Chapter 1
"You need to come in now" said the captain, trying to keep the urgency out of his voice.
"But captain," Pete was cut off by the captain.
"Now," he demanded and hung up.
Linc looked at Pete "What's up?" he asked.
"I don't know but we better get moving, the captain sounds upset" Pete answered.
Out the door they went. Once in the car and on the way Pete realized he forgot to ask if they should pick up Julie. "Should I call in and ask him?" Pete asked Linc.
"If he wanted us to pick her up he would've said so" said Linc.
"I guess you're right" replied Pete.
Once they reached the station they got to the captain's office pretty quick. As they walked into the office they could tell the captain was upset. "What's going on captain, why the rush to get us here?" asked Pete.
"I just got a phone call, there are two situations going on. One is Bo Graves escaped from jail and the other is Vhallos is getting a retrial and being granted bail. Julie is going to have to testify because all of the evidence that Steve had gathered is being thrown out.
"Why are they doing that?" asked Linc.
"Because Vhallos is claiming that Steve set him up. Vhallos is claiming Steve was actually in charge. The Dr. that was involved has stated he took his orders from Steve. This is just a mess and I don't think it's a coincidence," said the captain.
Pete and Linc were shocked by all this. "Where's Julie? What do mean you don't think it's a coincidence? "a worried Pete asked.
The captain took a deep breath before answering "I don't know. I sent a patrol car to her apartment and when they got there she didn't an answer. I have an APB out on her right now. You know how Vhallos hires people to do his dirty work. I think he helped Bo escape and in return Bo is going to help out Vhallos," explained the captain.
" Well we got to find Julie and let her know what is going on. Then we got to figure out how to keep her safe," Pete said forcefully.
As they were headed to Julie's apartment, Julie was just getting home. Once inside she was greeted by Bo. "Hello pretty Julie," he stated.
"Bo what are you doing here? I thought you were in jail," Julie asked, trying to hide her fear.
"You and I are going for a ride. If you say no we can wait for your cop friends to show and have a repeat of last time. Only this time I will shoot them both. Choice is yours," Bo said.
"I will go with you just let me….Julie was cut off as Bo chloroformed her and carried her out of the apartment. "You should have known pretty Julie you really had no choice."
As they arrived Linc was the first one out followed closely by Pete and then the captain. As they got to the door they noticed it was slightly ajar. The captain pulled out his gun and slowly opened it. The smell of chloroform hit all three of them. "We're too late. One of them has her already," Pete exclaimed.
"Don't touch anything. There may be fingerprints here to see who," said the captain.
While they waited the trio was lost in their thoughts. Pete was pacing. Linc was thinking. The captain was by the phone willing it to ring. They all hoped that maybe they were wrong, maybe something or someone else had happened. When it finally rang Pete and Linc just stared at the captain.