28 Hours Missing

1:45 PM

The Park

"Dad, let me go," Jesse ordered him, as Patrick dragged him through the park. "You're hurting me."

"You betrayed me, daughter," he snapped as he threw her down hard on the ground. "How dare you do that to me."

"You don't love me. You never did."

1:47 PM

The Park

"Martin, we got visual on Patrick," Vivian said, as she and Jack came up to them in the middle of the park. "They are still in the park."

"That's a good thing," Danny said, as they began to look around. "Any idea which part of the park."

"Eastern part," a voice came through their ear pieces. "But the river."

"We better hurry." They then took off towards the eastern part of the park with their guns ready.

1:53 PM

The Eastern Part of the Park

Jesse sat on the ground looking up at her father who held the gun to her head. "Why are you doing this?" she asked him, as she tried to force herself not to shiver in fear. "I'm your daughter."

"You betrayed me," he snapped, as he began to walk. "You set free Martin and the other two."

"You would have killed them. I did what was right."

"You disobeyed your father. That is never right."

"So you're gonna kill me."

"You have given me no other choice."

"Patrick, drop it," Martin's voice called out, and he looked past Jesse to see Martin with his gun drawn. "We can talk this out."

"No, Agent Fitzgerald, we can't." Patrick grabbed onto Jesse's arm and pulled her to her feet. He then put the gun to her head as Martin took a step towards them. "You are not like your father, Martin. Jessica, unfortunately is like her father. I tried everything I could to make it so that she wouldn't follow in her mom's footsteps, that I forgot about her following in mine."

"Okay, we can work with her. Change her ways of life. You don't have to kill her."

"No, Martin, I don't have any other choice." He then fired a shot at Martin hitting him in the chest and he went down.

"No!" Jesse screamed as she jammed her elbow into her father's stomach and fell to the ground. He turned the gun on her and fire.

"F.B.I., drop the gun," Jack said, as he and Danny rushed Patrick, as Sam went to check on Martin while Vivian checked on Jesse. "Are they okay?"

"I was shot," Jesse said, as she rolled onto her side. "What do you think?" She slowly sat up and shot a glance over at Martin. "Is he okay?"

"He's fine," Sam called back to her, as she helped Martin slowly sit up. "Packs a wallop doesn't it?"

"I'll be bruised for weeks," Jesse said, as she slowly got to her feet and shot a glance over at her father. "Hey, you can't blame me for coming prepared. I knew that I had upset you enough that you would either beat me to death or shoot me. It takes a daughter who is more like her father to know that."

"You set me up?" Patrick asked her, as she came towards him. "How dare you?"

"I did it to survive, father. You taught me that."

"Get him out of here," Jack ordered the police officers, who took him away in hand cuffs. "Nice job."

"Thank you," Jesse said, as Martin came up to her and put an arm on her shoulder. "I don't know if this is the kind of work I want to do. It seems to demanding and you tend to get shot."

"We don't get shot all that often," Danny said, as he came up to them. "So what do we do now?"

"What ever happened to Bubba?" Jesse asked, causing Martin to pull her stocking hat over her eyes. "What?"

"It's none of your business anymore what happens to Bubba," Martin replied, as they headed for the car. "You have to now take on the life of a normal teenage girl."

"Oh, how boring." She rolled her eyes, as Danny and Sam came up to them. "You know how interesting normal girls are. I have a better conversation with my dog."

"But you're not like most normal teenage girls," Danny pointed out.

"No, I'm not. I am capable of breaking and entering, I can speak four languages, pick most locks, drive, rock climb, and hot wire a car. Does that sound normal to you?"

"Nope," Sam said, as she put her arm around her shoulder. "But I'm sure that we can tone down some of those talents. Some of those can get a young lady into trouble."

"No, they don't."

"Trust me, they will."

"Maybe I will go with my gut and join the FBI. I can put some of my talents into good use."

"Sounds like a great idea."

"Oh, and guys." They all looked up at her, as they started to get into the car. "Thanks for coming after me."

"No problem." They got into the car and headed for work. "All in a days work."

THE END