Cody and Donovan stood outside and watched as their loved ones left, not sure when the next time they'll be able to see them.
"What's the plan Kevin?" Donovan asked walking back into the building.
"Sure you want to do this Frank?" Agent Broderick asked, "I remember how you've always stressed you never do 'ghost work'."
"Robertson's killed a federal agent and went after my family." Donovan argued, "He's mine."
Jake, Alex and Cody just looked at one another and back to Donovan. They've never seen this side of him and it scared them.
"Agent Donovan, you will bring Carlos Robertson in alive," Agent Broderick ordered, "or I will make sure you can't even get a job as a security guard anywhere. Is that understood?" The tension was so thick in the room as Broderick and Donovan stared each other down. "Do you understand Agent Donovan?"
"I assume my working with you has been cleared with Agent Andrews?" Donovan hissed.
"Of course," Agent Broderick smiled, "Agent Andrews may be a numbers cruncher, but he knows his job."
"And I don't?" Donovan calmly asked, raising an eyebrow.
"He knows how to take orders Agent Donovan." Broderick retorted, "Do you understand that Robertson will be brought in alive?"
"Yes!" Donovan spat out, climbing the stairs to his office.
"When do we leave?" Jake asked following him up the stairs.
"We are staying here." Donovan ordered, "I'm going alone."
"Like hell you are!" Cody protested. Everyone turned and looked at him. "From what I gather, this guy is completely insane, especially going after you and your family. I read the file after you left. Robertson killed the other agents already. You have no backup."
"Yea he does," Jake added, "he has us."
"I can't and won't ask you to get involved. It's too dangerous, especially for you." Donovan argued, pointing to Cody, "you have a child on the way. I'll never forgive myself if this causes Nicole to be a widow and single parent."
"That's why I'll stand behind you." Cody smiled.
Donovan couldn't help but laugh. "Fine, but if it starts to get tough, you guys are gone."
"Honey, we're like a bad penny, we turn up everywhere." Monica laughed.
"What's Robertson after?" Alex asked, "What did you take that was his?"
"Besides his business, money and freedom?" Jake asked.
"It was a joint country take down. No matter how hard we tried to get someone into Robertson's circle, he knew and had the agent killed." Donovan explained.
"You couldn't get anyone in the inside against him?" Alex asked.
"No. Either they were too loyal or too scared to turn against Robertson."
"How did you get someone inside?" Cody asked.
"We used the one weakness we knew that Robertson would buy."
"And that was?" Monica asked, handing him a cup of coffee.
"His daughter," Donovan stated.
"What?" they asked in unison.
"Robertson was obsessed with finding his daughter. He wife left him and took his daughter when she was five years old. With all his money and connections, Robertson could never find her." Donovan explained. "He had an apartment in Paris that we had under surveillance. He was sitting at a café when this girl walked passed. He stopped her on the street swearing up and down that she was his long lost daughter."
"Then what happened?" Monica asked.
"She ran off in a panic. Agent Mansfield followed her and brought her back to our safe house. Within that short period of time, he had the girl agreeing to pose as Robertson's daughter."
"And you allowed that to happen?" Alex huffed, losing some respect for her boss, "How could you let someone with no experience do something like that?"
"I was against using an innocent civilian." Donovan retorted, reading Alex's mind. "I wanted to find an agent that could pass for Robertson's daughter, but there was none. She was a dead ringer for her."
"We set her up in another hotel under a new name, new papers and a new background so Robertson would never know who she really was. Robertson was so desperate to believe she was his daughter, he moved her into his home and started to teach her the family business."
"Agent Donovan," Broderick interrupted, "here's the address."
Donovan took the paper and saw that it was a New York city address. He nodded and started to make mental notes on what they needed.
"You think Robertson will go after the girl and kill her?" Jake asked.
"I'm not sure." Donovan admitted, "Robertson was crushed when he thought his daughter betrayed him. As we led him away, he swore he didn't blame her, that we poisoned her against him."
"And he wants back what's his." Monica finished.
"He wants his daughter back." Donovan stated, heading down the stairs.
"What's the plan Kevin?" Donovan asked walking back into the building.
"Sure you want to do this Frank?" Agent Broderick asked, "I remember how you've always stressed you never do 'ghost work'."
"Robertson's killed a federal agent and went after my family." Donovan argued, "He's mine."
Jake, Alex and Cody just looked at one another and back to Donovan. They've never seen this side of him and it scared them.
"Agent Donovan, you will bring Carlos Robertson in alive," Agent Broderick ordered, "or I will make sure you can't even get a job as a security guard anywhere. Is that understood?" The tension was so thick in the room as Broderick and Donovan stared each other down. "Do you understand Agent Donovan?"
"I assume my working with you has been cleared with Agent Andrews?" Donovan hissed.
"Of course," Agent Broderick smiled, "Agent Andrews may be a numbers cruncher, but he knows his job."
"And I don't?" Donovan calmly asked, raising an eyebrow.
"He knows how to take orders Agent Donovan." Broderick retorted, "Do you understand that Robertson will be brought in alive?"
"Yes!" Donovan spat out, climbing the stairs to his office.
"When do we leave?" Jake asked following him up the stairs.
"We are staying here." Donovan ordered, "I'm going alone."
"Like hell you are!" Cody protested. Everyone turned and looked at him. "From what I gather, this guy is completely insane, especially going after you and your family. I read the file after you left. Robertson killed the other agents already. You have no backup."
"Yea he does," Jake added, "he has us."
"I can't and won't ask you to get involved. It's too dangerous, especially for you." Donovan argued, pointing to Cody, "you have a child on the way. I'll never forgive myself if this causes Nicole to be a widow and single parent."
"That's why I'll stand behind you." Cody smiled.
Donovan couldn't help but laugh. "Fine, but if it starts to get tough, you guys are gone."
"Honey, we're like a bad penny, we turn up everywhere." Monica laughed.
"What's Robertson after?" Alex asked, "What did you take that was his?"
"Besides his business, money and freedom?" Jake asked.
"It was a joint country take down. No matter how hard we tried to get someone into Robertson's circle, he knew and had the agent killed." Donovan explained.
"You couldn't get anyone in the inside against him?" Alex asked.
"No. Either they were too loyal or too scared to turn against Robertson."
"How did you get someone inside?" Cody asked.
"We used the one weakness we knew that Robertson would buy."
"And that was?" Monica asked, handing him a cup of coffee.
"His daughter," Donovan stated.
"What?" they asked in unison.
"Robertson was obsessed with finding his daughter. He wife left him and took his daughter when she was five years old. With all his money and connections, Robertson could never find her." Donovan explained. "He had an apartment in Paris that we had under surveillance. He was sitting at a café when this girl walked passed. He stopped her on the street swearing up and down that she was his long lost daughter."
"Then what happened?" Monica asked.
"She ran off in a panic. Agent Mansfield followed her and brought her back to our safe house. Within that short period of time, he had the girl agreeing to pose as Robertson's daughter."
"And you allowed that to happen?" Alex huffed, losing some respect for her boss, "How could you let someone with no experience do something like that?"
"I was against using an innocent civilian." Donovan retorted, reading Alex's mind. "I wanted to find an agent that could pass for Robertson's daughter, but there was none. She was a dead ringer for her."
"We set her up in another hotel under a new name, new papers and a new background so Robertson would never know who she really was. Robertson was so desperate to believe she was his daughter, he moved her into his home and started to teach her the family business."
"Agent Donovan," Broderick interrupted, "here's the address."
Donovan took the paper and saw that it was a New York city address. He nodded and started to make mental notes on what they needed.
"You think Robertson will go after the girl and kill her?" Jake asked.
"I'm not sure." Donovan admitted, "Robertson was crushed when he thought his daughter betrayed him. As we led him away, he swore he didn't blame her, that we poisoned her against him."
"And he wants back what's his." Monica finished.
"He wants his daughter back." Donovan stated, heading down the stairs.