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"We've got someone to defuse the bomb", Rossi shouted, rounding the corner with DI Kapoor, Reid and O'Leary.
"And we've got a new problem", Hotch replied.
"Without proper lighting I can't tell the man how to defuse the bomb", O'Leary said after taking in the situation. "I need to see what my son built. This transmission…", he nodded at the monitor, "…is way too blurry – I have to see the wires. We'll have to wait until the elevator is repaired."
"The connection with the alternative energy source is highly instable! The bomb can explode every second!!!", Garcia screamed at him. "Your son might have built this, but you taught him everything you know! You don't need to see the wires to defuse it – just think about your son and they way he did things."
Face turned into a stone mask, Dan O'Leary remained silent.
Rossi and Ishika bandied looks. They were both thinking the same. "Hotch, close your eyes and cover your ears!", the senior agent commanded. "Prentiss, you help us, Reid, you assist Garcia." Prentiss, Reid and Garcia were a little confused as the DI and their friend moved forward in one smooth motion and grabbed O'Leary, but a blink of an eye later they caught on.
"What the hell are you doing?", the IRA bomber shouted as they carried him into the old hospital wing and handcuffed him to a heating right next to the elevator well. Garcia and Reid put up the monitor and her laptop right next to him.
"It's easy to refuse things when you're out of the line of fire. But now you're in the epicenter. If the bomb explodes, you'll go down, too. Just like our colleagues", Ishika informed him, her voice cold as ice.
"That's against the law!", the old man yelled.
"File a complaint", Rossi hissed.
The old man closed his eyes and for a second Reid thought he had just given up. He was way into his seventies, what did he have to lose? But then O'Leary drew a deep breath, looked at the monitor and gave Boone the instructions he needed.
"I'm sorry for what my son did", the old man told Ishika afterwards. "He had no right to hurt innocent people. But I'm not sorry for what I did in the past."
"I didn't expect you to", the DI replied curtly, handcuffing him.