Chapter Ten
Recovery: Removing The Handler's Leverage
Speaker: Agent Elizabeth Ryder, MD
Location: Undisclosed Safe House
Activity: Waiting, the same as I have been doing for twenty three years.
My youngest son is William Cade Ryder. He was abducted when he was three years old, put through an Intersect to forget his real identity, and a chip was placed in his neck to ensure that if any of the agents connected to our family ever got to close to threatening the Antagonist then Will would be killed via remote control. In addition to waiting for my son's safe return there is also my niece, and name sake, Elizabeth Brennan and her husband, my nephew on the other side, Ryan Peter Ryder who have also been held as leverage against us.
Each time one of these three were taken my older son Nicholas was left severely injured, near death. Then after becoming old enough to find themselves involved with various government and law enforcement agencies, all of my remaining children have been working to bring their brother and cousins home following the lead of Nicholas' driven efforts to right his perceived failures to protect. Finally, after two generations of work we were close enough to the end to bring in the handlers and remove the leverage altogether.
Common points of the three cases:
Organization: антагонист (AKA: Antagonist)
Project: Детский плечо (AKA: Leverage)
Purpose: Provide Leverage by Threatening Children
Lead Operation: Recovery
Director of Operations: Nick Ryder (AKA: Shield)
Lead Agent in charge: Joseph Ryder (AKA: JR/Joe)
Agency Affiliation: FBI (Missing Persons)
Case 1:
Handlers: Logan and Lauren Tanner
Report Summary:
Handler team number one comprised of Logan and Lauren Tanner. They had abducted William Cade Ryder and renamed him Cade Tanner. Cade had grown up in the DC area, was an academic scholar well ahead of his years, and was very good at soccer in school. He graduated with an advanced law degree at the age of fourteen, worked for a high profile law firm for six years, left to begin consulting in law enforcement for three years, and joined the FBI as soon as he turned twenty three. There he quickly rose through the ranks and landed the role of the head agent for Organized Crimes in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Tanner had not been pleased to have their "little boy" go into law yet alone into law enforcement. The fear was that he might stumble into things hidden in their pasts, like their previous identities with rap sheets a mile long, or there more recent criminal endeavors. Taking advantage of the past crimes, not linked to what they did to William, an arrest was arranged while William was left safely disconnected to the take downs.
The raid was set to begin at seven hundred hours and was organized by Agent Joseph Ryder of the New York Missing Persons division while being conducted by a team based out of the Washington DC office. Everything went according to plan and the arrests went down on pocket warrants without a hitch.
Case 2:
Handlers: Dr. Alan and Tina Mitchell
Report Summary:
The second team of handlers was Dr. Alan and Tina Mitchell. They had been pseudo parents to Elizabeth Anne Brennan and renamed her Elizabeth Mitchell after her past had been suppressed, replaced via an Intersect, and the control chip was placed in her neck. Elizabeth was raised to be a classic woman in downtown Boston. She grew to love pottery making, dancing, Nancy Drew mysteries, Orleander-scented candles, old jazz, and showed a particular love of Italian with the exception of anchovies. Entering the career world she chose to continue with her preference to the classical and sophisticated by entering into art. She worked for an assortment of galleries, and after one of the galleries had been robbed she met her future husband, the investigating Special Agent Peter Burke. As their relationship flourished she progressed to own Burke Premiere Events and eventually picked up consulting for the Dearmitt Gallery as well.
Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell were rather pleased with the pseudo children. Elizabeth had been abducted by associates of the Antagonist while her sister had been abducted by the Mitchell's themselves. Both girls had been programmed to believe that they were really sisters and tended to overlook any differences as being things that made them unique. Elizabeth was being held as leverage to protect the Mitchell's associates while her sister was simply taken as their desire for a family. There was concern when Elizabeth married an FBI agent, but as Peter hadn't looked too deeply into the family history he never realized what was right in front of him so eventually the problem took a back seat.
Raid two against the handlers was also initiated at seven hundred hours and arranged by Joseph Ryder, however, this raid was handled by the Boston FBI office. The arrest was based on the old abduction of Elizabeth's sister and the continued efforts to ensure that she never realized the truth of her identity. This ensured that the arrest went down, but the Antagonist and any allies would be more inclined to leave Elizabeth alone after the dust had settled.
Case 3:
Handlers: Mason and Hannah Burke
Report Summary:
Simultaneous with the other two raids against the handlers was the raid for Mason and Hannah Burke. After Ryan Peter Ryder had been abducted, programmed with an Intersect, and the chip implanted he was handed over to his new parents. There he was renamed Peter Burke and raised an only child in northern New York. He grew up living a normal life of Eagle Scouts, baseball with the local kids, and a seemingly strong family environment full of fond memories. His strong inclination for math and baseball led him to college on a math scholarship where he earned a CBA only to follow it up with a brief stint as a professional player for the Twins team. An injury cut his career short and, despite being offered many professional positions in the math world, he instead turned to the FBI for his career choice. Working his way through the ranks and departments he eventually settle in the Manhattan office working in the White Collar division where he became the lead agent. Peter gained the nickname of the Archeologist because he always dug for the truth, and he earned the status of legendary because he was able to catch the most elusive White Collar criminal of his time not only once, but three times.
For the Burkes, Peter was a bit of a challenge at times because, despite the efforts to suppress his personality, Peter had still shown through. His no nonsense, justice oriented, by the book, earning what he wants via perseverance and hard work ways didn't really work so well with their way of going about life. They were left with the challenge of raising the boy who was all about doing the right thing and letting the pieces fall where they would, while they themselves had to hide their criminal activities from him. There was the perk that the efforts to erase his memory had been successful between the head injury that knocked him out, and the Intersect, so he was not suspicious to look deeper into his past or what was going on around him.
Taking advantage of the ongoing crimes that the Burkes had been involved in the warrants were focused on their alternative activities while leaving Peter safely disconnected. Starting at seven hundred hours Agent Ryder coordinated the arrest while the Albany office carried it out.
Reading over the reports, the three raids were carried out in sync removing the leverage and clearing the way for the remaining projects to be taken down as well.
I am proud that my oldest son Joseph has been able to successfully complete the operation that his brother Nicholas started. Combining their efforts the lost ones are now safe, and free to learn the truth. It is now only a matter of breaking it to them gently and bringing back into the family environment that has been missing them for so long.
We are up to the case chapters. There are four chapters like this. The first is this chapter with the handlers going down, the next two are the main groups of the Antagonist, and the last case chapter is where the leader goes down. Then we have three chapters to wind down the plot and have the reveal of a secret that I look forward to your thoughts on :D
As promised, I am posting early this week. I leave on a trip tomorrow night and will be traveling to and then through the NE USA. When I get back, I plan on posting that night (Sunday) if I can, and if there is too much going on I plan on posting Monday night at the latest.
I hope you all will let me know what you think, leave a comment, or make a request and give me something to read on the long road trip :D