"How the hell could this happen!?"

It really didn't matter who was asking the question because everyone was thinking it. Every agent that had rushed to the scene of the crime after the distress call had come in from the truck was wondering how this could have happened. These were professionals who were trained to deal with the worse and yet they couldn't make the short drive without fucking up royally. Robert Finn had called needing medical help and that had rushed every agent to his location. The other officers had come to by the time the agents had made it. Finn told the story of Joe getting a gun, forcing Liette to unlock his cuffs and then shooting Finn when he tried to save Liette. The other officers just remembered the truck overturning and one of them even recalled Liette's screams. It all led up to Joe taking Liette hostage and driving off with her.

Joe now had Liette and he was free to do whatever he wanted.

"Lets just hope that he hasn't built up the nerve to kill her."

"Why would you say something like that?" Mike snapped. Up until now he had been Ryan's biggest fan but right now he was angry. He kept thinking that had he been in the that truck that this would have never happened. He was already worried the next body they found would belong to Liette. He couldn't handle that. Being the one who had been there when Troy died had been too much for him so loosing another agent would be heartbreaking. They needed to get her back and to get Joe back behind bars again. Emotionally Mike was not strong enough to lose another friend. He had been somewhat close to Troy but Liette was closer to him. They had bonded even more with this case so if this took her away he would be broken.

"Weston, go home for a bit." Parker suggested. She was frazzled too but she had to keep herself together. She could not fall apart in front of her team. They had to appear strong. An agent had been taken today and they needed to stick together to get her back. They'd need strong leadership if that was ever going to happen. "Or go back to looking for Joey Matthews, you're no help out here."

"With all due respect Parker...fuck that." he was getting more and more insolent. Perhaps Ryan was rubbing off on him just a little too much. He was developing an attitude problem that Parker didn't want to deal with. She understood that Liette being taken was a personal issue for Mike but that didn't mean he was going to be helpful out here at all. Parker knew his emotions would probably get the best of him but she also knew that arguing was going to do her no good.

"Okay, what do we know?"

Everyone stopped for a moment to think. What did they know? What did they have to work with. The trail to find Joey Matthews had gone cold. Maggie had not been heard from since the serial killer fun house with Emily. And now they had to deal with Joe kidnapping Liette. They had no idea where he was headed or what he was going to do with her.

"We know that Finn can't fucking drive." Hardy cussed.

"Hardy, lower your voice." Parker was trying to stop fights from happening within the group. Everyone was more than agitated. Hardy was extra angry. She had noticed him drinking from his water bottle whenever he thought she wasn't looking. The thing had been full when he had come in today but now it was almost empty. She knew that wasn't a good sign. He would need to sleep off the buzz but Parker knew he would resist. She continued to face adversity within her own team. This case definitely wasn't the typical assignment. She was used to an easy team that took orders and worked together. She hadn't seen a truly cooperative team since before the Joe Carroll case. "I'm sure Finn feels awful and he was shot."

"He should feel awful! He just let a serial killer get free and get away with one of your agents!" Ryan's voice definitely hadn't lowered. Finn was just being loaded into the ambulance. He'd be off to the hospital and fine in now time. His shoulder was going to be injured for a while which took him off duty but he would definitely survive. He just needed them to patch him up so he could take off. He didn't want to risk them figuring out what had really happened.

"Guilt tripping him will not do anything." Parker insisted.

"We need to focus on getting Liette back." Mike interrupted.

"We need to focus on finding Joe." Hardy corrected him.

"What do we know?" Parker knew that letting Mike and Ryan bicker wasn't going to get them anywhere. They needed to put their heads together and think this out. They needed to work hard to get ahead. They could outsmart Joe. Ryan had caught him twice before. They needed to get inside the man's head again to catch him once more. The sooner the better. The sooner they caught Joe the more likely Liette would be found alive.

Parker knew that if Liette died it would be on her head.

"Finn didn't get a license plate, the car was a black sedan and that is all he knows." Mike recalled what Robert had said to them. He had almost walked away as Finn had quickly described what had happened. The paramedics insisted on getting him to the hospital so the conversation had been short but it had been long enough to piss everyone off.

"They continued down the road, there have been no calls about seeing them. They could be heading to meet Maggie, the trio or someone else. Or he could just be keeping her to himself." Parker added what she knew.

"So we don't know much of anything." Mike admitted.

The three of them stood together, bewildered that this could happen. They didn't understand how Joe was so lucky. This seemed like a breakout plan orchestrated by a genius and yet it appeared the mole hadn't been among the volunteers at all. Parker didn't even want to think about the fact that they still had to worry about the mole. She couldn't handle that responsibility right now. She had too much on her plate already. She was focused on what both Ryan and Mike wanted. Joe and Liette. But there was also Joey Matthews. It was impossible to prioritize.

"We do know Liette is a smart girl. She'll be okay." Parker said, at first she was reassuring herself but then she looked at Mike's face. Claire Matthews had showed the most pain in what she had lost so far but Mike came close second. It was clear that this abduction had cut him deep. Liette was his dear friend and perhaps a little more than that in his heart. He coudln't stand the thought of her being prey to Joe's cruel ways. "She will be just fine Mike." Parker added for his benefit. They needed to find someone. It didn't matter who. One person would lead to another, Parker was sure of it.