Chapter 2 - Who
Chapter 2 - Who?
America. Washington. Washington D.C. Federal Bureau Investigation
Departments. Special Taskforce 1 Office.
"They found another body"
Jack's statement sent a shiver round the room. Myles ignored the screaming inside his head and turned to see if he could catch Jack's eye. What he saw in his face made the rage begin all over again. Jack was relieved?? Relieved while his, Myles's, precious Tara was out in the hands of a killer? Maybe even dead! He swallowed, and looked around uncertainly.
"Who?"
"I've no idea, we've got to get out there and see"
"Why don't they just tell us over the phone?" shouted Myles. Then he remembered that they were all in this together.
"Sorry, but I'm worried. Even though there is a possibility that Jessica could be the body they found, how do we know it's not Tara?"
Sue carefully avoided everybody's eyes. "It's my fault!" she moaned inwardly, if Tara hadn't followed me with Levi, then none of this would have happened!"
"Sue, did you see anything while you were out that looked at all suspicious, any cars driving off too quickly or anything like that?" Myles asked, desperately searching for a clue.
"Umm..." Sue thought for a minute
"Well? Did you??" screamed Myles
Only Sue, who couldn't hear how loud Myles had shouted, remained unfazed by this outburst. Jack and Bobby exchanged knowing glances, and Lucy's brown eyes flooded with sympathy.
"I'm sorry Myles, I didn't see anything"
Myles kicked his desk in frustration and let out a few colorful words, while Jack raised his eyebrows at Bobby. Lucy looked from one to the other to Myles with a knowing look.
"WHAT?" Sue signed to Lucy
"Tell you later" she said, and then added "Well?"
"Well what?" snapped Myles, his usual debonair look gone, replaced by a vunerable, hurt and surprisingly boyish face.
"Well, don't you think that it would be a good idea to get your jackets and get out there to see the site where the body was found?" Lucy prompted.
"OH? Oh! Oh, yes!" Jack grabbed his blue F.B.I jacket and headed for the door, with the rest of the team hot on his heels. Lucy borrowed Tara's jacket, knowing she wouldn't mind and followed.
When they arrived, they were quickly herded into a closed off area, past all the press and photographers, to the place where a body lay in a body bag.
"Chris Collins" a suave young C.I.A agent informed them, holding up his card
"Jack Hudson" Jack said "Has the body been identified?"
"Yup!" (Jack did not like the way Chris was looking at Sue) "A press man came and identified her as Jessica Andrews"
Sue could feel Myles relax beside her and filed it away for future reference. What was Myles' relationship with Tara anyway? She wondered quietly to herself.
"Miss...?" Chris was addressing Sue
"Thomas" Sue said sharply, not liking the look in his eye either, "Can we get down to business please?"
"You're called Thomas? What sort of parents did you have?" Chris Collins murmured.
But of course, Sue, who was facing another way, didn't see a word he said, only Jack did and he tightened his grip on Sue's arm.
Once they had collected all the evidence they needed, with their arms around and supporting each-other. Sue was surprised to see Myles look very young and upset.
When they were back in the office frantically going to over the clues, Sue came up beside Myles who had finished going through a pile of things and was sitting dejectedly with his head in his hands.
"Hard eh?" she asked him
He nodded, his shoulders slumping.
"Do you love her?" she asked bluntly, holding her breath waiting for a Mylesish outburst.
"Yes I do! Now she's gone and I never told her how much she meant to me. How am I ever going to live on without her smiling face in the office if she's dead?" he all but sobbed
"The pain will pass in time" Sue said absently "But all is not over yet, we'll find her! I can't promise you we will, but I can promise you that this whole team will try their very best."
"You have no idea what this pain is" Myles muttered
"You think so? Haven't I watched the man I love go into all sorts of danger for three years now. He's been hunted by The Sniper, shot, and on top of it all, I'm not even sure that he'll ever return my love" Sue said quietly but sadly "If you think that I don't know what pain is, you're seriously wrong"
"I knew you loved Jack" Myles said simply
Neither of them was aware that Jack was only five meters behind them, just out of sight behind a bookcase, looking for files. He heard every word.
Myles and Sue continued to talk, each venting their feelings about the person who didn't know they loved them, while a pair of listening ears, lost to everything else but Sue's voice and his own beating heart, listened.
Suddenly, his mobile rang. It was Howie
"'Lo Jackie boy" he said, while Sue and Myles jumped as high as the ceiling
"What do you want?" Jack growled, annoyed at being discovered
"Tara 'made contact' wi' me" he said "She said tell the team that I'll be found by them looking up Chernobyl and a Conservative actor'"
"What?" Jack was trying to avoid Sue's penetrating gaze
"That's all she said then she rang off"
"But that's in total code!!"
"I know, but that's all. As a matter of fact, I'm downstairs, I'm coming up"
"Okay" Jack groaned as he snapped his cell phone shut.
"Tara's made contact" he announced to the rest of the team, trying to keep from blushing under Sue's reproving eye
"That's great!" Myles enthused, while the only thought that went through Sue's head apart from relief was "How long was he there? How much did he hear?"
"Yeah, Tara made contact" Howie announced rom the door in his funny nasally voice "But there is one problem!"
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Well here's Chapter Two, shamefully late, but you know, I'm busy with schoolwork (even though I am homeschooled and all ) and teaching gymnastics etc, so cut me some slack eh??
Hope ya'll like it, and you can review, please??
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