Jack parked his car amongst the flashing lights and general chaos. His mind tried to drink in the scene before him. Uniformed officers and federal agents questioned witnesses and neighbors, while CSI's searched for and photographed any evidence. News reporters hung around trying to drag information out of the officers and onlookers. His agents were missing. He tried to remain calm, but one man can only take so much. He remembered his dream from only a few nights before. He remembered the realization that he needed his team, his friends, who had always been there. They were always ready to help and listen to him. "Now," he thought, "They need me." He shrugged off the memories and set to work.
Jack walked towards the tall man in the center of the chaos.
"You in charge here?"
"Till you got here, Officer Bradford N.Y.P.D."
"Special Agent Malone," Jack replied, shaking the man's outstretched hand.
"I understand these are your agents missing?"
"And terrorist. Wanna tell me what happened here?"
"Of course. We had several 911 calls reporting heavy gunfire. Six officers, including myself, responded. Upon arrival, we discovered the car which, as you can see, is pelted with bullets. We searched the area, but the perpetrators were long gone. Forensics arrived and since it was a government issued plate, we called the F.B.I.. Officer Brooks found the I.D. papers of a Special Agent Fitzgerald in the glove compartment. That is when we got a hold of you.
"What else was in the car?" Jack inquired.
"Well, there was a cell phone on the floorboard-"
"Only one?"
"Yes."
"Go on."
By this time they had migrated over to the car and Officer Bradford gestured towards the front seats.
"Blood splatter all over the front seats and some in the back. The CSI's took samples and are running DNA to make sure, but..." he trailed off not needing to say more.
"What did you find out from the witnesses?"
The two men walked around the crime scene, Jack observing the people surrounding the barricades.
"They all heard loud gunfire. One witness saw a blue van pull up in front of the Impala just before shots were fired. Another reportedly saw two men force open the car door. He said it seemed like the gunmen were mainly concerned with the man in the back seat. However, he said he couldn't be sure."
"Did we get a license plate or description of the men?"
"No."
"Okay, let's check with stores around here. See if we can't pull any pictures from security cameras."
"I'll put someone on it."
"Thanks."
They parted, Jack returning to the car.
"Hey, can I have a look at the cell that was found" Jack inquired upon meeting a CSI.
"Sure thing."
The woman returned moments later and handed Jack an evidence bag. He pulled on a pair of gloves, reached into the bag and flipped open the cell. He looked at the screen and the sight that met his eyes left him utterly speechless.
Samantha rushed down the corridor of the F.B.I. office. She had grabbed the files from Jack's desk and printed off pictures of both Danny and Martin. She opened the conference room door and was greeted with the grim faces of her fellow agents. She walked to the front of the room where a whiteboard was standing and hung the pictures in her hand.
"Agents Danny Taylor and Martin Fitzgerald," she began, "I'm sure you all know them."
The other agents quickly took seats and most had pens ready to take notes.
"They were last seen leaving this office two hours ago, taking this man to prison," Sam hung another picture on the board, "Adisa Teno who is currently on the terrorist watch list. We can only figure that Fitzgerald's and Taylor's disappearance has something to do with this case.
Paige Hobson," she hung another picture, "the MP from our last case. A do-gooder, she met up and fell in love with Adisa. Using identity theft, she was able to help fund his rebel cause, not realizing that the money was for firearms, not relief supplies. Not wanting to stop him, she was to leave town after he gave her a gun to protect herself. Before she could leave town, Emil Dornvald," anotherphoto went up,"General Gamba's head of security, killed Julia, the teenager Paige was mentoring. Agents Malone, Fitzgerald, and I were outside the Makeba Embassy at the time, but were unable to stop Paige from shooting General Gamba. He died shortly thereafter. The news reached both the rebel group and the government." Samantha walked over to the television and flipped it on. "This was the result."
The agents watched the horrifying chaos unfold on the screen. People screaming and running without direction, bullets flew through the air like rain or hail, buildings were on fire, and people lay dead in the streets.
Sam muted the television and turned to face the agents.
"These men are our colleagues, my friends.We need to see if there has been any activity on Taylor's or Fitzgerald's phones. We need a group to do extensive background on Adisa, Dornvald, the rebel group, and anyone else connected with the chaos in Makeba. I'm talking names, dates, high schools, everything. We need to know how far the rebel group would have gone to get Adisa back. We need to set up surveillance on the embassy and negotiate with Washington for ransom or worse. And because of the nature of this investigation, we must use delicacy as well as urgency. Also, remember to keep everyone else posted, the smallest detail could mean life or death."
Sam glanced around the room and prayed that they would succeed. The agents began organizing themselves and Sam walked out the door just as her cell rang.
"Spade," she answered.
"Sam," Jack greeted.
"Jack, we need to call Rafael and Victor."
"Yeah, we also must deal with the press. Call Rafael and tell him to meet us at the office.We'll deal with the press after we talk to Victor."
"Ok."
"But Sam, Danny's phone was in the car. It was planted I sent you the picture that was on it."
Sam pulled the phone away from her ear and looked at the screen. "Oh god," she gasped.
What was on the phone? How will the families react? Please Review! Also does anyone know why they call the big room the bullpen? Did they say that in an episode or...? And I wasn't sure if the general was in the African Embassy or a Makeba Embassy or just his apartment or what so I went with the Makeba embassy... if anyone knows otherwise pleasesay so! Love reviewers!