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Review Response: Uh huh (Guest) I have to respond on here, because I can't personally respond to guests. Sadly, my name is NOT Samantha Martin. How amazing would that be though...to get to work with this awesome group of characters. I'm not sure why this upsets you. However, thank you for taking the time to review the story.
While Bishop is working on background and financial checks, Martin is watching the video feed from the front of the apartment. Martin has been staring at her computer screen for what seems like forever when she sees Private Hunter enter the apartment building with a unidentified young woman. She freezes the video and takes a screen shot. E-mailing the picture to Abby, she picks up her phone. "Abby I just sent you an e-mail. I need you to run facial recognition for me. I'll be down to see you soon."
Hanging up, she rubs her face and gets back to the video. Not long after Martin's phone call, Bishop pulls up information on the main screen.
"Samantha come take a look." Pausing the video, Martin looks up. "Gladly. I feel like I'm going cross eyed." Bishop smirks.
Pulling up a picture, she says, "Hector Raul. Remember him? Columbian drug lord with a rap sheet long enough to make Charles Manson look like the Easter bunny." Martin stares at his picture and rap sheet. Finally she asks, "I know I don't really need to ask, but what about his financials?" Bishop pulls them up on another screen. "Financials are as bad as his record. He's got money coming in from everywhere." "Hunter's financials didn't show any large withdrawals or deposits though. How are these two connected?"
As if on cue, Martin gets a call from Abby. "You need to get down here. Facial recognic came up with and ID." Martin hears the urgency in her friends voice. "Alright Abs. Bishop and I are on our way." Turning to Bishop she says, "Abby has figured out who the girlfriend is." Bishop takes down the information from the main screen, and they head to the lab.
Seeing them walk into the lab, Abby immediately jumps up. "We may have a problem." "Slow down." says Martin. "Who's the woman in the video?" They walk over to one of Abby's computers. As she pulls up the woman's picture, they see her name and sigh. "Why can't we ever get an easy case?" Martin looks over at Bishop. "Where's the fun in that?"
On the computer screen, there is a picture of a beautiful young woman named Alesandra Raul; niece of Hector Raul. Turning to Bishop again, Martin says "Call Borin and give her a heads up. Mr. Raul is in town, and I'm guessing he isn't willing to play nice. Then put out a BOLO on Ms. Raul. We can only hope she will be more helpful than her uncle. I'm going to see Gibbs and the Director."
The three women look at each other again, before getting to work.
It's around 1:30 PM when everyone meets back at NCIS. Martin and Bishop are first to share their information. "Looks like we're working a high profile case" says Martin. Bishop puts the information on the screen as Martin speaks. "Hector Raul. Columbian drug lord. He has a rap sheet a mile long. Metro believes he is responsible for two unsolved murders. Of course now that he's the boss, he has the ability to hire others to do his dirty work."
She pauses as Bishop pulls up the picture of Private Hunter's girlfriend. "Alesandra Raul. Hector's niece and Hunter's girlfriend. We'll have to find her and bring her in."
McGee steps up next. "I spoke with Doctor Montgomery. Said he's been Private Hunter's doctor for five years now. No known medical problems. He prescribed Hunter Ambien for trouble sleeping. He had no other symptoms, so the doctor attributed the sleeplessness to stress on the job. He also said taking Viagra would increase blood flow and heart rate. If Hunter was taking it without cause, it was probably used as a drug similar to cocaine."
Bishop takes this time to speak up. "If he's dating the niece of a drug lord, why would he take Viagra to get high? Wouldn't Raul notice it missing?" DiNozzo is the one to answer her question. "Raul is going to care more about drugs going missing than a bottle of Viagra. Besides, Viagra isn't going to show up on a drug test He can't risk a positive result, if he wants to maintain his position as a private."
He stands there for a moment looking at all the information on the screen. Turning back to the group he says, "By the way, Hunter's superiors said he was an exemplary private. Didn't question authority and always showed up to work. I'm guessing they don't know about his personal life." They all head back to their desks.
"Where are we on the BOLO?" asks Gibbs. Bishop tells him she issued it about an hour ago. They haven't heard anything yet. He looks up to see Director Vance step out of his office. "Vance has been in contact with other agencies. I'll see what he knows. Go to lunch." They all nod, and McGee calls Abby to see if she's coming with them. A few minutes later, Abby meets them upstairs, and they head for the elevator.
The team has been back at work for close to an hour when Gibbs gets the call. He hangs up the phone, and tells his team, "Alesandra Raul is being brought in. Bishop, Martin you're up." The two nod, and get the information ready. Once they are ready, Martin turns to Bishop. "We need to treat this more like we're a pair of sympathetic women. We don't suspect her of anything." "Sounds good" Bishop says.
Twenty minutes later, Metro escorts Ms. Raul up to their floor. Bishop gets up to take her to a conference room. Looking at the clock, Martin sees that it's 5:30 PM. "Looks like you two will be working late" smirks DiNozzo. Walking past him, Martin smacks him on the back of the head with the file. "You're just jealous you can't check her out while pretending to console her." DiNozzo tries to act hurt, while McGee can't help but laugh and shake his head.
Martin walks into the conference room. "Ms. Raul, I'm Agent Martin. You've met Agent Bishop." Ms. Raul nods, and says, "Please call me Alesandra. What can I do for you?" Sitting down, Martin asks, "How do you know Private Bryan Hunter?" Alesandra sits back in her chair and looks between the two women. "We are seeing each other. I guess you would say he is my boyfriend."
Martin nods. "And when was the last time you saw or spoke to him?" "I've been out of the country for almost two weeks. Let's see. I ugh spoke to him four days ago. Why? What's going on?"
Martin sighs and puts her pen down. "I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this Alesandra. Private Hunter was found dead this morning. We are trying to figure out what happened to him." Alesandra's hands fly to her mouth. She sits there in shock for a moment, before the tears start pouring down. The two agents sit back and give her time to take in the information.
Finally, the grieving woman looks up. "What happened? Where did you find him?" Bishop takes the opportunity to speak. "Private Hunter was found this morning in the Potomac River. Our ME believes he was placed there sometime late last night."
Alesandra stares at the table for a moment, before getting up to look out the window. "Do you know of anyone who would want to hurt Hunter?" asks Bishop. The three women remain silent for several minutes. "Alesandra." Martin softly says. "We need you to help us. If you know anything, now is the time to tell us."