"He said he would patch us in so we could oversee the hostage rescue attempt. I assume that means you?"
"It won't be an attempt."
"What does that mean?"
"It means that he doesn't know how to fail. Plus, you and your team aren't the only ones with skin in the game."
"Ok. So, when is this all going to happen then? He didn't say."
"He's already on his way to the location. It is heavily fortified and as a lot of security by looks of it."
"If it is so heavily fortified how is he going to get inside at all?"
"That's what I asked him."
"And? What did he say?"
"From above."
"What does that mean?"
There was no response to the question, so the FBI team looked at each other in confusion.
'Garcia. Were we cut off? Did we lose connection?'
'No. The connection is still live. Ok, they're back. And they're patching us into a security grid.'
'Any cameras up yet?' asked Rossi.
'I'll put it up on the main screen.'
'Ok. We have four cameras – all interior' started Morgan.
'No exterior cameras though so we can't determine the location' added Hotch.
'Camera 1 and 2 appear to be on a long corridor, with multiple rooms on either side. Camera 3 is facing what looks like an exterior door. And Camera 4 is facing a single door.'
'That must be where they're keeping JJ and Mr. Steele.'
'Well something just got their attention' continued Morgan, as the team watched several armed men appear in the corridor, all looking towards the exterior exit.
Just then the exterior door opened and The Hood stepped through. He walked purposefully down the narrow hallway. Guards soon appeared one after the other – they looked like street thugs but they still knew how to fight.
One-by-one he dropped them, most by beating them senseless with his bow. A few he shot at a distance, but none stopped him. The last guard grabbed him in a choke, but he expertly spun out of it, punched him twice in the chest, and then rammed his head into a light fixture. He rammed his head into the wall two more times as the man fell, insuring he was out of the fight. He looked back at the 20 odd men he had just disabled briefly, and then made his way onward.
'Well – I guess he was right. He didn't need our help' said Morgan in surprise. They had just watched their target take out 20 armed men as if he was doing a warm-up.
Just then he was spotted on the camera outside a heavy iron door. It was bolted shut, but not locked and he slid the bolt back. He opened the door and appeared to look inside.
He then put his hand up to his ear and appeared to be talking to someone before the camera screens all went dark.
'OK. Hacker-girl is back. What?' asked Garcia in confusion.
'What did they say?' queried Rossi.
' "Answer the phone"' replied Garcia .Just the phone rang on the table, startling the agents for a second before Morgan answered.
'This is Agent Morgan.'
'Someone want to speak to you' replied the caller, with a voice changer in place.
