Emotionless, chapter seven.


The charger was at the corner of the parking, the keys still in.

Virgil looked around there were a couple of condos and three office buildings.

He suggested to ask people who lived there maybe one of them had seen something.

He didn't need to repeat it twice.

Madeline was already covering the distance quickly and he had to run to keep her pace.

Both buildings had a good visual on the park, Madeline was asking her self which she should try first, when she noticed a woman of her age staring at them from a windows. She showed her at Virgil.

Few minutes after they were at the door of the woman.

"Good Evening, Madame" Madeline said in her most affably voice.

"Who are you? Why are you at my house? I saw you in the park."

"We don't want to disturb you, but I wonder if you could help me. Yesterday a burglar came into my house and stole all the memory of my beloved mother.- she paused heartbroken- The police isn't doing much, but I heard someone saw the burglar in that car park, today.- Madeline paused again and sighed-Did you see something strange in the afternoon?" She leaned on Virgil for comfort. He understood why both Michael and Sam were scared by that woman, she had got an incredible talent, he was admired. He played along her comedy putting an arm around her shoulders.

"Oh dear! Come in! I know he was not a good person, but to steal the memory of a dear one. That's really evil." The woman said as she lead them to the couch

"What? Do you know him?" Virgil asked.

"No, but I saw him, he came in this very building..."

"Are you sure it was him? Can you describe him? We can't effort another false hope"

"Oh no doubt! I know the faces of all the people who live here. I see immediately that he was a stranger. He wore one of that distasteful Hawaiian shirt, and carried a big black bag on his shoulder. He had gray hair and was a little fat. I knew for sure he had bad intention, since he stepped into my floor."

Virgil and Madeline recognized Sam in the description.

"It's him" they said in chorus a little more enthusiastic then they should have been, but luckily the women didn't realized it.

"But he got what he deserved..."she said viciously.

Madeline and Virgil were frozen. Someone killed Sam...?

"... They took him... And his accomplices as well"

Virgil took a breath and questioned the woman.

"He had accomplices? Who took them?"

He could sense Madeline concern, they already knew who were the accomplices, he almost regretted asking.

"Yes, he had accomplices, two young people, a man and a woman, a lure. He didn't look so evil. But the girl, she was the daughter of the devil, she was red haired. They arrived later... Oh but the army was already waiting for them."

"The army?" Madeline asked astonished. If she hadn't been so worried about them she would have shout at the woman offending her friend.

"Yes the army, with their black trousers and black T-shirts, and I saw they had pistols, as well. Two of them, went upstairs took the man and brought him in the parking handcuffed. While the others, took the two in the parking. Probably your memories will be returned to you in few hours."

"Did they have cars? Did you remember what kind?"

"What has this to do with the burglar?" The woman was on alert.

"Do you think that's the moment?- Madeline scolded Virgil- Excuse my husband, he is a car enthusiast."

"Well, you would like them, they were entirely black with black windows as well, those long expensive car, that fill the city"

"Tank you Mrs! You don't know what a relief! We have better go home, in the case the police call us. I wish you good night, thank you again." Madeline greeted the woman.

"Wait a minute son!" Mr Jack was stopped midway trough the door to his father office.

Then on the phone

"Are you sure?...Can you send me his file?...Yeah, I understand... ...This is very interesting...I'll see what I can do. So nobody else?... No I don't think they would be a problem...I'll call you tomorrow. Thank you bud."

"Jackie sit down, I have big news. You made a strike. My bud at the CIA instantly recognized our guest, since he's giving some problem to his company too: his name is Michael Westen and he used to be a spy. The other two are Samuel Axe a former Navy Seal, and Fiona Glenanne, she was in the IRA."

"So they're professional, what does it change? We still need to find out who's chatting about us."

"It change a lot. What do you think of them?"

"They're not so good if we caught them so easily. I tested the leader, Westen right?, they teamed up this time, but in that room he worried only about himself."

"They're better than you think, Westen fooled you, according to my source. He won't abandon anyone in that room. He menaced to commit suicide in order to protect them."

"He pointed the gun at the sniper and pressed the trigger, he didn't say anything when Char touched the girl"

"No he was burning, I saw it in his eyes" the big bald man, Char, answered.

"He didn't move, he didn't say a word you saw, what you wanted to see."

"No Jackie he's right, Westen sleeps with her, no wonder he was burning and probably he was aware of the gun be unloaded. The way he acted give you an idea about how he's good."

Mr Jack bowed his head. "So, it will be hard, but every one has a breaking point."

"Yeah, and we need to find it. We can't allow people to interfere in our business. Can we?"

"Did your friend give you any lead?"

"First of all according to they're modus operandi they've been hired from some of our labor, who was complaining about us. We need to find out who was and make him an example for the others.

Second, my friend said his chiefs would like Westen to share some information and they will pay well for it. He also said at the end of all we can auction Ms Glenanne, she has a lot of enemies overseas."

"I guess Westen his the mind. If we deject him, the other will follow."

"Exactly. We have to put him in the condition of no thinking. Any idea about where to start?"

"I leaved surveillance out of they're room, we'll see if they said something interesting in the meanwhile."

"I doubt of it"

"Me too, but you never know. It would be easier if I could go trough his file..." he was almost asking.

"My friend said there's a lot of crap in it. We have to work on the few information we have. You always been very imaginative, I'm sure you'll find the way."

"I think I could go on with they're game, until evening. I think one of my man could go hard on Westen."

"He won't break so easily."

"I hope he won't. That's not my purpose. I'll ask him about his identity, and when I get bored of it I'll show him I already knew all their name, to show him how worthless are resistance and lies... Tomorrow we will start again on his friend. Leaving the girl for last, when he'll be weaker. No food, few sleep. He will pray us to stop."

"Nice plan, I like it. If you really want to go hard on them, Char's help could come handy. Jackie I trust you and your man, but Char has more experience, and you don't need to tell him to go hard.- He smiled, like he had just said a funny joke- Char, my friend, do you want to play this game?"

The big man grinned.

"Jack do you agree?"

"It would be great."


A,N: Another chapter without action. I know. But I think the story goes on a lot. There will be some (maybe a lot) of whumpage in the next chapters, but I'm working hard to arrange some smart things in it too. Otherways it would not deserve to be Burn Notice.

-23 days to the season premiere.