The Devil's Obsession
Disclaimer: I do not own Without a Trace or any of its characters. I only own the characters that I've created myself. So, please do not attempt to sue me as this story is for entertainment purposes only.
Chapter Four: The Call
"Vicky!" Danny screamed horrified and Martin and the other agents in the bullpen looked at him very concerned.
"That's enough. If you ever want to see your girlfriend again, you're going to do exactly what I tell you." The mechanical voice said maniacally.
"Who the hell are you? What do you want? I swear that if you hurt her, I'm going to hunt you down." Danny said viciously as his hands shook.
"Shut up! You're not in charge here. I am. You're going to do everything that I tell you. If you don't, you're never going to see Vicky alive again. Do you understand me? I'm in charge." The voice said furiously and Vicky screamed crying fearfully when Cervantes put her in a chokehold and put the gun to her head. "Take it easy, beautiful. Our little game has just begun. I'm not going to kill you; yet. If your boyfriend doesn't follow the rules, however, you're going to pay the consequences." He said seriously as he kissed her cheek and then released her. "Did you hear that, Agent Taylor? If you don't play by my rules, you'll never see Vicky alive again." The voice said seriously and Vicky cried more fearfully.
"What the hell do you want? Money? Fame? What? Why did you choose her? What's it going to take for you to let her go?" Danny said viciously through gritted teeth. He knew that whoever was behind Vicky's kidnapping had no intention of letting Vicky go; not alive, anyway. But the tech agents were already tracing the caller and he needed to keep the sociopath on the phone as long as he could.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Shame on you, Agent Taylor. Are you trying to find me? It's not going to work. I'm too smart for you. You couldn't find me before and you're not going to find me now." The voice said angrily and breathed heavily. "Just for playing games with me and trying to find me, Vicky's going to get punished now." The voice said angrily and Vicky screamed crying pained when she was hit in the face and blood spewed from her nose and mouth.
When Danny heard Vicky's screams, he roared violently angry as he put his fist through a glass door and everyone in the office gasped horrified as Martin and Jeff grabbed him tightly and sat him in a chair.
"You sick son of a bitch! When I find you, I'm going to rip your damn heart out!" Danny roared violently as blood dripped down his arm.
"Piss me off again and the one who's going to be punished for your actions is going to be sweet little Vicky. Is that what you want?" The voice said angrily and Danny breathed furiously but didn't answer him. "I didn't think so. If you ever want to see Vicky again, you're going to do what I tell you, when I tell you. Do you understand me now, Agent Taylor?" The voice said calmly but angrily.
"What the hell do you want from me?" Danny said calmly but viciously.
"You'll get your instructions soon." The voice said seriously and then ended the call.
As soon as Cervantes ended the call he removed a handkerchief from his pocket and gently wiped the blood from Vicky's face.
"I'm very sorry about your pretty face, Vicky, but Agent Taylor made me very angry. I had to show him that I wasn't playing games with him and that I meant what I told him." Cervantes said seriously but kindly as he softly soothed Vicky's face.
"Why are you doing this? I didn't do anything to you. I don't even know you." Vicky cried fearfully and very upset and Cervantes softly soothed her face and continued wiping blood from her face.
"You're a very sweet girl, honey. You're kind to all of your patients and everyone you meet. You always have a beautiful smile on your face and you never complain about anything. I know. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that I don't know you but you're wrong. I've been observing you for a very long time, enough to know that Agent Taylor doesn't deserve you and that everyone at the hospital only takes advantage of you and work you to death." Cervantes said kindly as Vicky continued crying pained and fearfully. "Shhh. Don't be afraid, honey." He said kindly as he gently wiped away her tears.
"Why are you doing this?" Vicky cried fearfully and terribly upset and Cervantes sighed softly as he gently wiped away her tears.
"This has nothing to do with you, sweet girl. You just happened to be involved with that prick, Agent Taylor. He's going to pay for what he did and unfortunately you've been caught in the middle of all this. I know that you're afraid and confused but I'm not going to hurt you. But you do have to stay with me until I say so." Cervantes lied of course; he wasn't going to let Vicky go. She was a pawn in their game and he was going to have fun before he killed her.
"Where am I?" Vicky cried fearfully as she moved her head and tried to see through the blindfold that someone had put over her eyes.
"Hold on. Don't move, beautiful. Let me take this off. You don't need it anymore." Cervantes said kindly as he removed Vicky's blindfold, held her face in his hands and stared into her terrified her eyes. "Get me a wet towel right now. Ahora." He said seriously to a masked man that was standing next to him holding a large semi-automatic rifle. "I said now." Cervantes said with a vicious growl when the man wouldn't move, causing the masked man to leave the room.
"Where am I?" Vicky cried fearfully.
"I told you to calm down, okay. I'm not going to hurt you but I'm not going to tell you where we're at either. You're free to walk around the room as you wish. As you can see, there's a bed, a full bathroom, toiletries to clean up with and clean clothes to change into. However, as you can see for yourself, I don't want you trying to run away. So, I boarded up all the windows to your room. I…" Cervantes couldn't continue when the armed masked man returned to Vicky's room and handed Cervantes a wet towel.
"Come here. Let's clean you up a bit." Cervantes said kindly as he carefully wiped Vicky's face and head and she hissed pained. "I know. I'm very sorry, sweetie, but I couldn't let you run away before. I had to bring you with me, at least for a while." He said kindly as he finished cleaning the blood off of Vicky's face and head. "I'm going to leave now but I'll be back. In the meantime, I want you to change out of those bloody clothes. Make yourself comfortable. I'll be back." He said with a warm smile and Vicky stiffened in fear and disgust when he embraced and kissed her and then left the room with the masked gunman.
Friday, February 13th
FBI Headquarters, 1:30PM
The medical staff finished treating Danny's wounds and bandaged his hand up to his forearm. When Danny put his fist through the window, it caused a large laceration on his forearm and cuts to his hand and wrist. Once cleaned up, Jack dragged Danny to his office and the rest of the team and Chuck followed behind. Jack roughly sat Danny on his office couch and glared angrily at him.
"Do you want me to lock your ass up until we find Vicky or are you going to act like an FBI agent and do your damn job?" Jack said harshly and then breathed heavily to try to compose himself.
"Brother, we know that this is a very difficult situation, okay. We know how much you love Vicky. But you have to calm down and think like an agent right now. We need your help to find this sociopath and you hurting yourself like this isn't going to help find Vicky any sooner. You're giving in to his taunts and that's exactly what he wants." Martin said somewhat sternly but compassionately and Danny sighed angrily as tears stained his face and Vivian embraced him tightly.
"You have to calm down, sweetheart. We're going to do whatever it takes to bring Vicky back safely and bring this maniac to justice. But like they said, do you really think that you're helping Vicky by hurting yourself, hmm? She knows how much you love her but she doesn't want you to hurt yourself. You know that. Instead of losing control like you're doing, calm down and help us to figure out who this maniac is. It's obvious that you're the target of his rage. So, we need to look back on any cases you've worked on and see if there's anyone that stands out." Vivian said compassionately as she held Danny and he cried furiously and emotionally as he held on to her dear life.
"What do you say, Pal? Are you going to calm down and help us find Vicky? Hmm? Danny, I swear on my life that we'll find Vicky and bring her home safely. You're not alone, okay. Everyone in this office and out there in the bullpen is working to bring Vicky back safely and catch this bastard. NYPD is involved also and they're running down some leads." Jeff said kindly but with conviction as he held Danny's hand in a brotherhood grip.
"So, what's it going to be, sweetie? Are you going to calm down and help us bring Vicky home?" Sam said caringly and Danny nodded crying.
"That's what we want, Danny. So, no more of the crap you've been pulling until now. You're going to get a hold of yourself and start looking through your old cases…" Jack said sternly but with compassionate undertones but couldn't continue when a woman knocked on Jack's door.
"Sir, there's some gentlemen here from the NYPD who want to speak with you. They said it's urgent." The woman said respectfully but concerned, she and everyone had witnessed what Danny did and it had shaken her up.
"Get them in here now. Go." Jack said seriously and the woman left.
Several minutes later Captain Jason Carmichael and Lieutenant Gabriel Alvarez arrived at Jack's office and introduced themselves to the rest of the team.
"Hey, Gabriel, you're working this case?" Chuck said kindly but with a confused smile.
"You two know each other?" Jack asked seriously.
"Yeah, we met after Danny and Martin were rescued from the woods. He was at the hospital giving blood and didn't leave until our boys were out of danger. So, ever since then, we've become really good friends and he's also helped me out in some of my cases." Chuck said respectfully.
"What do you have for us?" Jack asked seriously but kindly.
"First off, Jeff told me that the blood in the locker matched Juan 'loco' Perez, a junkie who was found last week floating in the Hudson. He had an extensive rap sheet longer than my arm. Anyway, we've asked around and the word on the street is that he was killed because he was shooting his mouth off about a job that he was going to get a lot of money for." Jason said seriously.
"What was the job?" Jack asked seriously.
"He'll get to that in a minute but there's something that I want to show you first. This is what Perez looked like when we found him." Gabriel said seriously and showed Jack a picture of the victim and Jack couldn't hide the shocked look in his eyes. "The victim's heart and tongue were cut out of his body and we haven't recovered them, probably never will. As bad as it is, that's not what worries me." Gabriel said seriously.
"What's going on? What are you talking about? Who cares if some damn junky is dead? I have to find my girlfriend." Danny said angrily.
"Danny…" Jeff said somewhat sternly and Danny glared at him.
"It's okay, Jeff. Don't worry about it. I know that he's very worried about the young lady and that's why we're doing everything we can on our end to help bring her home safely." Jason said thoughtfully and then nodded at Gabriel to continue.
"As I was saying, that's not what worries me." Gabriel said seriously as he handed Jack a close up of the victim's body. "There are signs that he was tortured before being killed. I haven't seen torture like this since I was a rookie. My first big case on the job was a murder. The victim had been tortured and his heart and tongue were cut out. Just like Perez." He said seriously.
"Did you ever solve that case? Who was the victim?" Vivian asked seriously.
"The victim's name was Dominic Rivera. It was a difficult one to solve because no one wanted to talk. They were too afraid of the suspect responsible. After a couple of months, someone finally came forward and told us who'd done the murder." Gabriel said seriously.
"What does that case have to do with Vicky's kidnapping? This doesn't make any sense." Martin said seriously and confused.
"I was getting to that. As I said before, the suspect in Vicky's case looked familiar to me. Now, I've been trying to enhance the video from the suspect at and around the flower shop but I couldn't get anything clear. So, I did more digging around and I found a witness who was hiding in the alley at the time and saw your suspect." Gabriel said seriously.
"Who's the witness? Are they willing to talk?" Danny said urgently and Martin squeezed his shoulder and gave him a serious look. So, he took a breath and tried to calm down.
"The witness is a homeless man named Teddy. He was hiding in a dumpster in the alley after he stole some food from the grocery store that's next to the flower shop." Gabriel said seriously and then sighed heavily and ran a hand through his hair.
"What? What did he tell you?" Sam asked concerned.
"He gave a complete description of the suspect but he gave us something even better than that. Teddy says that the entire neighborhood knows who the suspect is but that no one is talking because they're scared to hell of him and his men." Gabriel said seriously as he gave Jason a concerned look.
"Did he give you a name?" Jack asked seriously but also expectantly.
"That's the problem." Jason said seriously concerned. "He could only give us the guy's nickname. They call him 'Teo'." Jason said seriously as he gave Jack a sketch of the suspect.
"That damn name sounded familiar. So, I ran a check for that alias in our database. I got several hits but only one name matched the description of your suspect. His name is Arturo 'Teo' Cervantes." Gabriel said seriously but couldn't continue when Danny suddenly gasped horrified, held and shook his head and then ran out of the room like a madman.
"Danny! Danny, what's wrong?" Martin said fearfully as he and the others ran after Danny but Danny ignored them.
"No, no, no." Danny said fearfully as he looked through old case files. "Damn it, where are you, you damn bastard! I know that you're in here!" Danny said furiously and he looked through the cabinet until he found the file that he was looking for.
"Are you going to tell us what's going on or are you going to try to do this on your own?" Jack said sternly and Danny angrily shoved the file in his hands and shook his head and Jack began reading. "Arturo 'Teo' Cervantes, Hispanic male responsible for the torture and subsequent death of Dominic Rivera, sentenced to life in prison. History of drug sells, possession, kidnapping, murder, weapons charges, extortion, and the list goes on. What's all this, Danny?" He asked somewhat sternly but concerned.
"Tell me that's not him." Danny cried angrily through gritted teeth but Gabriel nodded sadly as he sighed heavily.
"I'm sorry but that is him. We showed Teddy a lineup of different suspects and he picked Cervantes' picture right away. Did you know that he escaped when he first got to the prison? Jason and I were part of the team who captured him. We thought that he was still in prison. So, I called to see what was going on because I thought that maybe it was a mistake." Gabriel said seriously.
"It wasn't a mistake, though. According to Attica, Cervantes escaped two months ago and they're still looking for him." Jason said seriously.
"Why the hell weren't we notified of the escape?" Jack said angrily.
"Do you know what the hell he's capable of doing? When I first got to the FBI, we took down one of his closest friends, Sam Goodwin, and we were going to charge him with drug possession. In exchange for immunity, he turned on Cervantes and told us about a murder that Cervantes committed. He told us that Cervantes had brutally tortured and murdered a man, Dominic Rivera. We agreed but before he could testify, Cervantes got to him first. We found out where Goodwin was being held and HRT and several agents, including me, went in after him. Shots were fired and his men gave up but not Cervantes. He was going to shoot Sam Goodwin so we fired first and took him down. He was taken by MedEvac and I didn't see him again until the trial." Danny explained angrily.
"What happened with Sam Goodwin?" Vivian asked concerned.
"He was Cervantes' best friend and that didn't matter to him. When Cervantes got to him, he tortured Goodwin. Cervantes beat and stabbed him, burned him, broke his fingers and toes and ripped out several of his fingernails." Danny said furiously through gritted and then growled furiously as he fisted his hands.
"Don't even think about hitting anything again, brother. That's not going to help Vicky. So, calm down and take some breaths." Martin said sternly but compassionately as he held Danny's shoulders.
"Are you freakin' deaf, Fitz? Do you not hear what I'm saying? He's a sociopath, a damn killer. He has my girlfriend, the love of my life. How the hell do you want me to react?" Danny said furiously as tears stained his face and he shook out of fear and anger.
"You're not the only one who's dealt with Cervantes, Agent Taylor. The first time he escaped Jason and me were part of the team that captured him." Gabriel said seriously.
"The bastard didn't go down without a fight. He started shooting and hit me dead in the chest and in the abdomen. Next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital a month and a half later." Jason said with a heavy sigh as he opened his shirt and showed the scar on his chest that ran below his abdomen.
"Look, I know that you want to catch this psychotic bastard and we'll do whatever we have to, to bring your girlfriend back to you safely. But you can't be all gung-ho right now. You need to calm down and play this smart. My guess is that he hasn't figured out yet that we know who he is and that's how we need to keep it. So, starting right now, if you want your girlfriend back alive, handle yourself professionally like the Federal Agent that you are. Start treating this like any other kidnapping victim." Gabriel said sternly and Martin and Jeff held Danny tightly when he glared and growled viciously at Gabriel. "I know that your girlfriend is the victim, but you have to forget that thought for now. If it were another victim, would you be acting this way, hurting yourself? I don't think so. You need to stay cool, collected and do your job. Start doing your job and you'll get your girlfriend back safely. Lose control again now and while on the phone with this sociopath and you'll never see your girlfriend alive again. I know that you want her back safely. So, you better decide right now what you're going to do. Are you going to pull yourself together and do your job like you're supposed to, so that we can put this sociopath where he belongs? Or do you want to risk your girlfriend's life? Decide right now, Agent Taylor." Gabriel said harshly and Martin and Jeff dragged Danny to the bathroom when he growled violently furious and tried to pounce on Gabriel.
"What were you thinking talking to him like that?" Jack said gruffly.
"I'm sorry, Jack, but Gabriel's right. We can all sympathize with what Danny is going through but right now his behavior is erratic. He needs to keep calm, especially now that we who this scumbag is. If Danny loses control and calls this guy out, he's not going to hesitate to kill Vicky." Chuck said seriously.
"I'm not trying to be a jerk but this guy already went after my best friend, my brother and I don't want Agent Taylor to go through what I went through when he nearly killed Jason. I had to watch him lying in that hospital bed everyday for a month, unconscious, fighting for his life. Even when he did wake up, doctors still weren't sure that he was going to make it." Gabriel said seriously and Jason gently squeezed his shoulder.
"We've been trying to get him to calm down but it hasn't worked." Sam said very concerned.
"What happened to Agent Taylor's arm?" Jason suddenly asked seriously concerned.
"He was furious after the kidnapper called and decided to break the window with his fist." Jack said calmly but somewhat angrily and Jason gave Gabriel a serious look.
"Where did they take him?" Gabriel asked calmly but angrily.
"I don't know." Jack lied.
In the men's bathroom, Danny was shrieking and crying quietly but furiously.
"I'm going to kill that sick freak! Who the hell does he think he is talking to me like that?" He quietly shrieked furiously as he tried to leave but Martin and Jeff pushed him back and blocked the door. "Get the hell out of my way before I kick your damn ass!" Danny yelled furiously as he tried to get out but couldn't.
Danny was incredibly furious that his friends were stopping him from going after Gabriel. So, to release some of the fear and anger that he felt, Danny swung his fist hard toward Martin's face.
Martin knew what Danny was going to do before Danny's fist came toward his face. He could see in Danny's body language and eyes what was coming.
Martin put up his arm and easily blocked Danny's fist from connecting with his face. Danny wasn't going to give up so if he wanted a fight, then he was going to get one. If fighting with him was going to help Danny to release the fear and anger that he felt and get him to behave like the FBI agent that he was, then he'd give Danny a hell of a fight.
"If you think that fighting is going to help you, then get it over with! But if you don't start behaving like the best damn agent we all know you are, you might as well say goodbye to Vicky for the last time and sign her death sentence! You're going to get her killed! Is that what you want, damn it! Is it?" Martin said harshly as he grabbed Danny by the collar and slammed him hard against the wall.
Danny was furious at hearing Martin's words and saw red. Forget Martin Fitzgerald. The man standing in front of him was no longer Martin. Instead, it was the sadistic animal who'd taken the love of his life. Danny roared violently as he pounced on Martin and they began exchanging punches.
"Danny, stop!" Jeff yelled horrified and angrily as he tried to intervene but Martin yelled at him.
"What the hell is going on here?" Jack said furiously as he and the others ran into the bathroom just as Danny punched Martin in his face.
"Stay the hell out of this!" Danny roared furiously as he coughed and gagged, causing everyone to move away when he began vomiting on the floor several times and then fell to his knees completely exhausted as he shook uncontrollably and cried angrily.
Everyone was in shock and they didn't know what to do.
"I want all of you to leave right now. I want to talk to Agent Taylor alone." Gabriel said seriously and Danny glared viciously at him and spit on the floor.
"I don't have a damn thing to say to you and I'm sure as hell not interested in whatever the hell you have to say." Danny said angrily but exhausted.
"Gabriel…" Chuck said concerned.
"I'm not going to hurt him, Chuck and Agent Taylor isn't going to hurt me either. I guarantee it. But I do need to speak to him alone. So, I need everyone, including Jason, to leave us alone. We'll be out soon." Gabriel said kindly but seriously.
"Do you want us to leave, sweetheart?" Vivian asked concerned as she soothed his face. Although Danny was angry, Viv knew that Danny cared about her and would never disrespect her in any way like he was doing to everyone else. She was right.
"It's fine, Viv. Leave us alone. I won't kill him." Danny said calmly but angrily as he glared at Gabriel.
"All right, fine. But this needs to stop, Danny. If you can't screw your head on straight and do what you can to help us bring Vicky back safe, then you may as well go home now." Viv said somewhat sternly but caringly and he glared at her but didn't say anything. "We won't stand for this behavior anymore, Danny. You're completely out of control. Look at what you've done here today. You've gone as far as hurting Martin, one of your own, your family. You have a decision to make, Danny Taylor. This is your last chance to help us find Vicky and this sociopath. When you walk out that door, you better have made a decision. If you can't or won't do right by Vicky, then you're going down to a holding cell, guarded by several agents. The ball's on your court, Danny Taylor. What are you going to do?" Viv said calmly but sternly and Danny couldn't stop the tears that escaped his eyes, Viv's words hurt him. "Let's go. They need to talk alone. Now." Viv said in a no-nonsense tone and everyone, except Danny and Gabriel, left the men's restroom.
"What the hell do you want?" Danny said calmly but angrily as he stood up from the floor and rinsed his face and mouth.
"Agent Taylor, I'd like you to meet Staci Palmer." Gabriel said seriously as he handed a picture to Danny and sighed heavily as his nose reddened and his eyes glistened.
Danny took the picture and began listening to what Gabriel had to say over the next half hour. He couldn't believe his ears. He couldn't believe how stupid he'd been and how unjustly he'd treated Gabriel. He wasn't a bad guy. He was a good cop who deserved justice just like him. He'd suffered terribly and knew all too well what it felt like to want revenge on someone.
"I was wrong, Lieutenant Alvarez. I'm sorry." Danny cried softly as he held out his hand and the other man took it.
"Apology accepted. Call me, Gabriel." He said kindly as he sniffed, put the woman's picture in his shirt pocket and wiped his face clean of the tears he'd shed.
"Danny." Danny sniffled softly as he tried to regain his composure.
"So, what's it going to be, FBI Special Agent Danny Taylor?" Gabriel said softly but confidently and Danny tightly gripped his hand in a brotherhood grip.
"Help me bring my girlfriend back safely and I promise you that we'll both get what we want." Danny said with conviction.
"Justice." Gabriel said seriously as he swallowed hard. "So, have you made your decision, Danny?" He said kindly and Danny breathed heavily and nodded. "Good. Let's bring your girl home." He said with conviction as he put an arm around Danny's shoulder and they left the restroom, causing the others to look at them shocked.
"I think that, Agent Taylor…" Gabriel said kindly and then smiled when Danny glared at him. "…Danny, is ready to behave like an FBI Agent and help us find this maniac." He said with a proud smile and everyone cheered.
"Let's find this sick son of a bitch and put him where he belongs." Danny said seriously as he breathed heavily.
"You all heard, Agent Taylor. Let's catch this sociopath and bring Vicky home." Martin said loudly and everyone began working again.
All of a sudden, however, Danny couldn't bring himself to look at Martin. Martin was his best friend and he'd hurt him terribly. Danny felt like scum and since he couldn't bury his head in the sand like the coward he'd behaved, he opted for walking outside to the balcony where he could be alone. He sighed heavily and leaned on his hands as he stared out into the city.
Danny was so lost him in thought that he didn't hear the door open behind him sometime later.
"Danny…" Martin said compassionately as he gently squeezed Danny's shoulder but Danny shook his head as his nose reddened furiously and his eyes watered.
"It's not right, Martin." Danny said softly as his voice broke.
"Forget about it, brother. That's all over and done with." He said compassionately and Danny glared at him, angrier with himself than Martin. "Come on. I'm okay. Really. Look, I knew what was coming, so I egged you on further. I just wanted to get all that fear and anger out of you. I did it so you'd finally react and help us to catch this deranged lunatic and bring Vicky back to you." Martin said kindly.
"I'm sorry, Martin. I had no right to do what I did to you. You're my best friend and instead of letting you guys help me, I beat the crap out of you." Danny said seriously and then looked at Martin incredulously when he began laughing. "What's so funny?" He asked incredulously and somewhat angrily.
"You didn't kick my ass, Brother. I got in a couple of good licks myself. How's your jaw, by the way?" Martin teased chuckling amused and Danny laughed amused as tears stained his exhausted face.
"You have a hell of a right hook." Danny laughed as he soothed his bruised jaw.
"Good. That'll teach you to misbehave." Martin laughed amused. "So, are you ready to be an agent again and help us catch this scumbag and whoever's helping him?" He said with a kind smile and Danny sighed as he nodded. "Good. Come on. Let's go back inside." He said kindly and then led Danny back to the bullpen.
As soon as they entered the bullpen, Danny's phone rang and he answered it after Jack signaled to him.
"Taylor." Danny said seriously as he heard the familiar eerie music on the other line.
"If you want to see Vicky alive again, you've got twenty-four hours to pay me five million dollars." The voice said calmly.
"That's impossible. I can't come up with that kind of money in twenty-four hours. I'm going to need more time. I also need a proof of life. How do I know that you haven't killed her already?" Danny said calmly but seriously.
"Vicky, someone wants to say hello to you, sweetie." The voice said kindly as he put the phone to her ear and kissed her cheek.
"Hello?" Vicky said calmly but fearfully as her voice shook.
"Vicky? Are you okay?" Danny asked calmly but he felt himself begin to panic as his eyes bulged and his breathing quickened, causing him to regain his composure when Gabriel gave him a very harsh look and a pointed a finger at him.
"Yes." Vicky said with a shaky breath.
"That's enough, beautiful." The voice said kindly as he kissed her cheek again and smiled when he could feel her shaking body as he embraced her from behind. "That's enough, Agent Taylor. You'll get your drop point instructions soon. If my demands aren't met, sweet Vicky will suffer the consequences." The voice said seriously and ended the call, causing Danny to shudder and breathe heavily.
"Stay calm, Danny. Remember what we talked about." Gabriel said seriously but compassionately as he squeezed Danny's shoulders and Danny breathed shakily. "Now, let's find this piece of garbage and put him where he belongs." He said seriously.
