AN:This one's a long one. And it's split into several POVs. Alex Eames first, then Rai, then Bobby, then Deakins, and they change at the line breaks (or where you see a bunch of these-------). I hve labeled them in case y'all forget. Hope you enjoy...
Chapter 12
The next morning...(Eames POV)
I woke up this morning and decided to go to work. I got up and went through my morning routine and ran into my dad while making the coffee.
"Hey. What are you going to do today?"
"Well, I was planning to go into work, try and get some stuff done, like the paperwork that's probably stacked up since our last case." I blinked a few times, trying to keep down the torrent of emotions that came up whenever I thought of Bobby.
"Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean you going through the death of someone close, shouldn't you take some time off?"
"No, because if I work, it takes my mind off of this nightmare and...that's a good thing." Right? Focus on what doesn't hurt so much so that once you return to it, it just goes away.
"Well let me come with you. I haven't seen Logan and Barek since they came by to pick you up a couple of months ago." I sighed and nodded my head, and waited for him to get ready. Once he was set, we got in the car with him driving, and we headed to the station. The whole ride over, I thought about the note that was left for me last night. Obviously, Bobby and I are the targets, and now that Bobby's...dead, I'm next. I went through my mind, trying to figure out who has so much hate for us that they would want us dead, and came up with a long list, which was pretty much everyone we put away who were out of jail now...and Eddie. But Eddie didn't hate me, and he just disliked Bobby with a passion. As we pulled into the parking lot, we saw Logan step out of his car and Barek pull into the spot across from Logan.
"Eames? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be taking some time off?"
"Logan! Show some courtesy!" Barek snapped at Logan. She then turned to me. "How are you feeling?"
"Like crap, but hopefully work will distract me from it." They both nodded their heads, then noticed father Eames.
"Mr. Eames, nice to see you again." He nodded to both of them, and we all headed up to the 11th floor. We got there in time to see Rai walking out of Deakins' office.
"Thanks for stopping by to tell me about this, I'll make sure that it gets taken care of." She nodded her head and walked towards us. She bobbed her head at us and walked towards the elevator. As she was waiting for the elevator, her cell phone must have vibrated, for she pulled it out and answered it.
"Hello?...Hey Henry..."
"Eames?"
"Yes?" Both my dad and I responded to Deakins.
"Rai just informed us of a situation going on downtown that relates to all of you. A man was found wearing the cloths Bobby was wearing the night he jumped, and a boy apparently saw him and talked to him, after seeing him in the paper reported dead."
"Is this some kind of joke?" Both Logan and Barek were looking less than pleased at their chains being pulled, my dad had his eyebrows raised, and I stood there in silence, slowly processing what was just said. There was the possibility that Bobby wasn't dead...wasn't dead. If he wasn't dead, than he was going to wish that he was really dead after I got through with him.
"Let's go." And Deakins led the way.
"I'll hold down the fort. Be safe!" My dad sat down in my chair as we piled into the elevator.
"So why did Rai say that he jumped off the bridge?"
"We're not even sure if what these people are saying, or wearing, is actually true. We just need to check it out." We stepped out into the parking lot and all got into my SUV with Deakins driving. We arrived to the location and got out of the vehicle. We approached a uniformed officer and what appeared to be a homeless man, but he was dressed to the nines. I stared at the suit, remembering that it was exactly the suit that Bobby was wearing the day he died. Logan saw that I recognized the suit and started to question the man.
"Where'd you get the suit?"
"Some guy asked if he wanted to trade cloths. These were some nice cloths so I said yes. We traded and then he left. And that was it." Logan nodded his head, and I noticed a person lurking on the street corner.
"Hey! This isn't some show for you! Get out of here!" The man on the corner then disappeared into the shadows.
"Can we take a look into your back pockets? There might be a wallet or something in there." The homeless man reached into his back pocket and pulled out a wallet. Barek grabbed it and opened it. She read off the name that was on the driver's license.
"Robert Goren." He is so dead when I get my hands on him. What the HELL was he thinking!? "Let's go talk to the boy who apparently saw him yesterday. Thank you sir."
"I can keep the suit?"
"Yes."
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In the morning I was discussing what to do about the situation with Bobby when my cell phone went off.
"Rai."
"Hey it's Henry. Eames is up, and I pretty sure she's going to go to work today."
"Right. Then let's get to work. We're going to need weapons if we're going to face Eddie." He filled me in last night on the history of Eddie Willits. It wasn't pretty.
"The normal spot is where you're going to find them. Put the plan into action. I already called in the anonymous tip that someone was walking around that looked like Bobby. Go and confirm it with Deakins and send Bobby to the location. Be safe and careful. I'll see you at the location where Eddie is. Make sure that 'quick to jump off the nearest bridge' Bobby is safe.""No pressure, bye." And I disconnected the call. "Show time Bobby." We exited the building and parted ways, knowing that if they didn't do this right, a monster would be loose in the city of New York. I headed further into the city, jogging to get there before Eames arrived so that when she got there they'd leave as soon as possible. I arrived in record time, and sprinted up the steps. I got to the 11th floor and went to Deakins' office. I knocked.
"Enter." He looked up when I came in and raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Rai, what are you doing here?"
"I came...gasp..as soon...gasp...as I could." It helps with the effect of telling him that something big was happening when you arrive out of breath.
"What happened?"
"I saw someone walking around with the cloths Bobby was wearing when he...jumped...I thought you should know."
"Really? We just got a call from an anonyms caller saying the exact same thing." He shuffled his papers around on his desk, and I could tell that he was trying to put a puzzle together in his mind, but coming up short in the pieces department. "I'll talk to Eames about this, we'll probably go and sort it out."
"I'm just making sure that what I saw was real."
"Well, I never really doubted you." He lead me to his office door. "Thanks for stopping by to tell me about this, I'll make sure that it gets taken care of." I nodded my head and headed back towards the elevators. I passed the Eames, Logan, and Barek, bobbing my head at them as I passed. As I was waiting for the elevator to come, my cell phone vibrated.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's me."
"Hey Henry."
"Bobby just called. He's in position." I walked into the elevator.
"Good, I'm making my way to where he is right now. I just got through with Deakins and confirming the story."
"Great. Run fast. Bye." And he hung up. As the elevator doors opened, I took off at a sprint, heading for the next point on my internal map. I knew that I would be cutting it close in regards to when Eames and Co. arrived at the homeless man's location, but I had faith in my shortcuts. I got there in time to see a black SUV pull up next to the cop's car.
"Cutting it close, aren't we?"
"I probably did that run faster than you would ever be able to do." I looked across the street to see the gang getting out of the SUV.
"To tell the truth, I was apprehensive about whether or not I would make it." His lips quirked upwards at the prospect of being right. The next thing I knew it, Bobby was being yelled at.
"Hey! This isn't some show for you! Get out of here!" And he sunk back further into the darkness. I chuckled at him, and kept my eye on everyone passing by the group of people across the street. For the time being, we were sentries, and I was stuck babysitting 'quick to jump off the nearest bridge' Bobby. I liked the nickname Henry thought up for him, but I'll never tell him that.
"Alright. It looks like they're are about to head out. Call Henry and let him know that we're on our way." He bobbed his head and pulled out the phone.
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I pulled out the phone and pressed speed dial number 3.
"Henry...they're on the move, and so are we." We were running through an alley and a wall was quickly approaching.
"Good. I'm in position..." Whatever else he said was cut off as we jumped the wall.
"Could you repeat that last part?"
"I saw someone lurking around earlier. Could be an advanced party scopeing out the building. I'm sure we definitely have the right building."
"Great. See you in a few." And the phone was placed in my pocket once more.
"We're almost there. Be ready to take your position in the boxes and stay out of site." I nodded my head in the affirmative.
"And make sure your piece is off safety. Shoot to injure unless he's carrying a gun bigger than you."
"He most likely will be, right?" Judging by his past, I'm surprised that the feds just don't say shoot to kill.
"That's...a great possibility. Now shush, we're here." We split, with her heading towards the roof, and me for the boxes that lined the rear wall. The boy was here, as was the officer, but they were forcefully pulled into the building by two thugs. And there, in the middle, was Eddie. We didn't bring the officer and the boy into the building, because Henry said that it was a great possibility that the officer that would respond to the call was under Eddie's thumb, also it would be just wrong to put a boy's life and an officer's life in jeopardy. Looks like the officer wasn't under Eddie's, but that was bad news for both the officer and the boy, for they were right in the middle of this mess. My phone vibrated and I picked it up.
"Leave your phone open and keep the line open. I'll conference Rai in so that we can communicate. Hold on...Alright, Rai?" He was whispering, as was Rai and I.
"Here."
"Bobby?"
"Here."
"I assume everyone is in position?" After receiving affirmatives, "The boy and the officer here is not good. Can you still get a bead on Willits?"
"I can't, not if I want to be seen."
"Mmm...Rai?""Kinda sorta...It'll take two shots, one to take down the thug in front of him and then him. It would be a lot easier if the officer quit moving around. Who knew they could be so jumpy when surrounded by two thugs two times the size of them and an evil mastermind?"
"He just doesn't want to get chewed out by Eames for bringing the boy with him. Can you see them coming Henry?"
"Negative, but he must have another person on the outside to tell them that they went to the warehouse...not good."
"A lot if things about this are not good. Tell us some good news."
"I just saved a bunch of money..."
"Shut up." I interrupted him, seeing Eddie start to move into the dark corner. "I think they're on their way." And we were silent once more, waiting for everyone to arrive to the party. I had a thought, and voiced it. "Do we have back-up?"
"Yea...running black." Good. We heard them before they came in, and I adjusted my position to see if I could get a better shot. No dice.
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They were in the middle of something about whether or not Bobby really could've survived the jump when the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. It may have been awhile since I've been out in the field, but my instincts now were up and running.
"Something's not right." All the heads moved to look at me.
"That's correct Captain Deakins. Something is not right. You see, I just lured the four of you into this old abandoned warehouse, and I have the upper hand." We all looked for the source of the voice when Eames called out.
"Eddie?"
"Right you are my dear Alexandra." The way he said her name brought me chills. "You see, I was fed up with not doing anything anymore. You know, living the normal life, doing the monotonous day-to-day routines, so I decided to have some fun. I see it in your faces, you think I'm crazy. Ohh but you're wrong. I'm not crazy, just effing pissed off!" Everyone jumped when he yelled, and to tell the truth, I was scared out of my mind. Even though I had my gun; even though every one had their gun, we couldn't do a thing because he had a gun to the boy's head and to the officer's head. And who knew how many other people were in the building that was helping him.
"You see, I was tired of having my soon-to-be wife leaving in the middle of the night to go chase down some perp or suspect with Goren, I couldn't stand the man, and I couldn't stand the fact that you," he spat the word at Alex. "Would go off and do it willingly!"
"It was my job! Of course I would go off and do it! You should know!" Both of them were red in the face with anger. This situation was going from bad to worse.
"Maybe you were getting attached to the normal life Eddie." That was a new voice. "Mmm? Maybe you thought that being on the run for five years was enough to throw the F.B.I. off your tracks?" It was now a war of the voices.
"Who's there?" Eddie called out from where ever he was. "How did you get here?"
"Probably the same way you did doofus." I winced as Logan showed his personality.
"Shut-UP Logan!" Eddie was in a total rage now. "You! Whoever you are! Show yourself and be a true man!"
"A true man?!" Another new voice. I wonder how many there are? And how'd they know we were here? "Yeah right! I highly doubt you're half the man that he is!" But this voice was oddly familiar. But I just couldn't place it. I looked at the others and could tell that they also recognized it, but couldn't place the voice with the name.
"Come to think of it, I don't think that you could even be a man, since you had to verbally harass Eames just to make yourself feel special." Alex looked down at her shoes in shame as the original voice pointed out .
"You did WHAT?!" The second voice thundered, and everyone felt the vibrations of the voice. Eddie stepped out into the light, looking downright livid.
"I can't believe it. You're supposed to be dead."
"Well, you might as well be dead, considering..." A third voice spoke up, but this time I recognized the voice.
"Rai?" I called out.
"'Lo Cap'n." I looked over at Eames, but her face had gone pale. She looked like she was either about to puke or blow a fuse.
"I might as well be dead considering what?!"
"That you're in my line of fire." And a gunshot rang through the air. We all dropped to the ground and more gunshots went through the air. I saw the officer pull the boy down and covered him to protect him from bullets, and I saw Logan and Barek start pull out their pieces, but by the time they got them out, the shooting was finished. We heard a voice call out.
"Status Report!"
"I'm good."
"I was hit, but nothing big."
"How 'bout you guys there in the center?" The officer was the first one to speak up.
"We're both a little shaken up, but no injuries." Logan and Barek went next.
"We're good."
"As am I." I called out, feeling like I just went through academy training all over again. I heard Eames call out,
"I'm good." There was silence for a couple of minutes, then,
"They're all dead." And we turned around to see Rai and a man I didn't know standing there. "And...there's back-up."
"Nobody Move!" The man accompanying Rai turned around and stated,
"You guys came a little too late. It's all over."
"Oh noo it's not." Eames was back on her feet. "Alright! I know you're there! It's time for you to come out!" We heard some boxes move around and saw a man stand up. He was dressed in homeless people's cloths and had a beard on his face. But you could tell that it was, "Goren..." Alex hissed.
Logan cut in, "You're bleeding." And the paramedics came in and took him out to the ambulance before Alex could get to him. She looked livid.
"Well that was fun. Let's head back to the station, my legs are killing me from being spread apart to stand on those beams." And we all looked you to see pinholes of light coming through the roof. "A couple were a little to close for comfort, but eh." So we all piled into the SUV except for Bobby...he's alive! and ohh so dead, Rai, and the other man. When we got back to the station, we all piled in to the elevator, with Bobby as far away from Alex as possible. Logan jabbed the button and up we went to the 11th floor. As we filtered out of the elevator, John was there to greet us.
"Holy crap, what happened to you guys?"
"Long story dad, I have something more important to take care of." And she marched over to Bobby. "You and I have some stuff to talk about, Goren." And she pulled him by the scruff of his neck into the conference room, looking extremely livid. At that moment, I was glad that I wasn't Bobby. John was about to comment when Logan said, "Long story."
"So uhh," the man started, drawing attention away from the abrupt departure of Goren and Eames. "I'm Henry. Do you have any questions?"
AN: Next up...Q&A's with Rai and Henry...then Eames and Bobby...not many chapters left...feed me?