Chapter 9: Desperate Times and Desperate Measure's
Part I: Putting the pieces Together
" I don't want to go, I don't want to go." Dylan yells, kicking and screaming as Vanessa's men carry him outside, " I want my Mommy." He cries as the men put him into the back of the Van.
" We stop for nothing." Vanessa commands, before slamming the van door shut.
Jack sits at Anna's desk, his back to the door. The door opens slowly, and he looks over his shoulder to see Anna standing in the doorway, " Please tell me they have something, anything?"
" They assure me that they're making progress, but nothing solid yet." She tells him, closing the door behind her.
She walks slowly to her desk, handing Jack a file before sitting down. " We still have time Jack. We have the best law enforcement team in Philadelphia on the case, we're going to find him."
Jack lays the file back on her desk, " There's nothing here, there's nothing anywhere…what could she possibly want?"
She shakes head but doesn't say anything, as someone quietly knocks on her door.
" Come in." She says quietly both of their eyes on the door.
Tad opens the door slowly, Krystal standing next to him. " Hey." He says quietly.
" Anything?" Jack asks turning to look at them.
Tad looks at Krystal, then back up at Jack and Anna before slowly shaking his head. " Everything I can find on Proteus or Vanessa is fire walled so heavily that there's no possible way I can break through, and what I can get to is encrypted with state of the art technology. Whatever Vanessa wants, she doesn't want us to find out what it is."
" Why would she give us a fake ransom? She doesn't want Dylan with her, she hates kids." Jack muses, his eyes on the papers in front of him.
" It's not a fake ransom." Aidan says as he walks into Anna's office.
They all turn to look at him, as he continues, " Vanessa needs money. She's down to only a few million, and most of her operations have been shutdown."
" All she wants is money?" Anna asks her eyes glued on him.
Aidan shakes his head taking a deep breath before continuing, " Vanessa or should I say Proteus is wanted by ten different countries throughout the world. She has nowhere left to push her drugs, and she knows this is her last stand. There's dozens of connections she has that can get her the money she needs, so it has to be something personal."
" Personal? So this has something to do with Erica?" Jack asks as he slowly gets up from his seat.
Aidan shakes his head, " No I don't think Erica is anything more then pawn. My guess is that since Leo is dead, she wants to take David down with her."
" David was cleared of any involvement with Vanessa's operations years ago, she has nothing on him." Anna tells, making sure to drive in her point.
" I think it's something personal…something that will change David's life forever."
To be continued….