Title: Good People Gone Bad
Summary: second part of the Michael Fitzgerald/Nicole Malone series. Jack got custody of the girls, and Nicole got custody of Mike Fitzgerald's heart. Will Michael and Nicole's relationship advance, or will someone make sure that it stops?
Disclaimer: I own none of the Without a Trace Characters, but I do own Nicole Malone and Michael Fitzgerald, and should I end up creating more characters, I will own them also.
A/N: as with many of my other stories, I'm making a lot of things up as I go along. I'm a high school student with very little money. Please don't sue.
A/N: I think I finally know where I'm taking this story! It seems to me like it's going to be a great ride, so stick with me, my faithful reviewers!
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"So, how's everything going between you and Nicki?"
After having lunch together, Michael got called back into the office. I went back to the apartment to study for an upcoming test, and Mike went back to the field office, meeting up with Danny as soon as he walked inside. Danny has known me for a long time, and has always sort of looked out for me, so he wants to know Mike's intentions, just like dad does.
"It's good. She's pretty amazing. Nicki doesn't mind just hanging out on the sofa, watching movies, and that's pretty cool."
"Well, there's not much else that she can do. I mean, she's under 21, so you really can't go out and drink, and you don't want to get too wild because she's your boss' daughter."
"Danny, she's 18 now, and Nicole can make her very own decisions, and doesn't hesitate to tell you that she can."
"Yeah, Nicole has always spoken her mind. She may look and act a lot like Jack, but the girl does have some of her mother's lawyer-like traits."
The two agents sit down at the big table where Sam, Viv, Martin, and my dad are sitting.
"Alright, so, Sam, give me the run through."
"Jacqueline Sanders, 19 years old, born and raised in Yonkers. Jacqueline, known to her friends as Jackie, moved to Manhattan last year to attend NYU."
"Who called it in?"
"A friend from school said that Jackie had missed all of her classes. The friend said she's tried getting a hold of Jackie's friends and family, and none of them has any idea where she is."
Dad rubs his temples, this case being the latest in what appears to be a serial kidnapper's terrorizing rein on New York.
"Sam, I want you to check Sanders' phone records, see if she made any calls around the time of her disappearance. Viv, I want you to run her name through the system, see what you can dig up on Jacqueline Sanders. Mike, Danny, I want you to go search this girls apartment, storage lockers, whatever. Martin and I are going to start talking to her relatives and make sure they're not hiding her somewhere."
Everyone gets up, going in their own separate directions to do as my father said. Mike and Danny pull up in front of what seems to be a nice apartment building, in a great neighborhood. Going into her apartment, it becomes even more obvious to Danny and Mike that this girl probably didn't leave on her own free will.
"How could she afford a place like this on a students' salary? It's nicer than any place that I've ever lived in?"
"Maybe she was working a good job and going to school."
Danny looks at a desk situated in the living room.
"Psychology, sociology, this girl was going some hardcore reading. NYU classes are tough enough, and with as much as this girl was going, there was no way that Jacqueline could have been working a full time job and going to school. It's not psychically possible."
"Boyfriend? He gets angry at her for not spending enough time with him, due to school and work, and decides to keep her all to himself."
"What guy is neurotic enough to do something like that?"
"Michael, Michael, Michael. It's becoming increasingly apparent to me that you haven't been on this job for very long."
"Look, I don't know if it was boyfriend or cousin or whoever, but all of his victims have been from NYU. Do you know what school Nicole goes to you?"
Danny's mind instantaneously makes the connection.
"Mike, Nicole is a federal agent's daughter."
"Exactly, this makes her more of a target than anyone else. I want to find this guy and I want to find him fast."
Unfortunately for both of us, Mike wouldn't find him fast enough.
