Sloane’s drone search of the mountains and forests of western China come up empty. Impatient to find Warner, he orders his security chief to use more extreme measures. He suggests burning all the monasteries in the area to flush her out. His security chief reports that the dead bodies from the testing facility are being dispersed across the world.

Warner reads more of the journal:

After months of recuperating, Pierce is able to hobble with the aid of crutches and pain medication. He fears he will never be able to live without the pills, but more than that, he fears saying goodbye to Helena Barton with whom he has fallen in love. As he prepares to be discharged, he sets his affairs in order, collecting his slim savings and Army salary, and musters the courage to confess his feelings to Helena. She enters the room, and he invites her to dinner. She accepts.

From Clocktower’s Situation Room in New Delhi, Sloane orders a drone strike on a mountainside monastery. As the drone fires its missiles and the mountain erupts in flame, Sloane watches carefully for signs of a fleeing Warner.