Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or the movies Taken and Untraceable two movies that serve as an inspiration for part of this new story. Also a shout-out to Drea C's Fiery Beauty Innocence. I so wanted a conclusion to that story that it is became an inspiration for this story as well.
A/N: I got this idea several months ago while writing my last fan-fiction A Tempestuous Convenience, and I wanted to stop writing ATC and begin writing this one because I can't juggle two stories, work, and graduate school. However, I did finish ATC and emailed this chapter to my wonderful, fantastic, talented, and in my biased opinion the best Beta ever Reesie who read it over and edited it for me. A week ago, she reminded me that I still hadn't published it after finishing ATC. Please read it and review if you think I should continue. It is a departure from my previous family fictions, and therefore will take me more time to write because I have to actually research Glee, crime, FBI, and other details to make the story accurate.
Chapter One
"Special Agents Evans, Chang, Jones, and Lopez you are to report to the Executive Assistant Director for Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services in my office immediately." Mercedes was shocked to hear her name called with the three. Something major was going on because the Cincinnati field office had never been inundated with so many high ranking officials since Mercedes began her career with the FBI three years ago. Mercedes had a degree in computer science and had worked with the California Bureau of Investigations (CBI) in apprehending cyber predators. She was heavily recruited by the FBI and decided to make it her career after working with the CBI for two years.
The deputy director of the FBI had been in a closed meeting with the executive assistant director, section chiefs and assistant supervisory chiefs from both the Cincinnati and Cleveland offices since Mercedes arrived to work thirty minutes earlier than required. Mercedes knew that something major was in the works, but because she worked cybercrimes, she didn't expect to hear her name called with three agents who were from the criminal investigation division. The only thing that all four of them had in common was that they were from the same graduating class from Quantico. Mercedes hated her memories of Quantico with a passion; the grueling physical requirements made her a target of constant harassment, but her high scores in all the other areas allowed her to graduate the academy with flying colors.
She didn't know what to think when she found out that her first placement was going to be in Ohio. She was a California girl and had never traveled to the east coast before her stay in Quantico, Virginia. She had quickly made friends with Santana Lopez, another Californian girl during her first week at the academy. When the two found out that they were both from California, they instantly bonded. Santana was a lawyer who had decided to become a FBI agent after graduating from law school and realizing that the profession was not what she thought it was going to be after passing the bar exam and finishing her internship. Santana helped her with the physical requirements encouraging Mercedes to not give up.
The girls also became friends with Mike Chang because when he heard them singing "California Girls" by Katy Perry, he instantly began dancing with the two and admitted that he was also from California, as well. Mike had joined the military straight out of high school, he suffered an eye injury while serving in the air force in the Middle East, and after recovering and being told that he could never fly again, he chose to finish his college degree and join the FBI. He was from San Francisco originally; whereas, Mercedes and Santana were from Los Angeles. However, the three became thick and thieves until Mike's friendship with the insufferable Sam Evans split the trio up.
Mercedes could not stand Sam Evans. He was trying his hardest to bed or flirt with every girl at the academy, and although Santana flirted back and even kissed him, Mercedes refused to give him the time of day. He thought just because he was 6'3" with killer abs that he flaunted at all times with his crinkling green eyes and sandy brown hair, he was God's gift to women. And the only time he was even panty wetting attractive to her was when he went without shaving, and although she had to admit that his face with scruff was sexy, she still refused to let him know and grow his big head even further. As far as she could tell Mike Chang was just as sexy as him, and he was beautiful both inside and out, and Sam Evans was definitely not beautiful on the inside. He was in her shooting class at the academy, and it took severe self control for her to not turn around and shoot him in the foot every time he came behind her to heckle her before their marks training. He was a country boy from Nashville, Tennessee and had experience hunting and was a police officer before joining the FBI. He was almost perfect with handling all types of weaponry and shooting and had the top scores for their class, but Mercedes was almost tied with him. He didn't want her to be tied with him or overtake his lead, so he constantly aggravated her before every shooting range evaluation. She wanted so badly to report his heckling, but she didn't want the reputation of a tattle tale. After heckling her in class day after day and seeing from the expression on her face how much she hated him, Sam continued to be a pain in the ass and would still try to flirt with her even after she had consistently shut him down and never gave him any encouragement. He was just too ego-centric for his own good. For some odd reason, Mike was his friend. And Mercedes refused to have anything to do with Mike if Sam Evans was around. Since Mike was Sam's only guy friend that meant the trio rarely spent any time together.
Now, that they were all assigned to the Cincinnati office because of the internal scandal that led to ten agents being fired; the FBI's Chief Director wanted their best graduates from Quantico to fill five of the entry level positions, and although she hated Sam with a passion, he was included in the five best of their class along with another graduate named Anthony Rashad, Santana, Mike, and herself. According to Santana, Anthony was going to ask Mercedes out until Sam told him not to because Mercedes was frigid and cold as ice. Although Mercedes had done her best to ignore him, Sam was still relentless in his pursuit of her, and after her last rejection in which she told him that she didn't date womanizing man-whores whose tiny dick was probably infested with every STD known to man, he got really upset and went to vent to Mike who was talking with Anthony about Mercedes. Sam then told both guys that he knew from experience that Mercedes was frigid in bed and that nobody in their right mind would want all up on that cold slab of ice.
Mike didn't want to tell Mercedes what he heard, but he told Santana when he heard how upset Mercedes was that Anthony pretended like he liked her and was now keeping his distance. Mike told Santana why and the girl went insane. She punched Sam in the mouth and told him to keep Mercedes' name out of his lips, which had swollen to twice their normal size, making him look like a fish. Santana looking at her handy work began calling him Trouty-mouth, Trouty, and Guppy from that very day. Since then, Mercedes had begun to ignore Sam again which was easy because he was basically undercover a lot partnered with either Mike or Santana, while she was busy working in cybercrimes.
The only reason why they were all together in the common room of the FBI headquarter was because all active duty special agents were called in regarding the current matter that had so many high officials meeting in the Cincinnati office. When Mercedes heard her name called with the other three, she was completely shocked and couldn't imagine why she was included. Mike held the door open while she and Santana entered. Santana sat down first and Mercedes sat next to her, and was dismayed when Sam beat Mike to the seat that was next to hers. Mercedes continued to ignore him as she waited for the Executive Assistant Director to speak.
"I know you are wondering why you have been called in. We are in dire needs to close a sex slave/human trafficking case that has been recently brought to our urgent attention because of information gathered from a past victim, Matt Rutherford. He was recently released by his master because he had grown too old, and the master had purchased a new boy-toy who excited him more than Matt. I am going to pass you out files of six other students that have gone missing within the last couple of years. The one common denominator that these kids have is they participated in their school's show choir. The first file is Aphasia Williams who attended Jane Addams Academy; she was a delinquent who was caught for several minor pick-pocket crimes, and her mother failed to report her missing after the school notified her of her daughter's absence. Mrs. Williams assumed that her daughter had run away because she had threatened to do so many times in the past. Matt Rutherford recognized her as one of the competitors in his school's sectional competition. The two became close before she was murdered because she refused to participate in the various sexual acts that her capturers had asked of her during her training before she was sold to a master."
"The next student to disappear was Sunshine Corazon. She was a member of the Vocal Adrenaline choral group at Carmel High School. Sunshine was last seen at the national show choir competition, and then, she vanished like Matt Rutherford in thin air. Because she was an exchange student from the Philippines, her absence has been explained as she was forced to go home because her visa expired. Her parents have not heard from their daughter and have been constantly seeking information from us since her disappearance a year ago. Around the time that Sunshine disappeared, the second student from William McKinley High School disappeared. Lauren Zizes was reported missing by her parents. When we showed Matt Rutherford her picture, he recognized her from his days at WMHS.
"Coincidentally, the first student from Dalton Academy, Wes Lee disappeared in New York City at the same time as Sunshine Corazon. The FBI has finally been able to link these disappearances only to show choir participants from Ohio after Wes' disappearance. The Lee family has been working hard to find their son and have gone all the way up the chain of command to Washington to see that something is done. However, because the kids were disappearing from various choirs from various cities, we couldn't find a common link between the disappearances until Matt Rutherford heard about the Dalton Academy Warblers association with New Directions from his old friend Kurt Hummel from WMHS. Sunshine briefly attended WMHS, and according to Jane Addams choir director, Aphasia stole Will Schuester's wallet; more importantly, more students have disappeared from the New Directions show choir than any other school."
"We have two more recent missing cases they may be tied into the scandal as well. We are unsure about Rory Flanagan who is an exchange student like Sunshine was. His family has no clue where their son is, and he was also a student at WMHS and a member of New Directions who has been missing for one month. At the same time Rory disappeared, Harmony Van Allen disappeared from Defiance, Ohio. She is a member of the lesser known Unitards, a group that competed against New Directions at WMHS in sectionals. Her situation is similar to Wes because as far we can tell, there are no direct links between Harmony and Will Schuester."
"A noticeable pattern of two students disappearing a year has emerged. The people behind this are smart and dangerous. We know of one death and that is of Aphasia Williams because Matt Rutherford witnessed it with his very own eyes. We are unsure if any of the remaining missing teenagers are alive. This pattern of missing students only emerged when Will Schuester took over as head of the New Directions. He is our number one suspect, and he may be involved with others, but so far we have not able to determine if the other choir directors are aware of what is actually going on. We are more suspicious of Schuester because after randomly interviewing several current New Direction members, they have all been told lies about their missing classmates' locations."
"You four have been selected by our task force to shut this human trafficking ring from Ohio down. We know that Evans, Lopez, and Jones sing, and that Chang can dance. Rutherford was a dancer, and the current New Directions definitely need a strong male dancer from what I hear. You four are going to attend William McKinley this fall as new students. Your fathers will be from the military and have been recently stationed in Ohio. Because Lopez and Jones are singers and heard that the New Directions are the national state choir champions, they have convinced their mothers to live in Lima; so they can audition to become a part of New Directions. Since Evans and Chang are dating Jones and Lopez, they were able to convince their parents to move near Lima as well."
"Because Jones has no field or undercover experience, I am insisting that one of you always be close to her in every situation. She fits the profile of the type of victim that Will Schuester or the UNSUB (unidentified subject) preys on the most, or we wouldn't have included her in this undercover investigation. Every female that has been abducted have the one of the following traits similar to Jones, race (The director shows a picture of Aphasia Williams.), height (He points to the picture of Sunshine Corazon), full-figured stature (He places the picture of Lauren Zizes on top), and an incredible vocal ability (He points to the final picture of Harmony Van Allen.). Matt Rutherford also said that virginal girls are worth their weight in gold. And out of all our female agents, Jones fits this innocent stereotype. Schuester is to believe that Evans and Jones are virginal Christians who are waiting until marriage before engaging in sex. Lopez, you are to be seen as the opposite. The sex slave traders also want girls like Lauren and Aphasia that have an attitude and are very sexually skilled because many men and women are looking for a dominatrix. Chang because she is your girlfriend, you are going to be seen as the whipped submissive type."
"The next folder you are receiving will contain all of your new identities and information. Basically, Lopez, Jones, and Chang have grown up together because their families are from California, and their fathers are in the air force. It is best that we stick close to the truth as possible. Instead of you four all meeting up in Virginia it will be Dallas, Texas, and that is where Chang and Evans became friends because they played on the same football team. Jones began to date Evans in Dallas because he was a member of the Fellow Christians and Athletes club with her and because their best friends were dating." Mercedes sat there in denial and kept biting her tongue to hide her reaction. She stiffened next to Sam who began to smile down at her.
The next thing that she heard was, "Jones, you will be staying with your Aunt Roz Washington until your family finds a house and finish the move from Texas. Special Agent Washington is your supervisory agent, and she already has a position as the synchronized swim team coach for William McKinley High School. Your parents will never make the supposed move, but because you are so high risk, we have to make sure you are protected at night with an experienced agent. You will have Chang, Evans, and/or Lopez in a class with you, and you are to follow their orders. You will not be doing any active investigation unless it involves getting access to Schuester's computers both at home and at work. You are not to take risks. Washington will help you access his computer at the school and Chang, Evans, or Lopez will help you search his home computer."
"Lopez, you will be staying with David Martinez's family. He is not an agent, but he is an undercover police officer at WHMS who has been an inside source for information. He is currently a NARC who currently investigating the former New Directions choir director for illegally distributing and selling marijuana at the school, and he will be all four of you guys' Spanish teacher. His parents and siblings are not known to the students and faculty at WHMS, and they can pass as your family. You will be staying near Lima Heights in Lima Heights Adjacent which will give you street credibility."
"Evans and Chang, you two will be staying in a two bedroom apartment that will be your team's meeting space. The FBI has furnished an apartment in Agent Washington's building, and your parents and families will be unknown identities until we are forced to manufacture you two a family. No discussion of this case will take place inside of WMHS. You will stick to your roles at all times. This case is of vital importance. Careers can be gained or loss because of a misstep. If Schuester is the head of this white slavery ring, then you four are to do whatever it takes to bring him down. No more children in Ohio are to be taken and that is a direct order. You four are dismissed until further debriefing."
Mercedes was still in shock as she picked up her folder and followed her colleagues out of the office. She knew that she had one day to tie up everything and finish her move to Agent Washington's apartment. Santana already was excited about taking Mercedes shopping for clothes suitable for a teenager and not a 26 year old FBI agent. Mercedes had three black suits, one blue suit, and a long dark skirt that she wore with five white shirts for the spring and summer, and five off white shirts that she wore in the fall and winter that were of a thicker quality. Santana hated Mercedes' work wear and what she wore off the clock which regardless of the time of year usually consisted of sweatpants, tank tops, and long T-shirts.
Mercedes could feel someone's eyes on her, and when she looked around, she saw Sam was looking at her with a predator's intensity, and she tried to avoid his gaze as the realization of her new role dawned on her. She was to play his girlfriend, and she had to tolerate his presence now on a daily basis. Worse then tolerating his presence, she had to pretend to be in love with him- Sam Evans who personally thought she was a frigid block of ice. She was so screwed. The only bright spot that she could think of as she followed Santana out of the headquarters to Santana's car was that he would have to pretend to be a virgin, and if Sam Evans could successfully play a virgin, then surely she was capable of pretending to be in love with that version of Evans and not the womanizer that she loved to hate. The thought cheered her up, and then the idea of the office Lothario as a virgin caused her to laugh out loud.
"Why are you laughing?" Santana asked as she headed out of the parking lot towards the mall.
"At first, I was pissed and uncomfortable thinking how was I going to play the role of being Sam Evans' girlfriend considering our personal history, and then I realized that Sam "I have never met a woman in uniform that I haven't wanted to kiss or have sex with." Evans has to play the part of being a virgin." Mercedes said cracking up in laughter again, and when Santana joined in with her own unique laughter, Mercedes couldn't prevent the tears from rolling down her eyes. She needed this stress-reliever because she had no idea what she was doing or what tomorrow would bring as she moved to Lima, Ohio to began her high school senior year all over again this time with a frustrating boyfriend, fabulous best friend, and fantastic best friend's boyfriend.
"Dude why are you smiling like it's Christmas in August?" Mike asked Sam who was still staring at the door after Mercedes and Santana left.
"Because I just got my Christmas present from Santa Claus that has been denied to me for the past two years" Sam confessed. Thinking that finally Mercedes Jones was going to have to accept his hugs, kisses, and hands touching that ample chest and that amazing ass that had him from suffering from blue balls every since he saw her shoot her target in the head and the heart and even the balls while using her left-hand. The girl who was in last place in every physical requirement that the FBI had for them was almost tied with him for top score in shooting, and he was amazed. She had worked for the CBI as a computer geek, but he should have known that she would have some weapon training. He was impressed and behaved badly after witnessing her next round of perfect shooting with her dominant right hand. He began to tease her before every evaluation, hoping to see her lose her cool, but nothing he did every penetrated her calm. Although he was rumored to have tried to sleep with every female field agent trainee, that was a lie, but he couldn't refute that he had flirted with all the attractive ones including her friend Santana Lopez who had given him a kiss that was so hot that he almost came in his pants. However, Santana was too aggressive for him; he preferred her friend "the brick house" Mercedes Jones who after the arduous physical training at the academy had only seemed to lose weight from her waistline making her boobs and butt just look that much bigger in contrast. He dreamed about getting his hands on those curves almost every night, and when he attempted to just go out on one date with her, she always shut him down before he could finish asking her out.
"If you think Jones is your Christmas present, then you are in for a rude awakening. Ever since you intervened in her office romance with Rashad, she has built up a brick wall between the two of you that you don't have a chance in hell in overcoming. She almost stopped being friends with me because I felt sorry for your ass and continued to be your friend. Because I am the only friend you have in this place, and I know how hard up you are for her, and she really is not into you."
"Well, I admit that I have screwed up in the past taunting her and allowing her to believe that I am a man-whore because it was a cool reputation at the academy. Professionally it is career suicide, and I shouldn't have taken my anger out on her to keep Rashad from dating her, but part of me only said those things in anger. The other part of me was jealous that Rashad was actually going to get the chance that I was unable to get and go out on a date with her. I didn't want to think of his hands on my woman." Sam admitted hating the day he got coined with his present nicknames that the evil Lopez would throw out around the office whenever he stepped one foot near Mercedes. She didn't need a guard dog with Santana Lopez around; she was enough to scare off anybody. He liked Santana, and the two got along fine as long as Mercedes was not around or mentioned. He knew he had to watch his eyes when he was around Santana because if his glances lingered on to Mercedes for too long, Santana would make some Trouty-referenced comment that sometimes caused his face to flare up red in color.
"You need to remember what the executive assistant chief said. You are to be more of a bodyguard for Jones than boyfriend. I have a nasty feeling in my gut that this case is too dangerous for Jones, but with Santana, you, and me there to protect her; hopefully everything will go okay. She is to be treated like a rookie, and we are to keep safe, and you are not going to use this as an opportunity to try to get inside her pants." Mike told his friend. He loved Sam like a brother, but if he broke Mercedes' heart, Mike would drop him as a friend, and if Sam's obsession with Mercedes resulted in her being harmed, Mike knew he would have to wait in line because Santana would kill him before he got a chance to get a lick in.
"Listen, Jones has the best three people ever to look out for her because we are all personally invested in her safety. When we are on the clock, I will be professional; however, when it is just me and her in that apartment, then I can't promise that I won't try to mend our relationship and become her friend even if she continues to refuse me as a lover."
"Well, I can agree to that. Just be careful, you don't want to anger Lopez. I swear that girl is a little in love with Jones, and if Jones was bi-sexual, I swear the two of them would be making out." Mike said knowing that Santana was a tri-sexual and would try anyone who turned her on sexually, but Mercedes was strictly dickly.
"Can you imagine a threesome with those two? Totally hot, totally triple, triple X- rated HOT! What are you doing Chang trying to get me to have an erection at work? Jones and Lopez should be worried about you and not me." Sam said fanning himself off at the thought of those two covered in oil in his bed kissing each other then taking turns sucking his cock.
"They know I am a man; and even though I am their friend, they both told me the only way we could stay friends is if we didn't date or sleep with each other. I have been friend-zoned by them both, and that was the one mistake that I made before tapping either one of those fine asses."
"They do have the finest asses in the entire state of Ohio. Not that I have looked at every ass in Ohio, but I believe their bodies and their voices are what convinced the higher ups to include them in this investigation. Hell, man I would sell everything I own for a chance to be with Jones."
"Shit, man you can't afford Lopez nevertheless our virginal appearing Jones. I went over to the girls to watch the video Taken starring Liam Neeson, and Jones told me that she was aware of several cases that she had investigated in California that were similar to the movie's portrayal. She told me that those girls are literally worth millions of dollars in the right market. Judging by the caliber of people that our UNSUB is kidnapping, he is picking girls and boys that cater to the unusual. Most human traffickers prefer skinny blondes or model types. However, none of the victims are skinny blondes, which leads me to believe that the clients are giving the UNSUB a particular list of the qualities that they want. And one of the clients let Matt Rutherford free; although Rutherford was blindfolded and released after being drug and transported back to Lima, only a wealthy person secure in the knowledge that they are untouchable would ever release a slave and not attempt to sale the slave or kill the slave before releasing him or her. These facts makes me think that the perpetuators involved in this ring are more dangerous than even our chain of command realize."
"We will look out for Jones and for each other; by the way, how do you think I would look as a blond?" Sam asked thinking that if blondes were not in high demand he could die his hair and could spend his time looking out for his fellows colleagues than having to worry about his own safety.
"Are you afraid you are going to become some multi-millionaires boy-toy, Sam, or do you think Jones prefers blondes?" Mike joked.
"Hell, no, I just figured if I wasn't a possible future mark, then instead of concentrating on my own safety, I could help look out for Jones and Lopez. Do you really think Jones would prefer me as a blonde?" Sam asked as he researched the quickest method of going blond on the internet. Lemon juice was his best bet, and he and Mike argued the pros and cons of going to salon or having Mike do it at their apartment when they left the FBI headquarters five hours later.
Author's Note Two: How I decided on which two other Glee characters would serve as fellow agents, I used the alphabetical order of Glee guys name that was closest to Evans and Glee girls last names that was closest to Jones. Therefore C-E, and J-L won, plus I have featured Quinn F. and Puck in Those Green Eyes and Sue, Cooter, Finn H., Rachel B., Tina C., and Artie A. in A Tempestous Convenience so it was Santana's turn to be in the spotlight. Writing from Santana is going to be a challenge, but I hope it is funny and filled with truth bombs galore! This is a Glee Season Three AU so no Marley, Kitty, Jake, or Riley... I have not watched a single episode, and I don't want to mess those characters up.