Garcia walked with Reid toward the conference room. "Were they able to give you an update?"
"No, I even spoke to the warden and she will be calling me back once she knows anything new on Alex's location." Reid informed.
The team took their seats at the round table to get the latest information.
Prentiss had a stack of documents that were sent to her from her contacts at Interpol. Most of the information was a duplication of what the FBI was already able to gather. However, they did send over pictures that weren't seen before. JJ put the pictures on the TV. They were staring at surveillance photos of Knight and Parker.
"At the time, they weren't able to identify Parker in these pictures." Prentiss started. "Now that he has moved up in the CIA, he is impossible to go unnoticed. This footage was taken from the CCTVs in London. But there is no record of Parker entering the country or leaving the US for that matter at the time of this meeting."
"He must have used and alias." Morgan spoke up.
"With his connections, getting forged documents would be extremely easy." Reid added.
"And that's where I come in." Garcia took over. "I looked extensively through Parker's financials and there is nothing hinkey. There were no connections to off-shore bank accounts, no red flag withdraws or deposits. So anything elusive is going on somewhere else, but not in his personal accounts."
"Are we looking at Parker as a possible suspect in Knight's murder?" JJ asked the team.
"That is a possibility." Hotch confirmed. "As evidence by these pictures, there was a relationship between them."
"Could he have been the person you saw in the suit at Knight's estate?" Reid asked.
"As I said before, I didn't get a good look at him, but yes it could have been him."
"That could explain why Knight was killed after he escaped." Rossi noted. "Parker had to clean up Knight's mess."
"Let's refocus and look more closely at Parker. I would assume everything he told us was part of a plan." Hotch explained.
Everyone's attention turned to Reid as his phone rang. He pulled it out but didn't recognize the number calling. He looked to Garcia. "This is probably the warden calling me back." He then answered the phone. "This is Spencer Reid." He put his finger in his ear to be able to hear better. "What?"
"Spencer. Help." The voice on the line whispered.
"Alex?" He asked, suspecting that it was her. He then put the phone on speaker so the others would be able to hear.
The team remained still while listening to the phone call except for Garcia who was already trying to trace the call on her laptop.
"Spencer. Golden Gate Bridge." Alex whispered again.
"Alex, where are you? What's happening?" Reid stood up.
"I have been taken to..." Alex then let out a yelp.
"Where did you get that phone?" A man yelled.
"Alex?" Reid yelled but the call was disconnected. Reid stood there in shock staring at his phone, hoping it would ring again. He then attempted to call the number back but it went straight to voicemail.
"Were you able to get anything?" Hotch asked Garcia.
"I'm working on it." She typed furiously. "I've been able to trace it to Virginia so far. I am trying to get a more precise location."
"What is with the Golden Gate Bridge?" Prentiss asked.
"Could they be in San Francisco?" JJ looked puzzled.
"No, it's code." Reid announced.
"Code for what?" Hotch inquired.
"It was what we always used for when we were in trouble and needed help." Reid had a million thoughts running through his head.
"How did she get your number? Did you give it to her?" Morgan questioned.
"No, I didn't." Reid looked up to him confused.
"I did." Rossi announced. "What?" He replied to everyone looking at him. "The kid and she have a lot of unresolved things to work out."
Garcia finished typing. "I'm sorry, the best I could do was get it to a thirty mile radius to Roanoke."
"There's a lot of forest area there." Morgan pointed out.
"What do we do?" Prentiss asked Hotch.
"We are going to Roanoke. You are coming with us, Garcia." Hotch picked up his paperwork. "Wheels up in thirty."
Garcia walked down the hallway with a few bags over her arms.
"I don't completely understand what you want me to do." Kevin Lynch followed after her.
"I can't be in two places at once. So, you will have to do, sweetie." She continued walking. "I need you to be here to help me do the hackery things I need to do."
"Okay, I will finish looking into the money until you update me." Kevin told her as she stepped onto the elevator next to Morgan. "Be safe." He called out.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of her." Morgan assured him as the doors closed.
"That's what I'm afraid of." Kevin said to himself standing in front of the elevators.
"Are you going down?" Reid asked as he approached Kevin from behind.
"Ah, no, um, no. Go ahead. I should be getting back." Kevin pointed down the hallway then took off in that direction.
Reid stepped into the elevator and closed his eyes where he heard the ding of the elevator bell from his past.
Reid sauntered off of the elevator and turned down the long hallway of the Omni Hotel in San Francisco. He passed by Alex who was dressed as a maid pushing her cart. He approached the room. He inserted a magnetic card into the slot then used a device to unlock the door. He quickly looked to the left then to the right, after the coast was clear he entered the room.
He was able to see in the darkness from the lights of the city coming into the hotel room. After he spotted the briefcase by the desk, he rushed towards it. Reid opened it and swapped out the disks. He closed it and returned it back to where it was.
As Reid headed out, the door to the adjoining room opened. The man coming into the room pulled out his .45 revolver and pointed it at Reid.
Reid put his hands up then shot a quick glace to the view of the bay. "What a view, huh? Did you know that there was an earthquake in 1935 before the Golden Gate Bridge was completed? It swayed sixteen feet both ways. There were at least twelve guys stuck at the top of one of the towers holding on for dear life until it stopped shaking. Isn't that amazing?"
"What the hell are you talking about, kid?" The man with the gun was confused.
"I was just remarking on one of the most well known bridges in all of the world. And here we are enjoying this fantastic view." Reid stated calmly.
"I don't know who the hell you are but you are going to start talking... and not about some stupid bridge." He shouted.
"I would, but I think that is going to be a little bit difficult."
"Why is that?"
The glass from the window shattered startling the man. Reid hit him and grabbed the weapon. "That's why." He hit him again and the man laid on the ground unconsciously.
Reid ran toward the open window frame. He saw the rope that Alex had for him. He climbed up and met her in the room directly above where he was moments ago. "Well, took you long enough."
"I knew you could handle yourself." Alex teased.
"How did you know that I needed help?" Reid asked.
"As soon as you started babbling about the bridge. You never spout out random facts like that." Alex laughed. "I must confess, I did it more just to shut you up."
Reid let out a chortle. "Well, next time I hear about the Golden Gate Bridge, I'll come running."