Hi guys ! I'm so sorry, I'd been on a short vacation without my laptop ;(
The team finished their work for today, they were discussing recent discovers.
"So the only lead we have is the fact that Haffner's partner acted sketchy?" Abbott couldn't believe in that. It shouldn't be a complicated case. They knew who did it and why but things are more difficult when the villain practically doesn't exist . They couldn't ask anyone about it because it could scared him off.
"What did you find it the files ?" asked Cho.
"Nothing much , well the case of the explosion was closed in the most sloppy way ever, but can you blame them ? They wanted to close this as soon as possible. Blake association probably had something to do with that too soo Haffner is probably alive, they only found his DNA . " explained Hightower.
"So..why can't we find him ?! " snapped Cho, it was unexpected. They were all expecting that Jane will be the one who will loose his temper but no. He was calm, too calm actually. Something was going on in his head and it was nothing good.
Wylie entered the room looking very pale.
"What happened Wylie ?" Kim seemed concerned. She was always trying to act cold and distanced but she liked the young agent.
"I..I think you should see something." He said with a weak voice.
They all followed Wylie to the center of their office. Jane was first to saw a video playing on one of the big screens. Wylie replayed it , it was a video from Haffner.
They all felt that their heart beat is faster than usual. They saw Haffner's face, covered with burns and wrinkles. He looked even creepier than usual.
"Hi guys, it's been almost 48 hours so you probably figured out that I am behind Teresa's disappearance . Oh , of course you did, Jane's there . " His smiled gave Kim and Grace chills. Men of the group felt anger. Van Pelt looked at Jane : his face was emotionless but the impact of this video was visible. His fist was clenched and his eyes were cold.
"I'll give you 24 hours . If you won't find me I'll kill her. You know how much I like Teresa, right ? I don't really want to kill her. " Ray made a puppy face to camera, it made them even more angry.
"I believe in you..Jane." This last sentence made this personal. He hated the entire team but his anger was focused on Jane.
After that camera went on Lisbon. Seeing Lisbon soo weak, beaten ..her body was covered with bruises and cuts. Nothing deep or life threatening but she was exhausted. This was too much,they've never seen her so vulnerable before. Jane left the room in a rush. Grace wanted to go after him but Hightower stopped her.
"Do you mind ?" she asked her.
Van Pelt let her go and gave Rigsby a concerned look. He touched her arm gently .
"It's okay Grace. Let the others help too, she can handle Jane ." Her husband told her with a small smile.
Abbott got on the platform and ordered with a raised voice :
"Okay people ! Let's find this guy ! Checked every possible option ! Find something ! A parking ticket, some property in the middle of nowhere, location.. ANYTHING ! And bring his former partner here. Let's break him! "
Jane was sitting in an empty room , he found it during his first day here. He was sick of loneliness but he figured that he'll need it one day. Sadly, he was right. He couldn't remember when was the last time he felt so helpless, when he couldn't handle with his emotions. Jane was crying and he could do nothing about it . He wanted to curl on the floor and just stay here forever. Hightower sat down next to him. They were sitting in silence, their arms touching. She wanted to let him know that she's here for him without saying anything. Jane was trying to swallow his tears.
"It's happening again." he whispered.
"No Jane, it's not you fault. Don't blame yourself. " It was heartbreaking to see that Jane was taking all the blame, again.
"How? He hates me so..he took away the most important person to me , like McAllister took my family from me. "
"He wants to hurt us all, he knows that Lisbon is .well let's be honest the glue of this little family. Obviously he wants to hurt you the most but you did nothing wrong, okay? It's not your fault that he's a psychopath. " she assured him.
He looked at her with teary eyes and nodded.
"You need to calm down and be the top of you game. Lisbon is right there hoping that you'll safe her. She's counting on you, we can't let her down, right?" Hightower gave him a small smile.
"Okay," he still looked worried she decided to give him a second and after touching his arm she left the room.
"How is he ?" Cho was worried about Jane.
"He will be fine." Maddeline was sure about that.
When Jane entered the room he saw Tom Hordon. Kim was taking him to an interrogation room. She left him with Abbott and Cho. If it wasn't about Lisbon he would even feel bad for the guy. Cho or Abbott is a one thing but together? It's gonna be interesting.
Tom Hordon should feel intimidated by those two, but you can't scare a well trained agent like that so easily.
"How's Haffner, Hordon?" asked Cho. They decided not to hide with it anymore.
"What do you mean? I haven't been on the cemetery lately." He was a good actor. They had to give him that.
He gave them a confused look.
"Cut the act Hordon. " Abbott felt tired with all the game.
"I have no idea what you're talking about , sir." Even Jane wouldn't be able to read anything from his face. Was Tom a psychopath too ?
They showed him the video. His body posture, face, voice ..everything suddenly changed.
"I won't tell you a thing. " He told him with a cold voice.
Abbott and Cho looked at each other. That was it, game was close to the end.
Cho turned the cameras off and covered the curtains. It was no time for caring about the rules.
Took them twenty-five minutes to break him. Cho left the room .
Rest of the team looked at him with a small disbelief.
"Rick Jones, check this guy." he ordered Wylie.
" Do we wanna know ? " ask him Rigsby after noticing blood on Cho's palm.
"No." Cho left the room and went to the bathroom.
More than twenty minutes later Wylie found something.
"Guys, guys !" He had to yell, they were all resting. When they heard his voice they stood up straight away.
"Who did you found ? " ask him Kim.
" Well, Rick Jones is obviously a fake identity but someone rent a car for this name and went to San Antonio .I found a picture from street camera." It was obviously him in the driver's seat.
"Okay, I'll alert San Antonio field office that we're going to visit them . " said Abbott and left to make a call.
"And we're bringing Hordon with us ." said Cho. They all were thinking the same; he could be useful at some point.
Two hours later they were on their way to San Antonio .
Office in San Antonio was slightly smaller. Three agents were standing in front of it . Two of them took Hordon to an interrogation room. The third one was the supervisor agent ; tall, bald , in his fifties .
"Special agent Jackson Smith. "
"Special agent Dennis Abbott." they shook hands , then Dennis introduced the rest of his team.
"Thank you so much for help ." thanked him Fisher.
"It's always good to help when agent's life is on the line. Now, let's catch him and save your friend."
Sorry , it's short but I wanted to post it right away .
