SIXTEEN
"We had no surveillance on the Toland's property so we have nothing." Danny said angrily leaving the bull pen and heading in the direction of the break room.
Michael sighed watching Danny leave, knowing how close Danny and Martin were. Sometimes he missed spending the odd night a week having drinks with a few of his mates. Sometimes he wished that he could have that again, but then he remembered Amanda, Jason and Sarah and he didn't want to change anything.
He reached into his pocket for his wallet, opening it and staring at the photo his cousin had taken of the family last Christmas. There they were, the five members of the Schmidt family, smiling and laughing on one of the best days of the year.
"You okay?" Kelly asked Michael, after watching Danny storm off.
"Yeah, just wishing that Danny could use his frustration in a good way and not on slamming paper onto his desk." He chuckled looking in the direction Danny had gone.
"Where's Danny?" Vivian asked entering the room quickly. Michael sat up, putting his wallet back in his pocket. On cases like this he enjoyed seeing Vivian enter the office in that stride, always showed that she had something i decent. /i "I got something and you all need to see this."
"He stormed off into the break room." Kelly sighed, stepping towards Vivian as Michael stood up.
"You guys, head to Tech. I'll meet you there with Danny in a few minutes." She turned on her heel and headed in the same direction Danny had.
When she entered the break room she was not prepared for the sight she saw. Danny was sitting at one of the tables, holding his head on his crossed arms, trying to hide his sobs. She knew how close Danny and Martin were and it broke her heart to see him crying like this.
"Danny?" Her voice made his head shoot up. When he realized it was her he tried to wipe the tears away as quickly as possible, he hated people see him cry.
"Are you okay?" She asked sitting opposite him.
He nodded his head weakly. "I will be." He mumbled.
"I know you guys are close, and we will get him back." She sighed taking his hands.
"I've never really bonded well with anyone." Danny started looking away from Viv. "When I was growing up, I was close to my brother, but then he went to Juvi, and I had no-one. Starting this job, I had friends, sure, but by the age of 28 they were all finding themselves girlfriends and settled down, started families and moved away." Vivian sighed as he reminisced.
"Martin was the first guy I met, who was my age, and didn't have anyone. I know I gave him a hard time when he first started, but that's me, and we both got through that. I just feel lost without him." He sighed rubbing his eyes again. "Listen to me, I sound like a girl crying over her ex-boyfriend." He chuckled, smiling weakly.
"It's okay to cry, you know that don't you." Vivian smiled weakly with him. He nodded weakly. "Good, so now I want to show you and the other guys something in tech that could spell the end of this case."
Sam had never felt more broken than she did at this very moment. Her husband was standing to aside whilst a man she didn't know raped her. She screamed in pain, wanting him to stop as he sucked her breasts, punching her in the stomach every time she screamed.
She saw the look on Jack's face; he appeared to be thoroughly enjoying watching his wife go through torment.
"This is what you get for cheating." He shouted as the man smiled getting off her.
"That was fun." He whispered into her ear. "I'll be back later." He kissed her on the cheek as he stood up, tidying himself up.
"Go deal with the other. Remember to send him my love." Jack said to the man as he left.
Sam looked at him, not wanting to show him pain, knowing that it might be useless given he'd just stood and watched, not to mention acted in three men raping her.
"Don't give me that look." Jack sighed, he sounded almost as though he cared which made Sam sick. "I know you too well." He grabbed the chair and placed it in front of her.
She no longer felt like a person. She just felt hollow, all that was inside her was numb. She had broken too much, but she wasn't willing to show that. She could barely see out of her left eye after one of the men had hit her, and she was certain she was going to need stitches along her right cheek where another man had cut her with his knife.
"Have you been having as much fun as I have?" Jack asked her sitting down.
"Oh yes I've been having a heap of fun." She responded not looking at him. Jack smiled at her, hitting her on the right side of her face, making her wince in pain as he touched the wound.
"Don't take that tone of voice with me." His tone sounded as though he was a concerned parent.
Sam stopped thinking about protecting herself, and decided to make sure that she could protect Martin and the Toland's in any way she could. She still had no memory of how she ended up here.
"What do you want from me?" She asked him finally, biting down on her teeth, trying to ignore the pain.
Jack smiled at her, the gleam in his eyes that had petrified her before, shining through.
"Where's my family." Martin shouted. He was still all alone in a black room, and had been hearing muffled screams for the past hour, although time was difficult for him to determine.
He could still hear them, every so often they were louder than the ones before, making him cringe. When the door opened he heard them loud and clear, also hearing whoever was making them shout. He felt like he was about to throw up as he realized they were coming from Sam.
"We have no business with your family. They are merely a way for us to assure our protection." A man Martin didn't realize entered the room, slamming the door behind him. Once again the screams became muffled.
"Just don't kill them." Martin breathed as the man stepped towards him, kicking him hard in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him.
"Jack sends his love." The man said before walking out again.
Martin choked regaining his breath, this time throwing up when the door opened again and he heard Sam's shrill scream echoing around the building. He silently prayed that the FBI knew that they had been taken and were working on finding them.
"What's this from?" Danny asked Vivian as they finished looking over the files that they were shown.
"They are all from Jack's home computer. Mac here managed to hack himself into the depths of the computer and bring up all these old things." Vivian patted Mac on the back as she spoke.
"We have e-mails, housing records, property ownership and location." Kelly gaped as she flicked over the pages that were being printed.
"Which is why I want each of you to look over every single name that comes up. And I want to know everything about them." She instructed the group. "How long will all this take to finish printing?" She turned her attention to Mac.
"Well, judging by the amount that's here, could take a while, maybe another hour or two." Mac shrugged.
"Okay, team, divide what we got so far into thirds and look over it. Meanwhile I'm going to once again attempt to appeal to our bosses." Vivian sighed, knowing it was going to take a heap to get all the manpower on this that she wanted.
Danny looked over the first page that he was given, instantly recognizing an address. He quickened his step needing to make a few calls.
"You okay Danny?" Kelly noticed him speeding up.
"Remember that case about a year ago, the two children who went missing and when one was found with his arm removed in a warehouse we were told to give it to VCU?" Danny said as they re-entered the bull pen.
"Yeah, how could I forget?" Kelly sighed.
"This address, I think it's the same as where the team found the second boy." Danny said handing her the paper.
"That's a warehouse isn't it. Do you want me to get the case file?" She said starting to think what Danny was thinking.
"Yes I do." He smiled picking up his phone.
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