, a man always smiling and optimistic, act so angry and aggressive before.

"Listen... Honey," Agent drew his gun back, " I thought you were...sleeping" he was glad he didn't use the words "enemy of the state" instead because he is one himself, "Anyways I am so sorry about this... You know I get stressed at work and I thought it was someone else..." Said Agent Y, pretending to be stuttering so he can get Sharon's attention off the table, where the machine lies under his coat. But all Sharon did was she placed a light kiss on the forehead of her husband, little did she know that her husband will be leaving her forever since this night.