Chapter 29

"We were talking…she has a way of making you forget everything but what you're doing right then," Bobby grimaced distractedly, running his hands through his hair.

"Now you know what I go through," Jack rolled his eyes sarcastically.

"It's not funny, Jack," the Aussie sighed. "I got distracted from my job and now Sue's missing."

"If anyone's to blame, Crash, it's me," Jack said sitting beside his friend. "I'm the lead agent on this case and knew of the dangers of letting her stay here."

"But you didn't go and let her get kidnapped!" Bobby wailed.

"And neither did you," Jack replied so firmly that Bobby looked over at him. "A wise man told me recently that we've got to accept that things happen in our jobs. There are risks we have agreed to, and unfortunately this is one of them." The two friends smiled at each other as Bobby's words from a few days ago came back to him.

"You did your best," Jack added, poking at the welt on Bobby's head and laughing when he pulled away. "You're going to have the headache in the morning to prove it."

"Okay, Sparky," Bobby moaned. "I get the picture, so now what?"

"Now one of our own is out there." Ted Garrett was standing behind them having just come into the apartment with D and Myles who'd completed a fruitless search of the area.

"We had an agent disappear two days ago. Now one of MY team is missing," Garrett continued the anger only slightly veiled in his eyes. Lucy and Tara approached from the window until the team was standing almost in a circle around the coffee table. "I don't know what is going on here, but it's about time we put a stop to it. Do we have any leads?"

Before anyone could answer Garrett they were stopped by an excited holler across the room. Snapping her phone closed, Carrie Peters looked up and realized everyone was watching her.

"We've got a break," she stated excitedly hoping her over-enthusiasm at the news didn't tarnish her credibility. "The SOG team we've got staked out at Montega's house just reported a black sedan arriving with a blonde woman."

"Sue!" Bobby hoped. "Did they say whether she was okay?" Bobby loomed over the petite woman, but she didn't back down.

"She was unconscious," Carrie shook her head. "They aren't 100 sure it was her."

"Great job, Carrie," Tara said excited, refusing to believe anything other than a safe return for her missing friend.

"I don't care what we've got to do. Warrants, subpoenas, whatever, but let's get out there and find Thomas," Garrett looked sternly at each member of his team. "Bring her back…bring them both back!" The others stood amazed at the forcefulness and passion in the big man's words. The whole room was silent; all of them were lost in their own thoughts.

"NOW PEOPLE!" Garrett commanded, sending the room into a whirl.