Dean was looking around the house and couldn't find any paperwork that would help him find out the identity of the ghost. It was starting to get dark so he decided to leave. Night time was when this ghost got active. He was just getting behind the steering wheel of his baby when his cell phone rang.
"Hey, Sammy, what'd you find out?" he asked after checking the caller ID.
"Sammy. That's cute. He looks to big to be a Sammy."
"Who is this?" Dean growled.
Andrew was almost afraid when he heard that. He remembered that guy from the robbery. His brother being held hostage was the only thing that had kept him in line. And that was the only thing that made his fear almost. Once again, he held all the cards.
"You don't need to know who this is. Meet me tomorrow at Grant's Park at 5 p.m. and we'll have a little chat." He hung up and handed the phone to Jake, who again threw it out the window. They didn't want anyone tracking them down. Jake then turned the van and headed to their true destination.
SSS
"Did you get a location on Charlie's phone?" Don yelled to Colby.
"About a mile east of CalSci," Colby answered as he finished putting on the jacket he had forgotten about moments earlier. Don and Colby headed out to the car to see if they could find Charlie.
"Anything more on the tracking?" Don asked.
"No. I think he disabled the GPS or something," Colby answered.
SSS
Jake pulled up to the old abandoned aquarium that had gone out of business years ago. They had rigged it up special just for Charlie, but now Sam would get the benefit, too.
Andrew dragged Sam out of the van and Jake guided Charlie with his gun. Charlie was cradling his hand. He was amazed at how much pain a broken hand could cause. They were thrown into a tank.
"What time is it?" Andrew asked Jake.
"It's midnight," Jake replied after looking at his watch.
"What are you going to do to us?" Charlie asked.
"I'm setting a timer. In twelve hours the tank will start filling with water. Twelve hours after that, it will be completely full and you'll be dead," Andrew answered almost cheerfully and he and Jake left. He let himself look back one more time on Charlie's frightened face. He was glad that he had thought to hook up a camera so they could later watch this as many times as they wanted.
SSS
Don was at his father's house.
"Charlie's been kidnapped, Dad," Don said. There was nothing to do but just come out and say it.
"What?"
"Some people want an FBI prisoner released. They want to trade for Charlie."
"Do you know who has him?" Alan asked. He was horrified. He knew that these things rarely turned out well for the hostage. But he also knew that Don would do whatever it took to get Charlie back.
"No. We've researched the prisoner and he doesn't have any known accomplices. He usually works alone and his father died a few years ago. No brothers or sisters."
"What are you going to do?"
"I don't know," Don answered honestly. "We can't make the trade. We have no idea who has him. The prisoner isn't talking."
SSS
Colby was back at FBI headquarters questioning Vinnie. He wasn't talking. He hadn't been talking for the last two hours.
"Agent Granger, there's someone here about the prisoner," an aide peeked her head in the door.
Colby got up and went out. Normally, he would have said that he didn't have the time to be disturbed. He wanted to find Charlie fast. But, this guy wasn't talking and maybe whoever was here could shed light on who would have taken Charlie.
"Agent Henricksen," Colby said as he recognized the agent who had come in on the bank robbery case due to two fugitives being involved somehow. "What can I do for you?"
"Vinnie Washington. He's the cousin of those two bank robbers, Jake and Andrew Morgan."
"Are you serious?" Colby asked.
"Why, what's wrong?" Henriksen asked.
"You remember Don's brother, Charlie?" Colby asked.
"Sure," Henriksen answered. The guy had annoyed him by claiming that Sam Winchester had saved his life and wasn't involved in the bank robbery except as a hostage.
"He's being held hostage and the kidnappers want Washington freed in exchange."
"Huh," Henriksen said. "I originally came out here because there was a Winchester sighting. This makes complete sense. They're probably in on your guy's kidnapping."
"You think?" Colby asked. He had never been sure what to believe after the last case. He had heard Charlie's story. But at the same time he had read the Winchesters' files.
"It's too big to be a coincidence," Henriksen said.
"Don," Colby said when he saw his boss getting off the elevator.
"Colby. Henriksen, what are you doing here?"
"He came here looking for the Winchesters again. Turns out Vinnie Washington is the bank robbers' cousin. Henriksen thinks the Winchesters are wrapped up in Charlie's disappearance."
"If they are, there's no place on earth they can hide," Don promised. He was glad that Sam had saved Charlie's life, but he had always felt that there had been an ulterior motive. He had read the files. Sam Winchester wouldn't do anything to help someone else if there wasn't something in it for him. He and Charlie had agreed to disagree and never to discuss the subject again. "How can we find them?"
"That's the million dollar question," Henriksen said. "These guys are good at evading the law."
SSS
Dean was driving around the city aimlessly. He had no leads but he couldn't just sit around waiting. He had to find Sam.
SSS
Sam didn't wake up until morning. He groaned and sat up.
"Are you OK?" Charlie asked anxiously. He had been really worried.
"Yeah. He really hit me hard," Sam observed. He looked around. "Where are we?"
"Old abandoned aquarium. It went out of business a few years ago."
"What time is it?" Sam asked, still groggy.
"8 in the morning."
"I was out a long time," Sam observed.
"Yeah." Charlie agreed.
"Do you know anything about what's going on?"
"They called my brother to do a hostage exchange with me for a prisoner. Don has until midnight tonight. They set a timer for this tank to start filling up with water by noon. It will be full at midnight."
Sam looked up. It was a high tank, going up three stories. "It looks like this tank is about 36 feet high."
"Yeah. That means the water is going to rise three feet every hour. We're going to have to start swimming before 2 PM. "
Sam figured he could tread water for ten hours, but he wondered if there would be a point to it.
