Disclaimer: Standard still applies.
A/N: I bought a real cheap pair of gloves, then I cut the finger tips off. Now when it's cold I can keep my hands warm and I can still type. Yay!
Megan yawned as she woke up to the darkness of the hotel room. She blinked the sleep out of her eyes as she stretched in the bed. Letting out a sigh, she got up, "Time to head back to L.A"
Megan and everyone with went with her to arrest Nicholas had stayed in the night in Las Vegas due to the interrogation taking hours. By the time they were done, everyone was tired, so they all got hotel rooms for the night.
She took a brisk shower and got dressed, and headed out the door, time to wake everyone else up, if they weren't already. They had to get back to L.A.
She knocked on all the doors of the FBI Agents, telling them all that it was time to get going. She knocked on Colby and David's last, joining them for the breakfast that they had brought to their room.
Colby just moved his cereal around in his bowl. "This sucks."
David nodded, taking a bite from his bagel, "Yeah. I know. And we have no idea where Tirry is."
"Cheer up guys." Megan told them, "We'll find Charlie."
"How do you know? How can you be so sure?" Colby asked.
Megan shrugged, "Call it intuition."
Colby shook his head, slight smile on his lips, "Just don't go and tell Charlie that you are physic."
David smiled, remembering the case when they had a physic help him. Charlie was less than ecstatic with the man.
When they were all done eating, all the FBI Agent's made their way to their vehicles. Time for the drive back. Megan sighed as she sat down in the driver's seat. She felt pretty good after last night's rest. She had slept better than she had since Charlie had been taken. It was probably because she was in a bed, not at the office. David was sitting next to her in the front seat while Colby took the back of the SUV.
And so they made their way back to L.A.
But on their way, Megan had to stop for gas. She told all the other Agent's to go ahead, they'd catch up with them later.
So, she pulled into the nearest gas station and started filling up the SUV.
It was a small town. Everyone seemed to know each other. Colby and David had gotten out to stretch their legs. Colby looked around and smiled, "Now, this reminds me of home."
David smiled, "Yeah. For you. L.A. is more like home for me."
"Small town vs. Big city." Colby put in as he took a deep breath, "Fresh air. Amazing."
David laughed at his friend, "Alright. I think you're getting cabin fever from being in the car for too long."
Colby chuckled.
Megan shook her head, happily listening to her two friends as she went inside to pay for the gas.
"But dad!" A small boy yelled, "Hammer is the reason for the noise!"
"I told you Luke!" The dad sternly said back, "The only reason why Hammer came out to save you and Jesse is because he heard the noise and went out to investigate."
"He's a liar! He came out because he heard us freaking out! He wanted to make sure that we hadn't heard the screams! He is probably plotting a way to kill me n' Jesse!"
Megan walked up with a smile, she was going to put the kid at ease. "Hello." She said, "Sorry, but I over heard."
The father nodded, understanding.
"Can I help in anyway?"
"Uh. Sorry to ask, but. Are you a traveler or something? I don't know you, so you must not live here."
Megan nodded, "Megan Reeves. On my way back to L.A. with by co-workers."
The man looked outside and the two men talking at the pump. "My name's Frank and this is my son Luke."
"Hello Luke."
"Hello Ms. Reeves."
Megan smiled, "Such manners."
Luke blushed, "Thank you."
"So, what is all this about?" She asked, with a raised eyebrow, bending down at Luke's level.
"My dad doesn't believe that Hammer is hurting people. But Jesse and I know." He stated matter-of-factly.
Frank sighed, "If he was trying to kill the both of you, then why would he save you two? And call us?"
Luke looked down at the floor, "I-I don't know. But the screams came from Hammer's house!"
Megan sighed, "Who is Hammer?"
Frank smiled. "He's just a friend. I gave him the nickname. His real name is Mathew Charles." He paused, "Mathew Charles Don."
Megan looked up and swallowed. His name was a coincidence, right? She shook her head as she heard Charlie's voice telling her that there was no such thing as a coincidence. "Can you tell me more about this man?"
Frank blinked at Megan, "Uh. Sure. He moved in last week. He lives about two miles outside of town in an old one room school house with a cemetery right next to it. Uh. That's about all I can tell you."
Megan looked outside and saw that David and Colby were looking at her confused. "I'll be right back." She told Frank, running outside.
"Colby! David!" She yelled, running up to them, "Get me the picture of Tirry! Now!"
David quickly grabbed the picture and she took it, running back inside.
"What is she doing?" Colby asked.
David shrugged, "Let's go and see." They followed her inside the gas station.
Megan stood in front of Luke and Frank, holding up the picture, "Is this Mathew Charles Don aka Hammer?"
Frank nodded, baffled, "Ms. What is this all about?"
Megan flashed her FBI Badge, "This man is not Mathew Charles Don. He is Ben Tirry and he is a suspect in a kidnapping case."
Frank's eyes widened in horror. "No. It can't be. He's such a normal guy."
"You need to take us to his house." Colby said, flashing his badge as well. "This is urgent."
Frank nodded slowly. "Luke. I want you to go home. Stay with your mom." He paused, "You guys are going to have to get Hammer to open the door for you, right? Because if you say that you're the FBI, he probably isn't going to open up and he may just go and kill the man he has kidnapped." Frank believed the Agents, he now believed his son as well.
David nodded. "You're right. What are we going to say?"
Frank swallowed, "I heard him say that he had ordered a new fridge ..."
"Perfect!" Megan smiled, turning to David, "Call Don, tell him to get here ASAP."
David nodded, getting out his cell phone.
Megan turned back to Frank, "Tell us how to get to his house." Frank told them and Megan nodded, "Thanks for all the help." She left the amount of money of the gas she got on the counter as the three FBI Agents walked out. They were on a mission.
Don answered his phone, "Eppes."
"Don." David said excited. "I think we found him!"
Don sat up on the couch. Alan raised his eye brows at his son's sudden movement. "You did?"
"Tirry. We think we found Tirry. And maybe Charlie. You need to get here right away. It's not too far from L.A."
"Tell me!" Don said, standing up.
David told him how to get to the town and where they would meet him.
Don hung up the phone and turned to his dad, a shock showing on his face, "They think they found Charlie."
Don rushed to his car keys, "Come on, Dad. Let's go." He was going to get his brother back. Everything was going to be alright. It had to be alright. Charlie would be fine. He wouldn't be hurt, he wouldn't have had a relapse. He would be fine. It would all be fine. He had to believe that.
Alan followed his son to his SUV. He was worried for Charlie. He hoped that this wasn't a false alarm. Get his hopes up for nothing. It couldn't be a false alarm. It had to be real. They had to find his son before it was too late. It if wasn't too late already.
The ride to the town was quiet. It was fast. Don had his lights flashing, so that he could break the speed limit and the laws of gravity if he desired.
David had told him that he would wait until they got there. During the time while the other's waited for Don, they would be thinking up a plan to get in and save Charlie as easily as possible.
Don pulled up next to his team. He got out as fast as he could. "Where is he?"
Megan sighed and pointed to a place about a mile away, "Don, you can't go in."
"What?!" Don yelled, "I am going in to save my brother!"
"Don, you're still on desk duty. You can't. If you do, whatever we find in that place, we can't hold Tirry with it."
"But with Charlie's testament ..."
"Don, Tirry could be keeping Charlie somewhere else. This is just where he lives." David answered.
Don cursed, "Fine." He sighed, "Let's go."
Megan nodded and got everyone in on SUV, leaving the other one on the side of the road. "Everyone clear with what's going on?" Megan asked. "Colby is going to claim to be the delivery man with Tirry's new fridge, when Tirry comes out, Colby and David are going to grab him. I'm going inside to have a look right away. Don and Alan, you've got to stay back away from it all."
Everyone nodded, knowing their parts of the operation as they pulled to a stop in front of the one room school house turned home.
They all got out of the SUV and Colby headed for the door, David and Megan where ready, with their gun's out.
Don had his gun out too, but he stayed back, beside his dad. Worried as hell for his little brother.
Colby knocked in the door.
"Who is it?" A muffled voice sounded.
"Delivery for a," He paused, "Mr. Don. We've got your fridge out here."
The door opened and there stood Tirry.
Tirry looked at the man in front of him. He looked familiar. He couldn't place it ... until the man grabbed him and stuck a gun in his face. "Shit." He said, staring at the gun.
"Where is he?" Colby said, grabbing Tirry and turning him around, cuffing him.
Tirry knew it was over. He had a fun go at it. He smirked, "Don't bother. He's mine. Body and soul. You won't find him like you want." He chuckled, a cold heartless sound.
Megan left Tirry outside as she went into the house. The upstairs was normal-looking enough. She walked around and in one area of the floor, the boards creaked. She lifted up the rug and saw a trap door. She sighed, worried as she got out her flash light and descended into the darkness.
