Author's Note: My apologies for the long delay in updating. I usually try to give notice if I know I won't be able to update. But I ended up not having time to complete another chapter before going on vacation. Happy Friday and enjoy!
Jackie brought Jason into headquarters as Fornell followed behind him.
"What good are you, Fornell?" Gibbs asked.
"I told you," Fornell said.
"Enough," Leon said before they could continue, "I suggest you make more efficient use of your time and start working together."
"What do you have so far?" Jason asked.
"We got a lead on a car Garrett might have ditched near and airfield," Bishop replied.
"We're checking the airfield for flight plans and records," McGee said.
"What about cameras or…"Jason asked.
"Haven't gotten that far," McGee said.
Jason grabbed his cell phone.
"Wait a minute," Gibbs said, "You can't call your hacker friend to do whatever you want. There are rules and procedures for this."
Fornell huffed in disbelief, "You could use this Jackal as a consultant."
"Whose side are you on Fornell?" Gibbs said.
"Kellie's, same as yours," Fornell said.
"Gibbs, Fornell," Leon said, taking control of the situation, "Downstairs with the rest of the team to keep working the case. Jackie, take Morgan to your office and see what he can tell us about this Shiloh. I'll see what I can do about using your friend as a consultant and have him work with McGee."
Gibbs and Jason both looked like they wanted to argue.
"If either one of you think about arguing with me," Leon said, "I'll throw both of you into lock up for 24 hours while Fornell and McGee run the case."
"Come on, Fornell," Gibbs said, "Let's see if you can do something useful for once."
Gibbs and Fornell left.
"I guess that leaves you with me," Jackie said.
"Look, I should be with Gibbs and the rest of your team," Jason said.
"Are you going to take orders from Gibbs?" Leon asked.
"If I agree with him, yes," Jason replied.
"And that is why you aren't going with Gibbs right now," Leon said, "You came to us for help. You better decide if you want it or not. Now I have to speak with Sec Nav. If you'll excuse me."
"Come on," Jackie said, urging Jason out of the room.
"Pick a lollipop," Jackie said.
"Why?" Jason said, "I don't want one."
"Humor me," Jackie said.
Jason grabbed a red one.
"Mmhmmm," Jackie said as if it was what she suspected.
"What now?" Jason asked.
"Tell me about Shiloh," Jackie said.
"And lollipop," Jason asked.
"Just a quirk of mine," Jackie replied, "So why is my boss interested in this Shiloh person?"
"He thinks he might have a connection to Garrett," Jason said, "Shiloh or David Henry Archer used to be a contractor for the Department of Defense and Navy. Since Garrett is known to use low ranking navy officers…"
"He doesn't think it's a coincidence they are both in Port Charles," Jackie said, "That's a matter of looking through his files."
"Which have been sealed and deemed off limits unless we come up with something more," Jason said, "Kellie's sister Kristina has been getting involved with Shiloh's group, Dawn of Day. Whenever anyone questions her about it, she gets defensive. She seems to be wrapping her whole life into dawn of day. Kellie had asked the Director about his file to see if everything is on the up and up with this guy."
"And someone higher up found out they were digging around," Jackie said, "And told Leon to leave it alone. What else aren't you telling me about him?"
"My ex-wife, Sam, was married to his father under an alias," Jason said.
"As part of the con she ran to run off with rich men's money," Jackie said, "And Shiloh isn't interested in payback for that?"
"He claims he's not," Jason said, "Sam is attending classes and events to check things out and keep a relationship with Kristina."
"Right because she's Kristina's sister through her mother," Jackie said, "And Kellie is Sam's cousin. Now she's married to your brother."
"Technically, they're separated," Jason said.
"Regardless, how do you keep all this straight?" Jackie asked, "Your town certainly has a lot of close family ties. Wait you said technically they're separated. Dare I ask what you mean by technically."
"All I can say is it's part of Sam getting more involved in this Dawn of Day," Jason replied.
"Are you serious?" Jackie said, "They're fake separated so Shiloh thinks your ex-wife is what…vulnerable? That is one of the craziest things I have ever heard. Moving on, is there anyone else in Port Charles Shiloh is connected to?"
"My brother," Jason said, "According to Shiloh, Drew saved his life overseas."
"It seems a little convenient your brother has no memory of this," Jackie said, "But while Shiloh's records may be difficult to get to. We can probably look at your brother's records and see if we can find any connections."
Jason started to move.
"You're not going anywhere," Jackie said, picking up the phone "We're not done yet."
Jackie dialed McGee and put him on the intercom, "Morgan's brother, Andrew Cain, apparently saved Shiloh's life in Afghanistan. See what you can find on him and Garrett in Drew's file."
"I'm on it," McGee said, "Unfortunately, the flight plan Garrett filed for Wyoming was bogus. He could be anywhere. We'll try every air field we can. But it could take a while with no direction. Morgan, wouldn't have any ideas would he?"
"None," Jason said, taking a deep breathe, visibly angry and upset.
"By the way, your friend the Jackal is quite the technology expert," McGee said.
"We'll talk to you later, McGee," Jackie said, ending the call.
Jason stood up and headed for the door.
"You could go out there, half cocked," Jackie said, "But all you'll end up doing right now is just piss everybody out there off when you try to do things your way."
"My wife is missing," Jason yelled, "And you all expect me to sit here and do nothing."
"Until you can get your emotions and perspective under control," Jackie said, "Yes."
"I'm fine," Jason said, grabbing the door handle, "I'd be better if I could actually go look for Kellie."
"Which you can't do without the information McGee and Mr. Spinelli are looking for," Jackie said.
Jason removed his hand from the door handle.
"You miss your wife and you're scared for her," Jackie said, "This isn't like all the other times Kellie ends up in the line of fire. She's in the hands of the brother of the man who raped her for three days."
"I hate to think what's she's going through," Jason said, "especially if she realizes she actually could be pregnant."
"Wait a second," Jackie said, "Kellie might be pregnant and she has no idea."
"Kellie had already been kidnapped by the time, my mom was able to review her medical records from California," Jason said, "Medical records that indicate her tubes weren't tied like we thought they were."
"In Kellie's mind pregnancy isn't an option for why she's not feeling well and why she passed out when she rescued Alyssa," Jackie said, stunned.
"I just want Kellie and the baby to be okay," Jason said, "Kellie and I weren't ever supposed to be together. When she first came to town and I had to keep her and Sonny in separate corners, she was more like an annoying little sister. I was with Sam and she had Tyler. Even after I came back and realized that my life as I had known it was gone, I never expected to fall in love with her."
"And now you can't imagine what life would look like without her," Jackie said.
"I guess not," Jason said, quietly.
"And what about the baby Kellie could be carrying?" Jackie said.
"It's funny," Jason said, "Kellie wasn't supposed to be able to get pregnant. It just wasn't an option. So I never considered the possibility. "
Jackie waited for Jason to continue.
"Not to mention our lives are dangerous," Jason said, "We do everything necessary to make the kids are protected."
"But," Jackie prompted.
"I really hope she's pregnant" Jason said, surprised at how much he was telling Jackie, "And not just because it means she's not dying of cancer, but because I want…I want to have a baby with her."