Money and Dealers: Ch. 3
By: The Confused One
Disclaimer: Same as before, I don't own anything to do with the show. No money is being made. Please don't sue. Thanks.
A/N: I'm hoping to get this story completely up in the next week or so. So, the chapters should be coming fairly quick.
Alex sat in Deakins' office waiting impatiently. She had tried the cell phone several times now, and she wasn't getting an answer, period. At this point she would settle for getting the men to answer. She kept hoping it was all some sort of dream. Detective Lynn Bishop walked into the office. She began, "I got a call. Said you wanted to see me Captain?"
Deakins looked up at the confused young woman. He replied, "Yes, something has happened."
Alex stood up now. She finished for him, "Goren has gone missing."
Bishop was startled by when Alex began speaking. She quickly turned around concerned now. She wasn't sure she comprehended what Alex was saying, "Goren is missing?"
Alex took a deep breath she clarified, "Yeah, when I got here this morning he wasn't here. A friend told me his car was here though. So, I went to go check it out. I found his car, but left around it were some of his stuff."
Bishop looked where Alex was pointing. She saw his car keys and notebook. A sick feeling began forming in the pit of her stomach. She knew as well as anyone that Bobby Goren didn't seem to go anywhere without his notebook. She walked over to it and began looking through the papers. She distractedly replied, "I've been around him enough to know that he would never leave this behind. Last night, I-I left him here alone. I was tired. You know how he is, he works all hours. Do we know what happened?"
Alex walked over to see what Bishop was looking at. She replied, "When I found this stuff and his drivers side door unlocked, I called his cell phone. A man answered the phone. He demanded one hundred thousand to be delivered to the ally behind fifth-street by tomorrow at eight thirty. He told me to tell his partner, Bishop, to not try anything and to get the money to them."
Bishop lowered her head. She mumbled, "I'm sorry."
Alex was tired. Time was definitely against them. She replied, "It doesn't matter right now. We just need to know what you know."
Bishop looked back up at Alex. She turned around and pulled out a file folder. She handed it to Alex. She replied, "We don't know anything about them then, do we?"
Alex decided to prod her, to see if she knew more, "Deakins said that, that Oliverez?"
Bishop nodded. She understood where this was going. She filled in the gaps, "Yeah, Oliverez. Manny Oliverez. It's probably the only case that makes sense. It was the only one with money involved. He's been harassing Goren for a couple of weeks now, but those kids stole four-hundred- thousand, but we got over three-hundred-fifty-thousand back. It doesn't make sense that he would just want the one hundred thousand back."
Deakins arched his eyebrows. He jumped in, "Goren told me that you guys just got the one hundred thousand back."
Bishop looked at him confused. She corrected, "No, we put a lot more than that in the evidence room. I don't remember the exact amount."
Alex was already up flipping through Bobby's notebook. She jumped in to explain, "She's right Captain. According to Goren's log here, they put three hundred forty seven thousand in the evidence room."
Deakins began flipping through papers on his desk. Finding the one he was looking for he mumbled, "Damn it Goren. What kind of game are you playing?"
Alex pulled out another paper. She explained, "He's scribbled some notes here. Something about identifiable marks on the money, and wanting to make sure some of it stayed here so that we could keep tabs on what these guys are buying."
Deakins, with annoyance in his voice, asked, "What? This isn't making any sense."
Bishop spoke up now, "No, it does. Telling everyone that there was less money, he'd have time to get the marks put on file before the guys even realized there was more money than they thought. He didn't know if you'd authorize the release, of the money that you knew about, back to them. He knew you'd find out that there was more, but he wasn't sure how long we'd be able to keep it. He just wanted to have the time."
Alex nodded. She replied, "Exactly. He didn't want to risk losing the money. This guy,"
After a moment Bishop supplied for her, "Oliverez."
Alex finished her sentence with her arms flailing for emphasis, "It has to be him right?"
Bishop nodded. She answered, "I can't think of any other cases."
Before she could finish Alex was out the door. Bishop rolled her eyes. Their ability to work together so well was beginning to make sense to her. She walked out of the office to follow Alex, and find out why she had run off. She immediately spotted her, at Bobby's desk. She began to walk over to her to find out what she was doing, as she watched Alex pull out a file out of his filing cabinet. Smiling triumphantly she replied, "It pays to understand your partner's filing system. This guy was making him nervous. I could tell by his extensive notes in his notebook. I was right. Goren even went so far as to pull up lists of the guy's holdings. We've got places to search now."
Bishop stood in shock. She stammered, "You, you found a list of properties this organization owns?"
Alex was confused. She didn't understand how Bishop wouldn't be able to do the same. Flipping through the pages some more, Alex replied, "Of course. Not just the organization either. He has lists of properties owned by all the major players in the organization."
Leaving Bishop gawking again, Alex walked back into Deakins office. Walking inside the office Alex was enthusiastically telling Deakins, "If it is Oliverez, then they probably stashed Goren at one of these places."
Deakins smiled at Alex. He figured it was about time they got somewhere with this. All they had been doing so far was dig Bobby quite a ditch once he got back. There was going to be hell to play for the games he was running. Not that it bothered Deakins in the end. He was just hoping he'd get Goren back so that he could yell at him. Looking at Alex some more he relented, "Take a SWAT Unit with you to check these out."
Relief flooded Alex. She was afraid that at the very least he was going to refuse to let her go help find him. Smiling at her Captain, Alex gratefully replied, "Thanks. We'll keep you posted."
Deakins nodded. Alex flew past Bishop. Grabbing her coat and purse she dialed a number, "Rogers, hey. It's Eames. I need a favor. I need one of your units. Right now. I know. I'm sorry, but it's an emergency and just came up. We're keeping it quiet, but my partner, Goren, yeah, that was him. He's missing. We've got some places to search. I know, but please, for me. Oh God! Thank you so much. I'll meet them in the garage. I'll fill them in. I know. I'll keep them safe. You have no idea. Yeah. Thank you again. I'll make him behave next time, don't worry. Bye. Talk to you later Rogers."
Hanging up the phone Alex was all smiles. Bishop couldn't help but give a little smile herself. She asked, "Do I want to know?"
Smiling even brighter at the memory, Alex headed towards the elevator. She explained, "Our units are out right now. They're used to Goren. Rogers works downstairs, SVU. He's a friend of mine. On occasion we call in favors and what not. Last time, Goren freaked a couple of his guys out by putting himself deliberately in danger, the idiot. Anyway, Rogers had a cow over it. He doesn't like being responsible for things like that. They argued, and Rogers told me he couldn't work with Goren again, but Rogers knows. He knows that Goren just cares too much. He can't wait to see what happens. If he can stop it, he will, even if it puts himself in danger. In all honesty, Rogers likes Goren. Anyway, he's loaning us a SWAT team. I'm afraid we might need them. I just hope they don't freak out before we get inside and hurt Goren."
Disclaimer: Same as before, I don't own anything to do with the show. No money is being made. Please don't sue. Thanks.
A/N: I'm hoping to get this story completely up in the next week or so. So, the chapters should be coming fairly quick.
Alex sat in Deakins' office waiting impatiently. She had tried the cell phone several times now, and she wasn't getting an answer, period. At this point she would settle for getting the men to answer. She kept hoping it was all some sort of dream. Detective Lynn Bishop walked into the office. She began, "I got a call. Said you wanted to see me Captain?"
Deakins looked up at the confused young woman. He replied, "Yes, something has happened."
Alex stood up now. She finished for him, "Goren has gone missing."
Bishop was startled by when Alex began speaking. She quickly turned around concerned now. She wasn't sure she comprehended what Alex was saying, "Goren is missing?"
Alex took a deep breath she clarified, "Yeah, when I got here this morning he wasn't here. A friend told me his car was here though. So, I went to go check it out. I found his car, but left around it were some of his stuff."
Bishop looked where Alex was pointing. She saw his car keys and notebook. A sick feeling began forming in the pit of her stomach. She knew as well as anyone that Bobby Goren didn't seem to go anywhere without his notebook. She walked over to it and began looking through the papers. She distractedly replied, "I've been around him enough to know that he would never leave this behind. Last night, I-I left him here alone. I was tired. You know how he is, he works all hours. Do we know what happened?"
Alex walked over to see what Bishop was looking at. She replied, "When I found this stuff and his drivers side door unlocked, I called his cell phone. A man answered the phone. He demanded one hundred thousand to be delivered to the ally behind fifth-street by tomorrow at eight thirty. He told me to tell his partner, Bishop, to not try anything and to get the money to them."
Bishop lowered her head. She mumbled, "I'm sorry."
Alex was tired. Time was definitely against them. She replied, "It doesn't matter right now. We just need to know what you know."
Bishop looked back up at Alex. She turned around and pulled out a file folder. She handed it to Alex. She replied, "We don't know anything about them then, do we?"
Alex decided to prod her, to see if she knew more, "Deakins said that, that Oliverez?"
Bishop nodded. She understood where this was going. She filled in the gaps, "Yeah, Oliverez. Manny Oliverez. It's probably the only case that makes sense. It was the only one with money involved. He's been harassing Goren for a couple of weeks now, but those kids stole four-hundred- thousand, but we got over three-hundred-fifty-thousand back. It doesn't make sense that he would just want the one hundred thousand back."
Deakins arched his eyebrows. He jumped in, "Goren told me that you guys just got the one hundred thousand back."
Bishop looked at him confused. She corrected, "No, we put a lot more than that in the evidence room. I don't remember the exact amount."
Alex was already up flipping through Bobby's notebook. She jumped in to explain, "She's right Captain. According to Goren's log here, they put three hundred forty seven thousand in the evidence room."
Deakins began flipping through papers on his desk. Finding the one he was looking for he mumbled, "Damn it Goren. What kind of game are you playing?"
Alex pulled out another paper. She explained, "He's scribbled some notes here. Something about identifiable marks on the money, and wanting to make sure some of it stayed here so that we could keep tabs on what these guys are buying."
Deakins, with annoyance in his voice, asked, "What? This isn't making any sense."
Bishop spoke up now, "No, it does. Telling everyone that there was less money, he'd have time to get the marks put on file before the guys even realized there was more money than they thought. He didn't know if you'd authorize the release, of the money that you knew about, back to them. He knew you'd find out that there was more, but he wasn't sure how long we'd be able to keep it. He just wanted to have the time."
Alex nodded. She replied, "Exactly. He didn't want to risk losing the money. This guy,"
After a moment Bishop supplied for her, "Oliverez."
Alex finished her sentence with her arms flailing for emphasis, "It has to be him right?"
Bishop nodded. She answered, "I can't think of any other cases."
Before she could finish Alex was out the door. Bishop rolled her eyes. Their ability to work together so well was beginning to make sense to her. She walked out of the office to follow Alex, and find out why she had run off. She immediately spotted her, at Bobby's desk. She began to walk over to her to find out what she was doing, as she watched Alex pull out a file out of his filing cabinet. Smiling triumphantly she replied, "It pays to understand your partner's filing system. This guy was making him nervous. I could tell by his extensive notes in his notebook. I was right. Goren even went so far as to pull up lists of the guy's holdings. We've got places to search now."
Bishop stood in shock. She stammered, "You, you found a list of properties this organization owns?"
Alex was confused. She didn't understand how Bishop wouldn't be able to do the same. Flipping through the pages some more, Alex replied, "Of course. Not just the organization either. He has lists of properties owned by all the major players in the organization."
Leaving Bishop gawking again, Alex walked back into Deakins office. Walking inside the office Alex was enthusiastically telling Deakins, "If it is Oliverez, then they probably stashed Goren at one of these places."
Deakins smiled at Alex. He figured it was about time they got somewhere with this. All they had been doing so far was dig Bobby quite a ditch once he got back. There was going to be hell to play for the games he was running. Not that it bothered Deakins in the end. He was just hoping he'd get Goren back so that he could yell at him. Looking at Alex some more he relented, "Take a SWAT Unit with you to check these out."
Relief flooded Alex. She was afraid that at the very least he was going to refuse to let her go help find him. Smiling at her Captain, Alex gratefully replied, "Thanks. We'll keep you posted."
Deakins nodded. Alex flew past Bishop. Grabbing her coat and purse she dialed a number, "Rogers, hey. It's Eames. I need a favor. I need one of your units. Right now. I know. I'm sorry, but it's an emergency and just came up. We're keeping it quiet, but my partner, Goren, yeah, that was him. He's missing. We've got some places to search. I know, but please, for me. Oh God! Thank you so much. I'll meet them in the garage. I'll fill them in. I know. I'll keep them safe. You have no idea. Yeah. Thank you again. I'll make him behave next time, don't worry. Bye. Talk to you later Rogers."
Hanging up the phone Alex was all smiles. Bishop couldn't help but give a little smile herself. She asked, "Do I want to know?"
Smiling even brighter at the memory, Alex headed towards the elevator. She explained, "Our units are out right now. They're used to Goren. Rogers works downstairs, SVU. He's a friend of mine. On occasion we call in favors and what not. Last time, Goren freaked a couple of his guys out by putting himself deliberately in danger, the idiot. Anyway, Rogers had a cow over it. He doesn't like being responsible for things like that. They argued, and Rogers told me he couldn't work with Goren again, but Rogers knows. He knows that Goren just cares too much. He can't wait to see what happens. If he can stop it, he will, even if it puts himself in danger. In all honesty, Rogers likes Goren. Anyway, he's loaning us a SWAT team. I'm afraid we might need them. I just hope they don't freak out before we get inside and hurt Goren."