Chapter Three

They had only been back at the bullpen for ten minutes and the atmosphere did not change. The group was strangely quiet, after learning about the letter. Sue was reviewing everything that happened back at the scene.

"What does it say?" asked Sue. Jack looked over at Bobby then back at Sue.

"Here." Said Jack as he handed her the letter. Sue looked down at the letter in her hands and began to read it. With every word madness grew within her, even though she didn't understand what it was.

Sue looked up from her desk. Jack reentered the room from his meeting with the chief.

"Jack?" asked Sue. He came over to her desk.

"You okay?" asked Sue. Jack retrieved a chair and sat down beside her.

"The letter," said Jack. "I think I was right before."

Sue looked up from the letter.

"Who wrote this?" asked Sue. "Do you know this man Jack?" Jack looked over at her sadly.

"I do." He said as he took the letter from her. "Someone I used to work with a long time ago." He looked over at Bobby who took the letter from him. Sue looked at Bobby as well.

"Six years ago, Jack received a phone call saying he was going to suffer for what he did." Said Bobby. Jack nodded.

"He told me that he would make me suffer the way he did." Said Jack. Sue's mind was racing as she tried to put the pieces together.

"You mean, someone you used to work with has threatened you before?" asked Sue. Jack nodded.

"Yes." Said Jack. Before Sue could ask more about the old threats Dr. Keller came up to them.

"I'm ready to leave, I need the letter." Said Dr. Keller. Jack nodded passing the letter to him.

"Thanks Keller." Said Jack. Keller nodded.

"No Problem, I'll get you the results as fast as I can." Said Dr. Keller. With that he turned leaving them to themselves.

Sue was ripped from her thoughts when Jack took a deep breath.

"There was another agent here, that I used to work with." Said Jack. "He was a highly respected agent, Brandon Hall. We were on a case and he was to pose as a drug arms dealer. We were trying to catch one of the most wanted drug dealers in America."

"Did you ever catch him?" asked Sue. Jack nodded.

"Yeah, but not under the normal circumstances." Said Jack.

"What do you mean?" asked Sue.

"He was dead." Said Jack. Sue was confused.

"Dead?" asked Sue.

"He wasn't supposed to be dead. You see, he was hit by a car in a police chase. He was transferred to a hospital with injuries. Brandon and I went to talk to him after the accident you know, a routine interrogation." Said Jack.

"I went to go get coffee for us when we were talking to him. The cafeteria was closed so I came back up stairs. I came to the door to see Brandon pull out a knife and stab him in the heart." Sue gasped.

"Why would he kill him?" asked Sue. Jack shook his head.

"After that incident, I found out that wasn't the only time he had killed. He was a rogue agent." Said Jack. "No one had the guts to rat on him."

"So then what happened?" asked Sue.

"After he stabbed him, he turned to see me in the doorway. He threatened to kill me if I ever told anyone what he did." Said Jack. He looked over at the window.

"You told didn't you?" said Sue. Jack stared at the floor for a few seconds then looked back up into Sue's eyes.

"I did… but they never found him." Jack said. "He's been missing ever since." Sue looked over at Lucy, Myles, and Bobby who were all standing near her desk listening to the story.

"So you think he's back?" asked Sue.

"Sue, that's exactly what I think." Said Jack.

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"I've tracked down his old credit cards and found no use after his disapperance." Said Lucy out loud.

"He's smart. He wouldn't use them." Said Jack. He was furiously flipping through some old papers.

"What would he have done all these years?" asked Sue.

"Who knows. Maybe he spent all those years starting a new life, creating a new identity." Said Jack. Sue sat back in her chair. For the last three hours they had been sifting through ever part of Brandon Hall's old life, everything they could find up to the point that he disappeared. Not much had turned up.

Sue looked down as she Levi jumped on her. Sue looked up to see Tara at the door.

"Tara!" exclaimed Sue. Tara smiled.

"Hey guys." Said Tara sleepily.

"How is he?" asked Lucy. Tara walked in the door taking her coat off.

"Well he went into surgery and they were able to take out the bullets. He bled out a lot so they had to give him more blood." Said Tara.

"He is alive thou?" asked Sue. Tara smiled.

"Yes, he should be fine." Said Tara. "Doctor says he should be fine with right therapy and enough rest." A huge relied swept over Sue as she finally felt a burden lift off her shoulders.

"That's good," said Sue under her breath. Tara went back to her desk. Lucy came over to her desk and knelt beside her.

"Want to go see him later?" asked Lucy. "I'm sure D's wife will want to spend some time with him first." Sue smiled.

"Sure, I bet he's like to see us." Exclaimed Sue. Lucy looked up as she heard the phone ringing on her desk.

"Hold on, phone." Said Tara. She walked over to her desk and answered the phone. Sue watched as she greeted the person on the other line.

"Hello?" she asked. Sue watched intently as Lucy's smile faded from her face. Without another word she pulled the phone away from her ear. Sue had the feeling that something was wrong.

"Lucy?" asked Sue. Lucy looked over at Sue then called for Jack, Bobby, and Myles. The three men came over with their coffee's.

"What?" asked Bobby. "Any good news?" Lucy didn't answer the question.

"The phone just rang." Said Lucy.

"Who was it?" asked Myles. Lucy shrugged.

"I don't know, but the person said there was something waiting for Jack outside the front door of the building." Said Lucy. All eyes in the room were now peeled off of Lucy and stuck to Jack. He looked around.

"Should I go?" asked Jack. Bobby reached to his side and patted his gun.

"We'll come as well." Said Bobby. Sue went to stand but Myles put his hand on her shoulder.

"You should stay here." Said Myles. Sue nodded and plopped herself back into her chair. With that, Jack, Bobby, and Myles exited the doorway.