I dropped everything on the kitchen table. He handed me a beer. I was about to take a drink and he was about to say something when my phone started ringing. I didn't even need to answer, I pulled my leather jacket back on, grabbed my purse and walked out. I pulled out of the parking lot when I answered the phone finely. Chad took it, put it on speaker and held it out for me.
"Heading in ETA 10 minutes." I said to control.
"Understood and will be standing by."
"Plus, one." I said giving Chad a look. There was silences for a few minutes.
"Understood." I nodded to Chad and he closed the phone. I brushed my hair back and was tired. I parked behind the lodge and got out. Chad followed and handed me my phone. We walked around to the front of the lodge and throw the hidden door. Chad headed down first once it opened and I followed.
"Come here honey I'll get you signed in." Sandy told Chad.
"What do we have?" I asked and stopped my purse and jacket on Sandy desk as I walked into the com room.
"Team Alpha has gone mission." Jack told me. I pulled my hair back and looked around.
"Show me." I walked over to Peter and he showed me the Satiety feed. They were last found in their hotel. They walked in and weren't seen since. "Has their rooms been checked?" I asked.
"Called the hotel. They checked out 20 minutes after this. Housekeeping has been throw the rooms." Kyle told me. I nodded and moved over to watch his feed. They showed the team walking in and heading up to their rooms. They all spilt up and 20 minutes later room serves showed up.
"Tag them and give me ID." I told him. We watched room serves leave. Death walked out of his room, went to the front desk and checked out and walked to the back. He disappeared after that.
"Get me the blue prints." I said and walked over to the phone. I picked it up and hit one.
"What?" Steven said as he answers.
"Team Alpha is missing sir." I said and looked at Chad. He was standing in the doorway with wide eyes.
"When the fuck did this happen?" He asked me and was wide awake.
"Last night sir. They disappeared from their hotel."
"Call the others." He hung up.
"Get me a mission file." I said and hit 2.
"This better be good." Spencer said.
"Alpha is mission."
"Understood." He hung up and I called 3.
"Who?" Pat asked me.
"Alpha sir."
"Coming in." He told me and hung up. I hit 4 and waited.
"Hello." My daddy said.
"Alpha's mission." I heard him shut a door.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Coming in." He hung up also.
"Blue prints." I said looking around. Marcus moved to the middle of the room and brought them up for me. I started looking for them. "Mission?" I asked Jack.
"Ma'am." He said to me. I looked over at him and saw he was locked out. I walked over, leaned over him and typed in my pass word. The mission file showed up and he started reading it to me. I moved throw the blue prints and saw where they could have been taken.
"Get me to serer and subways." I said and pulled the video and imprinted it to the blue prints. I went back wards and saw room services go into the rooms. They left with and the rooms were empty.
"What teams are home and what teams are out?" I asked sizing the cart up. All this time Jack was filling me on their mission. It was a boring and a sit down and wait job while they were watching and gathering Intel. I thought about it.
"Who's on Death's team." Jack looked back at me. I walked over and put in my password. Then moved it to the screens above me. I walked over and read throw the 6-man team. Two of the members were on medical leave that's why they were on an Intel job.
"Get AX and Terror here now." I said and throw the files to Jack's computer. He pulled his head set back on.
"Beta is working. Gamma is leaving as we're specking is. Delta home bound at this moment and still has to defied." Kyle told me. I nodded to him and knew I couldn't over write their missions for this.
"What the hell's going on." My father walked into the room. Sat Chad down in a chair that was next to the unman computer and gave him a head set.
"Daddy." I asked. He signed into the computer and pulled up a file. He was talking to Chad. I leaned back and saw what he was doing. Jack, Kyle and Peter were watching. When Chad stared doing what he was told my dad turned around.
"Explain." He told me. Chad was going throw Danger's file on the mission so far. It was on a gang.
"Death's team is down two. So, he was put on an Intel job. Don't know if the operator turned, missing or captured. Last night they headed back to their hotel. Room services showed up and the team went missing beside Death. He checked out, moved to the back of the hotel and went missing himself. I followed them and noticed that there is an underground passage to either the surer or subway." I got those blue prints finely.
"Show me." I ran throw everything for him while I was looking.
"Found Death." I said and saw him coming out at a subway station. We tagged the footage and watched him walk up the stairs and disappeared again in a crow. Jack gave me as much footage as he could and still I couldn't find him again.
"Call him." My dad said.
"Phone's turned off, tracked the GSP and last known place was in his hotel room. Last person he called was a disconnected number." He was told. "It's the same for the whole team's phones. Everyone's was turned off."
"Where's Ax and Terror." I asked.
"On their way." Jack told me. I nodded and pulled their files back up. Ax was down from a bum knee. Terror was healing from an ear problem. We went throw everything we could and still didn't find anything.
"This is all a little over my head." Chad said, everyone stopped and looked over at him.
"Son?"
"I know gang life and all that. I can put most the players in place and tell you who you should worry about. Besides that, I'm lost." He told my dad.
"Dose what you know co aside with what has been stated?"
"They only tagged a few players. I can finish off all the pictures." My dad nodded to him.
"Dose any of the room services men match members?" I asked. He shrugged at me. I looked at the other three and saw Peter was still working on matching them to ID's and to the hotel. The left side wall flickered and came to life. Three screens showed up and showed us Pat, Steven and Spencer.
My dad started filling them in while I was still working. Then I stopped and looked around.
"Who's the agent that were looking for." I asked looking around. The four guys stopped talking and looked at me. I looked around and walked over to Jack. He let me take over his computer and I looked throw the first of Death's mission. When I didn't find anything, I looked at the men in charge.
My dad nodded and Pat sent a file to me. I pulled it up in the middle of the room and read throw the file. It didn't take me long find out who the person really was and why I couldn't get the file right away. I folded my arms and looked at the men in charge.
"Did any of you think about asking me to find out what's going on with this agent?" I asked them.
"How do you want to explain why you are asking." Spencer asked me. I rolled my eyes and pulled out my cell phone. I forgot it was turned off. I walked over Jack and took his head set. He let me take over his computer and I dialed Hector's number. It took a few rings.
[What?] He asked as he answered. He wasn't pleased with someone calling him he didn't know.
[I want to know a few things.] He was quite for a few minutes. I heard him walk out of the room and shut a door.
[Angle?] He asked me and didn't understand.
[Yes, hello Shadow, it's very late and I'm very tired could we play the questions game some other time.]
[Yes, we can and will. Now why did you call?] He asked me.
[By chance do you know what's going on with Parker Davis?] I asked him. He was quite for a few minutes.
[You want to know what's going on with Bones?" He asked me and didn't understand.
[Hector?] I asked him.
[He's been in the wind for around the last 6 weeks. Due back anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 mouths.] He told me. I dropped my head thinking about it. [Anything else Angle you have to talk to the boss.]
[I would rather not do that. Thank you.]
[Angle what are you doing and why are you asking.]
[It might be wise if you checked on him.] I said and hung up. Jack took the head set back. I leaned against the desk and thought about it.
"I won't know anything for a while. So far all that is known is he's on a mission throw his contact." I told them. "What tagged him for our team?"
"His handler." I nodded and thought about it. I nodded to Jack and he started working on finding me who his handler was. I rubbed my nose and let out a breath.
"ETA on the remaining member?" Pat asked. He was told and it would be a while. I pushed off the desk and walked into the rack room. I grabbed a cup of coffee and was thinking about it. I walked back into the com room looking around taking everything in again. I wondered about everything.
"Give me the number that Death called." I said moving over to Peter. He showed me and I didn't know the number. "Back log it and show me who had it." He did and it was a prepaid phone number. The number's been on 6 phones in the last year. No one gave their information on it besides the first person and it was a woman. He pulled up her information and she was a high school kid. Had the phone number for 2 years. Dead end if there was any.
"Ax's plane will land in 1 hour." I looked around and nodded.
"Honey head back to my place when you're ready." I gave Chad my keys. He nodded and was sucked into his computer.
"All good mama." I nodded Jack out and grabbed my jacket. He grabbed a set of keys and walked out the back way with me. We headed up the stairs to the garage and I got in the back of the SUV. He pulled out and headed to the airport.
"What's bothering you?"
"Something is just off." He nodded at me. I leaned back while he drove and closed my eyes.
"Who's the kid?" He asked me.
"He's in a few of my classes and needed a place to crash. Don't get upset. Mama here doesn't mean what you think it means."
"It means chick." I nodded to him. I guess I fall asleep because I woke up when we stopped. It didn't take long for Ax to come over and get in.
"Army," Ax said with a nod. We pulled away and I watched Ax. "What's happening?"
"Death and Alpha team went missing." Jack told him.
"Shit, what the fuck happened. Why the hell am I bring brought in. I can't be around any loud noises for a while. I shouldn't even be flying."
"I don't know why you being brought in. But the chances of you being send in is 0."
"Fuck that shit, this is my team. I'll go anyways."
"Ax your being brought in to command. I don't think it's really a chose you can make. Your about to have your eyes opened, watch yourself."
"You think I'm scared of some old fuckers that are pulling the strings. I'm out there every day doing what they can't. I have to live with everything. My team, my brothers, my family is missing." He told Jack. I smiled and liked him. Jack pulled into the garage and shut the door behind us. Ax got out, grabbed his back and looked around. Jack got out also and unlocked the door to the basement. I silently moved out of the SUV and followed behind them.
"I expected to be impressed." Ax said looking around. Jack looked back at me. I nodded to the door to the conference room. Jack showed him to the room, then shut the door and took his computer. I flipped the switch for the room and an image showed up. Ax was packing the room. I did notice he was rubbing the side of his head. I let out a breath and walked over to the door. I opened it and walked in.
Ax stopped at once and looked over at me. He was surprised and looked me over. I slid my jacket off and laid it on the back of my chair. I pulled it out and sat down. Then folded my legs and looked at Ax waiting. He looked around, looked at me and sat down.
"Their letting woman on teams now?" He asked in a cold and pissed off voice. I turned to the side, leaned forward and turned on the system to this room. A key board showed up in the middle of the table. I took it and signed in. Then pulled up the discounted number.
"Ax do you know this number." I asked him. He looked at it and thought about it.
"Should I?" I pulled up an image of the three men who were acting as bell hops.
"Do you know these three men?" I asked him. He leaned back, looked the images over and shook his head.
"No, who are they." I thought about it and tapped my finger on the table.
"Where you let in on their mission." I looked over at Ax. He was glaring at me. "Ax I don't care if you were, but we're you."
"I knew the outline. I could have gone and helped. But the rise was too high and Death benched me." He told me.
"Tell me what you know." He folded his arms and wasn't pleased with me. The door opened and Sandy came in and sat a coffee tray down. I smiled at her and filled my cup.
"An agent went MIA. The handler gave us as much information as he could. They left to find out why he's MIA." That was more information than I thought he would have. I thought about everything and nodded. Got up and walked out.
"Sandy show Ax to a room. Make sure he can't leave. He thinks he can leave and find his team." She nodded to me.
"You bitch." Ax yelled and I shut the door behind myself and headed to the com room. Chad was still working at the computer. I looked around and saw everyone was still working.
"Sir." Sandy said. My daddy looked out of the room.
"Sandy?"
"I've been watching the area." She started to say.
"Black SUV or gold Caddie?" I asked her walking out. She let me see her computer. There was a black turbo parked next to my jeep.
"Two SUV's have been driving around. Didn't mean much to me and I didn't care. Then the car pulled up 10 minutes ago, I didn't worry till the car turned off." I looked back at my dad.
"Ranger's here." He shook his head.
"Go on," I pulled on my jacket again and let out a breath. I pulled my hair out as I headed up the stairs. The door opened for me and I slipped out the door to the outside. Right before I hit the passenger door it unlocked for me. I smiled, opened the door and sat down inside shutting the door behind myself.
"Batman?" I asked looking over at him.
"Babe it's 4 in the morning." I looked at the dash and nodded. "Why are you calling asking Hector about Bones?" He asked me.
"Wanted to know who he was." He finely looked away from the building over to me.
"He got off the phone with you and started looking into Bones. The building is empty and locked up. And yet you came out of it. Explain." He told me.
"I can't." He nodded to me and looked back at the building.
"Tell me what you can and why you're asking about Bones." I looked at the building myself thinking about it.
"Hector told me if I wanted to know anything more I have to talk with you. Do you know anything?" I asked him. He looked at me and thought about it.
"It doesn't work like that babe." I thought about it and pulled out my phone. I dialed the number to the office and waited.
"Doors open." Sandy said and hung up. I got out and nodded him with me. I leaned against the car looking across from him.
"It would be smart to undress." He raised his eye brow at me.
"Babe."
"Ranger." He took off his weapons and dropped his phone, wallet and watch in the safe under the seat. I shut the door and walked to the lodge. He followed me and walked inside with me. I locked the door behind us and walked around the desk. I slid the card and the door opened. He walked down after I waved my hand at the stairs. Once he was clear I followed him and walked into the main room.
"Good." I asked Sandy and saw all the doors were shut. She looked at her computer and nodded to me. She was on the phone. I slipped my jacket off and laid it on my purse waiting. I sat against the desk listening and waiting. I hit the hold button.
"Terror's being delayed," She told me. I raised my eye brow and thought about it. I waved for the phone and she pasted it over to me. I listened to the hold music and pulled her key board to me. I found out where he was.
"Hello?"
"Who am I specking to?" I asked waiting.
"Malcolm Smith, I'm the head of this air ports safety."
"Hello Mr. Smith." I looked at the computer. "I'm Miss Harrison, would you like to explain to me why you are hold one of my employs." I asked him.
"We found."
"I don't care what you might have found or seen or wished to pin him with. I'm asking you why are you holding my employ. He's missed his flight, he's missed the second flight. Why are you wasting his time?" I asked him.
"Like I was trying to tell you we found explosive on him."
"Six hours ago, I'm so proud of you. Within the last six hours I'm sure you have already been told that my employ has a license to use these said products. I'm sure you have also used these last 6 hours to look that up. Now explain to me why you are still holding my employee?"
"It's the middle of the nigh miss. We can't verify."
"Then allow him to leave, and get him on a plane. You've had six hours. Two planes have left. His bag and person are clean. He's not causing trouble you are. And if you make me call you back or come and relive him, you'll be out of a job. Do we understand each other."
"You can't expect me to allow him to get on a plane."
"Then take his god damn shoes and let him go. " I hung up on him. Sandy was smiling and enjoyed the show. She looked at Ranger and reminded me that he was there. I looked to the wall and saw the conference room was empty. I got up and walked over to the conference room. I sat down and leaned back.
"Sit down and wait." I told him and pulled the key board over to me again. I logged in and asked what I was allowed. Jack walked in and handed me a hand held. I took it and watched him. He just walked back out. I moved the keyboard back and read that I have the ability to use Ranger for this. I flipped to another page and pasted it to Ranger.
"Read, sign and so on." He took it and did that and pasted it back. I checked to see if he did. Then linked with the room and the screen turned on.
"Close to 7 weeks ago, Parker Davis left to go in the wind. He did so throw his contract with the military and government. He meet with his handler and was sent on his mission. It involved this gang." He nodded and knew all this. I flipped throw to the next page. "A week ago, said handler called, said people saying Parker was MIA. Said people went in looking for him. As of last night, said people disappeared. I called Hector to find out what is really going on with Parker." He read throw the report.
"You are said people?" He asked me. I shook my head no. He raised his eye brow. "Dose this work?" He asked me and pointed to the key board. I thought about it and nodded. He pulled it to him and typed in a name. "Said handler." He told me. I think he was laughing at me.
"Your handler?" He folded his arms and leaned back.
"What do you know about Bones mission?" I asked him. He looked at me. I thought about it and rubbed my nose. I got up and walked out shutting the door behind me. I walked into the com room and shut the door.
"Find me everything." I said and waited a few minutes. It wasn't long before I had the whole file and read throw it. I thought about it and looked at my daddy.
"The choice is yours Stephanie." He told me. All three men nodded and were giving me whatever I wanted. I rubbed my nose and nodded to them. I walked back into the conference room and sat down. Ranger was waiting for me.
"Parker's handler called and asked this group to find his missing agent. The reason behind his call was either Parker was captured or turned side's. His handler isn't returning our call. I don't care right now about Parker. The team that was sent in is missing. So, I will ask you again Ranger do you know anything about Parker's mission."
"It's classified." He told me. I pulled the key board over to me and pulled of the mission file.
"Not to me." He looked at the screen and saw the file. He read throw it and let out a breath. "Now I'm tired, I'm not in the mood to play games with you. I asked you if you knew anything. I know everything. I asked you because he is a member of your company, he is a member of your team." He folded his arms and thought about it.
"I knew the outline of his mission. He used his back ground and entered the gang. He is there to find how the drugs are being brought into the country." He told me.
"And?"
"To what I know he hasn't flipped sides." I raised my eye brow at him. "Have a phone?" He asked me. I pointed to the box in the middle of the table. He dialed a number and waited. It was to Hector.
[Call Bones.] Ranger said as the line picked up. It took seconds and there was ringing coming throw the line.
"Primo." Another voice said. It sounded like whoever it was just woke up.
[The boss wants to talk with you.] Hector said.
[What do you want.] The voice said.
[Is that anyways to treat your old friend?] Ranger asked.
[You're bothering me.] He didn't sound happy.
[Have a minute to talk?] Ranger asked.
[It's the middle of the god damn night.] I raised my eye brow at Ranger. He was waiting. [I have time, what do you want?]
[I'm not the one who wants to talk to you. Behave and answer the lady's questions.] Ranger said. There were silences on the other end. [Bones this is Miss Harrison, some of her employees have gone missing. They were watching you.]
[What kind of bull shit is this.]
"Bruno, it's very late and I'm very tired. So, cut the shit and listen. When I ask you a question I expect an answer? A short while ago your friend called my bosses. He asked for a team to be sent in and find you. He sent the team in because he said you were MIA. That team went missing yesterday night. Now do you know you were being watched?" I asked him.
"From outsiders no."
"Have you missed a check in?" I asked him.
"No." I pulled up the bell hops. I read off the names and asked him if he knew them. He thought about it. "Doesn't sound like someone I've meet." He told me. I leaned back and thought about it. "What are you?" He asked me.
"You have already been told." I told him.
"Who's your bosses?" He asked me. If he wasn't really missing, then this has nothing to do with him. This has something to do with the handler and my team. "Who was sent to watch me."
"A team."
"Who's the team. I might know if I've seen them if I've see them." He told me.
"Do you really see that happening?" I asked the phone. "Thank you for your help." I said and looked at the screen thinking about it.
[Who the fuck are you messing around with.] He asked Ranger.
[Don't ask me. You got more out of her then I have.] Ranger said and smiled at me. I tapped my finger on the table thinking about it.
"Do you trust your handler?" I asked bother party's. Ranger looked at me.
"That's your mess to deal with." Parker said and hung up.
"Adam isn't my handler babe. General Fowler is my handler. Adam just climbed the latter and was a signed to Parker. Bones contact is only for gang related mission. He normal is only out once a year. This year he's been out twice already. I've worked with Adam babe."
"And yet Parker isn't missing and here we are." He looked at me. "Ranger, Parker's handler called and said he was MIA. He was either captured or turned side's. Wouldn't Adam have proof to say such a thing?"
"He should." He said and nodded.
"Terror's about to land." Jack said and pocked his head into the room.
"Go get him and smack him for me." Jack smiled.
"How about I bring him back and you can." I nodded to him. He shook his head and walked away.
"Hey." I yelled after him. He poked his head back in. "Tell Peter to come in." He let the door cracked and left. Peter walked in and stopped. I saw him looking at Ranger, Ranger was looking at him also.
"I want the handler." I told him. He nodded and slipped back out of the room and shut the door. I leaned back and closed my eyes. I heard Ranger got up and my eyes popped open. He walked around the table and out of the room. I watched him. He looked around.
"Looking for something?" I asked him. He turned and looked at me. I read his face and rolled my eyes. "I'm taking it you know Peter?" He folded his arms. I let out a breath. "Peter." I called out and waited. The door locked and I smirked. Ranger looked at the door.
"Milo, you get your ass out here right now or I'll call your mama." I shook my head and smiled.
"Go head and try." Peter called out. Ranger glared at the door.
"Milo." Ranger said in a cold voice.
"Ricardo." I looked over at Sandy and she was smiling. "My boss said shut up. We're busy."
"Tell General Hammond to shove it." I had to laugh now. "Milo come out now."
"I'm working."
"How's getting the handler?" I asked.
"If Ricardo would shut it, it would be getting somewhere." Peter called out. I leaned back and put my feet on the table and closed my eyes. "He's been called into the base." Peter called out to me.
"Why?" I got up and walked out of the conference room. Ranger was still glaring at the door. I leaned against the wall.
"Why what?" Peter asked me.
"Why is he being called to a base?" I asked him. Peter was quite for a few minutes. I thought about it and didn't understand.
"Adam's a military handler Babe. You wanted to talk with him. He's being called to a military base." I gave Ranger a look and folded my arms.
"How long?" I asked. There was talking.
"A few hours." I went back to my chair and sat down.
"Babe Adam's isn't someone you should worry about." Ranger told me. I nodded to him and leaned back father. I put my feet on the table again. I pulled the phone over to me and linked with the control room.
"Where's Jack?" I asked.
"Returning." Kyle told me. I nodded and could go to sleep after I've talked with him.
"When's he released?" I asked them.
"Who?" Kyle asked me.
"Terror?" I said and tapped my finger. I heard clicking and knew he was looking it up.
"Doctor's has released him. As to when he can return, that is unknown. He has to complete his PT." He told me. I nodded and understood.
"What about Ax?" I asked.
"That's something complete different. Doctor hasn't even released him. As of now, he has a road ahead of him." I thought about that and nodded.
"Ra is calling." Peter told me. I looked over at the phone.
"Go ahead." I said and let out a breath.
"Hello Ra, what can I do for you?" I asked him when the link clicked.
"Inbound,"
"Come home, get your details from Osiris." I told him.
"Something going on?"
"It's five in the morning and I'm here answering the phone. What do you think?" I asked him right back.
"Is it Alpha, Isis?" He asked me. I looked at the phone.
"Yes." It was quite for a few minutes. "Come home." I told him.
"Give me the details." He said and my line was disconnected. My eyes shot open and I looked at the phone.
"Give me Ra." I said.
"Isis?" Ra asked me.
"Why would you guess Alpha?" I asked him.
"I know Beta is out. They left as we were. Water cooler talk gave me an idea what they're doing. Has nothing to do with why you would be awake in the middle of the night. Gamma is home bound, Atom is down and the team has to wait. Alpha is the only one left. I also know Death is down 2."
"Your down one." I told him.
"For different reasons and you know it. And I won't be the one to tell Horus what happened. Work fasters Isis." He said and hung up. I smiled and leaned back.
"What's Ra all worked up over?" Peter asked me.
"I removed Set from their team and moved him to Alpha. When Horus finds out we're going to have some problems."
"That was a while ago, he's still pissed off over that?" Peter asked me.
"No but he knows how Horus will act. Which reminds me, tell Jack to keep his mouth shut." I told the other room.
"Door's still locked."
"Can't hide forever Peter. Who would you rather deal with. Ranger or your mama." He laughed at me.
"I'll start calling you ma'am again." I glanced at the phone. Kyle was laughing in the back ground. I let out a breath and gave Ranger a look. He was smiling.
"Explain the connection." I told them. Ranger raised his eye brow at me. "What you know his mother. How do you know him?" I asked him.
"He's my cousin." Peter told me. I looked at Ranger waiting for more than that.
"Milo is Lester's baby brother."
"I am not a baby." Peter said cutting Ranger off. I smirked and nodded that I understood now.
"Why not just call Les?" I asked him.
"I think we've pushed him far enough. If I call him and tell him I'm with you in the middle of the night and it just might be that his brother is also with us. He'll get ever more upset." I nodded.
"Ya, I noticed he wasn't very happy when he left my place earlier. Does your brother know you're in the navy?" I asked Peter.
"We know that Peter works for General Hammond." Ranger told him.
"By we he means the family. They all talk more than old woman. Not that they think it's worthy." I raised my eye brow at Ranger. He looked at the phone with a troubled face.
"That has never been said."
"Doesn't have to." Peter said and was upset. I let out a breath.
"Where's Jack?" I asked him.
"Five minutes." Kyle told me. "The handler will be at the base before noon." He also told me.
"Sooner than later I would like to sleep."
"Sooner than later you have to make him leave." Peter told me.
"Ranger Peter would really like you to leave." He didn't say anything. "I don't think he's leaving. Peter does your brother know you're in town?"
"Why would he know that." He asked me.
"Because if I'm guessing right, he's down the street watching the lodge." Ranger leaned back and nodded to me. "From how Ranger acted I would think Les wouldn't know either." I told him.
"Does he let you call him Les?"
"Why do you think I know him in the first place?" I asked Peter.
"Better question why are you called Peter?" Ranger asked the room.
"Why are you called Ranger. Does he really let you call him Les?"
"Yes, where does he think you are Peter?" I asked him.
"Since I don't answer him when he asks. I wouldn't know where he thinks I am. But I am stations at the base. As to where I really am. It's where I am at the time." Peter told me.
"Should I go get Les?" I asked him.
"I'll lock you out." He said and wasn't happy.
"You're no fun when you're tired."
"Neither are you." I turned and saw Jack standing in the doorway. Behind him was Terror. I gave Ranger a look and nodded to the door. He got up and walked out. I pointed to the chair and gave Terror a look. Jack shut the door. Terror came over and saw down.
"You must be tiger." He said to me. I leaned back and folded my legs.
"One and only. How's the knee?" He shrugged and didn't want to get into it. "Did they have to take your boots?" He cracked a smile and nodded.
"They were waiting for me when I landed. Whatever you said to him made him listen."
"It tends to happen like that." He looked at me.
"Why'd I get called in Tiger?"
"Your team is missing." I told him. He sat up and looked at me.
"Since when?" He asked me. I leaned back and let out a breath.
"The night before last." His face changed and he looked at me. He thought about it. Leaned forward and grabbed the phone. He called himself and coded into his voice mail.
"I didn't order anything." Death said. "Who the fuck are you." I heard someone else talking, but you couldn't make out what was said. Then the phone was shut off. I knew Death was the one who hung up.
"Why haven't you reported anything?" I asked him as I was looking in his eyes. He shrugged at me.
"It's not the first or last time he's called me without meaning to. I wouldn't have thought anything about it." I was reading his face and knew he meant it.
"Who does he think he's calling?" He looked at me a long time and looked away. I pulled the key board to me and pulled up the number that was disconnected. "Do you know this number?" I asked him. He looked at it and I knew he knew it.
"Our past doesn't matter Tiger." He told me.
"Everything matters. Every little piece of history matters." He shook his head.
"No Tiger, our past is our past."
"Don't sit there and try and tell me what matters. I run these teams. I want an answer now." I told him. He looked at the number thinking about it. I stood up, put my hand on the table and leaned into him.
"You have a life outside of this department because I allow it. You have this because you live within my rules and you live with coded life's. This is allowed and only works if I know what the fuck I'm saving you from and for. Now Nash who the fuck dose this number belong to?" I asked him.
"Death's high school sweetheart had his baby. She doesn't tell him and he joined the military. He was deployed and she married another man. But he can and does spend time with her. He has time's where he checks in with her." He was telling me, but I already turned and headed to the door. It slammed against the wall and I walked into the Come room.
"Give me everything you can fine on her." I ordered and watched everyone start working. They were watching what was going on in the other room.
"This won't be easy." Peter told me.
"Back track to the birth recorders and follow it forward. Teenager's now days are easy to track." I pulled everything together in the middle and walked around the screens reading everything. Even Chad was working on what was needed.
"There," I pointed out the Facebook page. Kyle centered on that and moved when I took over his computers. I read throw everything that was there and found out what I needed.
"Who's there?" I asked and moved back to the middle and finished reading everything I needed to know about her.
"No one." Jack told me. I looked around the room and centered on the men in charge. They looked at each other.
"You want to bring the girl in?" Steven asked me. I went back to reading her text, email and Facebook.
"No, but somewhere safe might be needed." He thought about it.
"I will send eyes to watch the family and girl. Anymore is out of my hands. You Tiger are in control. Report when you have news." Steven said, nodded to Kyle and was gone.
"Jack will tell you when the handler is here, you princess will lead the questions." Pat told me and nodded and was gone also. Spencer was looking at me thinking about something.
"Protect the child, you would not care without a cause." He said and was gone. I looked at Peter and he shrugged at me.
"The plane will be waiting, this needs to be handled with care. Try and sleep pumpkin, remove panther when you leave." He kissed my head and walked out. I looked at the screens and knew this needed to be taken care of quickly.
"Where's Ra?" I asked looking at Peter.
"Sorry he's coming in from the east." I folded my arms and thought about it. I opened the door and looked out at Sandy. She looked over at me.
"Do we know anyone discreet?" I asked her. She looked at her computer and was thinking about it. I shut the door and grabbed a cup of coffee as I was waiting for her to answer.
"For what's needed, no."
"Put Terror in a room." She just smiled at me.
"Babe?" Ranger ask as I headed back to the com room. I looked over at him. He was watching me. "What do you need?" He asked me. I glanced at Sandy.
"What do you mean?" I asked him.
"The room is not sound proof." I looked at the door.
"I need to remove the girl from her life discreetly without anyone knowing or seeing." He looked at me for a long time.
"Her parents will notice." I nodded and knew that.
"I will expect them to and will have answers." His face went cold and he wasn't sure of offering anymore. This it went blank.
"I have contact workers in just about every state. Along with safe houses." He told me.
"And?"
"Explain and there yours to use." I took a drink of my coffee and thought about it.
"Welcome to one of the bases that controls project whitewall." I saw in his eyes that he knew what I was talking about. He looked around. "This is just my Father's base."
"What are you?" He asked me, trying to believe what he knew was the truth.
"Hardly a concern." He looked over at me and raised his eye brow. I let out a breath. "I guess you could put me in a group of a handler."
"And yet that isn't the truth is it Stephanie." I shrugged and took a drink. "I need some information on the girl if you need this done." He told me. Sally handed out a piece of paper.
"I can get her to leave her house. Someone needs to pick her up and put her somewhere safe. At the same time, she needs to be in contact with me or you'll scare her." He took the paper from Sally and read over it.
"You think highly of yourself." I gave him a look and he saw it. Then pointed to the phone and Sally nodded. I walked back into the com room and shut the door. I pulled the center key board to me and texted Samantha. At the same time, I turned on her computer and watched her.
'awake' I texted her and coded it from a friend she knows is having problems.
She woke up at once when her phone went off. She rolled over and searched for her phone. She found it and looked at the text.
'Wendy, are you alright?' She texted back.
'I left. can you come meet me?' I asked her. She looked around and thought about it.
'pool, it's open.' She told me.
'thanks' I watched her get up, dress and grab her things. Peter was already tracking her phone. I opened the door and looked out at Ranger.
"So?" I asked him.
"When and where?"
"I'm tracking her now and she's heading to a pool to meet a friend." He spoke into the phone and looked at me. I looked back at the screen.
"There's a car on her." He told me. I nodded to him. "Another on the house." I nodded and knew that also.
"She's stopped moving." I told him. He spoke into the phone. It was just a few minutes then he handed me the phone. I walked over and took it.
"Hello?" I asked as I looked at Ranger.
"Whoever you are my daddy's going to find you and kill you." A girl said.
"Hello Samantha. I'm sorry for this morning's evens. Your friend Wendy is at home sleeping safely in her bed." She let out a breath. "As for you father, I know him very well and knew what you say would be the truth. But in this matter, you are very wrong. By chance has your father given you a saying to trust?" I asked her.
"I don't trust you."
"This I can understand."
"You kidnapped me and throw me in a SUV and you want me to trust you." She asked me.
"Hardly, but I might be able to prove that it can be earned." She was quite a long time. "Samantha?" I asked worried she wasn't there.
"How creeps in the shadows?" She asked me.
"Death," I answered. She was thinking about it. She still didn't trust me.
"Who are you?" She asked me.
"I am called many things and go by too many names to answer you this early in the morning. I am normally called Tiger."
"NO go." She said. I thought about it.
"Miss Harrison is a name that is used by others to know me. Isis is used by a friend of your father. Libra might be used also."
"The scale." She breathed in.
"The truth." I answered to her.
"Wait, I know now. Give me a minute." She told me and I leaned against the desk. She was thinking about what she was support to ask me.
"Falling, lifting, standing still, all these are what?" She asked me.
"To protect the others." I told her. She sucked in a breath.
"You're the law?" She asked me.
"I see your father hasn't talked about me in a very long time. But yes, Samantha I am. I prefer these days to just be called Tiger or Miss Harrison if you don't mind. Now for your own protection these events needed to happen this morning. The people with you are taking you to a safe place and shortly I will be in contact with you again. Will you go quietly?" I asked her.
"Is my daddy in trouble?" She asked me.
"I don't have an answer for you yet. But I will very soon."
"My mother will worry."
"I will explain." I told her.
"Fine, but if this is a play to hurt my daddy I will get you." I smiled and nodded.
"I understand sweetheart. Don't worry, everything will work it's self out. Now please give the phone back to who handed it to you and behave." She laughed and did. I past the phone to Ranger and walked into the com room.
"Pull up my tags for the law?" I said, Peter and Jack looked at me and didn't understand. Kyle was already working on what I needed. I read over his should and nodded to the name that went with it. Then turned and watched Samantha room.
It took two hours to have her mother come looking. I picked up the head seat and called the house. She rushed to the phone.
"Hello." She answered in a rush.
"I need you to remain calm." I said and Chad shut the door to the phone.
"I'll give you anything, please give her back."
"She's safe Mrs. Flincher." I said and saw she covered her mouth and was crying. "I believe you might have the wrong idea about who I am and what is happening. I'm Lucy Law." She sucked in a breath and put her hand on her check.
"Oh god, what happened." I looked at Jack and he shrugged.
"Nothing as of yet I hope. But I have to take precautions. Early this morning I moved Samantha to a safe house. If you look out front you'll see a car, this is for your protection. I need you to remain calm and don't act out. No one should know Samantha isn't home in her bed."
"But?"
"I will have him call when he can." She nodded. "Lie about Samantha, if anything happens. The computer is linked with me." She looked at the computer and saw that it was on.
"Is she safe?" She asked me.
"As safe as I could ever make her."
"Thank you." I smiled.
"You're welcome." She hung up and looked at the computer for a few minutes. Then wiped her face, smiled and walked out to act normal. I let out a breath and rubbed my nose.
"Any ideas?" Jack asked me.
"Many and none are looking great."
"She's heading to a safe house." Ranger said leaning against the door frame. I nodded to him.
"Are you going to hunt?" Jack asked me without thinking. I looked over at him.
"I can't answer yet." He looked over to Ranger and then turned back around. I moved the link to Samantha's computer to the side of the room and started clearing out the main computer and screens. "Page me when the handler is at the base." I said.
"Gamma is down in two." Peter told me.
"Bring them in." I told him. "Go down and flip the switch." I told them and signed out. They looked at each other. Kyle sign out and walked out around Ranger. Peter spun and rolled to the middle and put his feet up. I handed him the key board.
"Taking Jack or can I come?" Peter asked me.
"Neither, your down already." He looked over to Jack.
"I could call Nathan back." Sally said.
"There fine to pout here." Jack was signing out, he just shook his head and walked away. I looked at Peter and he nodded that he was good. I walked over and leaned against the table that Chad was working on. He looked up at me when he saw me. He pulled out the head phones he was wearing.
"Ready?" He looked back at the computer. He was still matching files together.
"I'm good." Peter nodded that he didn't care.
"Sally will give you a room or a key to come back." He smiled and nodded. For some reason, I knew he was enjoying himself. He handed me, my keys.
"You'll be back before I'm done." I shrugged and didn't knew. But he could call and I would come get him. I walked out and pulled on my jacket.
"The plane is waiting for you when you're ready. Try and get some sleep before you came back in." I nodded to her and picked up my purse.
"Come on Ranger, time to leave." I told him as I walked over to the door. It opened and I looked back at him. He thought about it and saw there wasn't anything he could do about it and walked up the stairs. I winked at Sally and followed him up the stairs. The doors shut behind us and I locked the Lodge behind us.
"Babe." He said as I unlocked my jeep. I looked back at him.
"Ranger?" I asked him. He looked back at the lodge and was thinking about something. I put my purse on the seat and leaned against the side waiting. "Ranger?" I asked him when he didn't say anything. He looked at me.
"Explain." He ordered finely. I smiled at him and pulled on my sun glasses.
"Another time maybe. But Ranger out of everyone I would think you understood when something was classified." I got in my Jeep and pulled away. He was still standing there.