Chapter 9

All the teams were in place, they had the house surrounded, and bystanders were out of harms way. Megan was setting up a communication link to Gonzalas. Colby and David had gone around back to prevent him from escaping that way. Once Don was sure that everybody was in place he gave Megan the go ahead.

"Benny Gonzalas? This is Megan Reeves with the FBI. Can we talk?" A few shots were fired out the window of the house. "Look, we're not here to hurt you, w-"

"No, you're her to arrest me!" he shouted. "Well, guess again!" He fired a few more shots.

"We don't want anyone to get hurt here. Why don't you and me just talk? Can I come in? We won't hurt you." There was silence for a few minutes.

"Fine, but no more than 5," he agreed.

"OK, we're coming in now."

Don, Megan, and Agent Carson started into the house. Colby and David moved in from the back. Gonzalas reluctantly let them in, but made sure to stay away from the doors and windows. There were about six other gang members with him.

"How 'bout you lower your guns and earn some trust," Gonzalas said. Megan did, but she was the only one.

"Alright, you know we can't do that. We just wanna talk," Megan tried.

"So talk."

"We know about your son, we know why you killed Michaels." Gonzalas looked away for a second, but then regained his control.

"You don't know anything!" he spat.

"We know if he hadn't had that hospital closed down your son might still be alive. That is why you killed him isn't it?" Gonzalas' anger filled his face.

"I killed him cause he was a dirty cop killing kids!" he yelled, pointing his gun at Megan.

Don had his gun on Gonzalas in a second. Carson caught his eye though. She looked as if she was getting ready to move. Don shook his head slightly, telling her not to move. She glared at him, but complied.

"Let's just calm down," Megan said, trying to talk him down.

"I'm done being calm," Gonzalas growled. In an instant, Carson had holstered her gun and removed her hat and sunglasses. Don cursed under his breath.

"Benny, wait!" she warned, moving in front of him. He looked stunned to see her.

"Sam?" Gonzalas asked warily, still shocked. She nodded. "You're a fed?" he asked incredulously.

"Yes, now I need you to listen to me," Carson told him firmly. He shook his head in disbelief.

"You lied to me this whole time!"

"Look, the guy you killed was my partner," she continued, ignoring his shock. "I didn't know what he was up to, and I'm sorry about Tommy. But you have got to calm down.

"Don't tell me to calm down!" Gonzalas yelled at Carson. "You have no idea what I'm feeling right now!"

"You're right, I don't know what you're feeling, but I do have an idea." Carson started to take a step toward him, but he kept his gun on her so she stopped. "You loved your son more than anything, I get that."

"How? How can you understand that? You can't!" Carson motioned with her hands for him to calm down.

"Because I know how much I love my son, and if anything ever happened to him I'd be devastated." Everyone in the room was staring at her.

What the hell does she think she's doing? Don was thinking as she continued.

"I know you want revenge, but Agent Michaels didn't kill your son." Gonzalas moved toward her, gun still pointed at her head.

The FBI agents in the room started to make a move, but Carson told them not to.

"He's the reason my son is dead," Gonzalas told her menacingly. Carson shook her head.

"No he's not," she told him calmly. "I read the report Benny. Your son was in a car accident, accidents happen. It was no one's fault."

"He would've been fine if he'd made it to the hospital," Gonzalas told her, starting to lose control of his emotions. Carson made another move toward him, this time he didn't stop her.

"Benny, I talked to the doctors. Even if he'd made it to the hospital, there was only a 30 chance he would've been fine. They said with all of hisinjuries, he would've probably never come out of a coma."

Gonzalas started tearing up, and dropping his gun, sank to the floor. Don gave the signal for everyone to move in as Carson got the gun away from Gonzalas.